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[m-elayna]

Avon lives! In fact, they all do. :-) From the Freedom City Gazette, the third of three panels.

[jaelijn]

Jaelijn’s Whumptober 2023: Day 11 - Day 20

Find Day 1 - Day 10 here!

(Haven't got around to doing daily tumblr updates, so you get them all at once today.)

Inadequate Options | T | A&/V | Non-Sexual Slavery, Heavy Angst

Sleepy Suggestions | T | A/V | Insomnia, Developing Relationship

Salty Winds | T | A/V | Post-Canon, Grief, past MCD

Bitter Almonds | M | A/&V | Post-Gauda Prime, Poisoning, MCD

Fluid Boundaries | G | A/V | AU: Merpeople

Forgotten Love | T | A | Pre-Series, Torture & Betrayal

Controlling Help | T | A&V | Collars, Canon-Divergent AU: Spacefall

Blind Luck | T | A&V | Canon-Divergent AU: Powerplay

Floral Thrall | T | A/V | Established Relationship, Control Pollen

Orbiting Fates | T | A&/V | Post-Orbit, Angst, Depression

[rebelsandfools]

Rebels and Fools: Issue 6

Happy Gauda Prime Day! And what more fitting day than to, at long last, release a new issue of our digital Blake's 7 fanzine, Rebels and Fools!

Issue 6 is finally here!

Once more a massive THANK YOU again to all contributors, without whom this zine wouldn’t exist. As our readers, please be vocal in your appreciation, in public or in private. You will find ways to contact the individual contributors in the zine, but I’m also always happy to take messages on this blog (ask box!), and appreciation posted into #rebelsandfools is most welcome and will be reblogged here (unless Tumblr eats the tagged posts because, well, Tumblr). And if you happen to be in the mood for a review - there is still space on R&F’s fanlore page!

Click here to get to the pdf download of the zine, or find the link for copy-pasting under this issue’s cover image by the fantastic @oxideblack.

Here is the link to the zine again, and for copy-pasting: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdxtvzza4nhay0r/Rebels%20and%20Fools%20-%20Issue%206.pdf

Enjoy the zine!

Sharing and Promotion: You are absolutely encouraged to talk about and promote the zine to Blake’s 7 fans anywhere and everywhere! If you wish to publicly share the zine off Tumblr, please link to the original of this Tumblr post, not the direct Dropbox link. I will be maintaining the link on here, but cannot guarantee that the download link won’t change over time.

One caveat on promotion: you cannot use the cover image or any content that is not your own in full or in part for the promotion of the zine (or any other purpose, really) without the explicit permission of the editor (me) and the creator of the content in question - if you plan a bigger piece on/promotion of R&F, contact the editor. You are not permitted to profit financially from this zine in any way, including but not limited to promotion and/or sharing of the zine.

Contributors: You are absolutely allowed to post your own work elsewhere, as long as you don’t submit it to another zine. I would, however, ask you to wait just one little week until December 28th 2022 before doing so, just so people have time to appreciate the zine in full first, and that you mention the zine and link back to this post when you do. There is also an AO3 collection, if you want to add your works there. For now, you can absolutely point people to the full zine and highlight where to find your content, if you want. Please do not use any submissions to the zine to make financial profit. And finally: thank you again for your wonderful submissions!

[probably-enjoying-this]

Kaley (she/her, 30+). This is my Blake's 7 side blog. @straysinfiltrator main blog, Ao3 StraysInfiltrator

To avoid spoiler posts block the tag #blake's 7 spoilers

Discord server: the Gauda Prime Social Club. Message me for an invite!

My Blake’s 7 fics

Setback. Orbit episode alternative ending (~15k words)

“Vila weighs seventy-three kilos, Avon.” The door closed on its own, inches from Vila’s face, and all Vila could do was sit and stare at the metal, unseeing, fear flooding his bones. No way out but one, and Orac had found it, but Avon wouldn’t, he’d never. Would he?

Left Unsaid. Avon/Servalan, Sand episode AU (~1k words)

But when she showed up, Avon was glad to be the one alone with her. 

The Kiss of Life. Avon & Cally, Deathwatch (200 words)

“Your friend must have been very sick,” Cally said once Avon teleported up, “to have required such a personal healing touch.”

A Seedy Encounter. Gen, crack, Season 1 (~1.7k words)

“It’s a blue screen, Blake,” Avon cut in as he glanced at the hexagonal display and paled.

