#rebelsandfools

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[rebelsandfools]

It's our 7 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳 (Or it was on March 24th) 7 years since we started our journey to a digital B7 fanzine, which resulted in 7 issues of the Rebels and Fools zine, all of which you can find totally free as PDF download on this blog!

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about further, probably stand-alone zine projects, so keep an eye out.

[probably-enjoying-this]

“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?

Vila���s feet knew the answer before his heart would admit it, and he was down the ladder, hunting for the rungs blindly, hands slipping with sweat, then once halfway down he let himself fall the rest of the way; he’d misjudged the height and the pain of the impact shot all the way from ankle to knee, and he knew that if he broke his leg he was dead. Where could he hide? He blinked away tears of agony, swiping at his face, cursing quietly at the salt in his eyes because he couldn’t afford not to see. It wasn’t a large shuttle; he couldn’t go back up; Avon would be coming from there, any moment now, and he needed to get away—but where to, where? There was just the cargo hold, but Avon had sent Vila there, he’d expect him—

“Vila?”

The cloying voice slid down Vila’s spine, and his last feeble hope that Avon didn’t mean to kill him shriveled away into nothingness. Avon had never sounded like that, not in all of their time together, not in their worst moments. Vila hit the door lock, and he was in the cargo hold, the only place he could go, his legs still burning in pain but blessedly not broken, and the voice—that voice—followed him like in a nightmare, “Vila, Vila,” and he slammed the door mechanism shut to keep it out.

He had no time to pick out a good hiding place. He climbed up into a compartment at random, in the back and in the shadow as far as possible. Would it be enough? There was nothing he could use to block the view and hide behind. If only he’d looked for another option: the racks in the back, perhaps, or maybe a panel in the wall—but then he heard the door opening, loud in the silence, and he knew he was in it for good or ill. 

“Vila? Are you here?”

He folded his legs as close to his chest as he could and trembled, not daring to breathe. 

“I need your help,” the voice that wasn’t Avon’s voice said.

The door whooshed shut, and they were sealed together in their private crypt. 

“Vila, I know you’re here. Come out.”

He could faintly hear boots on metal, stepping softly to muffle the noise: a predator’s steps. And then Avon turned a corner and Vila could see him. He could see the gun in Avon’s hand, too.

Vila shut his eyes, like a child hiding in plain sight who thought he’d not be seen—but that was even worse; he had to look; he didn’t want to look. 

“Vila. I know how they did it but I need your help. Please help me.”

Avon was right underneath, now. One glance upwards would be all it would take, and there was nothing Vila could do, nothing at all. 

There was scattered cargo at Avon’s feet: some sort of transparent cube, hard to see. If he tripped, that would be Vila’s one chance; he could drop and try to disarm him. He planned the motion, the best way to grab Avon’s arm that held the gun; he could fight well if he had time to plan, it was not so different from a sleight-of-hand trick. He closed his fist as he thought of how to throw the punch—and his trembling elbow hit the panel at his side and dislodged a metal piece that fell to the floor, clattering loudly.

A hand was on his collar, yanking brutally hard; he was falling face first, and the floor came up to meet him. He’d lost.

“Get up,” Avon rasped into his ear, too loud and too close.

Continue reading on Ao3

Originally published in the Blake's 7 zine Rebels and Fools #7

[jaelijn]

I've been... busy elsewhere, but I guess a quick update for tumblr purposes:

The Untitled PGP Longfic is very near first draft completion. I thought maybe I could get the first bits out by PD's birthday, but it's getting a little tight due to unforeseen circumstances. I might finish the writing, but I can't promise the editing will be far enough along to start posting. Maybe it'll be here by July 2nd, instead. (Remember why that date is of interest?)

I really, really want to update the fandom wanted list. I have a fairly clear sense now of what zines I am missing that I wish I had, but again... no time.

I have been reminded that I set up a tumblr B7 community that... nothing ever really happened with. But I guess here's the invite link if you want to join and maybe do something there. https://www.tumblr.com/join/Hj3qMngv

The @rebelsandfools discord is still around, if you prefer that, though things have been pretty quiet there, too.

If tumblr dies, I guess I'll be on dreamwidth first and foremost for the longform posts and the fan-run space. I have a pillowfort as a fallback, but never really did anything with it. But in case this place should vanish, I might give it more effort. The username is the same everywhere.

