FORKNI-L
Digest - 12 Jun 2008 to 13 Jun 2008 (#2008-139)
Fri, 13 Jun 2008
There are 4 messages totalling 151 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Number One Son
2. Today's Birthday: June 12
3. MadNatters
4. The loft
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:30:55 -0700
From: Wdoherty <wdoherty5@c.......>
Subject: Re: Number One Son
Phillips, Tim
Subject: Re: Number One Son
> it made me wonder if Nick's quest for humanity, the struggle *against*
> LaCroix, was what made him the favored offspring?
Realistically...it was because the show was "Forever Knight" not
"The Darkness of Ducharme".
Someone said to me once that it was Nick's inherent goodness
that attracked LaCroix. From his evil side, maybe he hoped
to corrupt it, for his good side, maybe he envied it.
Leaving reality aside and stepping into the world of the
show....would it make sense (given LaCroix's cultural history) that he would
favor any son over a daughter simply on the basis of gender??
Other than it was Nick's show not Janette's. I wish LC's
relationship with Janette had been explored further though.
Being a Roman General, he was the head of his family, the
Pater Familias. Sons counted, daughters by and large didn't.
It's the old patrilineal thing.
I have always found it "odd" that LaCroix has only two
"acknowledged" children . . . . Yes, there have been others, but they are
darn near vampire equivalents of the "neck 'o the week". You never hear or
see them again after the particular episode that they are part of.
There are lots of reasons why we don't hear of others:
they didn't make the transition successfully,
they died young, the show's budget couldn't afford
any other regulars . . . .
They didn't have to show others, but they could have
mentioned them.
Clearly no one would write a series of novels without some
justification for these enormous spans of time that LaCroix spent alone...or
the complete indifference he seems to have toward his "children" aside Nick
and Janette.
It could have been a fun episode where several of LaCroix's
other children get together to take Nick out because of their
jealosy.
--WD
Phoenix
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:57:24 -0500
From: eowyn23@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday: June 12
Hi Y'all!
Today is Machine Day and the Birthday of: Billie-Lee
mccelt2003@s.......
You may send birthday greetings to Billie-Lee at the above email address.
Please NOT to the list!
Others who share Billie-Lee's birthday:
George Bush, President/V.Prez
Jim Nabors, Actor
Irwin Allen, TV/Movie Producer
Johanna Spyri, Children's Author
Anne Frank, Diarist
Significant events on this day:
1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a U.S.
Bill of Rights.
1838, The Iowa Territory was organized and separated from the Wisconsin
Territory.
1920, Man o' War won the Belmont Stakes.
1923, Harry Houdini freed himself from a straitjacket while suspended
upside down.
I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Billie-Lee!
If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and email address to me,
eowyn23@j......., privately, and I'll be glad to add you.
Terri
eowyn23@j.......
GWDFC, FK X-Stitcher, Proud Survivor of FK Fic Wars 8-12, Texas Knight
Dreamers, Knighties List Owner, Keeper of the FK Birthday List
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:38:53 -0400
From: "S. Babbitt" <sbabbitt@b.......>
Subject: Re: MadNatters
ChicagoMel wrote:
> Might I ask,what's a MadNatter? I'm not sure I've heard of that
> faction before
> Thanks
The MadNatters were a group of folks who were devoted Natalie fans
but not part of the NatPack; the majority of us claimed another
faction as our "first loyalty," as it were. We got our start as a
email loop, though quite a few of us also met on IRC almost every
night, especially when episodes were being broadcast, just to yammer.
(This was, of course, WAY before the days when AIM--at the time the
only IM client of note--was available to anyone other than AOL
users.) Anyone was welcome to join the loop or the chats. The MadNat
mailing list has long since gone into a deep and probably irrevocable
sleep, but since I'm still a staunch Natalie fan (she and Vachon
pretty much tie for my favorite character, depending on my mood), I
keep the designation in my .sig file.
--
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Stephanie Babbitt (sbabbitt@b.......), Atlanta, GA
Vaquera (Because I Can), MadNatter, N&NPacker
Nobody Dies. Nobody Ever Died.
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:15:16 -0700
From: Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y.......>
Subject: The loft
The renovation of the lofts is coming along nicely; I'm seriously
trying to figure out a way to buy one :)
http://www.broadviewlofts.com/welcome.html
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