Tracy Vetter is just about to say her "babe cop" line, in her dispirited complaint about being forced to appear on The Jerry Tate Show
I love the delivery of the line but I particularly find it amusing because it's probably not too far off from the character's original role on the show. Thankfully Tracy and Lisa Ryder had far more substance than that.
The idea that Tracy tries-vainly-to organize her world into submission is the key tidbit that has made her character for me, and this is where it was articulated.
::nods:: In Black Buddha one of Tracy's immediate concerns has to do with the number of diseases that can be found on the sewer not the fact that she's just witnessed a man chew on a dead rat. Granted Tracy's first reaction is to faint at the sight of Vachon and his dismembered hand but after recovering she starts barking orders-first in her car and later on in the sewer.
And I am still amused by the question of what Vachon was seeking in her refrigerator -- really! what does he expect?
He's always struck me as someone who needed to keep his hands busy. I don't really read Vachon-centric fic so I don't know what kind of background writers have given him but I imagine that he hadn't spent too much time around the minutia of mortal life like refrigerators and other household appliances. I figured that he was probably amused to have a mortal in the know about him so he took the opportunity to do some reconnaissance.
Of course the morgue is Natalie's domain, so while I could have picked something from the precincts, Nick's loft, her own apartment, many a crime scene, and more, the morgue is both more generic and more story-driving as a set for her.
I really like your explanation behind you selection for Natalie. Often times when I watch a morgue scene I can't help but think about some the logistics that might have gone into the filming of that set. As a set it's pretty drab. It's a green box filled with florescent lighting and stainless steel. It's not spacious like the loft, physically dynamic like The Raven, or even boisterous like the precinct sets. The morgue is a place for exposition rather than action. It must have been so dull to shoot there but it was also evident that they tried to make the most of their time there and have something of interest happen. I automatically think of the Natalie/Grace/food scenes or perhaps the drain fixing scene that overtook discussion at forkni-l a few months back. The small size of the space also amuses me compared to the lush coroner's office that appears in Blood Ties or perhaps the precursor to the present day Coroners' Building in Toronto that is depicted in Murdoch Mysteries. They've got tons of nooks and crannies to sneak in cameras for interesting camera set ups.
I turned it sepia to give it a more timeless feel, because there is so much time between them, and in my imagination of them. I like the stance, him embracing her from behind as they look out at the same scene.
I'm not ashamed to admit the love I have for the pretty those two bring to the table.
"That," she says, meaning not the kiss, but the attraction and connection burning in it even as she is walking away. In the present-day image in the icon, I imagine they both know "that," and know they each will always take the other back -- "always" until Nick is mortal, that is, and that is the part apart.
Nick believes in romantic love and in happily ever after. There they were two vampires pretending to partake in a very mortal convention--marriage. Even if they both had dalliances on the side I believe that Nick believed that he and Janette would be together forever. The idea that she might want something other than that rocked his sensibilities. Janette had her own reasons for leaving Nick but he was too caught up in his own pain to see beyond himself and see her position. I like that in 'Partners of Month' Nick was finally able to acknowledge the state of things then. Better late than never, huh.
Did you want to play the icon meme? If so, I would pick your "I approve!," "Whoa!" and "Nick & Nat" icons about which to learn more.
I'd love to play. I've posted my responses here (http://abby82.livejournal.com/12355.html)
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I love the delivery of the line but I particularly find it amusing because it's probably not too far off from the character's original role on the show. Thankfully Tracy and Lisa Ryder had far more substance than that.
The idea that Tracy tries-vainly-to organize her world into submission is the key tidbit that has made her character for me, and this is where it was articulated.
::nods:: In Black Buddha one of Tracy's immediate concerns has to do with the number of diseases that can be found on the sewer not the fact that she's just witnessed a man chew on a dead rat. Granted Tracy's first reaction is to faint at the sight of Vachon and his dismembered hand but after recovering she starts barking orders-first in her car and later on in the sewer.
And I am still amused by the question of what Vachon was seeking in her refrigerator -- really! what does he expect?
He's always struck me as someone who needed to keep his hands busy. I don't really read Vachon-centric fic so I don't know what kind of background writers have given him but I imagine that he hadn't spent too much time around the minutia of mortal life like refrigerators and other household appliances. I figured that he was probably amused to have a mortal in the know about him so he took the opportunity to do some reconnaissance.
Of course the morgue is Natalie's domain, so while I could have picked something from the precincts, Nick's loft, her own apartment, many a crime scene, and more, the morgue is both more generic and more story-driving as a set for her.
I really like your explanation behind you selection for Natalie. Often times when I watch a morgue scene I can't help but think about some the logistics that might have gone into the filming of that set. As a set it's pretty drab. It's a green box filled with florescent lighting and stainless steel. It's not spacious like the loft, physically dynamic like The Raven, or even boisterous like the precinct sets. The morgue is a place for exposition rather than action. It must have been so dull to shoot there but it was also evident that they tried to make the most of their time there and have something of interest happen. I automatically think of the Natalie/Grace/food scenes or perhaps the drain fixing scene that overtook discussion at forkni-l a few months back. The small size of the space also amuses me compared to the lush coroner's office that appears in Blood Ties or perhaps the precursor to the present day Coroners' Building in Toronto that is depicted in Murdoch Mysteries. They've got tons of nooks and crannies to sneak in cameras for interesting camera set ups.
I turned it sepia to give it a more timeless feel, because there is so much time between them, and in my imagination of them. I like the stance, him embracing her from behind as they look out at the same scene.
I'm not ashamed to admit the love I have for the pretty those two bring to the table.
"That," she says, meaning not the kiss, but the attraction and connection burning in it even as she is walking away. In the present-day image in the icon, I imagine they both know "that," and know they each will always take the other back -- "always" until Nick is mortal, that is, and that is the part apart.
Nick believes in romantic love and in happily ever after. There they were two vampires pretending to partake in a very mortal convention--marriage. Even if they both had dalliances on the side I believe that Nick believed that he and Janette would be together forever. The idea that she might want something other than that rocked his sensibilities. Janette had her own reasons for leaving Nick but he was too caught up in his own pain to see beyond himself and see her position. I like that in 'Partners of Month' Nick was finally able to acknowledge the state of things then. Better late than never, huh.
Did you want to play the icon meme? If so, I would pick your "I approve!," "Whoa!" and "Nick & Nat" icons about which to learn more.
I'd love to play. I've posted my responses here (http://abby82.livejournal.com/12355.html)