And a belated "thank you," which I swear I remembered doing before! *blush*
I wonder if Schanke worries that Nick will burn himself out, taking things so seriously, and so hard? Someone should worry.
I absolutely think he does.
I do love the lantern-hang about parking. :-)
What matters is just knowing that Nick is having a flashback, because that tells us that we're in an episode structure, even was low on ideas and pressed for though we can see only as much as Schanke sees.
The notion of an obvious flashback that's never spelled out for the reader simply because it's Schanke's pov is just such a delight. In hindsight, it seems kind of obvious, and yet I don't think I've seen anyone else do it.
I love an author who checks historical references for a one-off line. And Nat would have her facts straight before correcting someone else's.
Alas, if only the criminal element would restrain itself to poison to coddle his delicate sensibilities--"
I can hear and see the delivery on this so clearly. Schanke-isms indeed!
Does Nick say somewhere in canon that he hates notifying the families of murder victims?
I can't remember whether he does, but I'm almost positive Schanke does. I can't quite hear the line or place the circumstances, but there's a "Man oh man" in there somewhere.
Trying to move the story along, skimming past actions that don't contribute directly. Does it wander too far into telling instead of showing?
Nope. Just keeps you from getting bogged down.
we never had an eating-disorder episode; I keep meaning to write one, but it's such delicate territory)
This figured into one of my novel proposals. Probably a bit predictable in having the young lady in question be a student ballerina, but I knew the lay of the land.
but did you know there's actually a bare chest scene before "Night in Question"? First-season, tarot cards, loft floor, robe open.
Y'know, I've always been too busy giggling at his obviously trying to hit the camera with them. I registered the costuming (natch -- the day I don't do that in general, you'll know my brain has stopped working entirely), but not that particular significance.
Could be evoking Lisa Cooper from "Father Figure," who obliquely compares Nick to Superman (she asks if the loft is his Fortress of Solitude). Or could just be my own Marvel Comics fandom.
Or Schanke's, if only from when he was a kid. He did seem to get on Lisa's wavelength in that regard pretty easily.
Am I suggesting that the boys were on marijuana by sending Ken for a big bag of fast food, given its famous hunger-inducing effects? Not intentionally.
FWIW, I gave it a brief thought and decided against it, opting for the (actually more obvious) explanation that they're teenage boys. All the other circumstances in play argue against pot.
Actually, it's almost precisely the same. And Nick knows it.
Yup.
Food metaphors in FK were never adequately explored.
Very true. Especially considering it was the elephant in the room every time (mostly first season) Natalie harped on abstinence from blood. Which she seems to me to have done most when she was running low on other ideas. That she persisted in doing so after seeing the condition he wound up in in DK2 is bewildering, and all I've ever been able to think is that the writers were determinedly ignoring the food angle to press the addiction one. Result: Huge honkin' elephant in the room.
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I wonder if Schanke worries that Nick will burn himself out, taking things so seriously, and so hard? Someone should worry.
I absolutely think he does.
I do love the lantern-hang about parking. :-)
What matters is just knowing that Nick is having a flashback, because that tells us that we're in an episode structure, even was low on ideas and pressed for though we can see only as much as Schanke sees.
The notion of an obvious flashback that's never spelled out for the reader simply because it's Schanke's pov is just such a delight. In hindsight, it seems kind of obvious, and yet I don't think I've seen anyone else do it.
I love an author who checks historical references for a one-off line. And Nat would have her facts straight before correcting someone else's.
Alas, if only the criminal element would restrain itself to poison to coddle his delicate sensibilities--"
I can hear and see the delivery on this so clearly. Schanke-isms indeed!
Does Nick say somewhere in canon that he hates notifying the families of murder victims?
I can't remember whether he does, but I'm almost positive Schanke does. I can't quite hear the line or place the circumstances, but there's a "Man oh man" in there somewhere.
Trying to move the story along, skimming past actions that don't contribute directly. Does it wander too far into telling instead of showing?
Nope. Just keeps you from getting bogged down.
we never had an eating-disorder episode; I keep meaning to write one, but it's such delicate territory)
This figured into one of my novel proposals. Probably a bit predictable in having the young lady in question be a student ballerina, but I knew the lay of the land.
but did you know there's actually a bare chest scene before "Night in Question"? First-season, tarot cards, loft floor, robe open.
Y'know, I've always been too busy giggling at his obviously trying to hit the camera with them. I registered the costuming (natch -- the day I don't do that in general, you'll know my brain has stopped working entirely), but not that particular significance.
Could be evoking Lisa Cooper from "Father Figure," who obliquely compares Nick to Superman (she asks if the loft is his Fortress of Solitude). Or could just be my own Marvel Comics fandom.
Or Schanke's, if only from when he was a kid. He did seem to get on Lisa's wavelength in that regard pretty easily.
Am I suggesting that the boys were on marijuana by sending Ken for a big bag of fast food, given its famous hunger-inducing effects? Not intentionally.
FWIW, I gave it a brief thought and decided against it, opting for the (actually more obvious) explanation that they're teenage boys. All the other circumstances in play argue against pot.
Actually, it's almost precisely the same. And Nick knows it.
Yup.
Food metaphors in FK were never adequately explored.
Very true. Especially considering it was the elephant in the room every time (mostly first season) Natalie harped on abstinence from blood. Which she seems to me to have done most when she was running low on other ideas. That she persisted in doing so after seeing the condition he wound up in in DK2 is bewildering, and all I've ever been able to think is that the writers were determinedly ignoring the food angle to press the addiction one. Result: Huge honkin' elephant in the room.