Cheryl wrote: Point one:
Anna Grant is also Bartolomew; one of central security's best agents. She would not be known to many, but somewhere in the upper echelon's of the federation there would be a dossier on her and Servalan certainly knew who she was, yet she said she ran to her husband - I don't think she would have been allowed to run anywhere if she had actually conspired with Avon as he believed she did.
She tells Avon that she ran to her husband, which doesn't mean it is true. She can't tell him that she was spying on him and then went back to headquarters for debriefing, so she says she went somewhere else. Being on the side of the authorities means she has no need to run, so it is probably a lie. The idea of her 'husband' was probably a convenient cover to her activities - why she couldn't move in with him, why he couldn't come to her place, why he couldn't see her all the time.
A change of name certainly would not protect her, therefore; I propose that she possibly was part of his actual downfall in the federation banking scam and was actually later reassigned - in case her cover had been blown by Avon.
After Avon was arrested, there was no more case, so she would have been reassigned anyway. Since Avon knew Del Grant, it is reasonably to assume Anna Grant was her real name. On this assignment she could not use an alias because the target knew her real identity. However, after the case ended it would be important to kill off the Anna Grant identity (both Avon & Del Grant believed she had died) & establish a new one (eg, Sula).
She then turns and faces him and says to him: "Avon"(she then rushes over to him with arms outstretched) "Avon! Oh! I was afraid they'd kill you. I heard there was someone with Blake, but I didn't know for sure, and I didn't dare let myself hope."
This doesn't ring true at all - every man and his dog knows about Roj Blake, the Liberator and his crew, so we can be pretty sure that Councillor Chesku and his wife would know the names of the infamous Liberator crew.
In some parts of the series it is stated that the stories about Blake & co are suppressed whenever possible. Fair enough that Hal Mellanby knew about them, but he was outside the system and not subject to the suppression. If Anna was still with Central Security after the operation, she would know that Avon had escaped, but this would be knowledge that the "non-CS Anna" would not have. The information may have been available to Councillors, but if it was a grey area she may have decided it was safer to pretend that she definitely knew nothing, rather than arouse Avon's suspicions.
I think in her own way Anna had feelings for Avon, which is why she gave him leverage that she denied Chesku but as for love in the same sense that I believe Avon had for her...I would say, no.
I wonder what made her give up being a Central Security agent and advise a group of revolutionaries?
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")
Personally, I love Blake's "Indulge me" in the last episode - the voice; the expression; the one bulging eye - utterly brilliant.
I wrote:
(snip)...yet she said she ran to her husband - I
don't think she would have been allowed to run anywhere if she had actually conspired with Avon as he believed she did.<<
Andrew wrote:
She tells Avon that she ran to her husband, which
doesn't mean it is true. She can't tell him that she was spying on him and then went back to headquarters for debriefing, so she says she went somewhere else. Being on the side of the authorities means she has no need to run, so it is probably a lie.<<
Actually, this was my point - the whole "I ran" bit was a lie because if it had been true - being Bartolomew - she wouldn't have been allowed to run anywhere. I think the intention was to have us believe that Anna had 'sold' out the federation due to her love for Avon - I was saying that this was possibly not so.
I wrote:
A change of name certainly would not protect her,
therefore; I propose that she possibly was part of his actual downfall in the federation banking scam and was actually later reassigned - in case her cover had been blown by Avon.<<
Andrew wrote:
After Avon was arrested, there was no more case, so
she would have been reassigned anyway. Since Avon knew Del Grant, it is reasonably to assume Anna Grant was her real name. On this assignment she could not use an alias because the target knew her real identity. However, after the case ended it would be important to kill off the Anna Grant identity (both Avon & Del Grant believed she had died) & establish a new one (eg, Sula)<<
It's possible I am wording it badly - as we seem to be arguing the same point :-) When I referred to the fact that changing her name would be ineffective protection, I was talking in respect to the federation, I was highlighting why I believed that Anna remained true to her assignment and didn't 'go off the rails' When I spoke of reassignment I was talking in precautionary terms, What if Avon put two and two together and came up with Bartolomew...but as it happened, he believed that Anna had been killed off and was (naturally so) so upset by this that he didn't see any possible betrayals...Anna simply changed her name to Sula and worked a different path.
I wrote:
(snip)This doesn't ring true at all - every man and
his dog knows about Roj Blake, the Liberator and his crew, so we can be pretty sure that Councillor Chesku and his wife would know the names of the infamous Liberator crew.<<
Andrew wrote:
In some parts of the series it is stated that the
stories about Blake & co are suppressed whenever possible. Fair enough that Hal Mellanby knew about them, but he was outside the system and not subject to the suppression. If Anna was still with Central Security after the operation, she would know that Avon had escaped, but this would be knowledge that the "non-CS Anna" would not have. The information may have been available to Councillors, but if it was a grey area she may have decided it was safer to pretend that she definitely knew nothing, rather than arouse Avon's suspicions.<<
Hal Mellanby said in 'Aftermath' that he had been hearing reports for the last couple of years - if news could reach as far as the remote Sarran, then I would assume that many places and people heard the same reports. Anna actually said to Avon, "I heard there was somebody with Blake..." which means that she admittedly knew of Blake and the Liberator...and in "Killer" when Avon introduces Vila to Tynus - Tynus said "Yes, one of your colleagues from the Liberator."
Also let's not forget the circumstances in which Avon and Anna finally meet - in the middle of a coup - led by Anna, which means she's been mixing with rebels for some time and I would say that most rebel outfits would know of Blake et al.
I wonder what made her give up being a Central Security agent and advise a group of
revolutionaries?
Hmmm, good question...I really don't know. LOL
Possibilities: 1)Maybe Central Security gave her up after the Avon debacle - no reassignment - stuck at home with Chesku and so she felt she had an axe to grind with Servie and crew.
2)Maybe the coup was a Central Security assignment - because everyone had, had it up to their back teeth with Servalan and Anna thought this was a great way to get rid of hubby :-) Plus the added bonus of rounding up the rebels afterwards.
3)Maybe I'm dead wrong and Anna really adored Avon and this is her vengeance against the federation.
Re favourite Quote:
Personally, I love Blake's "Indulge me" in the last
episode - the voice; the expression; the one bulging eye - utterly brilliant.<<
(chuckle) He's good, I'm not denying that - I missed Blake!
===== 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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