The walls grew fatter here than any in the land
It is not my norm that all of my completed fiction so far this year has been fanfiction, but on the other hand I could be not writing fiction at all. Most lately, for ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thisbluespirit: "The Debt of Centuries."
I wanted to write them reciprocal casefic for Sapphire & Steel (1979–82), so I threw their catalogue of original and other elements into the Ersatz Genremixer to see if I got any useful prompts. Among others, I received "Arsenic / Zinc - Awkward moment & tradition & Lending a coat in the cold," which was technically no crackier than the rest except that Arsenic and Zinc are fancast with Caroline Blakiston and Alec McCowen, last seen by me in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984–85). I could not resist.
The title is a mondegreen left over from hearing Dave Goulder's "These Dry Stone Walls" (since I can't find a link to his own recording, here performed by Gordon Bok) decades before I saw the official lyrics. It seemed to suit. I do not think I am one of nature's tag-users.
thisbluespirit: "The Debt of Centuries."I wanted to write them reciprocal casefic for Sapphire & Steel (1979–82), so I threw their catalogue of original and other elements into the Ersatz Genremixer to see if I got any useful prompts. Among others, I received "Arsenic / Zinc - Awkward moment & tradition & Lending a coat in the cold," which was technically no crackier than the rest except that Arsenic and Zinc are fancast with Caroline Blakiston and Alec McCowen, last seen by me in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984–85). I could not resist.
The title is a mondegreen left over from hearing Dave Goulder's "These Dry Stone Walls" (since I can't find a link to his own recording, here performed by Gordon Bok) decades before I saw the official lyrics. It seemed to suit. I do not think I am one of nature's tag-users.
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I forgot tonight's important update: I had only to mention The Forsyte Saga to discover that my mother has been meaning to watch it for lo these more than fifty years. I have requisitioned the DVDs from our local library system. So that's my life now.
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Lol! Is it you to whom I should in fact be drafting the formal letter of apology now? ;-)
(Oh, and I'm sure you've already done this, but, just in case, do double check the library discs are the 1960s BBC and not the 2002(?) ITV adaptation. I mean, it's probably all right, I'm sure, but it's not the one you're looking for and it doesn't have Eric Porter and Susan Hampshire, and what's the use of that? XD)
The deep irony of all this is that I'm sure it began with me trying to get you to watch Blake's 7 again...
ETA: OMG, is there anything MORE B7-ish in the world than that? What else did I expect??
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I don't see why; I'm making out like a bandit here.
(Oh, and I'm sure you've already done this, but, just in case, do double check the library discs are the 1960s BBC and not the 2002(?) ITV adaptation. I mean, it's probably all right, I'm sure, but it's not the one you're looking for and it doesn't have Eric Porter and Susan Hampshire, and what's the use of that? XD)
I made sure! Damian Lewis wasn't even alive in 1967! The later series was indeed 2002 and has a fabulous cast, but I am not planning to start with it.
ETA: OMG, is there anything MORE B7-ish in the world than that? What else did I expect??
Well, so long as it's thematically consistent, then.