One other point I thought of when answering Natasa's essay, was something that I have noticed both in my own writing (what little there is) and others ... how very *very* difficult it is to imagine most of these people carrying on a simple, non-rebellion-or-survival-or-some-such-plotty-thing conversation. I mean, just think about the nine of them in the various groups that got flung together ... what the *hell* did they all find to talk about with each other when we and Zen-cam weren't there to watch?!?!?

There must be *hours* and *hours* and *days* when the Revolution/Federation/etc is on the virtual back-burner, and they all have to drop into the normal interaction of people who *live together* for years.

For instance (and all IMO, obviously) Avon and Blake aren't too hard, they do share a similar background, have the nearest intellectual compatibility and a shared enjoyment in 'the verbal arts' - but while I do see Blake and Vila as drinking companions, it is *not at all* easy to think of what they'd talk about while drinking. Dayna and Soolin seem to have an almost girlfriend-y relationship at times (okay, breif and fleeting times, but it's there) and Avon and Vila have their pretend-slanging-match thing that they fall into so easily that one suspects it's almost unconscious (they also have common interests - money, for one, and how to get it non-legally).

But what on *earth* might Cally and Jenna, or Cally and Tarrant, or Gan and Avon, or Dayna and Vila, find to talk about on the off-hours? Any suggestions?

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