A Mile Away With Their Shoes by Aralias (G)

  • May. 19th, 2015 at 9:58 PM
Title: A Mile Away With Their Shoes

Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: gen
Categories: friendship, sad stories
Length: medium, 5956 words
Warnings: downbeat ending

Author on Livejournal: [livejournal.com profile] aralias
Author Website: Aralias on AO3

Summary: Gan and Orac are stuck together for a while.

Review: This is a sweet -- bittersweet -- fic and the oddest of odd friendship stories, focusing on two characters most often overlooked in fanfiction or on the show: Gan a strong man who couldn't fight in a world of spaceships and technology, and Orac the computer more normally used for punchlines and plot device than as a character. In this story, they form an unlikely rapport when they're forced to spend time in each other's company. And there's canon basis!

The idea of these two trying to converse and find any common ground is such a charming one, and the voices ring so true I can hear the actor's speaking the dialogue. The characterisation of Gan is particularly painfully resonant in context of where this is set in canon.

I also love the story behind the title, which is both hilarious and so fitting with B7ish philosophies on life.

A Mile Away With Their Shoes

Nexus by Corngold (unrated)

  • Nov. 6th, 2014 at 9:36 PM
Title: Nexus

Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Avon/Blake, Avon & Jenna
Categories: action/adventure, humour, bodyswap, pre-slash
Length: long: 26,692 words
Warnings: Features one scene with a non-graphic threatened/attempted assault, but no real warnings. I'd put this at PG13ish/T rating: nothing you couldn't have seen in the show.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Corngold on AO3

Summary: Avon wakes up one morning in someone else's bed. It all goes downhill from there.

Review: This is a bodyswap fic (Avon and Jenna) and an Avon/Blake fic (labelled as het!pre-slash by the author). Avon somehow feels such an unlikely person to bodyswap, with logic and endless sarcasm his foundation, and there's a charm in seeing him deal with this situation. The other bonus of the situation is how much we get to see of Jenna, even though it's told in Avon's perspective, and how the crew view her and Avon differently while they're trying to be each other. Since they're both quite dry and logical characters, it's actually got quite a different feel to how I've seen this trope carried out in the past.

It's so easy to hear all the characters talking in this. It's set at an early point in the series where everyone's had chance to get used to each other but before things get quite so tense in the search for Star One. Avon's sniping and sarcastic (as is a given) but moderately settled with everyone and things between the crew are not too bad. It makes for things being more relaxed than they were most of the time on the show, but that's nice, and there's so much in this that feels so like the Liberator on its happier days. The banter, the alien planets, the scrappy rebel groups, Blake's incongruous optimism and ever charging into danger.

Then there are lines like: Avon’s never realised how ridiculous he looks while he’s sneaking; it’s not a particularly happy discovery. Perhaps Jenna simply does it wrong. and: He’d no idea his body could move like that; when he fights he tends to include more desperate flailing.

Lots of fun, although I did want more at the end.

Nexus

Nexus by Corngold (unrated)

  • Nov. 5th, 2014 at 8:41 PM
Title: Nexus

Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Avon/Blake, Avon & Jenna
Categories: action/adventure, humour, bodyswap, pre-slash
Length: long: 26,692 words
Warnings: Features one scene with a non-graphic threatened/attempted assault, but no real warnings. I'd put this at PG13ish/T rating: nothing you couldn't have seen in the show.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Corngold on AO3

Summary: Avon wakes up one morning in someone else's bed. It all goes downhill from there.

Review: This is a bodyswap fic (Avon and Jenna) and an Avon/Blake fic (labelled as het!pre-slash by the author). Avon somehow feels such an unlikely person to bodyswap, with logic and endless sarcasm his foundation, and there's a charm in seeing him deal with this situation. The other bonus of the situation is how much we get to see of Jenna, even though it's told in Avon's perspective, and how the crew view her and Avon differently while they're trying to be each other. Since they're both quite dry and logical characters, it's actually got quite a different feel to how I've seen this trope carried out in the past.

It's so easy to hear all the characters talking in this. It's set at an early point in the series where everyone's had chance to get used to each other but before things get quite so tense in the search for Star One. Avon's sniping and sarcastic (as is a given) but moderately settled with everyone and things between the crew are not too bad. It makes for things being more relaxed than they were most of the time on the show, but that's nice, and there's so much in this that feels so like the Liberator on its happier days. The banter, the alien planets, the scrappy rebel groups, Blake's incongruous optimism and ever charging into danger.

Then there are lines like: Avon’s never realised how ridiculous he looks while he’s sneaking; it’s not a particularly happy discovery. Perhaps Jenna simply does it wrong. and: He’d no idea his body could move like that; when he fights he tends to include more desperate flailing.

Lots of fun, although I did want more at the end.

Nexus

Lynx Series by Vilakins (R)

  • Oct. 16th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Title: Lynx Series
Fandom: Blake’s 7
Pairing: Gen with a small bit of non-specific Vila/Soolin at the end
Categories: Drama, Friendship, Post-Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Length: Epic (53,020 words)
Warnings: Torture

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] vilakins
Author Website: Breaking Orbit
Summary: A post-Gauda Prime series following the adventures of the surviving crew and a rebel with the code name Lynx they join up with.

Review:
A rare find in the B7 fandom is a PGP fic that doesn’t ‘fix’ the ending. This one carries on with the crew that survived the fiasco on Gauda Prime. After being rescued they receive medical treatment and a chance to heal, not just physically but emotionally as well.

The series focuses mostly on Vila, which is also fairly rare for a PGP story. It’s a nice change to have a story in which Vila has a chance to be happy. However, Avon, Tarrant and Soolin also face their own pasts and inner demons to begin a healing process as well. By the end of the story Vila is happy and Avon, well maybe not happy, but in a much better frame of mind.

