Blake's 7 - Tumblr Posts
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I was at Big Finish Day at my birthday, and I spoke with Paul Darrow, and he asked me, how old I am, and I said, that it’s my birthday and I turned 23... And he sang me a happy birthday song! I was so amazed, such a nice man...
Well, it broke my heart more than a year ago, and now I've found it again
“Brains but no heart”
… No heart?
Hi, I am that winner :D Heh, it was when I couldn't think about anything other than Blake's 7. Now I can. Sometimes... I hope. But it can't save me :))) Still, such a lovely pic, thank you very much!
prize for the winner of the competition in my vk-blog
you know what? who cares, if i can't draw, i'll leave it here anyway
Vila Restal Block Graphic, created for 2020 Fandom Giftbox
BBC Archive – Empty Sets: Science Fiction
Can you remember the first femmeslash fanfiction you ever read or heard about back in the day?
Yes! WIth a bit of brain-scraping, yes I can. Both must've been around 1989/1990. Sadly, I don't remember the titles or the authors.
One was Blake's 7 pairing Cally with Jenna, sort of unrequited love/very requited smut. Not quite PWP, but not deep into the plotty side of B7 either. Not particularly explicit by today's AO3 rating standards, but properly raunchy space ladies doing ladies in space.
The other was Doctor Who - Ace and Karra from Survival, with flashbacks to Ace's friend who was burned in the racially-aggravated arson attack (was her name Manisha?) as a framing device. That one was gen- or teen- rated (or would be now - all slash was treated as risque and labelled as adult back then), but had lots of intense teen feels and self-discovery going on.
What I don't remember is where I found them. In print, because everything was at that time. A B7 newsletter for the Cally/Jenna, I'd guess, but I honestly don't remember anything 'shippy at all from a Doctor Who fanzine pre-internet-era.
Very little Doctor Who fanfiction of any kind came my way until the late 90s, well into the Wilderness Years and the New Adventures/Missing Adventures/EDAs, and what little fic there was never focused on character stuff before those novels came along. Lots of Ice Warrior worldbuilding nerdery and endless political Daleks, and nearly exclusively male writers in the zines I had access to - very different from my experience of Star Trek and Blake's 7 fanfiction. So that 'shippy DW piece I remember might've been something a friend/penpal wrote and shared?? Reading room at a con?
So I encountered femmeslash young, but then it was actually quite a while before I encountered any more. Maybe Buffy the Vampire Slayer's early years, my first couple of years online? Before Willow/Tara, definitely.
For old farts and lovers of cult TV like myself, this is exciting.
Stranger Things should get the Blake's 7 ending.
The cover for the zine Brother of Shadows...And Son of the Light by Susan Matthews, illustrated by Suzan Lovett. It's been 30 years since I first saw this cover, and I still think it's gorgeous.
The front and back covers for the genzine Raising Hell, both by Suzan Lovett. Avon looks so perfect, riding a pegasus, and of course a unicorn would befriend Blake!
Another zine cover by Suzan Lovett, an AU of Avon and Servalan.
The zine cover for Shadowplay, illustrated by Karen River, who did lovely pen work.
I have always loved a good crossover! Though poor Kirk.
Another zine cover by Suzan Lovett, an AU of Blake and Avon as royalty.
Another zine illustration by Suzan Lovett, I so wish this had been printed in color, I'd love to see her choices for the dragon-lizard-thing.
The cover for the zine Trust, Like the Soul, written by Jean Lorrah, illustration by Suzan Lovett.
Avon lives! From the Freedom City Gazette, drawn by Ted Slampyak. The first of 3 related drawings.