FORKNI-L

FORKNI-L Digest - 3 Sep 2004 to 4 Sep 2004 (#2004-245)

Sat, 4 Sep 2004

There are 5 messages totalling 128 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Pompeii show on tv
  2. Vampiric relationships (2)
  3. Looking for stories for Donnie's coffee corner
  4. war: any news?

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Date:    Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:15:52 -0700
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y.......>
Subject: Pompeii show on tv

Hey -
For those who have the Discovery Times channel.  There will be a show
"Vesuvius: Deadly Fury" on tonight (9/3) at 7pm EST.
I think I have seen it and if it the one I remember, it is a pretty
informative and interesting show.

-Amanda

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"This thing... man... whatever it is...evil may have created it, left its mark
on it, but evil does not rule it.  So I cannot kill it."  - Gabriel Van Helsing
http://www.darksideoftheglass.com

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Date:    Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:40:46 -0500
From:    Sue Clark <sclark@s.......>
Subject: Vampiric relationships

I was never much for writing UFfic, but that was more a deficiency of
the  writer than a lack of material provided by the show. I think there's
ample evidence in the show itself that could be taken as LC/Nick as having
had (or even as having, at some points) a physical, "sexual" (however
that's defined for vamps) relationship.

My personal read on the LC/Nick relationship is that it has more to do with
power/control than romantic notions of love.

--S

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Date:    Sat, 4 Sep 2004 09:49:06 +0200
From:    CousinLucilla <cousinlucilla@f.......>
Subject: Re: Looking for stories for Donnie's coffee corner

> From KC Smith:


>  Does anyone know where 'A Matter of Need' is archived?  For that
> matter, does anyone remember who wrote it? (My brain is jello
> lately) I think this story should <definitely> be in Donnie's
> coffee corner!


If it's the one by Rogue Cousin Tammy, I found it on the Raven Awards site
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sharkyl/Adultus%20A%20Matter%20Of%20Need%20(Par
t%200202).html

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Date:    Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:52:50 -0400
From:    Julia Kocich <jkocich@g.......>
Subject: Re: Vampiric relationships

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:40:46 -0500, Sue Clark <sclark@s.......> wrote:

> My personal read on the LC/Nick relationship is that it has more to do with
> power/control than romantic notions of love.

I suspect one of the reasons I'm interested in the LC/Nick
relationship is exactly because, while it is a complex relationship, I
just don't see how it can be reduced to a "romantic" one.

"Romance" without irony, conflict, humor, crossed signals, just
doesn't interest me, I guess.

While the General, as a vampire, and as a mortal, takes for granted
his power and control over others, I don't believe that he would be
interested in an utterly submissive Nick who *wasn't,* in some way or
other, rebelling against him. I won't go as far to say that he in some
way admires Nick's refusal to give in (in any sense), but I think it
certainly keeps the relationship interesting for him!

Thus I find most LC/Nick "hurt/comfort" stories to be tooth-achingly
sentimental. (And I admire Nick/Nat stories that avoid
sentimentality.) I can never forget that both were soldiers, fighters,
and members of the upper castes of their mortal times: these habits
carry over into their vampire un-lives.

Sue, are you still writing FK fic? I always looked forward to your stories.

Best,
Julia K.
UF list cobra

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Date:    Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:56:25 -0700
From:    Kristen Fife <fenix23fyre@y.......>
Subject: war: any news?

Just formulating battle plans in my head... :)

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Kristen Fife
http://www.fkvoyage.com/fkfanfic/fife_kristen/
"When a half-breed vampire becomes the object of Mafia revenge, the ensuing
power struggle pits immortal and mortal families against one another." -THICKER
THAN WATER
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."

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