Alive after Infinite Changes. Travis/Keira, post-Duel, dark (~5.5k words)

Travis said, “You insult my honor. Let’s have it out, then. A duel, as ancient customs would dictate. What do you say to that?” “Like the one you lost against Blake?”

Tags #my ai images - AI generated B7 fanart #upscales - high resolution B7 screencaps #my stuff - catch-all tag for my posts

[thisbluespirit]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Blake's 7 Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Vila Restal Additional Tags: Shipwrecks, Post-Gauda Prime, Survivor Guilt, Community: hc_bingo, Community: genprompt_bingo, 500 prompts Summary:

Vila is washed up on a distant shore.

[ruth-dw]

PGP encryption is widely used for securing a variety of internet applications. I encounter it fairly regularly in my work.

I love how fandom acronyms can throw us off so easily when we see them used for different things in other contexts. Like people running into A/B/O is chemistry.

The one that I’ve found trips me up the most is a fandom-specific one. In the Blake’s 7 fandom - or at least in the circles I ran in - anything set after the end of the programme was labelled PGP (Post Guada Prime). And that’s what my brain automatically defaults to.

Thankfully, it’s not an acronym I see often in every day life, but living in Oregon…well, sometimes it makes political discussion a little more…entertaining?

[greenonthursdays]

I've been giving it some though, and the only way I can imagine Avon and Vila working through Malodaar - not sweeping it under the rug, but also not irreparably falling out over it - is if Avon is on mushrooms at the time. I am completely serious. I think controlled use of psychedelics would be helpful for him. And Vila would be a good person to have as a babysitter anyway.

[bruinhilda]

You know, after Christmas comes Boxing Day.  Not actually Christmas, but a direct result and/or continuation of it.

Shouldn’t Gauda Prime Day have that too?  PGP Day.  A day to celebrate the un-dying of our beloved rebels in the Annals of Fanon.

Therefore, I say, December 22nd should become the day we celebrate Fix-It Fanfic!  The day we all arise with one voice and say, “THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN!”

We can invite the Lone Gunmen and Forever Knight fandoms to celebrate with us.  They also know the pain and fury of The Shitty Ending, after all!

Whaddya say?

[captain-aralias]

7 and N for the ask thing :)

thank you marta <3

7. Top 3 tags

this is for me as a writer, so i guess it's the top 3 that i use. if we look at 'carry on', my top three additional tags are 'AU - canon divergence', 'vampires' and 'biting' - you're welcome. if 'explicit' counts as a tag, then shamefully, this is easily my most used.

in b7, my 3 most used tags are mostly just telling you what kind of fic you're going to read, as the setting changed so much. 'season 2/series 2', 'post gauda prime', and then (my best beloved) 'AU - canon divergence', which arguably should be on all the PGP fics at the very least and deserves to be in first place.

N) Best fic you've read this week

oooh - i like this one for being extremely time specific, rather than asking me for my feelings across ALL OF TIME.

Bound and Determined by @fatalfangirl finished within the last week, so it's gotta be that. i love this fic, everyone should read it.

What's Left by @cutestkilla also a strong contender for the crown, though :)

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from this ask list

[ruth-dw]

Ah, welcome to the wonderful world of Post Gauda Prime fix-it fic! Look for the tag HEX on fic for the work of the Happy Ending eXpediters.

My taste doesn't usually run that way, but I can recommend Gemini Rising, on to which you can project your favourite outcome.

And do yourself a favour, don't read PD's. I read one of his (though not that specific one) and I'm afraid he's just not very good at it.

Has anyone else got favourite HEX fics they can recommend?

I finished Blake’s 7 and now I kinda wanna read Paul Darrow’s follow up book. But if I do that I can’t pretend that everyone was just stunned in that final scene because Servalan needed to gloat over their deaths and this gives them a chance to escape. Real Blake is rather horrified to learn that Avon killed his poor clone but Avon claims he knew it wasn’t him - and he totally wasn’t going to to throw Vila out of the airlock, he, uh, just thought it was hilarious Orac should suggest it and wanted to share the joke. And someone, I don’t care who, gives Vila a goddamn hug. And someone slaps Tarrant - I’m certain he deserves it because he is frequently an ass but when I try to think of specifics all I remember is how pretty he is. Dayna goes back to the man planet and reminds them how she killed their king so they’re all her bitches now. And there’s gonna be some changes around here.

