--- Julia Jones julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk wrote: > In message
20010305151252.24643.qmail@web12405.mail.yahoo.com,
Cheryl _ avonsgirl@yahoo.com.au writes
Reading that, one can only assume that you were referring to a straight woman, otherwise, why
should
you see something going on between them?
That was rather my point - that people are making assumptions about the sexual orientation, and hence the existence or not of sexual attraction, based on the gender of the characters in the proposed pairing, and not on the interaction between them.
I am not as green as I'm cabbage looking Julia, I did take note of the loaded suggestion, which is why I said there was nothing interesting about the assumption(which has not been noted in your reference to my quote) and also if you will note, I did say "why should *you* see something..." Paul or Pauline, I see someone who is intrigued by a man and his gritty determination due to his ideals, and this intrigued man feels a sense of justification for the existence of man in the face of this sort of man(the reason why he saves him so often IMO)I have never considered the possibility that these two love each other sexually or platonically, not even brotherly(yes, I know, also platonic but a different feel than to friendship). I do believe that what developed between the two men was a tremendous sense of comradeship. I see Avon as believing that the existence of Blake is worthwhile, which is why he was so thrown by the thought of betrayal in the final episode.
===== Cheryl. (My favourite 'Blake's 7' moment) What a fiasco! We could take over the ship you said, if I did my bit. Well, I did my bit, and what happened? Your 'troops' bumble around looking for someone to surrender to, and when they've succeeded, You, follow suit! (Avon to Blake. "Spacefall")
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