Denise
Poirier - Ĉon Flux
Andrea
Carvajal - Una
Steffan
Chirazi - Bambara
Julia
Fletcher - Scaphandra/Judy
John
Lee - Trevor Goodchild
Paul
Raci - Onan
Susan
Turner-Cray - Hostess Judy
Grace
Whitefeather - Sybil
Began
as a series of short films for MTV. Each of these films, plus a couple of full episodes, ended with Ĉon Flux being killed,
with continuity being "rebooted" in the following episode. This angle was phased out over time. Plans for a second season
were discussed, but have yet to be fulfilled.
On
"Liquid Television", the "Ĉon Flux" shorts always ended with Ĉon dying and she never said a word (except for one episode).
On her own regular series, Ĉon and Trevor were the only characters that would always live to the end.
Ĉon has no conscience and no worries about killing people. She does however have a mild sense of right and wrong.She
is not keen on the idea of injustice and I think she would feel very bad about hurting anyone that wouldn’t hurt
her. She even has a certain compassion for her friends. In Isthmus Crypticus
for instance, she would not kill her friend Una despite Una’s attempt to destroy Ĉon.
This contradicts sharply with the gratuitous violence of War and Ĉon Flux (the pilot) where the amount of death and
destruction wielded was almost intolerable. Ĉon has one weakness, and it’s
a big one! She is in love with Trevor Goodchild the leader of her opposing culture, the Breens and the person responsible
for most of her missions. Invariably Ĉon must destroy something that Trevor in
one of his madcap fantasies, has created. However, it seems that she also takes on some jobs for him too! Maybe Ĉon is a double agent or simply takes on the work she thinks most appropriate to her skills.
More likely she is a free agent, taking on whatever assignments she likes. She
tends to die a lot which can be really infuriating! Not much is known of her
background. It seems we have not yet had the pleasure of finding out how she was raised and what helped her form her attitudes
to life. She has a terrible habit of being emotional when she really should be
dispassionate, she makes snap decisions while being prone to unexpected sessions of awkwardness and fallibility. She is occasionally
delightfully sadistic and gratuitous. - and she has died several times!
Trevor believes himself to be the saviour of the Breens. He provides for their every need. He looks after them with
the same care as the proverbial Mother Goose. He is however, unforgiving and not open to suggestions by his subjects. He is
a dictator in every sense of the word. It appals him why certain Breens would
wish to leave the protectorate of Bregna and escape to Monica. The ‘wall’ separating Bregna from Monica is as
much to keep Breens in as Monicans out! He is of course besotted by the lovely
and deadly Ĉon Flux (well, who isn’t). She, it seems is the only challenge he has left – and believe me,
Ĉon is a challenge. The two seem to have a love/hate relationship though you always get the impression that the relationship
is more important to Ĉon than Trevor (he seems to have more dangerous liaisons). His
fixation isn’t just because of Ĉons good looks however. He loves Ĉon because of the type of woman that she is; her aggressive
nature; he lack of conscience and willingness to kill to get her way; or perhaps it’s because of her tempering sense
of right and wrong. In A Last Time For Everything, Trevor is able to duplicate
Ĉon Flux. He makes about thirty copies and each Ĉon is totally subservient to him. All except one of course. The real Ĉon
is all Trevor is after. His silky smooth voice, charming mannerisms and power
make him almost irresistible to members of the opposite sex. But make no mistake, Trevor Goodchild is ruthless in the extreme
and will do everything in his power to succeed – even at the expense of his beloved Ĉon.
His god like scientific experiments are born from lofty high ideals, but no sooner they start to show any level of
success, the dastardly deed is seen to be open to the more baser instincts of the human psyche. I read somewhere that Trevor
could be likened to a philosopher who tends to miss-quote Neitzsche - "a one minute manager with so many internal conflicting
ideals that he can simultaneously praise a subordinate for good work then order him to kill himself."
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