And Servalan… Maybe with some influence she could be a very capable benevolent dictator…

[m-elayna]

Avon lives! From the Freedom City Gazette, drawn by Ted Slampyak. The first of 3 related drawings.

[jaelijn]

No Gauda Prime Day Calendar this year, folks.

Reasoning of sorts, in case you missed it, here.

I might still be posting some B7 things, random gifs and possibly some little drabble-y fics I've been writing for a break from the Untitled PGP Longfic, especially for "Orbit" Day and GPD, but yeah. Nothing official happening this year.

[rebelsandfools]

After the zine is before the zine etc...

It's coming! The grand finale of the Rebels and Fools zine series is up ahead in just a few short months!

The deadline for our final issue #7 is August 1st 2023!

As ever, you can submit at any time from right now until August, and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have questions.

As it's the final issue, and in case you would like some inspiration, we offer you the loose themes of

Finale/Endings

Reflection

(Post-)Gauda Prime

This includes fanworks, of course, but we also welcome personal fandom-related reflexions or other more meta level writing, such as reviews and recs.

What if the submission I have planned doesn't fit the themes, you ask? Worry not! The themes are an open suggestion, not a must. You can submit anything that you would usually be able to submit, related to the themes or not.

[gaudaprimesocialclub]

The Art of Driving by Bunn1cula (@bunn1cula), cover by @foreignobjecticus

Explicit, Post Star One, Pre Gauda Prime, Bittersweet Reunion, Bittersweet Ending, Cunnilingus, Alcohol

*******

Years after the Andromedan War, Jenna Stannis finds a very different Roj Blake on Gauda Prime.

[thisbluespirit]

It’s the 40th anniversary of Gauda Prime, so I thought I should offer more than a reblog, so have this! 

When I first got on tumblr I did a series of posts tagged Why Classic Who Fans Should Watch Blake’s 7 (It’s great, and unlike most 21st C souls classic dw fans are prepared re. terrible SFX and beige telly faults - and if you like it, it’s one of the best rides you’ll ever have with a TV series.)  Also, it was created by Terry Nation and made by a whole bunch of other Classic Who people.  You will fall over at least ten of them every episode.  They also nicked each other’s props as a bonus.  It is literally part of the DW EU.

(I cannot reblog those posts because I accidentally deleted my first tumblr while trying to change my url and delete a sideblog.  It was very B7, really, because tumblr offer you no take-backs if you do that.  It’s just all over & you have no one to blame but yourself and the system.)

BUT I also combined it into a Dreamwidth post!  So please follow the link above for a Non-Spoilery intro to a show that is awesome but which you will 100% spoiler yourself for if you ever try to search for anything on it online whatsoever.  (I mean, if you like spoilers, do that.  If you prefer not to be, DON’T DO IT.)

@captain-aralias​ also did an intro one time, which was very different but also entirely intended to oppress people into the fandom by talking about its excellence, so you could also check that out!

(may be spoilers in comments of both posts, so do watch out for that.)

In short, we are all mourning today in B7 fandom.  If you want to have the genuinely fun time that will enable you to join us in our broken hearted remembrance, now is a great time for it - it’s even legitimately available via BritBox!  (Piratical approaches are fairly traditional and fandom-appropriate, though.)

[bobbyshaddoe80]

Liberated Audio Reviews

Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles Vol. 6

RELEASED OCTOBER 2013

Recorded on: 2, 10 and 30 October and 13 December 2012

Recorded at: Moat Studios

Review By Robert L. Torres

Incentive by Peter Anghelides

'The Liberator crew are recovering from a Galactic War and searching for their lost members Blake and Jenna. But it’s a search that leads them into terrible danger…'

Because this story marks the return of Steven Pacey to the role of Del Tarrant, I think it is best that I get my views on the character out of my system before getting to the rest of the review.

Honestly.... Out of the main characters that have come and gone on the show during its four season run, there are two that I do not count as my favorites.

The first is Soolin, largely due to how bland and one note the character was compared to the character she was brought on to replace in Series D... Cally.

The other character is Del Tarrant, and I shall endeavor to explain why I dislike him despite Steven Pacey's fine performance.

From the first moment he appeared on the show, there was something about him that just rubbed me the wrong way. For years I knew it was the character himself that seemed like the problem... But I could never work out why.

