Intermezzo in B

Fanfiction
Title:	Intermezzo in B
Author(s):	London Bates
Date(s):	1986
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Fandom:	Blake's 7
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Intermezzo in B is a Blake's 7 story by London Bates.

It was published in The Other Side #1 and Southern Lights Special #2.5.

Reactions and Reviews

(Se/Tr) (B/C, A/J) Good god, a het story by London Bates. Seems to head in the direction of A/B (which I would have preferred) but then lurches towards het, and I go to sleep... Typical London Bates unmistakable prose in the sex scene: pulsating towers (incidentally, since this is a het story, we here find out that the feminine of "tower" is "vault") and multiple orgasms all over the place. And what on earth does "burying her lips with a passion he'd almost forgotten he was capable of" mean? I'm sorry, I'm generally frankly incapable of appreciating this writer's work, I just seem to have a blind spot for her.

"Intermezzo in B" Is fairly well-written and pairs Avon with Jenna and Blake with Cally. Too few details. Also appeared in Southern Lights Special 2.5.

Undoubtedly my favourite story [in the zine] is "Intermezzo In B”. It was very unusual pairing Blake and Gaily together and Avon and Jenna together. The story was very well done and Blake and Gaily were very credible. Of course I liked the Avon and Jenna part best. What a charming idea -Jenna ’’putting the make” on Avon. I love that line, ”He was currently such a charmingly rumpled study, leaning over her more daringly intense than she’d ever seen him that if he kissed her like that again, she’s jump him.” What a delightful image! I likewise adored the line that Jenna has about why she doesn’t want to ’do it’ on the flight deck. ’In front of Zen? Whatever would Orac think of us?’ I doubt seriously whether Jenna would care what Orac would think but I think that Avon would. That makes the next line, ’Avon was too startled to ask and she snatched him away and into her quarters’ all that more endearing. I loved it! I really did!