The spectre of damaged, damaged former child prodigy Fischer is the germ of Carraclough Devize, for me, though by "Pen Umbra" she'd also become a creepy mash-up between various bipolar friends of mine and any given Caitlin character.

That's fair. I still want the stories, though.

I loved him so much! He was my go-to woobie for years, I think.

I would have imprinted on him so hard if I'd seen this movie at a formative period in my life. As it is, I appear to be pretty damn fond of him.

He was a pretty guy, in his time--very untouched.

I should find one of his films from between these two periods. What do you recommend?

While Fischer has been touched plenty, and not by angels.

Yes.

How does he compare to Fischer-in-the-book?