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Digest - 8 Feb 2007 to 9 Feb 2007 (#2007-32)
Fri, 9 Feb 2007
There are 6 messages totalling 210 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Tracy at Nick's loft stories? (3)
2. Janette's Favorite City
3. CotK archives? Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
4. CotK archives?
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 03:57:42 -0500
From: gwatson2 <gwatson2@r.......>
Subject: Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
Amy R. said:
> I had gotten to thinking
>about how we never see Tracy in Nick's loft on screen -- unless I've
>forgotten a scene? Even Vachon and Urs get there ("Fever" and "Ashes
>to Ashes"), and they would seem less likely than Tracy, given how
>often Schanke popped by.
I'm pretty sure you're right: we never see Tracy at the loft. There was an
episode where Nick went over to her place; but that was when she wasn't
there, and he was trying to figure out where she might be.
But maybe Vachon and Urs aren't "less likely" visitors.
When I was writing FK4 I picked up on the contrast between Schanke's
frequent visits and Tracy's non-existent ones, and decided that there had to
be a reason. (Other than the writers simply not getting around to doing a
scene with Tracy there.) And it seemed to me most probable that the reason
was that Schanke was a man and Tracy a woman.
I figured it could be that Tracy wanted to make it clear--mostly to
Nick, but by extension to the rest of the squad room--that they were
*working* partners. It's notorious that the close relationship between
male/female cops who partner together sometimes develops into an affaire.
She might want to avoid the possibility that her new partner might make a
pass at her by ensuring that they have little contact outside working hours,
especially in private. After all, the simplest way to evade potential
trouble is by just avoiding the situation.
Tracy's position is delicate enough as it is: a young woman, newly
promoted, and Commissioner Vetter's daughter. She'd want to avoid talk
among her other colleagues--especially if it might get back to her father.
She really, really wants to be seen as totally professional.
Of course, after she and Nick get to know each other better, things
could change. Maybe, if there'd been more FK (sigh), we'd have seen her
coming over to the loft, just as Schanke did. But in Season III they're
only newly partners, and she doesn't really know Nick yet.
Greer
gwatson2@r.......
http://ca.geocities.com/gwatson2@rogers.com/index.html
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:36:22 -0500
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Re: Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
>> I had gotten to thinking
>>about how we never see Tracy in Nick's loft on screen
> I figured it could be that Tracy wanted to make it
>clear--mostly to Nick, but by extension to the rest of the
>squad room--that they were
>*working* partners.
Interesting line of thinking. I can see it as being correct.
An other interesting idea is what would Tracy think if she saw
how Nick lives? Shaded windows. Blood in the fridge. Schanke in the
end rejected the idea of vampires as something from the movies. Tracy
knows Vachon. She already knows about vampires. Little things that
Nick could shrug off with Schanke would be impossible with Tracy. And
we already know that she is a resistor - at least to Nick's ability to
whammy. Keeping her out of Nick's Loft does have the effect of not
having to go "jeez, can't that woman figure this out!!!" at any point.
Stepping into the real world for a moment, I suspect that the
real reason we never saw Tracy in the loft was simply that at no point
did a story-line require it.
Tim
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:05:57 -0500
From: Roger Armstrong <eriklebeau@g.......>
Subject: Re: Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
> Stepping into the real world for a moment, I suspect that the
> real reason we never saw Tracy in the loft was simply that at no point
> did a story-line require it.
Another possible reason is to show the difference between the
Nick-Tracy relationship and the Nick-Schanke relationship. By the
second season, Nick and Schanke were *friends* as well as partners.
Nick and Tracy never had the time to develop that level of
relationship, so there's a distance between them.
But I definitely also agree with the point that if she were to have
spent any time in his loft, only narrative convienience could have
kept her from figuring out the truth about Nick.
Roger
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:22:15 -0600
From: Janette NatPack <natpackjanette@g.......>
Subject: Re: Janette's Favorite City
That is gorgeous! Don't forget to check out the version that has labels on
all the famous landmarks here
http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com/paris-360-110-text.htm Thank you so much
for sharing that link!
-Janet(te)
NatPack despite the name ;-)
Success is achieving the top of the food chain
On 1/20/07, Jean Graham <jeang477@a.......> wrote:
>
> A friend just sent me this link. Somehow I think Janette (and Nick and
> LaCroix) would love this picture. (Don't forget to scroll right -- and keep
> going!)
>
> http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com/paris-panoramique-360-110.htm
> --Jean G.
>
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:53:17 -0800
From: J L Kerr <jlkerr1228@c.......>
Subject: Re: CotK archives? Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/evildead/879/library.html
Here's a link to the CotK fiction page.
JL Kerr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy R." <akr@l.......>
To: <FORKNI-L@l.......>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:32 PM
Subject: [FORKNI-L] CotK archives? Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
> A person wrote me from my website tonight, asking if I could
> point her to any Cousin-of-the-Knight fanfiction archives. Are there
> any dedicated CotK archives or recommendation lists? Actually, she
> didn't ask using the affiliation name; she specified that she was
> looking for good stories about Nick and Lacroix that do not happen to
> be slash stories.
>
> Coincidentally, I had been thinking about posting to ask for
> recommendations on a different scenario. I had gotten to thinking
> about how we never see Tracy in Nick's loft on screen -- unless I've
> forgotten a scene? Even Vachon and Urs get there ("Fever" and "Ashes
> to Ashes"), and they would seem less likely than Tracy, given how
> often Schanke popped by. Would anyone like to recommend any
> fanfiction stories with memorable uses of Tracy in Nick's loft? I've
> been thinking that might be fun.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Amy R., Knightie
> akr@l.......
> Bright Knight: http://users.LMI.net/akr/fk/
>
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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:02:10 -0600
From: Margie Hammet <treeleaf@i.......>
Subject: Re: CotK archives?
>Date: 7 Feb 2007 22:32:40 -0800 From: "Amy R." <akr@l.......>
>Subject: CotK archives? Tracy at Nick's loft stories?
>
> A person wrote me from my website tonight, asking if I could point
> her to any Cousin-of-the-Knight fanfiction archives. ... Actually, she
> didn't ask using the affiliation name; she specified that she was looking
> for good stories about Nick and Lacroix that do not happen to be slash
stories.
The CotK website addy is in my sig. Click on "Enter the Comfy
Cottage," and you'll get to a page from which you can click on the
"Library". The stories are not all necessarily CotK; they're stories
written by CotK members. Maybe some of the other CotK members can
recommend some your friend might particularly like.
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