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crack_van2013-12-26 01:15 pm
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Retraining by hafren (PG)
Fandom: BLAKE'S 7
Pairing: Blake-Avon (hyphen, not slash), Deva
Length: 4842 words
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hafren
Author Website: on AO3, Hafren's Gloomy Patch
Why this must be read: We're just over half-way through my recs, and we've hit 2006, which is notable as the year that the last batch of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van recs ended.
Hafren is another of my absolute favourite Blake's 7 authors, and in fact I'm reccing another hafren fic next week. This fic is particularly interesting in that it's a slavefic (Blake buys Avon) where the slavery isn't sex slavery, and a story that focuses on the intense relationship between Blake and Avon that isn't slash. There is in fact a whole genre concerning the latter (for more information, see this list.
'Retraining' is an AU of the end of series 4 - and it is about trust, and how Blake and Avon used to interact in series 2, how they now interact in series 4, and how Avon (informally Blake's second in command in series 2) and Blake interact Deva, Blake's new computer expert and second in command. And how a lot of those ways of interacting were... not very good. It is, as my fellow reccerelviaprose observed in our B/A and B-A rec list, quiet and lovely - and a clever remix of problematic Shakespeare play 'The Taming of the Shrew.'
Excerpt:
Link: Retraining
Pairing: Blake-Avon (hyphen, not slash), Deva
Length: 4842 words
Author on LJ:
hafrenAuthor Website: on AO3, Hafren's Gloomy Patch
Why this must be read: We're just over half-way through my recs, and we've hit 2006, which is notable as the year that the last batch of
crack_van recs ended. Hafren is another of my absolute favourite Blake's 7 authors, and in fact I'm reccing another hafren fic next week. This fic is particularly interesting in that it's a slavefic (Blake buys Avon) where the slavery isn't sex slavery, and a story that focuses on the intense relationship between Blake and Avon that isn't slash. There is in fact a whole genre concerning the latter (for more information, see this list.
'Retraining' is an AU of the end of series 4 - and it is about trust, and how Blake and Avon used to interact in series 2, how they now interact in series 4, and how Avon (informally Blake's second in command in series 2) and Blake interact Deva, Blake's new computer expert and second in command. And how a lot of those ways of interacting were... not very good. It is, as my fellow reccer
elviaprose observed in our B/A and B-A rec list, quiet and lovely - and a clever remix of problematic Shakespeare play 'The Taming of the Shrew.' Excerpt:
Blake gave the lead a slight tug and moved off. Avon followed suit, walking alongside, but at once Blake stopped and gave him a hard look. He got the point and fell a few steps behind, keeping up the act. His mind was still racing: so many questions. How did you lose the eye, how did you know I was here, where's your new base, did Servalan really watch what she thought was your funeral? He kept quiet, with a massive effort, until they were out of earshot, then burst out, "Where the hell have you been all this time?"
He'd surprised and embarrassed himself, both with the question and the injured tone, for all the world as if Blake had spent too long down at the pub. Maybe Blake had the same thought, for an amused smile played at the corners of his mouth. But he gave no reply. Avon walked on, his irritation rising, then snapped, "Where are we going?" Again there was no answer.
"Blake! Have you gone deaf? I asked where we were going."
"Try asking civilly," Blake suggested, and Avon retreated into a furious silence.
Link: Retraining