30 Days, Day 2: What you wish happened

[clocketpatch]

I've got a whole list of things I wish had happened in B7, but I'm also not certain that if they actually had happened they wouldn't be things that I would wish hadn't happened. If that makes sense. Because I like the show as is, warts and all. It's a fun thing to discuss, mock, enjoy, wibble over, and write loads of fix-it fic for. I forget where I read it, but the opinion has been raised in a scholarly journal (this was in a scholarly journal, because I found it while writing a paper on derivative works) that the stories which inspire the most fic are not the most perfect ones.

It is the stories with loose edges, inconsistencies, and might-have-beens which inspire fandom. And Blake's 7 is definitely all of that (and then some).

That said... I wish Power hadn't happened. Or that it had at least been edited like mad, because holy crap. WHY AND WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS OKAY? I do like the bit with Orac snarking off though, and Dayna and Tarrant being adorable. All the rest of it can go die in a fire. (Now, don't all stone me in the comments for my controversial opinion, lol). As time's gone on... I'm actually okay-ish with the other two Steeds. Kairos is hilarious when it's not being boring and Moloch is... not the worst episode in series three (and it's got that bit with Servalan and Vila). And their awfulness provides a shared bonding experience for fans.

Power, though, I can't forgive. (And where the heck is Soolin for the entire episode?!?!).

Which leads to my next bit of wishful thinking: I wish Soolin had been more utilized. I wish Jenna had been given a chance to show her character more often. I wish that Dayna's episode hadn't been salvaged from Cally's episode (and hadn't been so. incredibly. skeevy. as a result). I wish that Cally had got more chances to use her kick-ass guerrilla warfare skillz and that the history of Auron could have had a bit more continuity.

I wish that Avon and Vila could have had more ridiculous hi-jinks on screen. Preferably with Orac involved.

I wish there had been more Space Monopoly.

I wish that jaguars had actually happened.

I wish that Vila and Servalan could have been hilarious together more often. With all of the tropes, them being forced to pretend to be in a relationship would have been the best thing ever.

I wish that some explanation could have been given for Dayna knowing how to play a lyre.

I wish that Dayna's father hadn't died and could've come on as a Blake-replacement (I cribbed this from Sue at the Wife and Blake. I didn't think about it at the time, but the more I do... yes.)

I also wish that Travis had been brought on board the Liberator at some point re. that meme prompt, and he could've spent an episode trying to convince everyone he was trustworthy, before trying to kill everyone.

I wish that Rescue had been edited... and also stretched out a bit. Or just done completely different. IDEK. the beginning of series 4 was kind of an impossible task for any writer and I think Chris did fairly okay with it, but it might've been cool to watch Avon rebuilding a new space ship out of the wreckage from the Liberator that rained down on Terminal, using Orac for help, and taking the first several episodes of the series to get everything up to not-quite-as-good-as-it-was-before standards.

I wish that we could have learned more about how the Federation came to be/ how ordinary people lived under it/ how its economy worked etc.

I also wish that neekid Sea Devil could've shown up more, because it was lolarious every. single. time.

Apparently, I wish a lot of things. This is what fic is for. It's glorious.


1. Favourite episode
2. What you wish happened
3. An unpopular/cracky opinion you hold
4. Your song/fan mix for the show
5. Most Romantic moment?
6. Favourite photo/screenshot
7. Favourite non-romantic OTP
8. Crackiest moment?
9. How would you convert someone to your show?
10. What show related fan works you would like to see?
11. Worst decision
12. Scene that made your heartbreak?
13. Best use of a hoary old trope
14. Most woeful use of SFX
15. Best scene involving eating/drinking
16. Something that made you Think
17. Something that made you Laugh
18. Best series opener
19. Best season finale
20. Which character would you like to go to lunch with?
21. Crime against fashion
22. Favourite quote(s)
23. Favourite costume/clothing/accessory
24. Favourite character moment
25. Biggest BAMF
26. Something from your head fanon
27. Least Favourite episode
28. Which character would you be?
29. All the pairings you ship
30. The coolest thing

Comments

[aralias.livejournal.com]

i think your things that you want are actully quite reasonable and if you got them (more screentime for women! more vila and servalan! more hal melanby) it could only be a good thing.

plus - more space monopoly? excellent idea! (i lke that it is in two episodes and they talk around it for some time :D )

[clocketpatch]

I also kind of want more back story for everyone...

But I feel like that would really have ruined things. It was done okay for Avon in Countdown and Rumours. But when they expanded on Cally and Dayna's back stories it was terrible. So.