Licence
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Licence |
| Author(s): | Oriole Alma Throckmorton |
| Date(s): | Spring 1980, August 1983 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
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Licence is a Blake's 7 slash story by Oriole Alma Throckmorton.
It was written in spring 1980, but not published in a zine until 1983. That zine is The Big Boy's Book of 1001 Things to Do in Zero Gravity with a Federation Hand Blaster.
It is recognized as the first slash story in that fandom, and is online at Archive of Our Own. See Licence.
From the Author
From the author:
Licence, written in Spring 1980, has the distinction of being the first 'slash' story to be published in Blakes Seven fandom. (Though by no means the first to be written.) It was originally destined for a projected zine to be produced by the Liberator Popular Front fan group under the title "Seven Up," but languished in the files for years before publication in "The Big Boy's Book of 1001 Things to do in Zero Gravity with a Federation Handblaster" in 1983.
It is often described as an 'Avon/Tarrant' fic – in fact it was never intended as such, and is presented here as 'Tarrant/Jarvik'. [1]
Reactions and Reviews
Licence: Allegedly the first slash story written in B7. And it's a Tarrant/Jarvik! An explanation for why Jarvik thinks Tarrant is a Real Man, and a neat suggestion as to how and why an FSA graduate came to be a mercenary. [2]
The title of the zine appears to have been taken from its single Tarrant story: "License." Told in the first person, naive cadet Del Tarrant comes to the attention of one of his FSA instructors. Captain Jarvik tutors him in a subject that is definitely not part of the normal FSA curriculum. During a test flight with only the two of them on board, Jarvik manipulates the situation so that they are stranded in zero gravity where they further explore their mutual attraction. (Did they really do what I think they did with that Federation Blaster?) At the end, we learn to whom Tarrant was telling his story and under what circumstances. [3]