This story finally brought to light why I disliked Tarrant's character. He was a young, cocky, hot shot with loyalties only to himself... Basically a less charming and less endearing version of Star Lord. He was impatient, brash, and only seemed to be throwing in his lot with the resistance for no other reason than for fame and glory.

In addition, Tarrant seemed to go out of his way to get under everyone's skin (or rather just Avon's), and always bristled under Avon's command.

I understand that with Gareth Thomas having left the series, they needed to create a new character to go up against Avon on the decision making, much in the same way Avon used to butt heads with Blake. Except the dynamic between Avon and Tarrant, from what I remember, was different and far more antagonistic than it was between Blake and Avon. Avon was an Alpha dog, but Tarrant was also an Alpha dog. This is probably why most of their disagreements, from what I remember, tended to come across like dick wagging contests.

It has been a while since I saw the series proper, but there are only two things of any significance regarding Tarrant that I remember. The first was the Series C episode 'Death Watch', which I think involved his twin brother Deeta. The other was the episode 'Sand' from Series D, which involved him and Servalan being trapped on a planet together... Having conjugal relations.

While the character of Del Tarrant isn't my favorite, Anghelides does a pretty good job of at least attempting to shed a bit of light on his character. This is accomplished by focusing on his desperate desire to stand out from the crowd and make a name for himself on par with the legendary Blake and Jenna.

The story begins not long after Tarrant and Dayna have officially joined the crew. During their latest attempt to locate Blake and Jenna, Tarrant and Avon are captured and interrogated while strapped to an electro-shock lie detector. This dual focused narrative split is in itself a pretty interesting dig at unreliable narratives, especially given that both Tarrant and Avon receive electro shocks whenever they aren't being completely truthful in their recollections.

By the way, kudos to Adrian Lukis for his exquisite portrayal of Interrogator Bracheeni. The scenes that featured him interacting with Tarrant and Avon were actually some of the best parts of the story. The revelation of who and what Bracheeni is added a great deal to the narrative, especially in providing an explanation as to why the Liberator crew had to abandon the search for Blake and Jenna.

All things considered, it is nice to get an actual in-universe explanation as opposed to what actually happened: the plot thread being dropped without explanation, forcing viewers to accept the fact that Blake and Jenna weren't coming back... Ever.

While there are some interesting ideas and set ups featured in the story, the narrated recollections are not really that engaging. In addition, my problem with this story is the same problem I had with Volume Three's 'Armageddon Storm'. Its a narrated story that should have been done as a full cast audio.

Final Score: 6 out of 10 Plasma Bolts

As it stands, this story does its job of filling an hour and retroactively provides answers to lingering questions, thus making it essential. However, this is marred by being an uneven story that is only half engaging.

Jenna's Story by Steve Lyons

'Jenna's story is finally told - from her escape from the Liberator during the Galactic War, to her determination to continue the fight against the Federation alone… with the odds stacked against her.'

When Big Finish Productions obtained the rights to produce new stories set within Series A through C of Blake's 7, this not only opened up story avenues to provide greater focus stories for many of its characters, but also an opportunity to fill in a couple of gaps in the narrative.

While 'Incentive' was an uneven story, it still managed to do what the show itself was unable or unwilling to do at the time: explain why the Liberator crew abandoned their search for Blake and Jenna.

Answering lingering questions seems to be this boxset's central theme as the next two stories are focused on what happened to the characters that literally jumped ship at the end of Series B, Jenna and Blake.

According to dialogue spoken by Cally in early Series C, it was always assumed that Jenna was with Blake when they abandoned ship during the Galactic War. It was also naturally assumed that Jenna had been with Blake the whole time during Series C and D.

Turns out that wasn't the case at all... Which actually works to the benefit of this story and the next.

Here, Jenna recounts how she spent her time surviving and fighting during the events of Series C and leading into Series D. It provides Sally Knyvette with great material and also serves as a reminder of what made me, personally, fall out of love with the series during Series D... Particularly with the way the series ended.

Let me be clear, as much I personally didn't like not having Blake and Jenna around on the show anymore, Steve Lyons managed to craft an exceptional Jenna-centric story that absolutely had to be told. This story, as well as the next one, managed to do a much better job implementing the central themes of what was meant to be on display during Series C and particularly during Series D: how the crusade that Blake started with hope and optimism slowly but surely devolved into cynicism, suspicion, self-interest and ultimately self-destruction.

