The Director's Chair Challenge!
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Now that we’ve had some time to start thinking of our favourite fics, let’s move on to a new role – that of the Director. For some time now, there have been rumours of a new series that would go roughly between Caprica and the Miniseries. (Which in my deluded and fanfic-addled mind means happy, unencumbered pilots at the Academy. Woot!)
Now if this series was actually made, Katee Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber would clearly be too mature to play the roles of the late teens / early twenties cadets. (As much as I would ADORE seeing them in that role.)
Talk and discuss and POST SOME PRETTY to support your choices. (And BTW, if anyone needs advice on shooting any towel scenes, I have it on good authority, that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
nazkey has some *cough* experience in this regard and can give pointers on how it’s done. *winks*)
If you need some fic to put you in the mood, I’m going to suggest these lovelies... Thank you to both nazkey and sci_fi_shipper for locating ALL of these for me. Wow!
daphnea - A Brief History of Starbuck & Apollohttp://daphnaea.livejournal.com/516.html
elzed - Decline & Fall http://elzed.livejournal.com/94052.html
brynnmck - Laws of Gravity http://brynnmck.livejournal.com/17681.html
taragel - Academy Pilots http://taragel.livejournal.com/69923.html
workerbee73 - Borrowed Time http://workerbee73.livejournal.com/8197.html
kag523 - The Officers’ Club http://kag523.livejournal.com/10821.html
JaneAus10 - Every Time My Heart Beats http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4049523/1/Every_Time_My_Heart_Beats
Maevenly - Academy Days: The Burn http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3197650/1/Academy_Days_The_Burn
And what would a day on the DPP be without more manips... Here's a BRAND SPANKING NEW ONE just for today's theme!
AND.... Just because I can.
Here’s my vision of how the new series would look:
One last thing...VOTING CLOSED
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Date: 2010-10-13 05:12 am (UTC)I can't imagine anyone else at all playing Kara and Lee, so I say we spend part of the budget on digitally reverse aging them if we need to. *nods*
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Date: 2010-10-13 05:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 06:01 am (UTC)Agreed on the difficulty imagining anyone else as K/L though. I say make-up artists are our friends. :)
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Date: 2010-10-13 06:05 am (UTC)(BTW, Erin, Heather, and I would like to request a manip of Starbuck killing/maiming RDM. What kind of bribery would be required in order to obtain such a thing? It is for the feminist cause.)
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Date: 2010-10-13 06:16 am (UTC)Drew Roy (with blue contacts) ;)
Since time can magically go backward on the Internet...
Date: 2010-10-13 07:12 am (UTC)When Lee first arrives on campus, his style reflects his mother's ideas of proper gentlemanly attire, while the young lady (girlfriend? cousin? family friend?) accompanying him has clearly absorbed Caprica's vaguely gangsterish fashion sensibilities.
That first day, though, Lee needs a moment of solitude to quell his nerves, so he seeks out a peaceful spot by one of the windows in the central hall.
He draws the curtain and contemplates his future...
...and what he sees is a splash of glorious color in the sunlight outside that takes his breath away...
After that moment, Lee quickly starts to adjust to the rhythms of Academy life and learns to enjoy the casual comeraderie of the dorms.
During move-in week, other members of his dorm learn to enjoy having him (and his ARMS) around, as well :)
But he's always keeping his eyes open for that girl he saw through the window, catching glimpses of her from unexpected angles. They never speak.
Finally, one rainy night, he walks into the sim room for some extra practice, and comes face to face with the girl who's lived so long in the corner of his eye.
She raises an eyebrow at his dumbfounded expression, then glances down at the hand he has unthinkingly extended toward her. She takes it, her grip as sure as he knew it would be. "Kara Thrace," she says.
He smiles. "Lee Adama."
(The credit for most of the lovely screencaps goes to zegeekgirl and asta77 over at Bamber News (http://community.livejournal.com/bamber_news) -- it is full of amazing pics!)
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Date: 2010-10-13 10:49 am (UTC)Am I supposed to be all creative after THAT! How in the Gods names am I supposed to do that?
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Date: 2010-10-13 11:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 12:05 pm (UTC)OH the choices!
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Date: 2010-10-13 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 01:38 pm (UTC)Get writing! :>D
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Date: 2010-10-13 01:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-10-13 01:40 pm (UTC)Re: Since time can magically go backward on the Internet...
Date: 2010-10-13 01:41 pm (UTC)BTW - I've altered today's post in your honour... (See Above). So let's get writing our comment!script (though you may just have provided our comment!storyboard above).
*cheers baby Bamber*
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Date: 2010-10-13 01:41 pm (UTC)Re: Since time can magically go backward on the Internet...
Date: 2010-10-13 01:42 pm (UTC)Re: Since time can magically go backward on the Internet...
Date: 2010-10-13 01:43 pm (UTC)What's that? You're working today?
*nudges keyboard again*
You have a phone call. It's your muse. You have a new appointment today.
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Date: 2010-10-13 01:43 pm (UTC)Re: Since time can magically go backward on the Internet...
Date: 2010-10-13 01:50 pm (UTC)REJECTED! That is so flipping funny!
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Date: 2010-10-13 02:06 pm (UTC)When he sees her out the window, his breath stops. She is luminous, bright golden hair shining in the sunlight. His brow wrinkles at the tinges of pink at the ends and he thinks, what kind of girl does that? He wants to dismiss her, she's clearly not the kind of girl he usually notices. But he sees her look over her shoulder at someone she obviously adores and he suddenly wants to be the recipient of that glorious smile.
He shakes himself and lets the curtain fall back into place. Her image is emblazoned into his brain. He sits for a moment, the gathers himself. His family has sent him here to follow in the family footsteps, not to ogle strange girls with pink hair. He straightens his jacket and turns his attention back to Sylvie, the pretty curly-haired girl he'd met at this morning's orientation. She's giving him a strange expression, but he just smiles at her, using a well-practiced boyish charm to bring a matching expression to her face.
She links his arm into his and they begin to walk out of the classroom. Of its own accord, his head turns and he glances back towards the window and wonders if he'll see her again.
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Date: 2010-10-13 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-13 02:51 pm (UTC)It all becomes painfully clear at the costume party a few weeks later, when he and his best friend dress up as old sailors from Picon.
"Are you finally going to let me meet this mystery woman?" he asks Horatio, as they walk into the ballroom.
"Yes! You're gonna love her," Horatio says, grinning.
Famous last words, Lee thinks, when she appears, her brilliant smile lighting up the whole room.
For one happy moment, Lee thinks that she's smiling for him, but then she turns her attention to Horatio, and he feels like he'll never smile again.