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lonelybritConcise version: The Hub was f**king awesome. I'm so tired I could cry, but it was all utterly worth it. The Torchwood show really does have amazingly lovely people and they were all on sterling form this weekend.
The downside: I missed Merlin. Spoil me for this ep and I will hunt you down and disembowel you. Hopefully by Wednesday I will have caught up, but not until then.
Back to the Hub, and here be a more waffly version of the first bit of Saturday. As always I'm going purely on memory so this will not be particularly detailed, simply the points that particularly stayed with me, but don't quote me on any of this.
FRIDAY
The opening ceremony wasn't particularly memorable, and what sticks in the memory was that after the stars had come out and taken their bows, Showmasters took to the stage and gave us all a severe talking to. What it basically boiled down to was: 'Please, be cool.' We were all told in no uncertain terms that mobbing the actors was not on unless we wanted to guarantee these guys never agreed to another convention ever again.
And amazingly? It actually seemed to work. I really enjoyed this con, and it was also one of the best behaved cons I have ever been to. So hats off to everyone.
The party that night was the 'Time Travel' theme and there were some fab costumes on display. Kai and Gareth were there for a little while (Gareth appeared to have been kidnapped by a small child and you occasionally spotted him being dragged from one end of the hall to the other) but you got the feeling people were saving themselves for Saturday. Which was probably a wise move.
SATURDAY
The two 'surprise' guests turned out to be Jack Montgomery (young Jack) and another chap whose name now escapes me who played one of the weevils.
It was autographs and photoshoots in the morning before the decks cleared and we have our first guest talk. Ladies and gentleman, welcome John Barrowman.
John Barrowman talk
To be honest there wasn't much talk of Torchwood, it was mainly talking about his career, such as music and what he may be thinking of doing next. Questions I remember included:
Will he be returning to the West End?
Not for at least a few years. He basically feels that he's done that, and whilst he'll always love it and does hope to return there one day, there are other challanges he'd like to try and tackle and achieve first before settling back on stage.
Plus, Scott isn't too keen on him taking to stage right now. Apparently they never see each other when it's a play or musical, the filming schedule on the other hand is more convenient, and John wants to keep Scott happy, because Scott makes him happy (audience: Awwwwwwwwww...).
Dogs and puppies.
When their black spaniel Lewis died suddenly, it was obviously a very sad day in the Barrowman/Gill household. I think Lewis was actually Scott's, and John decided to try and find another one for him. Cue a massive search instigated by his PA that went all the way up one side of the British Isles, back down the other side, and finally landed in a dog breeder's house in Cardiff (it's a small world).
Thankfully Scott has minimal sense of smell, so when John put the blindfold on him and told him he was taking him to a house ('Ooh, great!' 'No, sorry, not that kind of house.') Scott remained oblivious to the pungent aroma of dog when he was taken into the kitchen. Apparently John took the blindfold off, pointed to the puppy and told Scott he was his, and Scott promptly burst into tears (audience: AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!).
The name Harris came about because off the west of Scotland there are two isles - the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris. And one of the roads joining them is Scott road. Which John thought rather appropriate - Lewis and Harris, joined by Scott (audience: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!).
There is also their Jack Russell, called Jack, who is apparently very like Captain Jack in that he's very bouncy and cheerful and full of beans and absolutely loves lying on his back and having his nuts tickled.
On-line stuff
John would like it to be known that he will never put his profile up on MySpace/Facebook/Bebo/etc. Whilst he has no problems with fantasy, he'd prefer people keep it in their heads or in their pants or on FanFiction.net. Where he gets twitchy is when folks register as him and then try and lure in his own family (nephews, nieces, etc) leading to instances wherein a niece had to ask Uncle John what exactly was a Lazy Susan (John: ask your mother).
The accent
Yes, John is aware that the Scottish accent is a gorgeous one. However when it comes to masses of people, he genuinely feels more comfortable speaking in the American one. Yes, it does all stem from the bullying back when he first moved to the USA. He gained the American accent to effectively beat the bullies at their own game, but as a result being asked to speak with the Scottish one does make him feel a bit like he's being put on show. (John did hasten to add that the many folks who had asked him to do this shouldn't be feeling horrible about asking, but just to understand why he will say 'No'.)
The US Election
(John: opens jacket to reveal superman-esque Obama T-shirt.)
Vote Obama.
Bearing in mind that there are children in the audience, what does John think he can do better than anyone else?
