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Discussion on ExIsle about an imagined Andromeda!reboot. Some of the ideas left me "...", some left me "o.0", and some are "YAY". (Enver Gjokaj as Harper? YES PLS.) (I still LU, GMW, promise.) (Although the later idea of gender-flipping Harper and Rommie and letting Enver play all of Andromeda's incarnations is fabulous. Also, Gina Torres as a

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Oh, I totally agree that female!Harper built male!Rommie to the same specs of perfection that original Harper did. male!Rommie is a miracle of engineering genius, dammit, and she's proud of that.

It's just the question of whether or not male!Rommie would call her out on it. "Did you wear gloves", indeed. Which comes down entirely to the characterization of male!Rommie, which I have not settled on at all.

possibly a little more hardened because from what I saw, Niets loved their children more than themselves so Freya would probably hate having to leave her son behind, but she must do it to protect him and his precious DNA.

So completely agreed. And no one would understand why she's come back harder, until the truth about Tam comes out and then there'd be...well, a lot of shock, honestly.

Um, casting! Yes. Gina, obviously, is Freya, and Enver is my male!Andromeda. I had Sonya Walger as female!Dylan, since she can do just the right mix of badass and in charge plus starry-eyed idealism. Sebastian Stan as male!Beka -- again, just the right mix of tough badass and damaged soul. Betsy Beutler as female!Harper, although she may be too old for the role but her portrayal of Joanie on The Black Donnellys is pretty much exactly how I imagine female!Harper. Well, minus the drug addiction and plus a genius knack for machines, but still.

Rev and Trance are virtually impossible to cast. But I'm leaning towards Colin Morgan for Trance, IDK.

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It's just the question of whether or not male!Rommie would call her out on it. "Did you wear gloves", indeed. Which comes down entirely to the characterization of male!Rommie, which I have not settled on at all.

I feel like that Male Rommie would go through the same emotions and whatnot that his female counterpart went through....trying to understand humanity, the emotions that Harper allowed her to experience....so I think that with Female!Harper's obsession with the ship in general, Male!Rommie would probably ask the same question....I mean Female!Rommie asked it before she really came to love and respect Harper (I think, I can't remember) but once she reached that level of comfort with Harper, she didn't make those kinds of jokes anymore....hell, I mean after the Maggog world ship, you could see a desperate side to Rommie because Harper was suicidal and she didn't know what to do. I would love to see that in a gender reversal....Male!Rommie trying to be tender and express his desire for Female!Harper to live.....I mean by that point, Rommie loves her crew, loves Harper...so it would make for a fantastic scene in the gender reversed one. GAH! Imagine that ending scene with them in season 4 when she blew up....That "Be Safe" line kills me now but I feel like it would kill me even more if the genders were reversed.

Hmm....Let's see....I like your Dylan because, well, hell, PENNY! I'm on the fence for your choice of Enver, yet I can't think of anyone myself....I keep going back to Christopher Gorham but that could just be because I'm somewhat obsessed with him at the moment....and the idea of him in the "high guard uniform" is super hot...anyhoo...Rev can be I do like your choice of Sebastian Stan....I think though, my choice for Harper would be Allison Scagliotti (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm418092288/nm1270095) She's from Warehouse 13 and she can ROCK the genius techie with attitude (but with a damaged side) role....Rev can be practically anyone because of the prosthetic.....but Trance is a hard nut to crack....I kinda like the idea of Steven R. McQueen (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.werewolves.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vampire-diaries-steven-mcqueen-jeremy-gilbert-.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.werewolves.com/werewolves-in-the-vampire-diaries/&h=775&w=550&sz=159&tbnid=iXqVPR-Jv-q9JM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvampire%2Bdiaries%2Bjeremy&zoom=1&hl=en&usg=__MbCG0tsPNNUfg4usp60eU8R9ND8=&sa=X&ei=v5p2TNrbGYP_8AbE3OitBw&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAQ) playing him....maybe that's just because I've seen him do the sensitive and caring while also be all kick ass.

GAH! This is way way too much fun

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...wow, Steven R. McQueen is cute. I approve. I have no idea how well his acting style is suited for Trance so I will take your word for it.

Similarly, I haven't seen Allison Scagliotti in anything, but she looks like she's got about the right look for female!Harper. Put her in a lot of brightly-patterned t-shirts and cargo pants and it's dead-on.

I am, however, really attached to Enver!Andromeda, largely because I can picture him really, really selling a three-way conversation between himself. Can't you just picture that, how clearly he would delineate between mainframe!AI, hologram!AI, and android!AI? ...well, I can. *fangirls Enver some more*

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His character on Vampire Diaries is very timid, soft spoken but had a mean streak. I feel like he'd work well as a male!Trance.....here...can't find scenes of his acting...but here's an interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMfBzK8VcxY and lookie! He can sing. Lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFmveopPs5U

And finding a clip of Allison playing her character on Warehouse 13 is near impossible but I can show you what her character looks like at least: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sfuniverse.com/files/2009/07/w13_allison_scagliotti.jpg&imgrefurl=http://connect.in.com/allison-scagliotti/photos-w13-allison-scagliotti-c987309f1a3680a2.html&usg=__vxnSHj9gLwwMu2czmb6U8P6xvGU=&h=480&w=360&sz=66&hl=en&start=0&sig2=BJYuHlGvc9Snf2GrgWkd-A&zoom=1&tbnid=agdl3g33rbWumM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=107&ei=LqF2TN-sJcT58AaW18D-BQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dallison%2Bscagliotti%2Bwarehouse%2B13%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1015%26bih%3D541%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=506&oei=LqF2TN-sJcT58AaW18D-BQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=40&ty=57 And Look! she even has Harper's goggles: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://photos.ifmagazine.com/graphics/Unsorted/warehouse13_allison_scagliotti1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp%3Farticle%3D3479&usg=__4e3C5x60Z635Zhlpn32_jtBBQqw=&h=258&w=200&sz=29&hl=en&start=0&sig2=xndXvOI8P0McKIqD3e_wMA&zoom=1&tbnid=Qja8pWFOFKqKdM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=87&ei=LqF2TN-sJcT58AaW18D-BQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dallison%2Bscagliotti%2Bwarehouse%2B13%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1015%26bih%3D541%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=489&vpy=228&dur=711&hovh=206&hovw=160&tx=56&ty=148&oei=LqF2TN-sJcT58AaW18D-BQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0

Haha...I think for everyone who tries this, the Male!Rommie will be who they're currently fangirling....and who you could see Female!Harper pinning after.....I mean I just see this: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/08/12/christopher-gorham-shirtless-shots-for-covert-affairs/ and think, "Mmmm, that works" or see this even: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Christopher%20Gorham/soogeorge/Males/christopher_gorham_02.jpg?t=1243139969 and I see someone who can appear diplomatic and harmless but I've seen him kick major ass in his shows...hell, he most recently played a blind guy who kicked three bigger dudes' asses....so yeah...I could work with that. Lol! And he's already played a character that can interface with computers. Hehe.

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Now that I think about it, Josh Holloway might be able to pull off a male!Beka, too. Although I'm not sure how the accent would work in that context. *ponders*

That shot of Allison in Harper!goggles is so fabulous I can't even. :D :D :D

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Oooooooooo! SAWYER!!! Yuuuuuus! I mean he can have the accent...would give him that "space cowboy" appeal....and he'd be the right age too! The Beka character needs to be older than the Harper one so to be more authoritative and what not.

Well, then, I guess Allison is your Harper. Lol!