Comments on Blakes Eleven

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Bridging the Distance
That sounds very Avon to me. Thinking in practical terms (or pretending to), not very familiar with comforting or finding it easy. Very good, thank you:).
Comment by snowgrouse —
Served Cold
I like Orac's way of thinking. After three series-worth (however you interpret that in years) of studying her, it must have realised that she'd make it work even harder than its previous humans.
Comment by Gina the Dormouse —
Served Cold

The method, however, is entirely Orac's idea. The mathematical elegance of it appeals to it/him.

Oh, yes. Very elegant in its way, and I can so see this happening.

Comment by Mistral Amara —
The Oldest Profession

Ah, see, that family debt thing completely threw me off. I just assumed Rashel was born into a lower grade or something.

And I think the costumer was just nuts for that particular ep and absurdly fond of big silly collars and skirts for blokes:). Coser looks as if he's escaped from a sleazy cabaret and Carnell and the decorative staff boys look very naughty indeed. With those clothes and that makeup they could all be prostitutes..

Comment by snowgrouse —
The Oldest Profession

(Note to self: change one of the "she's" to "Rashel".)

I'm not sure you need to. The mention of 'a whole world' gave it away for me.

And I like the explanation for how she became a slave.

Comment by vilakins —
The Oldest Profession
I was one of the slow ones, because I never assumed canonical Rashel was a prostitute, more a maid-of-all-work. I thought they wouldn't have dressed a pleasure-slave quite so drably.
Comment by Hafren —
The Oldest Profession

Once I knew who it was, it was very obvious (presumably I wasn't awake the first time I read it).

But it is very her, and I think the mouse reference goes well with her comments about rats in the episode.

Comment by Gina the Dormouse —
Ace In The Hole

they'd as soon shoot him as look at him

LOL! Very true.

And hey, it's just occurred to me that Lister and Restal are almost anagrams. :-)

Comment by vilakins —
Small Stones
Well that's an interesting end, because no way can one tell if it's hopeful or the reverse!
Comment by Hafren —
Small Stones
I assume the New Federation is a Good Thing, and our heroes did achieve something after all.
Comment by vilakins —
Re: Small Stones
I started by assuming that - then I thought, why call it the New Federation unless you basically admire what the old one did? Maybe it ends up more repressive, or repressive in a different way - eg Iran going from autocratic in the Shah's time to fundamentalist with the ayatollahs?
Comment by Hafren —
Death And Choices
Yes, I can see Kai having sympathy with Blake's cause. But you leave us with more questions than answers, perhaps a sign of something well written.
Comment by reapermum —
Death And Choices
Oooh, nifty! And not something I would have every thought of based on that line, although it seems wonderfully obvious in retrospect. :)
Comment by AstroGirl —
Hope
You can see the cracks in the series. That society was so reactionary and stultified, it was on the way down.
Comment by vilakins —
Hope
That's interesting--I remember reading a similar story with the exact same idea somewhere earlier, possibly proving just how plausible all of this is:).
Comment by snowgrouse —
Hope
Trying to manipulate the public opinion is always playing with fire. I can see this happening in the Blakeverse. Well thought.
Comment by daiseechain —
Opposites Destroy

Is this Pella an ancestor of the one we see? This must have happened before the oldest Hommik was born.

And I remember reading that story. [shudder]

Comment by vilakins —
Opposites Destroy

Is this Pella an ancestor of the one we see?

I was more thinking along the lines that Pella had been named after her because this Pella was one of the Founding Mothers, but she could have been an ancestor as well; they were both ruthlessly pragmatic. Note that I had a "Kate" there as well.

This must have happened before the oldest Hommik was born.

Oh yes, definitely. I was thinking in terms of at least a century.

And I remember reading that story. [shudder]

I couldn't bear reading the whole thing, I just skimmed it, and it still made me shudder. It's indirectly Una's fault because someone in a comment on her LJ linked to an online version of the story, and I read it. 8-P

I read it in a book of SF short stories years ago. It's one of the many reasons I often sneak a peek at the ending first these days. Nice explanation though, and one I like a lot better than the usual boring sex wars--so overdone in SF (I've just watched the Farscape ep 'Coup by Clam'--sigh).

I did find the names Pella and Kate a little confusing, but it makes sense that children would be named for them.

Comment by vilakins —
Opposites Destroy
I felt rather proud of myself for recognizing the source material before I got to the explanatory note, though I see I'm not the only one. :) And it does seem like a good explanation.
Comment by AstroGirl —
Quietus
Oh, that's nice! And actually follows on quite plausibly from astrogirl2's!
Comment by Kalypso —
Quietus
That's excellent, very believable and I really like Cally having some companionship. Vegetable love! I do like stories with aliens. :-)
Comment by vilakins —
Quietus
Yep. The plant has character. I want to be buddies with it. And Cally is good, too. I particularly like the part as she wakes up and begins to realize what's going on. Though... I think really, if she'd had that sort of release, of connecting with the plant, she might have reacted just a bit differently to Blake. So I might have to call this AU. ;-)
Comment by Mistral Amara —
Quietus
I love the stories with aliens, and that was fantastic. That's a wonderful way to handle that challenge -and I was hoping someone would pickup on the intelligence rating, as much as the carnivorousness. :)
Comment by Red Star Robot —
Naming
Yay, Zen drabble! Thank you! And I do think that makes a great deal of sense as the original of his name.
Comment by AstroGirl —
Death And Choices
Well done, very well done! The identity of both speakers were revealed by what they talked about and how they talked not by either one naming names. In the end, there really wasn't a choice. Nice work!
Comment by JovianJeff —
Hope
That was completely unexpected and wonderful! Everything made perfect sense and said in so few words, yet it was very powerful. Then again, so is hope. Well done!
Comment by JovianJeff —
Happy Endings
Guessing whose child this was turned (not that I'm sure) was as much fun as the story itself, which turned out to be a lot of fun. Thank you!
Comment by JovianJeff —
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