John: *clearly biting his tongue*
Audience: *dies*
Once the laughter had died down, John said that, apart from the obvious, he does believe he can sing. (Though he's very good at that 'other' thing as well.)
Can he give us any spoilers as to series 3?
No.
But one of his favourite deaths of Captain Jack does occur in series 3. And apparently we will see Jack naked.
Kai Owen, Gareth David-Lloyd, Naoko Mori talk
All three were looking splendid. Naoko was clearly a little overwhelmed at her first convention and, bless her, kept on trying to think very long and hard over each of her answers. With the result that two running jokes became how often she got an 'Awwwwwwwww!' from the audience (to the outrage of her co-stars), and how often the guys on stage with her pretended to fall asleep.
To be honest, I can't actually remember much of this Q&A, I think mainly because it was Kai and Gareth just goofing around with Naoko watching with mild bemusement.
Was Naoko upset at how things ended for Tosh?
Much as she hates to say it, she doesn't think that the writers made the wrong decision. She felt it important that the audience really understood that working for Torchwood was a dangerous job, and whilst she feels bad over making so many people cry (apparently something she got told a lot during the con) it also reaffirmed to her that she and everyone had done something right, that they had created a character that people cared about, that Tosh had come full circle, that- GDL: -that we can act.
Apparently by the time she got to the part of Tosh's farewell video, she was in floods of tears just reading it. On set, Barrowman said that there should be no rehearsal for that scene, that they (Eve and Gareth) should just go in straight. And everyone agreed.
Does Kai want Rhys to become a regular Torchwood team member?
No. Rhys loves Gwen, and he'll support her and help her, but clearly Kai feels that part of what makes Rhys Rhys is that he is outside of Torchwood and he'd like it to stay that way.
How was it working with James Marsters?
Kai - he found Marsters a really, really nice bloke ("He's 53!!!"), genuinely, a real gent.
GDL - also really liked Marsters, they're still mates and it was great being able to go over and see him when he was in the states for the cons. He's hoping that JM will be able to come over and visit him someday (audience: awwwwww).
Naoko - really really liked him, found him great fun and full of energy. Though she has to admit she had no idea who he was when he was cast (audience: *horrified gasp*). However, she does point out that she had no idea what Doctor Who or the TARDIS were when she was actually cast on Doctor Who. Apparently she looked up TARDIS in the dictionary after finding it in the script, and then called up her agent explaining she couldn't understand this word. The agent promptly hung up once she had spelled it out to him.
Favourite films?
I can't remember Naoko's movies, though Kai said he liked the old romantic movies since he was a bit of a sensitive soul (audience: Awwwwwww! KO: *fistpunch* yes!).
GDL simply launched into a rendition of 'Dance Magic Dance' from Labyrinth and got the audience to join in. Good times.
Paul Kasey, Lachlan Nieboer, Jack Montgomery talk.
Ah, Lachlan Nieboer. Yes, I didn't particularly like his incarnation of Gray, but in the flesh that lad is insanely pretty with a very nice smile and a very pleasant demeanour. Bless him, he did seem to be trying to keep up with the raunchy humour of the Torchwood regulars, but it was clear that with all the best will in the world he just was at sea with all the innuendos. *pets*
Paul Kasey (Weevil and Blowfish) was an incredibly charming chap, also very sweet and obviously utterly in love with his job and what he gets to do.
Jack Montgomery seemed insanely young amongst all the adults, but actually seemed to take to the talk with no difficulty whatsoever and easily held his own.
How did they get involved in Torchwood?
Paul Kasey got in via Doctor Who and the Sarah Jane Adventures. He was handed the script for Torchwood, and the weevil's first scene was chewing down on some poor hospital worker. At that point he knew this was the monster and the show for him.
Jack and Lachlan looked a little bashful and simply said that they auditioned.
Favourite lines?
PK: So thisssss isss team Torchwood.
JM: GRAY, COME BACK!
LN: I will make you suffer!
Favourite scenes?
Lachlan started to answer and then stopped, trying to explain that he wasn't dark and twisted in real life, that actually they were all perfectly nice, normal, well balanced people, but as for favourite scenes...
LN - the first scene with Jack, wherein Gray hugs him and then gets to pull out this massive knife and stabs his own brother with it.
JM - the scene with his dying father, the man is lying there on the ground with blood all over him and bodies in the background and young!Jack is having to cry as his dad dies. (Apparently the very emotional scenes are the most draining, but can also be the most fun and challenging to film.)