The series isn’t finished, there is one more part yet to be written, but the story does end satisfactorily, if a bit abruptly, with no cliff-hangers or glaring loose ends.

Lynx: B7 Fic Archive || AO3

Lynx Series by Vilakins (R)

  • Oct. 16th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Title: Lynx Series
Fandom: Blake’s 7
Pairing: Gen with a small bit of non-specific Vila/Soolin at the end
Categories: Drama, Friendship, Post-Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Length: Epic (53,020 words)
Warnings: Torture

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] vilakins
Author Website: Breaking Orbit
Summary: A post-Gauda Prime series following the adventures of the surviving crew and a rebel with the code name Lynx they join up with.

Review:
A rare find in the B7 fandom is a PGP fic that doesn’t ‘fix’ the ending. This one carries on with the crew that survived the fiasco on Gauda Prime. After being rescued they receive medical treatment and a chance to heal, not just physically but emotionally as well.

The series focuses mostly on Vila, which is also fairly rare for a PGP story. It’s a nice change to have a story in which Vila has a chance to be happy. However, Avon, Tarrant and Soolin also face their own pasts and inner demons to begin a healing process as well. By the end of the story Vila is happy and Avon, well maybe not happy, but in a much better frame of mind.

The series isn’t finished, there is one more part yet to be written, but the story does end satisfactorily, if a bit abruptly, with no cliff-hangers or glaring loose ends.

Lynx: B7 Fic Archive || AO3

Lynx Series by Vilakins (R)

  • Oct. 16th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Title: Lynx Series
Fandom: Blake’s 7
Pairing: Gen with a small bit of non-specific Vila/Soolin at the end
Categories: Drama, Friendship, Post-Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Length: Epic (53,020 words)
Warnings: Torture

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] vilakins
Author Website: Breaking Orbit
Summary: A post-Gauda Prime series following the adventures of the surviving crew and a rebel with the code name Lynx they join up with.

Review:
A rare find in the B7 fandom is a PGP fic that doesn’t ‘fix’ the ending. This one carries on with the crew that survived the fiasco on Gauda Prime. After being rescued they receive medical treatment and a chance to heal, not just physically but emotionally as well.

The series focuses mostly on Vila, which is also fairly rare for a PGP story. It’s a nice change to have a story in which Vila has a chance to be happy. However, Avon, Tarrant and Soolin also face their own pasts and inner demons to begin a healing process as well. By the end of the story Vila is happy and Avon, well maybe not happy, but in a much better frame of mind.

The series isn’t finished, there is one more part yet to be written, but the story does end satisfactorily, if a bit abruptly, with no cliff-hangers or glaring loose ends.

Lynx: B7 Fic Archive || AO3

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Something Yet to Learn by Van (R)

  • Jul. 11th, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Title: Something Yet to Learn
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: unrequited-Vila/Tarrant, implied-Avon/Vila
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Post-Canon
Length: Epic (44,196 words)
Warnings: Non-explicit m/m rape, non-explicit torture, character death, attempted suicide,

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] van
Author Website:

Summary: Tarrant tries to put the pieces back together after Gauda Prime and is surprised by what sticks.

Review:
A fic written from Tarrant's pov, a rarity in this fandom and a refreshing change of pace in some ways; you get a different view of the characters involved.

Despite the warnings and the heavy angst, this story does have a happy ending. Which is just how I like my fic. A happy ending after angst and drama makes it that much sweeter. And really, a happy ending in this fandom is sometimes more than you can ask for. This particular one is a happy ending in more ways than one, it's... liberating. Ok.Tthat was bad. Sorry. I'll try to say away from puns.


Something Yet to Learn: LJ || B7 Fic Archive

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Delayed Reaction by RileyC (PG-13)

  • Jun. 12th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Title: Delayed Reaction
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Gen
Categories: Post-Canon, Action/Adventure, Case File (?)
Length: Long (22,564 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: N/A (or none that I can find)
Author Website: faviconRileyC

Summary: If events on Gauda Prime played out differently, and Blake and Avon were on the same page, does Servalan stand a chance?

Review:
A little bit of a different take on the "Gauda Prime fix'. For one, it's a Gen story and two, it has Avon and his crew reaching GP a day or two before Servalan and the Federation. The trap they lay for Servalan and the final outcome, as Avon would say, "Makes it all worth  while".


Delayed Reaction

Divide by Babel (NC-17)

  • Apr. 17th, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Title: Divide
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Travis/Carnell
Categories: Pre-Canon, Angst, Sad
Length: Medium (8,146 words)
Warnings: Disturbing imagery

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] babel
Author Website: N/A

Summary: A visit to a conditioning facility revives Travis's memories from the psychiatric evaluation he underwent to join Space Fleet.

Review:
This fic is a roller-coaster of emotion. There's no way it can end well, but you are left wishing it would all the same. Babel offers a plausible explanation of why Travis is the way he is and does a masterful job of making you feel sorry for these two characters.


Divide: On LJ || On B7 Fic Archive

Divide by Babel (NC-17)

  • Apr. 17th, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Title: Divide
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Travis/Carnell
Categories: Pre-Canon, Angst, Sad
Length: Medium (8,146 words)
Warnings: Disturbing imagery

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] babel
Author Website: N/A

Summary: A visit to a conditioning facility revives Travis's memories from the psychiatric evaluation he underwent to join Space Fleet.

Review:
This fic is a roller-coaster of emotion. There's no way it can end well, but you are left wishing it would all the same. Babel offers a plausible explanation of why Travis is the way he is and does a masterful job of making you feel sorry for these two characters.


Divide: On LJ || On B7 Fic Archive

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