LOL YES it's like Blake, c'mon you don't actually think that was funny, it's not even one of Avon's best (possibly his worst)
You just want to get on his good side don't you
God I miss sci-fi where turtlenecks were in vogue
LOL YES it's like Blake, c'mon you don't actually think that was funny, it's not even one of Avon's best (possibly his worst)
You just want to get on his good side don't you
God I miss sci-fi where turtlenecks were in vogue
Cause Rin mentioned about Avon smiling.
Uhhuh..huh..huhuh
Oh no. Not this video. This is sappy sentimental fluff that’s supposed to make me happy but it always tears my heart out. Mostly because of smiles like the one at the 2:04 mark. He beams so wide and then blinks and it fades away into that jaded almost sad thinking face that he does. Unfortunately the vid cuts most of it but you see it start. His entire face just sort of drops and is suddenly not happy too quickly. It makes me think about Avon as a whole by S4. That same sort of smile pops up a lot. I have feels guys.
Roj Blake doesn't breathe normal people's air
Wizard Avon by Suzan Lovett for Powerplay fanzine #3
Oh my god
“I’m a big black cat too”
…I’m all out of words.
Please tell me this is a series
Blake with bears and Gan with like... polar bears and Jenna with cats and Cally with like... a swarm of bees
(because they communicate telepathically or something, idk)
Wizard Avon by Suzan Lovett for Powerplay fanzine #3
Oh my god
"I'm a big black cat too"
James bond pose
Awww Chichi <3 The belt is perfect (as are the boots hahaha <3)
Blake this is no time for making doodles!
My favourite part is that this vision of the future still includes cables
You can verbally instruct a computer to find a lady for you but wireless technology was still beyond speculation
“There aren’t any DAMNED crystals,there were never any DAMNED crystals,they’re like everything else on this ship….a game”
—
Avon in Games (via perfectchichi)
Haha whenever you read a fic and one of them swears in a manner that isn't 'damn' or 'blast' or 'curses' you're instantly taken out of the scene.
Avon's first name is usually given as Kerr, with a double r. However, it is occasionally spelled Ker, and in Darrow's noncanonical novel Avon: A Terrible Aspect, this is explained as a short form of his full name Kerguelen, roughly meaning desolation.
HAHAHAHAHAH
Oh I can just imagine that going down on the Liberator
B: What did Vila say your name was again? A: Kerr. B: What? A: It is Kerr. B: I can't hear you, you're just growling. A: Kerrrrrr B: Speak up, man! A: KERRRR B: Look, if you're going to be difficult... A: Oh for goodness' sake, it's Kerguelen! Kerguelen! Alright?! Kerguelen!!!! I had no choice in the matter! B: ...I don't see the problem. Nice to meet you Kerguelen, I'm Rojellenestephan.
“Gareth thomas (left) as Blake and Paul Darrow as Avon with Decimas in the webb” (bbc promo pic 1977)
"Adoption, Blake? You don't really mean that!"
I think I did a magnificent job on these, if I do say so myself. If you look at that unfinished picture, I SCORED THE PATTERN ON THE BELT MYSELF because Avon can't just have normal plain belts or anything and I get all OCD about it. I managed a sort-of approximation of the types of material belonging to each costume. You can't see it, but the paper on the Ovenready boots is kind of matte deep brown, and all the studs are silver. The shoulders on the studded black one are all shiny like leather. This is the problem with paper art, it looks best in the flesh.
If I have one regret it's that the sparkly red that makes the under-part of the Lobster is more yellow-red than blue-red and there is GLUE showing on the Computer Samurai which is my pet hate. I'm about to apply fake blood to the final Blake costume which fills me with anxiety because it could go WRONG.
The ultimate question is what colour to back them on, and what nice design I could use. Should I put a text description on them all? Episodes they were in? A description of the character at that point, or nothing at all? No text? I was going to do a sort of geometric design of Zen's lights in the background but now I'm fretting. What should I do apart from go on that devil-site Pinterest to steal people's paper ideas?
Apparently, or according to Paul at least, it was thanks to Gareth that he ended up wearing so much leather/those infamous hooker boots:
“I got a call from June asking if I objected to wearing leather, and I said no, not at all. On the way in the cab to a fitting, she said she mentioned to Gareth that she would like him in leather and thigh-length boots, and he had said he didn’t think it was right for Blake, but he knew just the person for whom it would be perfect. I made a mental note to bash Gareth. It was all his fault! As it happened, leather is the most comfortable stuff to wear, and if you’re filming during winter, it’s very warm. If you’re out in Betchworth Quarry in the middle of November, it’s wonderful, and it stretches and it’s comfortable. So in the end I was quite happy. I was, however, a little reluctant to wear the thigh-length boots.”
How much would you pay to see him try to "bash" Gareth
Oh only about as much as I'm spending on autographs at the moment (hint: a lot)
(once again Gareth proves he has remarkable sense for the way the series should proceed)
In honor of Paul Darrow's 69th (whoops it's 71st) birthday...
The Avon magnet man seemed very popular on Horizon so I am selling him (though the naughtier hairier version was an exclusive <3)
Buy him on storeenvy for $10! Please! I plan to buy the lobster suit one day so I need a few tens of thousands, nbd (Yes, I am selling myself short but I know how expensive the audios are for us poor fans)
Avon interacting with Orac for the first time is hilarious. It’s like he can’t comprehend a computer that talks back.
Orac: The event is not far distant. Avon: Be. More. Precise. Orac: The event is now even less distant.
Zing!
For all that he wants to be a machine, his interactions with them are very human ie. hit them.
All these B7 posts are making me long to rewatch this series for the first time in something like 23 years, and I’m not sure I can…
If you decide to do it, rest assured you have your very own support group right here on tumblr :')
…well fuck. That’s sort of like asking me which of my vital organs I consider the “best”. They’re all sort of important y’know?
(HNNNNNNNNNNG ♥_♥ Oh, you gorgeous thing you.)
Another opportunity to wax poetic about Avon? If you insist.
...fucking hell Bot. Wharrhaghgharhghaghhghasdjhghgfg