PK - the first weevil scene, where the weevil chews down on a poor hospital worker and blood and gore is gushing and going everywhere.
Lachlan: *gestures helplessly*
Being American/John Barrowman for Torchwood.
Lachlan lived in New York for two years, so actually putting on an American accent wasn't too difficult. Apparently in his audition he did a scene where Gray was getting very angry and emotional, and he guesses that this means that he's most like Barrowman/Jack when he's angry and flailing all over the place.
Jack has an American dad, so again putting on an American accent wasn't that difficult for him.
Meeting Barrowman.
Lachlan remembers lying in the makeup chair and being able to hear Barrowman bouncing around the place for hours before he actually hove into view. He did a wonderful demonstration of Barrowman jauntily breezing onto set, still chatting a million words an hour, springing his springy walk to where Lachlan was being brushed up, and then seeing him for the first time and just going utterly silent and still in reaction.
Much later there was the scene wherein Gray is encased in the cryogenic chamber and Lachlan again remembers lying there, utterly helpless, with Barrowman looming over him with the most evil grin going in a sing-song voice 'I could do whatever I want to you...' with the crew cracking up in the background.
Paul Kasey simply remembers filming a scene wherein the weevil had to throw herself at the glass cell wall, it was very emotional and he was trying to stay focussed and feral, and yes Barrowman was standing behind the cameraman doing absolutely everything he could to distract Paul.
Fortunately I can't remember Jack Montgomery coming up with similar tales, which considering he's still doing his A-levels is probably a very, very good thing...
And then we're on to the final talk, which had all the Saturday guests present. I can't write that up now for the simple reason that I'm exhausted and have to work tomorrow. I'm sure others will write it up far better than I can, and with pictures. But a few quick tasters:
- yes, it kicked off with Barrowman thoroughly snogging Kai Owen. To which GDL reacted with an outraged "It's over!"
- yes, the question of what would you like for Christmas did somehow wind up with everyone offering to whore themselves out to Barrowman in exchange for one of his Porsches. This included Montgomery scoffing off the calls for childline, saying in retaliation that he was quite happy to do anything for a Porsche, GDL sitting (and wriggling) in Barrowman's lap, and Barrowman briefly marvelling that (a) they were all looking at him for some reason and (b) good god but these guys used to be normal before they met him.
- Lachlan showing how to get a job (saying his first impression of RTD was 'what a handsome man'.
- one of the weevils showing how to lose a job (saying his first impression of RTD was that he reminded him of those creatures from the Southern Electricity ads).
- Lachlan curling up with shame when he couldn't come up with a suitably smutty and innuendo-laden epitaph for his gravestone, much to the amusement of all.
- Montgomery managing to make all the adults blush by saying he was going to actually NOT come up with something smutty for his epitaph, but would simply go for 'Here lies a great man'.
- Barrowman snogging Naoko.
- Barrowman snogging GDL.
- the entire panel saying vote Obama.
- GDL reacting to Lachlan again being complimentary to Barrowman with 'You are so up his arse today!' and then, whilst Barrowman himself dissolved into giggles, reconsidered and admitted 'Still, gives me a break' at which point Barrowman simply keeled over and had to be given a few minutes to recover.
It's a hard life being Barrowman :)
If you do want pics and more detailed reports, here be a few more I've spied on LJ that are well worth checking out:
Pics: He's not an alien, he's a gaylien.
Pics: JB and GDL
Pics: snogging and stripteases
Pics: JB, GDL, NM.
Pic: But I need you around the back entrance!
Pics: Funny pills?
I'm not an alien...
Yet more pics.
And more pics.
JB, GDL, NM et al.
The downside: I missed Merlin. Spoil me for this ep and I will hunt you down and disembowel you. Hopefully by Wednesday I will have caught up, but not until then.
Back to the Hub, and here be a more waffly version of the first bit of Saturday. As always I'm going purely on memory so this will not be particularly detailed, simply the points that particularly stayed with me, but don't quote me on any of this.
FRIDAY
The opening ceremony wasn't particularly memorable, and what sticks in the memory was that after the stars had come out and taken their bows, Showmasters took to the stage and gave us all a severe talking to. What it basically boiled down to was: 'Please, be cool.' We were all told in no uncertain terms that mobbing the actors was not on unless we wanted to guarantee these guys never agreed to another convention ever again.
