a. His sense of right and wrong, and his willingness to do whatever it takes to fulfil that sense. Moral purpose, maybe; he acts with a definite agenda, without fear or favour, but for the best of reasons. And he regrets it when he has to do questionable things for the sake of those reasons, instead of shrugging the consequences off like many "heroes" seem to do (although it doesn't stop him!). b. The way he sometimes oversteps the mark in his self-appointed mission. I'm talking about things like manipulating Ace; he does it for her own good, mostly; cruel to be kind. But sometimes, the cruelty outweighs the kindness, especially for someone like Ace who isn't the most stable of people to begin with. I'm probably just being soppy, there; Ace could take it, really, and seems to have ended up better off as a result of it all, so... c. The Seven/Rani vibes we get in Time and the Rani make me smile. I think it could work, in a weird way. Or the girl Ray in Delta and the Bannermen; there was something very cheerful and healthy about their relationship, quite different from the twisty, twisted friendship he later had with Ace. The idea of him catching up with Romana years later also interests me, when they've both been through so much and become such different people to the carefree honeymooners-around-the-universe they were in S17; it'd be very bittersweet, I think. Okay, that was three people. ;D d. Hmmm...I'm racking my brains on this one, and I'm coming up blank. Despite what I say above and below, I don't know if I really think of Seven in "shippy" terms, in that sense; any ideas? e. Well, I've talked about it before, but I think Seven would be excellent in an X-Files story. To Mulder and Scully, he would probably come across as the de facto villain of the week, and they'd never quite get a handle on who he was or what he was up to; they'd just be left to clear up the debris he left behind. f. Well, _my_ ship from hell where Seven is concerned is him/Ace. I'm not saying that there wasn't something there that went beyond mere friendship/mentoring, something deep and dark and psychological, but nothing straightforwardly physical. The idea squicks me out a little. ;D g. Mr Tambourine Man; I don't know, it seems to capture something of the magical, pied-piper-ish aspect Seven can have. As well as being incredibly psychedelic; as Ace observes in Greatest Show in the Galaxy, he's a bit of an old hippy. ;D h. I don't think Seven would ever write an autobiography. Ten, however, just before he regenerated, found a five hundred year diary in the TARDIS library, crammed full of tiny, neat handwriting. It made for some disturbing reading. i. Would you allow yourself to dream if you'd done the things Seven's done? He does, however, occasionally get some of his past incarnations trying to have a word with him telepathically as he sleeps. He ignores them. j. Well, we know how, and very ignominious it was too. I'd like to say there was some sort of bitter dramatic irony in the ultimate schemer and plotter getting killed as a result of carelessness and blind bad luck (and medical negligence - Grace!), but I don't think the people behind the TVM were that clever. ;D
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Date: 2010-03-30 10:00 pm (UTC)a. His sense of right and wrong, and his willingness to do whatever it takes to fulfil that sense. Moral purpose, maybe; he acts with a definite agenda, without fear or favour, but for the best of reasons. And he regrets it when he has to do questionable things for the sake of those reasons, instead of shrugging the consequences off like many "heroes" seem to do (although it doesn't stop him!).
b. The way he sometimes oversteps the mark in his self-appointed mission. I'm talking about things like manipulating Ace; he does it for her own good, mostly; cruel to be kind. But sometimes, the cruelty outweighs the kindness, especially for someone like Ace who isn't the most stable of people to begin with. I'm probably just being soppy, there; Ace could take it, really, and seems to have ended up better off as a result of it all, so...
c. The Seven/Rani vibes we get in Time and the Rani make me smile. I think it could work, in a weird way. Or the girl Ray in Delta and the Bannermen; there was something very cheerful and healthy about their relationship, quite different from the twisty, twisted friendship he later had with Ace. The idea of him catching up with Romana years later also interests me, when they've both been through so much and become such different people to the carefree honeymooners-around-the-universe they were in S17; it'd be very bittersweet, I think. Okay, that was three people. ;D
d. Hmmm...I'm racking my brains on this one, and I'm coming up blank. Despite what I say above and below, I don't know if I really think of Seven in "shippy" terms, in that sense; any ideas?
e. Well, I've talked about it before, but I think Seven would be excellent in an X-Files story. To Mulder and Scully, he would probably come across as the de facto villain of the week, and they'd never quite get a handle on who he was or what he was up to; they'd just be left to clear up the debris he left behind.
f. Well, _my_ ship from hell where Seven is concerned is him/Ace. I'm not saying that there wasn't something there that went beyond mere friendship/mentoring, something deep and dark and psychological, but nothing straightforwardly physical. The idea squicks me out a little. ;D
g. Mr Tambourine Man; I don't know, it seems to capture something of the magical, pied-piper-ish aspect Seven can have. As well as being incredibly psychedelic; as Ace observes in Greatest Show in the Galaxy, he's a bit of an old hippy. ;D
h. I don't think Seven would ever write an autobiography. Ten, however, just before he regenerated, found a five hundred year diary in the TARDIS library, crammed full of tiny, neat handwriting. It made for some disturbing reading.
i. Would you allow yourself to dream if you'd done the things Seven's done? He does, however, occasionally get some of his past incarnations trying to have a word with him telepathically as he sleeps. He ignores them.
j. Well, we know how, and very ignominious it was too. I'd like to say there was some sort of bitter dramatic irony in the ultimate schemer and plotter getting killed as a result of carelessness and blind bad luck (and medical negligence - Grace!), but I don't think the people behind the TVM were that clever. ;D