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padme@bantha.org wrote
"Alison Page" alison@alisonpage.demon.co.uk wrote: : Steve said -
: >Re what I said earlier about Vila's professional attack on Arlen in Blake,: if he had those skills, why didn't he go for Avon, or was he too
gutted at the
: betrayal?
: Michael Keating said Vila was crying because he was trying to get his
act
: together to put *himself* out the airlock. That is, he was going to : sacrifice himself, as you think Blake would.
Quite frankly this is bollocks.
Hm. I don't buy that at all.
Good.
If that's what the actor says he had in
mind, I'll accept that,
I think it is very unlikely that he did. If he did however, he was wrong.
but that's not what comes across on screen to me.
To me, he's just in terror.
Yes.
Not exactly betrayal, because Avon didn't do anything Vila didn't expect of him.
That is a fudge.
He doesn't have to wait to see
Avon's reaction to Orac's comment; he's already hidden before Avon comes down with his gun and his awful soft voice.
Only because he suddenly had the most terrible feeling. Until that moment he really thought he was safe with Avon. Mistake.
I don't think Vila would sacrifice himself for Avon,
That's true.
but I think (and this
came up during our post-episode discussion) that he *would* sacrifice himself for Blake.
No he wouldn't. Vila would always put himself first. He's not the sacrificial type.
Blake would be willing to sacrifice himself for Vila, and Vila
would return the favor, in my opinion.
Then you're wrong. And it's interesting to note that you didn't put IMO, but wrote the words.
But he wouldn't for Avon, because
Avon wouldn't for him.
That's true.
What would happen between Blake and Avon on the shuttle? I have no idea. Neither of them would hide, so instead there would be some kind of "so this is it after all these years" confrontation.
Blake would have taken the lead. They would have sorted it out together.
I'm sure Blake
wouldn't kill Avon,
That's true.
but I don't think Avon would kill Blake either,
_in that circumstance_.
True.
I think in the end Blake would sacrifice himself
and Avon would be destroyed by it.
Bullshit.
He didn't even deal that well with
Tarrant going down with Scorpio when he was the only one who could save the other.
He let him do it though, didn't he?
In a case where either of the two had the ability to save
the other and Blake saved Avon... well. As I say, I think it would destroy him.
Totally the opposite.
This starts out well, but in the end it becomes another Avon "was nice really" email.
Jenny
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