And amazingly? It actually seemed to work. I really enjoyed this con, and it was also one of the best behaved cons I have ever been to. So hats off to everyone.
The party that night was the 'Time Travel' theme and there were some fab costumes on display. Kai and Gareth were there for a little while (Gareth appeared to have been kidnapped by a small child and you occasionally spotted him being dragged from one end of the hall to the other) but you got the feeling people were saving themselves for Saturday. Which was probably a wise move.
SATURDAY
The two 'surprise' guests turned out to be Jack Montgomery (young Jack) and another chap whose name now escapes me who played one of the weevils.
It was autographs and photoshoots in the morning before the decks cleared and we have our first guest talk. Ladies and gentleman, welcome John Barrowman.
John Barrowman talk
To be honest there wasn't much talk of Torchwood, it was mainly talking about his career, such as music and what he may be thinking of doing next. Questions I remember included:
Will he be returning to the West End?
Not for at least a few years. He basically feels that he's done that, and whilst he'll always love it and does hope to return there one day, there are other challanges he'd like to try and tackle and achieve first before settling back on stage.
Plus, Scott isn't too keen on him taking to stage right now. Apparently they never see each other when it's a play or musical, the filming schedule on the other hand is more convenient, and John wants to keep Scott happy, because Scott makes him happy (audience: Awwwwwwwwww...).
Dogs and puppies.
When their black spaniel Lewis died suddenly, it was obviously a very sad day in the Barrowman/Gill household. I think Lewis was actually Scott's, and John decided to try and find another one for him. Cue a massive search instigated by his PA that went all the way up one side of the British Isles, back down the other side, and finally landed in a dog breeder's house in Cardiff (it's a small world).
Thankfully Scott has minimal sense of smell, so when John put the blindfold on him and told him he was taking him to a house ('Ooh, great!' 'No, sorry, not that kind of house.') Scott remained oblivious to the pungent aroma of dog when he was taken into the kitchen. Apparently John took the blindfold off, pointed to the puppy and told Scott he was his, and Scott promptly burst into tears (audience: AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!).
The name Harris came about because off the west of Scotland there are two isles - the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris. And one of the roads joining them is Scott road. Which John thought rather appropriate - Lewis and Harris, joined by Scott (audience: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!).
There is also their Jack Russell, called Jack, who is apparently very like Captain Jack in that he's very bouncy and cheerful and full of beans and absolutely loves lying on his back and having his nuts tickled.
On-line stuff
John would like it to be known that he will never put his profile up on MySpace/Facebook/Bebo/etc. Whilst he has no problems with fantasy, he'd prefer people keep it in their heads or in their pants or on FanFiction.net. Where he gets twitchy is when folks register as him and then try and lure in his own family (nephews, nieces, etc) leading to instances wherein a niece had to ask Uncle John what exactly was a Lazy Susan (John: ask your mother).
The accent
Yes, John is aware that the Scottish accent is a gorgeous one. However when it comes to masses of people, he genuinely feels more comfortable speaking in the American one. Yes, it does all stem from the bullying back when he first moved to the USA. He gained the American accent to effectively beat the bullies at their own game, but as a result being asked to speak with the Scottish one does make him feel a bit like he's being put on show. (John did hasten to add that the many folks who had asked him to do this shouldn't be feeling horrible about asking, but just to understand why he will say 'No'.)
The US Election
(John: opens jacket to reveal superman-esque Obama T-shirt.)
Vote Obama.
Bearing in mind that there are children in the audience, what does John think he can do better than anyone else?
John: *clearly biting his tongue*
Audience: *dies*
Once the laughter had died down, John said that, apart from the obvious, he does believe he can sing. (Though he's very good at that 'other' thing as well.)
Can he give us any spoilers as to series 3?
No.
But one of his favourite deaths of Captain Jack does occur in series 3. And apparently we will see Jack naked.
Kai Owen, Gareth David-Lloyd, Naoko Mori talk
All three were looking splendid. Naoko was clearly a little overwhelmed at her first convention and, bless her, kept on trying to think very long and hard over each of her answers. With the result that two running jokes became how often she got an 'Awwwwwwwww!' from the audience (to the outrage of her co-stars), and how often the guys on stage with her pretended to fall asleep.
To be honest, I can't actually remember much of this Q&A, I think mainly because it was Kai and Gareth just goofing around with Naoko watching with mild bemusement.
Was Naoko upset at how things ended for Tosh?
