Jenna Stannis

Jenna Stannis is a character on Blake's 7.
==Canon==
A Quick Guide to Blakes 7 describes Jenna in the following way:
Jenna's portrayal follows the common pattern for the main female characters in Blake's 7: strong introduction but diminishing role as the series progressed. Sally Knyvette initially had high hopes for the role but was dissapointed with the failure to fully realize the potential of her character and with the developments that she regarded as growing sexualization and gender stereotyping of Jenna, which she cites as one of the reasons why she eventually decided to leave the show.
==Comments from the Actor==
From a 1987 interview with Sally Knyvette, the actor who portrayed Jenna: 
==Fan Reactions==
According to the 1993 essay Pairings in B7 songvids, she rarely featured in songvids of that period, as a main character or a part of a pairing:
==Fanfiction==
Jenna is generally characterized in fics as tough and competent, thought details may vary. Some stories portray her as very cool-headed and detached, others interpret her as more harsh and aggressive, but most characterizations of Jenna fall between those extremes. While she usually is a secondary character in fanfiction, some authors intentionally try to compensate for her perceived character decay during the series by having her participate more actively in missions and generally giving her more opportunities to be badass, even when she's not a main character. Sometimes such fics also feature Cally and Jenna & Cally (or Jenna/Cally) relationship more prominently than the series did. 
===Backstory and Seasons 1-2===
Jenna's smuggler background is brought up in fanfiction quite often, but fics that focus on it are rare and often feature some canonical characters (Tarvin, Largo, Avalon.) Though the series imply that she was quite famous (at least in the criminal world) even before joining the crew of Liberator, it's rarely explored in depth in fics. 
* He’s Just a Dawg by shimere277. Jenna’s encounter with Tarvin.
* The Guns of Avalon by Alicia Ann Fox
Other stories emphasize Jenna the pilot and her love of flying; some of them explore what she may think about piloting such an unusual and technologically advanced ship as Liberator and what her bond with Zen may be like (sometimes they even feature Jenna/Zen as a pairing). 
* by sallymn
* Speak To Me by Hafren
Fics about Jenna's past often show why and how she became smuggler or pilot. 
* by still_lycoris
* by MistralAmara
* by kindkit
There are several popular fanons of what Jenna's family could be like: 
* a smuggler family, sometimes with smuggling as their old family trade; 
* a wealthy, priviledged family, based on canon implying her to be an Alpha: 
** The Pragmatist by Julad
** by Firerose
** by Vilakins
* and, interestingly enough, some fics show her growing up on a backwater planet:
** I Was So Young... by Katrina Snyder & Susanne McGhin in Southern Lights 3.5
** Outlaws and In-Laws by Nova
Some fanfics tell the story of Jenna's mother, the vision of whom was shown in the episode Space Fall.
 
