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[madripoor_rose]

Static Shock: episode 50: Wet And Wild. Hot Streak sabotages Aqua Maria's chance to be cured.

Leverage: omg awesome. And I have to look for screencaps because Nate's undercover suit was so very James Jesse FBI.

Just finished reading P.N. Elrod's latest Vampire Files Book, Dark Road Rising.

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[flight_wo_wings]

Oh wow, Kroun's my favorite charact in that series! The new development he's been given sounds really interesting; I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for that. And the feeding Escott his blood...I never managed to find the early books in the series that covered Jack's turning, but if I understand the implied mechanics right, doesn't that mean Escott will become a vampire if he's ever fatally wounded? (I've always wondered what happens to people in this verse who drink vampire blood, then go on to die of old age...)

I like the idea of Bobbi going to Hollywood, given the number of times Elrod's mentioned how it's her Greatest Dream, but the idea of starting over with a new supporting cast is pretty worrisome. I'd almost rather Bobbi became a guest character, given how much the series relies on the setting as well. On the other hand, rebooting the series like that could open new doors for new plots...Hey, wasn't that gay character and his daughter sent to Hollywood or something? Maybe she'll bring him back.

[madripoor_rose]

Heh, cool!

It's the traditional vampire stuff for the Change, the vampire has to drink, and the person has to drink back. So they don't really know what effect taking Kroun's blood will have, and Kroun can't remember where he learned to do that.

I wouldn't mind setting a book or two in Hollywood and going back to Chicago, but I'd miss the other characters if it's permanant. Hell, she's barely scratched the backstory of Myrna the ghost, for one.

Yeah, Malone and Norrie went to California, but I doubt we'll see them back. It was kind of hypocritical of Jack to send him away....I kind of got the feeling the character was for token diversity, like Escott's girlfriend's retarded daughter that was mentioned a few times but never appeared.

[flight_wo_wings]

Where HAVE you been all my life? XD

I see...Well, let's just hope it doesn't turn Charles into some kind of blood thrall, like in Vampire: the Masquerade. I doubt he'd care for that at all.

Maybe it's a set up for Bobbie to get her own spin off series, like Tony from Blood Ties. Still haven't read his latest book; have you? Was it any good? Anyway, I think Bobbi has enough personality that she could carry her own series, and show business stories never really get old, in my opinion.

To be honest I found Jack's quick acceptance of Malone's sexuality a little anachronistic. Not saying I wanted him to be a raging homophobe; no doubt there were people back then who didn't mind. But it didn't really seem to mesh with how bothered he was by...I think it was dressmaker's effeminate mannerisms? I don't quite remember now. But it all just didn't seem to match up. I think Elrod was trying a little too hard to be political correct, which to be fair is probably something nearly all writers of historical fiction have to struggle with.

[madripoor_rose]

She's managed to avoid all of those gothic-emo vampire cliches, so I hope not.

I gave up on the Smoke And Shadow series early on, there was some almost fangirl-bashing in the inside jokes about the vampire detective show Tony was working on.

Historical fiction can be one hell of a trap for authors. You either end up making your hero a racist sexist pig to modern readers, or you end up with anachronism all over the place.