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ladybug_archive) wrote2011-07-09 02:54 am
ladybug_archive) wrote2011-07-09 02:54 am
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... **headdesk.**
A little romance in the fandom here and there is fine, but it's honestly kind of annoying when I find five pages of Perry Mason/Della Street fanfiction and only about two stories in the whole section that are Gen/Mystery genre! Seriously, almost everyone writing for the show at FF.net seems to have a one-track mind. That was the case several years ago when I looked before, as well.
Also, I thought it was a little odd that the slashers hadn't come out to play. Then I see there's one on Archive of Our Own, writing Perry Mason/Paul Drake.
I still find it strange that the slashers don't engage in Perry Mason/Hamilton Burger. Not that I want to see it; it would honestly be rather frightening. But in an anime series, and probably in recent TV shows or movies, rival characters like them who have a very interesting and complex relationship (they've gone out to lunch and dinner, they occasionally work together on cases, Burger once asked Perry to defend a friend of his) would excite the slashers to no end.
I wish someone would show some interest in writing about them in a Gen way (though honestly, since it seems like anything concerning them is downright impossible and non-existent to find, I'd probably be willing to even read a mild slashfic on them if it existed). Their interaction is the main thing that intrigues me about the show (and the main thing that contributed to me being a casual fan). I've watched it off and on for probably twelve or thirteen years, maybe longer.
And Simon Oakland's characters can't catch a break. He plays a bad fellow and ends up dead. He plays a good fellow and still ends up dead. And the latter death pretty much broke my heart. It was so needless! His character, Captain Caldwell, was killed by some kook who didn't want Caldwell's investigation into sabotage to cause his precious missile not to launch. So the nut killed him to halt the investigation.
Also, I thought it was a little odd that the slashers hadn't come out to play. Then I see there's one on Archive of Our Own, writing Perry Mason/Paul Drake.
I still find it strange that the slashers don't engage in Perry Mason/Hamilton Burger. Not that I want to see it; it would honestly be rather frightening. But in an anime series, and probably in recent TV shows or movies, rival characters like them who have a very interesting and complex relationship (they've gone out to lunch and dinner, they occasionally work together on cases, Burger once asked Perry to defend a friend of his) would excite the slashers to no end.
I wish someone would show some interest in writing about them in a Gen way (though honestly, since it seems like anything concerning them is downright impossible and non-existent to find, I'd probably be willing to even read a mild slashfic on them if it existed). Their interaction is the main thing that intrigues me about the show (and the main thing that contributed to me being a casual fan). I've watched it off and on for probably twelve or thirteen years, maybe longer.
And Simon Oakland's characters can't catch a break. He plays a bad fellow and ends up dead. He plays a good fellow and still ends up dead. And the latter death pretty much broke my heart. It was so needless! His character, Captain Caldwell, was killed by some kook who didn't want Caldwell's investigation into sabotage to cause his precious missile not to launch. So the nut killed him to halt the investigation.
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Well, you were the one who told me that slash exists out there somewhere for every fandom... XD;
**hugs Simon's characters** Poor Captain. he looked so cute, too...
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Somewhere out there, there probably is Perry/Hamilton, too. I wasn't surprised to find Perry/Paul slash existing; I'm just surprised not to find Perry/Hamilton also.
I still wish there was something I could do about that. I've been racking my brain for a solution.
The episode where he plays one of the bad guys is on the rotation this time around. It will air at the end of the month on my local PBS affilate. And when I read the summary, I realized I'm sure I saw that episode long ago. Ironically, it may have been my first exposure to Simon Oakland, depending on when I first saw it in relation to I Want to Live!
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I know. I feel the same way, and I haven't even seen the ep!
Nice. Enjoy the nostalgia! (Oh, you have a wonderful PBS station--ours just seems to enjoy airing locally-produced programming which usually isn't very interesting--usually; that cemetery one was intriguing. And since you've seen it, that meant that others thought so and aired it nationwide.)
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I've even considered writing the AU where someone else is killed, but I don't really want to. I don't like AUs, since I can't see them as depicting the "real" canon characters. Plus, the plot could end up being a bit tedious with Caldwell perhaps continuing to suspect Jerry Reynolds and being determined to prove it was him. Although it would be squeeable to write a scene where he realizes and admits he was wrong. But yeah. It comes down to wanting to write something that isn't AU, but being unable to think of anything.
Yeah, our PBS station is just wonderful. Both of our affiliates show national programming as well as local, but I think it's just the one that has classic TV shows.
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**nods** What about that idea with the spirit?
Ah. Well, still lucky. Enjoy!
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