The Compass of His Desires
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Compass of His Desires |
| Author(s): | M. Fae Glasgow |
| Date(s): | April 1990 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Blake's 7 |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | The Compass of His Desires (Wayback link) |
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The Compass of His Desires is a Blake's 7 Avon/Blake story by M. Fae Glasgow.
It was first published in Pæan to Priapus #1 and has been archived online.
Reactions and Reviews
1995
When anonymous sex occurs in slash stories, it may be anonymous for them, but it isn't for us. We know very well who that intriguing stranger is. So the (female) reader is getting an emotional kick even if the (male) character isn't and indeed doesn't want to. Even when a character in a slash story really does go off and pick up a total stranger, it's because he's brooding over the really significant relationship— like Avon in the bar in "The Compass of His Desires" and various other stories, or Bodie in "Never Let Me Down." And even so, it's still not completely anonymous for us, because we know the protagonist, if not his partner. Would stories about two completely unknown men appeal to slash fans? I think not, unless perhaps there were some mechanism by which the story characters could be perceived as the couple of your choice. [1]
2017
STORY: The Compass of His Desires
MUSE OF FIRE RESPONSIBLE: M. Fae Glasgow
HAS POOR VILA BEEN DRAGOONED INTO THIS SHITSHOW? —
WHY ARE BLAKE AND AVON DOOMED THIS WEEK? They are together but it is gothic and a terrible idea and dreamlike.
EDITOR’S NOTE: none
PROSE: So purple I had to screencap it out of context to show strangers on the internet to facilitate my healing process
Fire walk with me:
OVERALL: It is SUCH OTT Snowflake Avon trash and would, as Elviaprose pointed out, make more sense as a dream. But I actually like the crack turn ending, so idk what to think.[2]
References
- ^ from Strange Bedfellows (APA) #8 (1995)
- ^ review by Erin Horáková as part of a series: see Oblique Reviews -- Oblique Reviews #3, Archived version, January 13, 2017