* Family Ties by Vilakins
* Unspoken Conversation by Vanessa Mullen
Jenna also sometimes is portrayed as close to her father (for example, "I Was So Young..." by Katrina Snyder & Susanne McGhin, Big Finish audios), though canon says nothing about him or their relationship.
===Post-Star One===
Stories that give Jenna a big role often are set post-Star One. They usually also feature Blake, but some show Jenna on her own.
* Swansong by Harriet Bazley in Horizon #23
* Part of the Rock Scene by Lyssie
* sneaking one in under the wire by Red Star Robot
* Thoughts on the Fall of Empires by Dormouse
* Jenna saga by Vega (also takes place pre-canon and Post-Gauda Prime)
===Post-Gauda Prime===
Jenna rarely shows up in PGP fics, even though her death is the easiest one to explain away. However, some fans have headcanons where she is alive after the end of the series, either because Blake's story about her death is a lie or because she faked her death. For example, see Is Jenna actually dead? on the forum of Horizon
* Guilt, Jenna Stannis PI and Finding Blake by Nicola Mody
* The Firebrand by babel. Features Jenna as a ship captain carrying on with the rebellion.
* The Streets of Forbes by Jenny Gallagher in Forgotten Seven
==Relationships with Other Characters and Shipping==
===Blake===
The relationship with Blake is the most developed one among Jenna's relationships with the characters in the show. Blake/Jenna is also the most popular pairing involving Jenna, though often portrayed as one-sided or background. Some fans see Jenna's interest in Blake as her defining characteristic, and in some extreme cases as her only personality trait.
(See Blake/Jenna for further information).
===Avon===
See Avon/Jenna. 
Avon/Jenna is probably the second most popular Jenna pairing, though it reportedly used to be more popular in the early fandom. Avon/Jenna and Avon & Jenna fics often also explore their relationship with Blake (romantic or platonic). The majority of explicit fics with Jenna are about Avon/Jenna pairing.
===Cally===
See Jenna/Cally.
Jenna and Cally are often portrayed in fanfiction as good friends, though some fans tend to base their impressions on their initial tense relationship and assume that they dislike each other. 
From a 1987 interview with Sally Knyvette, the actor who portrayed Jenna: 
According to Nova's essay (Re)Making Space for Women, Jenna/Cally was the most popular pairing in Blake's 7 femslash (at least in the time when the essay was written) and Jenna was the most femslashed character:
Several Jenna & Cally fics are about Jenna overcoming her initial suspicions about Cally and becoming friends with her:
* Acceptance by Jeanne DeVore in Destiny
* Threat by babel
===Servalan===
Jenna/Servalan fics:
* The Fall of Central by Bryn Lantry (also Blake/Avon, Jenna/other characters, Servalan/other characters)
* Poison Ring by Susan Douglass in No Holds Barred #12 
* Asphodel by Misha in Deadlier Than the Male
Jenna's relationships with other characters are rarely the focus of a story, though there are some exceptions (for example, Jenna/Travis series by Alice C. Aldridge).
==Fanart==
===Zine Art===
 
File:Southernseven2-4.jpg|from Southern Seven #4, artist is Suzi Molnar
File:Southernseven4back.jpg|from Southern Seven #4, Cally and Jenna Stannis, artist is Laura Virgil (1988)
File:Enarrareb7spec-2.jpg| artist is Kathryn Andersen, from Enarraré 
Image:mirageblakes3.jpg|"Another picture from Mirage. No jokes about this one. Jenna Stannis is in charge and is going to shoot your ass if you don’t watch your step. Which is of course the only proper way to represent Jenna." bruinhilda.tumblr, February 16, 2016 
File:Chron19.jpg|from The Chronicles #19, Adrian Butcher
File:Downandunsafe2-2.jpg|from Blackout by Mary Moulden in Down and Unsafe #2, showing Jenna in a spacesuit
File:Sevenliveon5-2.jpg| from The Seven Live On #5
File:Bellfriar4-1.jpg|Jenna's portrait in Dr. Bellfriar's Memorial Journal #4
File:Chr66 cover.jpg|from Chronicles #66
File:Chronicles39.jpg|from Chronicles #39 by Kathryn Andersen
File:B7 Moon Disc Melancholia.jpg|alt="the cover of the zine Moon Disc Melancholia & One Waits, showing Jenna in an evening gown, holding a Moon Disc"|Jenna holding a Moon Disc on the cover of Moon Disc Melancholia & One Waits
File:Horizon12-6.jpg|from Horizon #12 (1988), artist is Tim Pieraccini
File:Usesadversity-2.jpg|from The Uses of Adversity (1991), artist is Esther Reese
File:Southerncom7-5-9.jpg|from Southern Comfort #7.5 (1993), artist is ORmaC
Image:b72-9.jpg|from B7 Complex #2, artists is Mary D. Bloemker. A quote by Roj Blake in the episode "Blake: "... when she went, she took half a fleet of gunships with her..." 
File:Jan1989.jpg| Jenna on a fan-made calendar, art by Karen River
File:AVONS8 14.jpg| from Avon's 8 by Evelyn Turner 
===Modern Fanart===
* Jenna by stratosmacca
* Jenna Stannis: Project Who 50 by DoctorRy
* Lounging on the Flight Deck by dilificus (Jenna and Cally)
==Meta==
* , posted to The Official Horizon Site (2016)
* Cally v. Jenna in fan fiction by Sue C. on the Lysator mailing list, February 22, 1993 
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Characters