Much as she hates to say it, she doesn't think that the writers made the wrong decision. She felt it important that the audience really understood that working for Torchwood was a dangerous job, and whilst she feels bad over making so many people cry (apparently something she got told a lot during the con) it also reaffirmed to her that she and everyone had done something right, that they had created a character that people cared about, that Tosh had come full circle, that- GDL: -that we can act.
Apparently by the time she got to the part of Tosh's farewell video, she was in floods of tears just reading it. On set, Barrowman said that there should be no rehearsal for that scene, that they (Eve and Gareth) should just go in straight. And everyone agreed.
Does Kai want Rhys to become a regular Torchwood team member?
No. Rhys loves Gwen, and he'll support her and help her, but clearly Kai feels that part of what makes Rhys Rhys is that he is outside of Torchwood and he'd like it to stay that way.
How was it working with James Marsters?
Kai - he found Marsters a really, really nice bloke ("He's 53!!!"), genuinely, a real gent.
GDL - also really liked Marsters, they're still mates and it was great being able to go over and see him when he was in the states for the cons. He's hoping that JM will be able to come over and visit him someday (audience: awwwwww).
Naoko - really really liked him, found him great fun and full of energy. Though she has to admit she had no idea who he was when he was cast (audience: *horrified gasp*). However, she does point out that she had no idea what Doctor Who or the TARDIS were when she was actually cast on Doctor Who. Apparently she looked up TARDIS in the dictionary after finding it in the script, and then called up her agent explaining she couldn't understand this word. The agent promptly hung up once she had spelled it out to him.
Favourite films?
I can't remember Naoko's movies, though Kai said he liked the old romantic movies since he was a bit of a sensitive soul (audience: Awwwwwww! KO: *fistpunch* yes!).
GDL simply launched into a rendition of 'Dance Magic Dance' from Labyrinth and got the audience to join in. Good times.
Paul Kasey, Lachlan Nieboer, Jack Montgomery talk.
Ah, Lachlan Nieboer. Yes, I didn't particularly like his incarnation of Gray, but in the flesh that lad is insanely pretty with a very nice smile and a very pleasant demeanour. Bless him, he did seem to be trying to keep up with the raunchy humour of the Torchwood regulars, but it was clear that with all the best will in the world he just was at sea with all the innuendos. *pets*
Paul Kasey (Weevil and Blowfish) was an incredibly charming chap, also very sweet and obviously utterly in love with his job and what he gets to do.
Jack Montgomery seemed insanely young amongst all the adults, but actually seemed to take to the talk with no difficulty whatsoever and easily held his own.
How did they get involved in Torchwood?
Paul Kasey got in via Doctor Who and the Sarah Jane Adventures. He was handed the script for Torchwood, and the weevil's first scene was chewing down on some poor hospital worker. At that point he knew this was the monster and the show for him.
Jack and Lachlan looked a little bashful and simply said that they auditioned.
Favourite lines?
PK: So thisssss isss team Torchwood.
JM: GRAY, COME BACK!
LN: I will make you suffer!
Favourite scenes?
Lachlan started to answer and then stopped, trying to explain that he wasn't dark and twisted in real life, that actually they were all perfectly nice, normal, well balanced people, but as for favourite scenes...
LN - the first scene with Jack, wherein Gray hugs him and then gets to pull out this massive knife and stabs his own brother with it.
JM - the scene with his dying father, the man is lying there on the ground with blood all over him and bodies in the background and young!Jack is having to cry as his dad dies. (Apparently the very emotional scenes are the most draining, but can also be the most fun and challenging to film.)
PK - the first weevil scene, where the weevil chews down on a poor hospital worker and blood and gore is gushing and going everywhere.
Lachlan: *gestures helplessly*
Being American/John Barrowman for Torchwood.
Lachlan lived in New York for two years, so actually putting on an American accent wasn't too difficult. Apparently in his audition he did a scene where Gray was getting very angry and emotional, and he guesses that this means that he's most like Barrowman/Jack when he's angry and flailing all over the place.
Jack has an American dad, so again putting on an American accent wasn't that difficult for him.
Meeting Barrowman.
Lachlan remembers lying in the makeup chair and being able to hear Barrowman bouncing around the place for hours before he actually hove into view. He did a wonderful demonstration of Barrowman jauntily breezing onto set, still chatting a million words an hour, springing his springy walk to where Lachlan was being brushed up, and then seeing him for the first time and just going utterly silent and still in reaction.
