Meanwhile...

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Hattingen, which is in our former coal mining area, the Ruhrgebiet, is today's town, and the Jossverse muses are talking to me again, which is fortunate, since it gives me the chance to write my between-the-seasons-ficathon story. I'm continuing to rewatch s4 of Alias as well, which makes me happy and sad at the same time, because despite there being a lot in season 5 which I did like, I more and more think it should have been the final season. It was that good, not just for my beloved First Gen Spies but also for the younger crowd, Sydney, Nadia, Vaughn, Weiss, Dixon and Marshall, and baring the tag scene which led into s5, it gave everyone a good (not always in the sense of happy, of course, but in the sense of "complete/ new phase of life starting") ending. Most of all, it excelled at shades of grey. . Something like Jack garotting Sasha the warlord? Would not have happened in s5, because it falls decidedly not under the "protect Sydney" mandate but is Jack doing something dark for his own sake, not because Sasha is warlording about but because Sasha betrayed him, personally. And call me prejudiced, but I think as depictions of Sloane's conflicting feelings for Nadia and Rambaldi, or as confrontations with both past crimes and the enormity of what he's still capable of, episodes like Another Mr. Sloane, In Dreams or earlier Detente are simply better written than the crucial "Don't make me choose" scene in 30 Seconds. As for Irina... Alas, Irina. I knew her well, Horatio. Back when she was allowed to have three dimensions. Or, to quote Arvin Sloane and his daughter from Pandora:

Nadia: I thought Katya might be able to fill in the blanks about my mother. Tell me who she was.

Sloane: I see. Well. . .thank you for telling me. Nadia? What did she tell you?

Nadia: Nothing I didn’t already know. That she was a criminal. A murderer.

Sloane: (gets up) Sweetheart, no one is a single thing. Look, I understood Irina. We were both cut from the same cloth. Both committed to our work. And I suppose because of that, we both did some things that are unforgivable. But, Nadia, Irina is also capable of having a great capacity for love. I saw the way she looked at Sydney. The way she held that child in her arms. And I am absolutely sure she felt the same way about you. She searched for you, Nadia. She may not be here to answer your questions, but the one thing I know to be true- your mother loved you.

Nadia: I’d like to believe that.

Sloane: Then do.




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Some Dr. Who links, regarding blondes who I gather aren't that popular in the fandom: here is a spirited defense of Jo Grant, companion to the Third Doctor. And bimo wrote a lovely character vignette, The Fabric That God Weaves, about Reinette, aka Madame de Pompadour, with a real sense of period. Read and enjoy.

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Morever, I do hope you write more Who

Well, while it's still too early to tell, I've got a certain feeling that Who might turn into one of my more productive fandoms...

So yes, there probably will be more ;-)