[hadescavedish]

My humble contributions to the amazing @rebelsandfools fanzine #4!

(Tumblr tags have some problems I’ll put the link of this issue in my reblog)

PGP Blake & Avon poster

Film Noir Avon & Vila poster

3-7 are arts for @foreignobjecticus‘s lovely Avon/Vila fanfic called “Three Times the Fool” in this issue. (and thank you for the encouragement and inspirations!)

[ruth-dw]

I saw your reply on Horizon about B7 Discord Servers but the invite code is out of date and does not work - how can I join the Rebels & Fools?

That's a really good question - I thought the link in the Tumblr post I linked to was perpetual. @rebelsandfools should know whether new guests are currently accepted!

[certified-diplodocus]

It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.

Macbeth

[ruth-dw]

A vignette which shows us a beginning...

All told first-person in Vila's voice, but there any resemblance to John Watson ends. That narrator's circumlocution and baseline state of speechless astonishment would be completely out-of-place, here. Instead the narration is lodged firmly in Vila's familiar character and mode of speech.

By @castielslight for @rebelsandfools

A Study in Gold

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Q00pnA

by Jaelijn

No business making a big name for yourself as a thief; that just means you get caught all the more quickly.

A Victorian AU.

Words: 2484, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Blake’s 7

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Vila Restal, Kerr Avon

Relationships: Vila Restal & Kerr Avon

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Victorian, POV First Person, First Meetings, Developing Friendships, Gentlemen Thieves and Detectives, Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin, Vila’s POV

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Q00pnA

[talesfromthenorsesmouth]

Just wanted to say, Rebels and Fools Issue 1 is SO GOOD.

I'm gonna send messages to the individual contributors, but I just wanted to yell about it here first. 

Fantastic work- really happy to be included in this, and especially to @castielslight for getting us all together.

*Blows kisses to all*

[greenonthursdays]

There were four Blake/Vila fics on AO3, and now there are five. As previously published in @rebelsandfools, now with more tags and worse formatting.

[oxideblack]

[rebelsandfools]

Rebels and Fools: Issue 7

It's time for the grand finale - the final, sparkling new issue of our digital Blake’s 7 fanzine, Rebels and Fools, has arrived!

Seven issues - what a fantastic achievement, at last complete. If you're new, you now have the full set of R&F issues at your fingertips - if you've been here forever, here's the final piece for your collection.

One last time 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 yours truly the editor, @jaelijn.

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

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l889fts4u35tqfm0l4pcd/Rebels-and-Fools-Issue-7.pdf?rlkey=85bggvwjr1ikf5x90k38tnl5p&dl=0

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 August 30th 2023 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!

[ruth-dw]

Useful addendum to the post I put up earlier: @castielslight also would like a response even if the only support you can give is as a reader. Please submit the form!

ruth-dw replied to your post “Have some handwritten fanfics ready and finished (which is unusual; I…”

@castielslight Re: reblogging without contributing - I can’t speak for anyone else, but in my case it’s because I can’t commit to contributing, but I really hope others can.

Well, I literally have an option for that in the questionnaire! Perhaps the title “sign up” was misleading - I’m trying to get a sense of how much content I might get at which likelihood of submission, and in a fandom this tiny, I need to know about the “nope, not happening” and “unlikely” and “maybe”s as much as about the “yes absolutely!”s.

So everyone who reads this and has any kind of interest in @rebelsandfools - please take out a moment fill out the questionnaire.

I can’t make any decisions with a lack of information.

[ruth-dw]

Make it! I love your art! I'm sure @rebelsandfools would be interested too.

You know what I’d love to do? Make a B7 comic or something ANYTHING. Not nearly enough people give this series love! It’s my favorite sci fi series ever. It’ll beat new Doctor Who any day in my books. Anyways here are some first tries at half of the crew djfhdskjfhdjk

[greenonthursdays]

Current number of B7 WIPs that are either square in clocketpatch’s sandbox or spinoffs from something that is: four (4). In fact my @rebelsandfools contribution is a deleted scene from a fic that draws on not just her PGP framework, but her PGP Vila characterization. I’m an undergrad washout, but I do understand the importance of citing one’s sources.

(Corrollary: if for whatever reason any of you want to play in my sandbox(es), go ahead. Tell me later, or don’t. I have stolen so much that I would be honored if someone wanted to steal from me.)

[oxideblack]

Illustration for Rebels and Fools #7