There are no women like her....

[selenak]

A sad beginning of the day this morning, as I learned Jacqueline Pearce, aka Servalan in Blake's 7, has died. The most fabulous evil overlady of them all, who had the rare distinction of not solely ending her canon alive but having outlived all her opponents (both heroic and villainous).

"Montage to Servalan" (Watch on YouTube)

I also bring another vid rec. Bates Motel, see tag, was the prequel-update/reboot-and-new-take-on-herror-icons series of my heart, and thus I was glad to discover Sisabet vidded Norman and Norma (and Mother; one of the not so minor feats of art in this vid is that you always know whether you're watching real Norma or Mother), to David Bowie, no less: Heroes.

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[watervole]

Watching Jackie, I realise how much the evil bitch female villain has become a cliche, and how much Jackie was not a cliche.

Servalan had more emotional range as a character. We never saw her back story, but one can sense it sometimes.