The way She talks to Chasgo...reminds me of how she dealt with Rai, before he went rogue. Do you think She and he... no, surely not?

I'm sure they noticed the sand moving, but couldn't believe that it was alive.

I also think the duff poetry was deliberate. Don Keller reminds me of a W.H. Auden poem called Who's Who, about a 'great man', who, says the poem in shocked tones, loved someone very ordinary, who didn't appreciate him. And this is what Keller makes me think of - presumably a good officer, as he is in command, but nothing remarkable in any way - even a mediocre poet. But, inexplicably, the majestic Servalan's one great love.
https://genius.com/W-h-auden-whos-who...-annotated

The way She talks to Chasgo...reminds me of how she dealt with Rai, before he went rogue. Do you think She and he... no, surely not?

I'm fine, thank you. Had a day's supply teaching, yesterday, which leaves me in a slightly less dire financial position. And there is hope for more next week. And yes, it's cold - but also bright and clear. The workmen on the new house behind mine have reached the roof.

I don't think he's so much her one great love, as he is possibly the first - and the one that got away (She would not be best pleased). I wrote a ficlet about it once.

Cash is always good, especially when there's a promise of more.

Do you not think that this is a general policy on her part with young officers - suggest to them that they might be on a promise, then act on it as time, policy and inclination dictate?

Only doing what blokes have been doing since time immemorial.

Well, I can now afford Christmas presents . . .

Do you not think that this is a general policy on her part with young officers - suggest to them that they might be on a promise, then act on it as time, policy and inclination dictate?

She had Tarrant sussed from the first time she saw him.

The sand is a very effective adversary - there's no bathos as there is with too many of the monsters. It's genuinely creepy, and a special effect that really works.

The sand is a very effective adversary - there's no bathos as there is with too many of the monsters. It's genuinely creepy, and a special effect that really works.

She had Tarrant sussed from the first time she saw him.

I think she has them all sussed. She plays Avon like a fiddle in Terminal, and again in Gold. It's a real pity we never saw her with Blake.

Probably beneath her dignity.

That said, I think it doesn't really work with Vila - he just isn't interested. And she probably underestimates the women.

Yeah, he wasn't even an Alpha.

That said, I think it doesn't really work with Vila - he just isn't interested. And she probably underestimates the women.

She did try with Vila in Traitor but it wasn't the time or place. And Vila uses the stand-up comedian to disassociate himself from certain kinds of action. And I agree with you totally about the women. They're not on her radar at all.

Also opening the door - very stupid.

She did try with Vila in Traitor but it wasn't the time or place. And Vila uses the stand-up comedian to disassociate himself from certain kinds of action. And I agree with you totally about the women. They're not on her radar at all.

But it didn't work because Vila is straight-up scared of her. There's no tension at all, sexual or otherwise.

The probability square is the way David Bowie said he wrote some of his lyrics: just shuffled them until they worked.

Joking is his displacement behaviour.

I think the reference to Sarcophagus is crass - but I do like that Vila is clearly still mourning Cally.

I love the way Servalan comes back from this apparently fragile moment to swindle the lot of them in Gold.