Et in Italia reprise, from Pros-land

[justacat]

I am in the Land of Pros - London, of course.  I've been offline for the past few days, because I was in Milton Keynes at Nattercon - a NBP (nothin' but Pros *g*) weekend, and it was beyond wonderful (more about the con next post, but right now I'm fighting post-con blues and want to write about something else).  I've been here since Thursday

Comments

[recycledmedia]

Butting in here... I'm not a writer (do my writing in vids), so I can't comment on the writing side.

It's been awhile since I read this, but I remember feeling so depressed at the end. I need to believe that somewhere, even if it's only fiction, there is a near-perfect love - where two people are willing to fight for each other against the world if need be. Without that, where's the hope? The 70s nearly ruined movie-going for me with their 'realistic' endings where either everybody dies or nothing works out. I get enough realism. Give me a little hope or some small glimmer of happiness...please! Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic, but it's so common nowadays to take the easy way out. If a relationship is going to take too much effort, well, we'll just move on and find someone else. Where's the commitment, the honor? Maybe that's another tangent. ::g:: I can't explain it, but know what you're saying. (I think)

To comment on your earlier post regarding fandom... My first fandom wasn't Pros. That's only been in the last couple of years, but they have taken over my life - never far from my thoughts. Sometimes I'll even think, 'What would Bodie do/say?' doh! Sometimes that's not necessarily a good thing. ::g::

[justacat]

I need to believe that somewhere, even if it's only fiction, there is a near-perfect love - where two people are willing to fight for each other against the world if need be.

Yes, exactly - I need to believe this. Perhaps it's odd, in light of laurashapiro's comment down below, but reading happy-ending fic doesn't make me feel bitter or disappointed with my own life for not living up. I don't really expect happily-ever-after for myself - but I need to believe it's out there somewhere, even if only in fiction, in fantasy. I don't know if it makes me a hopeless romantic or a wimp or someone who can't handle reality, but it's the way I am.

And I'm not a writer either - or even a vidder - but I am a reader, and I know when writing works for me and when it feels like the author has failed to achieve her goal. In fact, it seems to me that in some ways readers are more qualified to comment on the writing side.

Oh, and *where* did you get that icon - is that a screencap??? Positively, delightfully, indecent!!

(And I'll do the Nattercon report soon as I can ... need a little sleep first though! *g*)

[recycledmedia]

abelladonna makes all my icons. This is one of my favorites. *g*

[justacat]

Is it from Pros, do you know??

[recycledmedia]

Yes! Doyle, of course. *g* Bodie usually has those black pants on and it's harder to 'see'.

[justacat]

Oh yum!! Do you have any idea which ep? That is just deliciously, wonderfully obscene ....

[recycledmedia]

I think, maybe, Not a Very Civil Civil Servant, but I could be wrong. I'm going to Media West after work, but when I get back, I'll look.

[justacat]

I'm thinking it might be Blind Run, though I could be wrong too ... I just recall that that ep has D in *obscenely* tight jeans - and these would qualify! *g*

Hope you had fun at Media West!