I Should Have Changed That Stupid Lock. I Should Have Made You Leave The Key.
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| Title: | I Should Have Changed That Stupid Lock. I Should Have Made You Leave The Key. |
| Author(s): | Executrix |
| Date(s): | September 2015 |
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| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
| External Links: | I Should Have Changed That Stupid Lock. I Should Have Made You Leave Your Key |
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I Should Have Changed That Stupid Lock. I Should Have Made You Leave The Key. is a Avon/Blake story by Executrix.
The story was published in September 2015 by Aralias in Pride and Prejudice, a Blake's 7 zine.
Reactions and Reviews
Amazing what a few less reckless decisions could have accomplished - very nice! [1]
Aww, I think this is one of your best! It's so well put together, and funny and sad and interesting. All of the rebel-ing stuff is so well done, and in a way that contributes to the tone and is funny and sad and surprising. Sad for Blake to have to spend so much time coordinating when that's not really his thing, but I like that as a new challenge for him. I like the stuff with building the new base (Blake's eyes crinkling at "elephants" awwww). Great, great first and last lines. Both A+ in different ways. It does make me sad how angry Blake is (I think the was even angrier in the zine version?), but it also works well. The first scene with Vila and Blake absolutely crackles and really works in every way--I don't think it could be any better if you filmed it (I know you have film envy). Avon's birthday party quite sad in its way but very good. All of the stuff with Avon giving everybody money awkwardly is very good. The Tarrant/Zeeona stuff very good. I realize I'm basically just listing the events of the fic and saying they're good--I feel like Polonius ("Mobled queen is good"). Anyway, the writing feels really smooth and polished--not a word out of place. Oh, and I still really really love the spartan boy/fox thing as an image for Avon's emotional state. So well described--you make something hard look easy there![2]
i really like this - the revolution seems practical, and yet never un-inspired. i really like the different kinds of battle that blake has to face now, and how ill-equiped he feels to fight them (and yet, clearly, he's still dedicated and doing ok, even if he'd prefer to be blowing stuff up)(i also really really like that you wrote a fun future for jenna - and i like the idea of her swinging on ropes and kicking people)(and i like the jenna'n'avon stuff. too rarely do they get to talk in stuff). as a fic it shows our heroes growing old, and tired - but is also not unhopeful. they are definitely on the way to winning the war, and avon is still unable to admit what's going on (with either vila or blake) but is making steps to rectify both, even if he's unable to admit to them even as they're happening.avon being 40 (and having a brithday party thrown for him by people who want to irritate him with it) is one of my favourite parts, including all the dancing and blake's uniforms (must have some lovingly described clothes! and they seem like good clothes, whatever avon says).
also - it's nothing about blake or avon, but i really love all the stuff with zeeona in this. particularly the bit where tarrant accidentally gets in there because he hadn't prepared properly and wasn't himself. but then it's ok! and the ring and the glove stuff works really well, and makes me feel a bit like cheering (hooray for AU warlord being AU! that's such a fail of an episode), and is a good contrast to the blake/avon fail stuff - a new relationship, of idealism (and not knowing each other that well).
the ending feels like there's hope, too. avon is going to stay, even if he isn't going to talk, and the waterproofing is holding up <3 [3]