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

[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).