The Quick and the Dead
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Quick and the Dead |
| Author(s): | Linda Norman |
| Date(s): | 1999 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Blake's 7 |
| Relationship(s): | |
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The Quick and the Dead is a Blake/Avon Blake's 7 story by Linda Norman.
It was originally printed in the zine Fire and Ice #5.
Reactions and Reviews
Linda Norman is one of my favorite B7 writers, and her two stories in this zine live up to expectations. I have one minor complaint about the editing: I wish that the two stories had not been placed together, as the placement initially gave me the impression that they are part of a sequence in the same universe, like the first two stories in the zine. But no, they are completely separate. In "The Quick and the Dead," Avon uses a professional male courtesan on a doomed planet to make Blake jealous. He is repaid for his cruelty to the courtesan in a startling way. "Secrets" deals with Blake's discovery of the darker side of Avon's sexual interests, with a seemingly happy resolution that, however, points toward ultimate tragedy. Very B7, very well done.[1]
A strange fic where Blake and Avon are in a relationship and Avon accepts the offer of a beautiful, mostly mute eunuch-companion while on a planet somewhere (the summaries available on Hermit/Fanlore at the moment give a very inaccurate picture of what this fic might be like, btw, in case you were wondering). I'm not against any of the things I mentioned in my summary, I just feel a bit off-kilter all the way through the fic, as I don't quite understand what is going on for a long time (this is where a fic summary by the author is a useful device, as we could have been given some of the info before the story started, unless it's supposed to be a mystery but if it is then I am not he person to appreciate it), and even once I do understand what's going on with the B/A I then I don't quite understand what happens at the end of the fic. The established relationship stuff is really nice, though, and Linda Norman is is a good writer. I just find this fic a bit strange in general.[2]
The Quick and the Dead (A/B) -- Linda Norman: Avon, Blake and Vila on a doomed planet, entertained by eunuchs. A tone of loss throughout. Sad but rather beautiful.[3]
References
- ^ from Sarah Thompson at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site
- ^ aralias reviewed this zine in November 2013 on Dreamwidth, Archived version
- ^ from Predatrix at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site