Much later there was the scene wherein Gray is encased in the cryogenic chamber and Lachlan again remembers lying there, utterly helpless, with Barrowman looming over him with the most evil grin going in a sing-song voice 'I could do whatever I want to you...' with the crew cracking up in the background.
Paul Kasey simply remembers filming a scene wherein the weevil had to throw herself at the glass cell wall, it was very emotional and he was trying to stay focussed and feral, and yes Barrowman was standing behind the cameraman doing absolutely everything he could to distract Paul.
Fortunately I can't remember Jack Montgomery coming up with similar tales, which considering he's still doing his A-levels is probably a very, very good thing...
And then we're on to the final talk, which had all the Saturday guests present. I can't write that up now for the simple reason that I'm exhausted and have to work tomorrow. I'm sure others will write it up far better than I can, and with pictures. But a few quick tasters:
- yes, it kicked off with Barrowman thoroughly snogging Kai Owen. To which GDL reacted with an outraged "It's over!"
- yes, the question of what would you like for Christmas did somehow wind up with everyone offering to whore themselves out to Barrowman in exchange for one of his Porsches. This included Montgomery scoffing off the calls for childline, saying in retaliation that he was quite happy to do anything for a Porsche, GDL sitting (and wriggling) in Barrowman's lap, and Barrowman briefly marvelling that (a) they were all looking at him for some reason and (b) good god but these guys used to be normal before they met him.
- Lachlan showing how to get a job (saying his first impression of RTD was 'what a handsome man'.
- one of the weevils showing how to lose a job (saying his first impression of RTD was that he reminded him of those creatures from the Southern Electricity ads).
- Lachlan curling up with shame when he couldn't come up with a suitably smutty and innuendo-laden epitaph for his gravestone, much to the amusement of all.
- Montgomery managing to make all the adults blush by saying he was going to actually NOT come up with something smutty for his epitaph, but would simply go for 'Here lies a great man'.
- Barrowman snogging Naoko.
- Barrowman snogging GDL.
- the entire panel saying vote Obama.
- GDL reacting to Lachlan again being complimentary to Barrowman with 'You are so up his arse today!' and then, whilst Barrowman himself dissolved into giggles, reconsidered and admitted 'Still, gives me a break' at which point Barrowman simply keeled over and had to be given a few minutes to recover.
It's a hard life being Barrowman :)
If you do want pics and more detailed reports, here be a few more I've spied on LJ that are well worth checking out:
Pics: He's not an alien, he's a gaylien.
Pics: JB and GDL
Pics: snogging and stripteases
Pics: JB, GDL, NM.
Pic: But I need you around the back entrance!
Pics: Funny pills?
I'm not an alien...
Yet more pics.
And more pics.
JB, GDL, NM et al.
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Date: 2008-10-20 11:48 pm (UTC)I've got a word doc open and I'm writing Uther and Arthur. Gen, preseries. God help me. And no spoilers, I promise.
Thanks for the fic rec on Friday - much appreciated!
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Date: 2008-10-21 11:08 pm (UTC)Oh Merlin. I've just caught up. Oh show. Now that is how you create an awesome threesome. And again there was brilliant scenes between Arthur and Uther. It really is made for us one way and another!
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Date: 2008-10-21 11:12 pm (UTC)I kind of love how innocently the slash is. It's just so in your face and sweet and I want to cuddle Arthur and Merlin and squish Lancelot in between them. They so fancy each other rotten.
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Date: 2008-10-21 11:22 pm (UTC)YES. That's it exactly. It really is old-fashioned 'love-making' where you fight dragons for each other and never hope for more than a soulful look in response. Watching both Merlin and Arthur become utterly smitten with Lancelot - epic heartbreak music of d00m plus unshed tears for that last scene - whilst Lancelot just adores the whole of Camelot, it's rare that you get a threesome where there's no question of anyone being left out in the cold, so to speak. *smishes them*
Kind of makes it all the more sad when you know how it will all end eventually.
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:25 am (UTC)Also? John and Scott might just be the sweetest couple ever.
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Date: 2008-10-21 11:10 pm (UTC)Quite a few word-y reports have now gone up, still with pics, which are definitely worth a read, particularly as quite a few folks remembered more than I did which is great :) Once I've de-squee-ed from this week's Merlin, I may try and put down what I do remember, though, for the rest of the week.
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Date: 2008-10-21 04:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-21 11:12 pm (UTC)I have just caught up with this week's ep. Now THAT is how to write a successful threesome!