30 Days of Awesome Female TV Characters Meme: Blake's 7

I've kept seeing this around, and while I never want to do a consecutive 30 Days Meme again, ever, I like the idea of this one. I have, however, left out Doctor Who, because that would have taken up all 30 days, and infinitejoys is doing very nice work on that front as it is.

So, starting with Blake's 7 in a sort of reverse chronological order, because when I think about awesome female TV characters, even though B7 is a recent thing for me, all of the main B7 female characters are people that Leela and Ace would approve of. (Even some of the passing minor characters, and then there's Servalan, who is in a category all her own, obviously.)

( There are two classic ways of dealing with an hysterical woman - you didn't expect me to kiss her, did you? )

( I can't be all that repulsive... )

Oh, and the NYR Discworld fic I was so not going to write...

(Using AO3's handy 'share' function for the first time...)

Thanks very much to persiflage_1 and pitry for the helpful beta and also to daibhid_c who glanced over it to check I hadn't unintentionally messed up Discworld politics. (It feels odd being able to say straight away I wrote a Yuletide fic...)

Truth & Compromise (4404 words) by lost_spook
Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: William de Worde/Sacharissa Cripslock
Characters: William de Worde, Sacharissa Cripslock, Samuel Vimes, Otto von Chriek
Summary:

William’s concerned with the Watch’s latest prisoner, Sacharissa is more worried about a wedding, and, oddly enough, so is Commander Vimes…

(Wow, that is a handy function...)