Cytherea
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| Title: | Cytherea |
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| Date(s): | 1994 |
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| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
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Cytherea is a Blake's 7 story by Christopher Montclair.
It was published in Avon Calling #3.
Reactions and Reviews
Aphrodisiac PWP. Could have been so much better. For several months before I got my sweaty little paws on the 'zine, heard about this story and was extreemly eager to read it (mainly because I was told it has Avon rolling on the floor howling "Fuck me, you bastard!" at Blake). Unfortunately, it dind't quite live up to expecations. The flashbacks aren't particularly well-handled, and this is one of those writers who think A fancied Anna because she had a boyish figure (see the Anna Used A Strap On section in The Slash Cliche Drinking Game. Why don't they just write him as bi, it's far less complicated?), but the main problem for me is the lack of humour and good dialogue. Somewhere in my whingeing to the Miscellaneous Caledonian about "it's a bloody ludicrous situation anyway, why does she lose so many opportunities for comedy making them both aware of that?" she told me to write my own, so this is at least partly responsible for Automatic Reactions. I find it difficult to judge it fairly, because I had the story I wanted to read in my head, and wrote it later. If your personal buttons are set towards "romantic" more than mine, you might find it the story you want. If you see what I mean.[1]
The premise of the story sounds a little silly (Avon, unknowingly, is dosed with an aphrodisiac), but this is an intense A/B with a very hot sex scene. I'm always a sucker for stories where Avon is out of control like this. I liked it a lot (not to mention the very nice Lovett that accompanied the story).[2]
I sympathise with Predatrix's concerns, and much prefer her 'Automatic Reactions' to this, which is ... actually it's good. Well written, but it does seem a shame that they don't connect more because of it. For me it's the same concern as the satyr one. Blake explicitly says 'I don't want to be a nameless cock' (now, there's an attractive image), but ultimately... he might as well be. I want more personality in my sex, and I want more of them liking each other rather than just being sexually drawn to each other. At least this time there's some nod to it in the prose, but if you took that out and told me Avon was just sexually attracted to Blake because he liked large men - well, I'd believe it. And Roj Blake has more to offer, just as Avon has more to offer than a tight butt. Mmmk? [3]
References
- ^ review by Predatrix at Judith Proctor's Blake' s7 site, Archived version.
- ^ review by Sonja at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site, Archived version.
- ^ Aralias reviewed this zine in November 2013 on Dreamwidth, Archived version