Judith wrote:
Which is unlike his behaviour in Cygnus Alpha. He refused to hand Liberator to VArgas in spite of threats - though he did feel that the convicts had some control over their own fate. If they refused to sieze the opportunity, then he wasn't going to let that stop him.
Yes, I think Cygnus Alpha is a very good example. Vargas's threat is basically the same as Raiker's: Unless you yield, your friends will die. In 'Space Fall', Blake has to surrender because there are no other options. When Avon's nagging, he replies, "I'll try and do better next time". Cygnus Alpha is the "next time".
I don't believe that having the moral high ground means you will always win. That's one of the reasons why I'm a B7 fan.
Being brave and noble is fine, but in the universe of B7 and with enemies such as Servalan it obviously doesn't suffice. This is why I appreciate stories such as Sondra Sweigman's "Choice", in which Blake has to do much more than just "sacrifice himself heroically" in order to save Avon.
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:40:06AM +0200, Natasa Tucev wrote:
Judith wrote:
I don't believe that having the moral high ground means you will always win. That's one of the reasons why I'm a B7 fan.
Being brave and noble is fine, but in the universe of B7 and with enemies such as Servalan it obviously doesn't suffice. This is why I appreciate stories such as Sondra Sweigman's "Choice", in which Blake has to do much more than just "sacrifice himself heroically" in order to save Avon.
But to take the other appendage... another reason *I* like Blake's 7 is that they keep on fighting, even though it *is* a hopeless cause, even though they don't have any great chance of winning. Blake is fighting because it is The Right Thing To Do. It's the mixture of idealism in the midst of hopeless doom that I like. I don't think I could stand unrelieved hopeless doom, where nobody's idealistic or noble at all.
I'm suddenly reminded of Gallipoli. Doomed idealists.
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He may be dead, but he's still trying to outthink me." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: City at the Edge of the World [C6])
Kathryn wrote:
But to take the other appendage... another reason *I* like Blake's 7 is that they keep on fighting, even though it *is* a hopeless cause, even though they don't have any great chance of winning. Blake is fighting because it is The Right Thing To Do.
Sudden thought, vaguely associated with Star One: the Right Thing, even when it's Wrong. viz it's better for him to attempt to do something, even if he has to get his hands dirty, than to make such a fuss about dirty hands that nothing gets done at all.
Possibly not connected - catching up on the weekend's newspapers, I came across a quote from an essay by Harold Pinter on Shakespeare, which apparently likens the plays to an open wound (not quite clear how): "Shakespeare amputates, deadens, aggravates at will, within the limits of a particular piece, but he will not pronounce judgment or cure."
I've not really got my head round what he's saying yet, but the last line struck a chord. An awful lot of drama seems designed to pronounce judgment or cure.
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