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Fic: Punishment and Theft

Feb 09, 2007 08:14

Title: Punishment and Theft
Author: vilakins
Fandom: Blake's 7
Summary: Something strange has been done to Avon...
Pairing: Kerr Avon (ship) & Vila Restal (pilot)
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Set post series and therefore spoilery, and it's friendship. Thanks to astrogirl2 for beta reading.

( Punishment and Theft )

Comments 55

jaxomsride February 8 2007, 19:48:30 UTC

That was good!
That is a partnership that is going to last!

To be strictly accurate it should be "Third Chance" if you count being rescued from Cygnus as the "Second Chance", but who is counting.

Though "Spaceships live forever, not so, clever thieves!"
(Sorry "Puff the Magic Dragon")

vilakins February 8 2007, 20:35:04 UTC

Hee; I love that song. Avon still has a brain; it's organic and even if it has excellent nutrition and shielding, it's still subject to aging, entropy, and the various dangers of space. I'd give him up to 200 years.

Sadly, the script writers had Pinder as "looking 70" so we can't assume people have better health and longer lives than us.

jaxomsride February 8 2007, 20:53:25 UTC

Interesting question how long would a disembodied brain last.
Pinder was not the best example to use, if I recollect he was youngeer than he looked!

vilakins February 8 2007, 21:17:54 UTC

Ah, but the thing was, Tarrant or somebody said he was about 26 (I'm at work and can't look it up) and Vila said, you're kidding, he looks 70. The important thing is that 70 = old, wrinkled, grey. If they hadn't done that, we could assume that lifespans were much longer and Tarrant, for example, was about 40 which would match what he's supposed to have done.

Thread 7

reapermum February 8 2007, 20:10:11 UTC

I enjoyed reading that.

palm trees and cocktail glasses on the bright turquoise shirt Vila wore

I recognise that shirt from somewhere, don't I?

He would only found out later

Should that found be find?

vilakins February 8 2007, 20:31:32 UTC

It should, yes. I'll fix that right now.

The shirt is on this icon. :-)

kerr_avon February 8 2007, 22:15:37 UTC

LJ won't let me change to comment, so this is really entropy_housetalking.

The original pic of Vila in the palme tree & martini shirt is here.

http://homepage.mac.com/shelobmarian/PhotoAlbum38.html

reapermum February 8 2007, 23:10:35 UTC

Thanks for that link. I thought the shirt was intended to be the one in the icon, but that was the only place I'd seen it and couldn't be sure.

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linda_joyce February 8 2007, 20:32:39 UTC

Excellent, I love it when post PGP Vila and Avon get back to the sort of relationship they had in season 1. They will make a very good Brain/Brawn team.

vilakins February 8 2007, 20:38:45 UTC

I think that's the first time I've heard Vila described as brawn! ;-)

linda_joyce February 8 2007, 21:20:34 UTC

My thoughts exactly as I was writing it, but I think of this type of story as Brain/Brawn from the Ann McCaffrey's story The ship who sang. The final Brawn in that book was a fairly Vila type person, not brave or strong but resourceful, a bit of a trickster not a thief though. He was admin. staff in the Space Patrol.

vilakins February 8 2007, 21:26:55 UTC

I believe the challenge was inspired by that book. I'm not fond of her writing, but I might read that. :-)

Thread 11

kerravonsen February 8 2007, 20:49:02 UTC

Oh yay! This is lovely! Yesssss!

You do great Avon and Vila friendship stories.

vilakins February 8 2007, 20:56:56 UTC

Thank you! I just couldn't resist that challenge. :-)

spacefall February 8 2007, 22:01:46 UTC

Yay!

vilakins February 8 2007, 23:46:59 UTC

:-D I'm so glad it worked.