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donutsweeper) wrote2009-11-12 09:35 pm
donutsweeper) wrote2009-11-12 09:35 pm
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Dear Yuletide Writer
First off a HUGE thank you for writing! Overall, I'd really like if you have fun with this story and write something you'd like to read yourself. Stories that make me happy tend to concentrate on the characters being in character and acting and speaking like they would on the show and lean towards the gen side of things. But overall, I love all three of these fandoms and would be thrilled to read any story written for them
Southland (Ben Sherman and John Cooper)
A day of garbage calls for Cooper and Sherman, or anything that has them working in the squad car and going on calls. Gen please.
Remember the episode with the garbage calls? (Here's a clip of the wonderful Denise/Dennis tattoo scene.) I love John's snarky attitude and Ben's open acceptance and trying to help when he can. I can't wait for TNT to start airing this show and reading anything involving these guys would really make my day.
New Amsterdam (tv) John Amsterdam, Omar York
Father and son interaction between the two please. Either subtly like we saw in the pilot when John gets Omar out of trouble with his bookie by making a desk or something more overt. Or about the problems of an immortal having a child, and the child gets older and older while the parent doesn't age. Gen please.
New Amsterdam only lasted eight episodes, but it should have been more. Luckily they are all up at Hulu so they didn't disappear completely. I loved how at first we thought Omar was just a bartender and a friend of John's, but then we learn differently. It's also great that in the flashback with Omar's mother, Lily, we learn that John's secretary at the time was (presumably) also his daughter. It's so rare for immortals in fiction to be able to have children (as seen in most vampire myths, the Highlander series, etc.) that dealing with this issue is fascinating to me. What was it like to have a father that was younger than you? To see your child grow up while you don't? Obviously John and Omar figured out their relationship, and it's such a wonderful one. I just love to see them interact.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)- Carl Kolchak
Carl comes across the story that could make his career. Any kind of investigation/creature/myth. Gen please.
I loved this show. I've gotten it from Netflix numerous times (it's even available streaming there). Carl is a wonderful character, with his straw hat, camera and police scanner roving the streets, determined to crack the story that would make his career. Even though we know that the stories he's always looking into will probably never do that for him. Darren McGavin does an amazing job with the role and I'd really love to read any story that brings Carl to life again.
Southland (Ben Sherman and John Cooper)
A day of garbage calls for Cooper and Sherman, or anything that has them working in the squad car and going on calls. Gen please.
Remember the episode with the garbage calls? (Here's a clip of the wonderful Denise/Dennis tattoo scene.) I love John's snarky attitude and Ben's open acceptance and trying to help when he can. I can't wait for TNT to start airing this show and reading anything involving these guys would really make my day.
New Amsterdam (tv) John Amsterdam, Omar York
Father and son interaction between the two please. Either subtly like we saw in the pilot when John gets Omar out of trouble with his bookie by making a desk or something more overt. Or about the problems of an immortal having a child, and the child gets older and older while the parent doesn't age. Gen please.
New Amsterdam only lasted eight episodes, but it should have been more. Luckily they are all up at Hulu so they didn't disappear completely. I loved how at first we thought Omar was just a bartender and a friend of John's, but then we learn differently. It's also great that in the flashback with Omar's mother, Lily, we learn that John's secretary at the time was (presumably) also his daughter. It's so rare for immortals in fiction to be able to have children (as seen in most vampire myths, the Highlander series, etc.) that dealing with this issue is fascinating to me. What was it like to have a father that was younger than you? To see your child grow up while you don't? Obviously John and Omar figured out their relationship, and it's such a wonderful one. I just love to see them interact.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)- Carl Kolchak
Carl comes across the story that could make his career. Any kind of investigation/creature/myth. Gen please.
I loved this show. I've gotten it from Netflix numerous times (it's even available streaming there). Carl is a wonderful character, with his straw hat, camera and police scanner roving the streets, determined to crack the story that would make his career. Even though we know that the stories he's always looking into will probably never do that for him. Darren McGavin does an amazing job with the role and I'd really love to read any story that brings Carl to life again.