Summer Talking Meme #6

[lost_spook]

From persiflage_1: Which Elements haven't you cast yet, and want to?

Something I hadn't thought about for a long while! When I first watched Sapphire and Steel and fell headlong in love with it and all its weirdness, I also became obsessed with other Elements.

I still don't see how you can not be - the four we know are all fascinating, inhuman, very

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[swordznsorcery]

I Transuranicked for Obscure & British last year, but I don't think I cast them. At least, I don't remember doing so! I used Curium, Neptunium and Plutonium. Curium was female, but Neptunium was completely androgynous, which might be why I didn't cast them. Although I have an idea I was thinking of Alfie Enoch as Plutonium.

I was planning a Copper and Jet story a while ago, which was definitely cast. Jet was Josette Simon, and Copper was Steven Pacey. And yes, I had just finished a B7 rewatch!

Mercury would be a great one to use. Such possibilities there.

[lost_spook]

Oh, gosh, and why haven't I got that on my list? (If I can't find things from my own commentfests, what hope is there for me?)

It's funny, lot's of people are particularly into the Transuranics (and, I admit, I had fun trying to write Plutonium for Yuletide) but I'm much more interested in the regular ones. Er. Insofar as there is a regular Element, which is the point. However, I am greedy for all Elements of all kinds in any format, so I approve of other people's curiosity.

I was planning a Copper and Jet story a while ago, which was definitely cast. Jet was Josette Simon, and Copper was Steven Pacey. And yes, I had just finished a B7 rewatch!

:loL: Did it have a lot more exploding of things than S&S usually does? I find it hard to imagine Steven Pacey as an Element, but Josette is totally my Jet, too. I think you should write that fic!

[swordznsorcery]

I don't think it was going to have exploding. I think I was just taken by the chemistry, and felt it a shame that it's never been used in anything else. But yes, perhaps there should be a few more bangs than normal! Can't remember why I chose those elements though. I know there was a reason. Something to do with plot/chemical properties probably, but it was a long time ago!

[lost_spook]

Or because they're one of the few we hear something about, perhaps? Actually, they do interact interestingly via electricity; I seem to remember using that in a Copper and Jet fic. But then an awful lot of 'Elements' have potential interesting interactions & I think the series does hint at that. (Like Sapphire and Steel are the perfect combination, but Steel and Silver balance each other out in useful ways and Lead also complements Steel and Sapphire and Silver are shiny and decorative together, while there's a Jet-Steel and Copper-Silver connection mentioned - and as soon as you look at the properties of those things, there are reasons for all of that & it's great.

*cough* Sorry, did I mention that I got obsessed about it?

Anyway, I think your Copper & Jet sound interesting if ever you did come back to it. (STeven Pacey and Josette Simon do have lovely chemistry - you know I agree on that.)

[swordznsorcery]

You may be obsessed, but it's undertandable! It's a great universe to theorise on. I had fun trying to figure out what the transuranics that I used might be capable of, but although they're an interesting wild card, the "medium weights" are more story-friendly than they are - and so fascinating. It's great thinking about which ones you can use, and how. I don't blame you in the slightest!