A Valid Medical Question, and the Joy of Blake's 7
It has just occurred to me that I never reacted to the South Pole episode of House -- mostly because I somehow contrived to miss it when it first aired (so you can imagine my surprise at the beginning of the next episode when House confronted Wilson about dating you-know-who!). However, I've seen it now and WHOA
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I love Avon best (though I'm sure my interest will wane if he doesn't demonstrate a bit more humanity soon).
In my not-so-humble opinion, Avon is a bit more likeable than Snape is, so I don't think you'll have a problem.
But I'm also surprised by how much I like Blake. I thought he must be kind of a bland and uninteresting character compared to Vila, Cally, and so on.No, he's not bland and uninteresting, not at all. But he tends to be overshadowed by the overwhelming fannish popularity of Avon; a bit like Highlander fandom tends to drool over Methos and ignore Duncan, or dismiss Duncan as a "boy scout". Similarly, some fans dismiss Blake as a frothing-at-the-mouth manipulative revolutionary, when he isn't like that at all. I think the point at which I really sat up and took notice of Blake was one of my re-watchings of "Cynus Alpha", when Blake was so passionately determined to get a crew, irrelevant of how difficult it was. I have to admire his passionate determination ( ... )
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Speaking of fandom, I have just discovered Blake's 7. We're only three episodes into S1 so far, but my husband and I are already hooked big-time.
*jealous* I've seen the first 2 episodes, but haven't yet gotten my hands on any more. I'm so not shocked you like Avon; I don't, at this point, but that's par for my reaction to such characters as Snape (who had to prove he had morals before I got interested in him). Blake is fairly awesome, even here at the beginning, and I have to say that Vila had me at "Other people's property comes naturally to me." Hee!
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