I haven't had the oppertunity to watch any Blakes7 in almost a decade and a half, as such I usually never read fic for it. But the title grabbed my attention, and I'm glad it did.
To be fair I'm a sucker for the "how history and legend views events" school of fic (and canon, since B5 and Dune both did it). This is sheer genius. It's comforting to know that years after the fact, "Blake's rebels" are significant enough to have copious amounts of commentary on them. Though you perhaps wonder if this authour and the colleges they mention aren't part of some very tiny insular academic circles endlessly debating what really doesn't get much attention outside those circles - rather like another Blake whose works I'm enamoured of, really. :D
The truly striking thing about this fic is the intercuts between it and Avon's POV, and how the questions never really get answered, perhaps because Avon himself doesn't know them. This leaves a great deal to the reader's interpretation, and I am always impressed by authours who are both brave enough to do that and skillful enough to pull it off.
As a side note, the concept of the "Rastel diaries" tickled me pink. I want to read those!!
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Re: Blake's 7: Excerpts from Chapter 23 of "Blake's Rebels: A Historical Perspective", with Interlud
Date: 2005-05-24 12:31 am (UTC)To be fair I'm a sucker for the "how history and legend views events" school of fic (and canon, since B5 and Dune both did it). This is sheer genius. It's comforting to know that years after the fact, "Blake's rebels" are significant enough to have copious amounts of commentary on them. Though you perhaps wonder if this authour and the colleges they mention aren't part of some very tiny insular academic circles endlessly debating what really doesn't get much attention outside those circles - rather like another Blake whose works I'm enamoured of, really. :D
The truly striking thing about this fic is the intercuts between it and Avon's POV, and how the questions never really get answered, perhaps because Avon himself doesn't know them. This leaves a great deal to the reader's interpretation, and I am always impressed by authours who are both brave enough to do that and skillful enough to pull it off.
As a side note, the concept of the "Rastel diaries" tickled me pink. I want to read those!!
Well done. Just... well done.