Just sayin'

[brightknightie]

I believe that there are infinite, incredible, Forever Knight stories yet to tell, that we can still be inspired and irritated into grand new tales, just as we were during the first hiatus when we didn't know whether the series would ever come back after first season, or while second and third season canon unfurled before our eyes, or while we reacted in white heat in the aftermath of the final episodes.

Remember that we are all more interesting, more experienced, more insightful now than we were then, and then ask... "What if?"

• What if Lacroix had never come back after Nick staked him?
• What if the Constantine family had interfered in Janette's business?
• What if Natalie had lost her memory (instead of Nick)?
• What if Schanke or Tracy (or one of the Captains) had discovered Nick's secret and had taken it badly?
• What if Emily had recovered her memories?
• What if Alexandra had returned for another try at Nick?
• What if Serena had achieved a cure (with or without a child)?
• What if surviving the fever had fundamentally changed something about vampirism?
• What happened to Nick's nephew Andre? Or Rebecca, or Lisa Cooper, or all our favorite guest stars?
• What if another copy of the Abbarratt had surfaced?
• What if Divia had converted more than just her father?
• What if Nick had decided that it was time to move on from Toronto by himself, and actually did it?

I could continue, but I'm late leaving for work. ;-)

Comments

[pj1228]

What if Lacroix had never come back after Nick staked him?
Desaster! ;)

What if Schanke or Tracy (or one of the Captains) had discovered Nick's secret and had taken it badly?
That's an intriguing scenario we might want to keep in mind for the challenge prompt, although I've already addressed that in Evidence of Fear.

[brightknightie]

>> What if Lacroix had never come back after Nick staked him?
> Disaster! ;)

"...we can still be inspired and irritated [emphasis added] into grand new tales..."

;-) Go on! I dare you! ;-)

>"...although I've already addressed that in Evidence of Fear."

Yes. :-)

One of the fun things about a challenge-style game (in which everyone replies to the same one prompt) is how it illuminates the diversity of FK. So many incompatible answers to the same one question, yet all of them equally valid!

Off the top of my head, I remember only one fanfiction story (by JMR) in which the asteroid from "A More Permanent Hell" wasn't a hoax and actually crashed into the earth (this particular story was short and N&Nery yet chilling). That's another scenario that would be fascinating to see tackled in many different ways.

[greerwatson]

"I believe that there are infinite, incredible, Forever Knight stories yet to tell,...."

I fear you may be preaching to the choir. Still, few though we are, I hope for glorious harmonies in our future.

[brightknightie]

>"I fear you may be preaching to the choir"

;-) On my own fannish blog? Indeed, I hope so! ;-)

Agentum_ls and I traded remarks in a comment string a few days ago about recruiting more new and drifted-away viewers/readers/writers to our little-known, hugely-worthy, best-beloved fandoms. There's no silver bullet, but for the past few years, I admit that I've failed to take advantage of the opportunity to introduce and promote fandoms in the weeks leading up to rarelywritten sign-ups; we could be posting manifestos and linking people to streaming content and DVD deals and such.

Similarly, we could be raising visibility by recommending FK content in the recommendation communities (like HetReccers and FanArtRecs). Maybe we (the FK community) could collaborate to come up with enough recs to fill a monthly sign-up slot in each of those venues each year.

[greerwatson]

Most of these I've never even heard of. However, I do make a point of promoting FK in the pre-Yuletide posts.

[brightknightie]

>"Most of these I've never even heard of."

My apologies. Every month, my "Recently in FK" bulletin begins with a "Ficathons and communities" section. Every month, the final bullet in that section mentions all the live, FK-eligible recommendation communities that I know of.

For some time now, it's been only het_reccers and fanart_recs in that bullet 'most every month. In older years, there were more (e.g. crack_van.

(People can now make public bookmark recommendations inside their AO3 accounts as a form of promotion. I believe that independent option simply blew out some of the older recommendation communities.)

[lightbird]

These are all great questions and ideas. This one:

What if surviving the fever had fundamentally changed something about vampirism?

is really intriguing.

[brightknightie]

Thanks!

I actually built a story around a variation of that idea once -- "In the Light of Day" (2003) -- but it's an idea that I think could be turned to myriad uses, serving most factional preferences and interpretive interests. (Although not Schanke or Cohen, of course.)

[sholio]

I think these are excellent points. :) (And true of so many old fandoms, as well, even after much of the interest has faded!)

I really appreciate that you put so much work into this exchange, year after year, and feel rather bad that I've been too busy and/or distracted with other shinies to participate lately. But the love that you pour into this fandom is a big part of what's keeping it alive. <3

[brightknightie]

Thank you!

Please enjoy your newer shinies with a completely clear conscience! :-) I kept meaning to tell you that Agent Carter was the most offered and most requested fandom in all of rarelywritten; at this rate, I assume that Peggy Carter herself will be properly ineligible for next year's game. (Good for her; good for fandom.) I purchased the series on Google Play, but haven't yet watched it myself. (I'd gotten so very thoroughly turned off Agents of SHIELD. It's hard to drive me from Marvel, but it's been done before... I'm looking at you, Mr. Byrne, and what you did to Wanda and Vision when you took over the West Coast Avengers...)

But if you ever find yourself longing for a bit of fun in a closed fandom, do think of FK! There's no story like it, as you know: so seamlessly and wholly mixed genre, such acting, such social awareness (especially of women) for its era, and so sophisticated against all the odds (and even against the hopes of its PTB, sometimes).