This is highlighted well during Jenna's dealings with Correll, played by John Banks, and his disrespectfully dismissive attitude towards people with 'noble causes', his derogatory disbelief in 'heroes', as well as his overriding, self-serving self-interest.

Kudos to Banks for portraying someone that's basically an unlikeable, selfish jerk without becoming despicable.

The crux and climax of the story is based on a line of dialogue Blake tells Tarrant during the series finale regarding Jenna's ultimate fate. While the moment itself is thrilling and well executed, I had hoped that it was a lie as part of Blake's test or something. Still, what was crafted here is suitably tragic as it showcases the depths of Jenna's devotion, and even her love, for Blake.

The ultimate tragedy being that, in the end, she never did get to tell Blake how she felt about him... and how much he meant to her.

Final Score: 10 out of 10 Plasma Bolts

A superbly satisfying sendoff and sublime swansong for Sally's Stannis!

Blake's Story by Mark Wright and Cavan Scott

'Blake's story is finally told - from his escape from the Liberator during the Galactic War, to his new life as a troubled, scarred man on a distant rebel world…'

Before getting into the review, I have to state that while I understand the reasons why Gareth Thomas and Sally Knyvette left the show at the end of Series B, it is my opinion that the show lost quite a bit of its inherent identity once Blake and Jenna were gone.

While many contend that promoting the late Paul Darrow to lead actor was the creative booster shot the show needed, there is a reason the show was still called Blake's 7 and not Avon's 7.

No matter who is given the spotlight and focus, Blake's presence is still very embedded within the show's DNA. Despite his absence, Blake's influence is still keenly felt by those that inhabit this fictional universe... Both directly and indirectly.

While the storytelling avenues may have opened up for the rest of the cast, the audience would still inevitably wonder, 'Where the hell is Blake? When is he coming back?' Largely because the audience was still interested in seeing Blake's story continue.

Both Gareth Thomas and Chris Boucher no doubt understood this to be absolutely true. As long as the Roj Blake character remained alive, but missing from a show that bared his character's name, then Gareth Thomas would not have been able to truly move forward in his career.

Which is why its no surprise that the most memorable moment in the entire series came about at Thomas' insistence.

But this isn't about how Blake's story ends... Its about the circumstances Blake experienced during Series C and D that led to his ultimate fate on Gauda Prime. And I am pleased to say that Wright and Scott do an excellent job filling in the blanks of Blake's journey.

From landing on the planet Epheron in his escape pod, to attempting to reunite with the Liberator (which includes Blake visiting the planet Shorlan post-Armageddon Storm), to being captured, tortured and accused of treachery by the Resistance (thus explaining the scar over his eye he displayed in the series finale), its all presented here brilliantly. I also appreciate how engaging these moments are, and aren't treated as plot points to check off.

The late Gareth Thomas really did a great job with this material, displaying the same charisma and intensity he had shown throughout his tenure on the show, which is doubly unfortunate that he had opted out after Series B.

The framing device utilized for Blake recounting events is brilliant, and the twist reveal is actually rather clever... If a little unsurprising. However, it serves the narrative well as it goes to the heart of the tragic and ironic inevitability that lies ahead for Blake, particularly in his connection to Avon.

Despite their disagreements and opposing ideals... And no matter how often Avon secretly wished to be rid of Blake... They still needed each other.

It often reminds me of why the Doctor chooses to travel with companions, the companions keep the Doctor grounded and keep the Doctor from going too far for the sake of selfish self interest and so on.

While neither one would ever admit it, Blake and Avon had the ability to keep each other in check. And even though Blake said at the end of 'Star One' and even near the end of this story that he always trusted Avon... Its only with the benefit of hindsight do we question whether or not that trust was warranted.

Final Score: 10 out of 10 Plasma Bolts

A truly satisfying sendoff for the original star of the show.

Final score for Volume 6 of the Liberator Chronicles, in its entirety, is 8 out of 10 Plasma Bolts.

This is an essential set of stories for longtime fans. Even though there are six more boxsets of stories left in the range, if the Liberator Chronicles audio range ended here, it would have ended on a major high note.

As an aside, while the next six boxsets have produced some outstanding stories, I personally feel that both 'Jenna's Story' and 'Blake's Story' should have been the stories utilized as the finale for the Liberator Chronicles range overall.

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