wiseheart | Party time again!

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

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Yeah, Avon has his own charms. I wish he smiled more too.

I'm currently in the middle of "Breakdown", and I'm falling more and more in love with the characters with every new episode. Although Kelly letting herself charmed into releasing Gan was a bit transparent.

I even like the bad guys. Those mutoids were an interesting idea, although I didn't fully understand how they were made, just some vampire references. Were they reanimated corpses?

Yeah, that's a bit lame when she lets Gan go. Not quite the powerful guerilla fighter that she's shown to be in other episodes. Her characterisation suffers quite a lot from that.

With the mutoids: if I recall correctly, people undergo "modification" to become mutoids (they're referred to occasionally as "modified"). But they're not dead when they undergo the process. I think there's a suggestion that it's used as a form of punishment.

Really glad you're enjoying it!

She's such an interesting character, though. Not that I'd have anything against Jenna, mind you, she's a kick-ass girl, but I liked it that Kelly wasn't a Barbie doll.

What's also a bit annoying that the screenwriters seem to forget her telepathic abilities most of the time; in fact, every time it isn't needed as a plot device.

They never do quite get the hang of Cally. Blake's 7 isn't great for consistency, particularly in the world-building, but that's what makes it such a great fanfic universe.

I guess the actual world-building started many years later. We never got too much background info in those old shows, but they were great for temporary entertainment. And characterization and character interaction seem to have been a lot more enjoyable back then.

I guess they didn't know what to do with Cally. Being telepathic was cool, but only as long as they needed it to beat the bad guys.

And of course the creators didn't imagine that we'd be able to watch these episodes at home on VCR then DVD, over and over again. They'd assume that the episodes would be shown once, perhaps repeated once or twice, and then that would be it.

But now we have the power to keep our favourites - and to criticize them. ;)

Party time again!

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