Sententiae Draconis

I've become enamoured with podfic (and with audiobooks in general) because it means that I can listen to stories while I'm knitting or doing other things which require my eyes or hands. I also tend to listen to podfic as I'm going to bed because then I get a bedtime story (and I will never grow out of bedtime stories). Lately I've been thinking about recording podifc as a way that I could contribute more to fandom. I actually recorded this a few weeks ago and only now have I got up the courage to post it.

So here it is. I'll update the link once it's been archived.

Title: Five Ways Tony Foster Doesn't Save the Day by aderam
Reader: aderam
Fandom: Blood-Smoke Series - by Tanya Huff
Pairing: Tony Foster/Lee Nicholas
Length: 32 minutes

MP3 at Megaupload 29.91MB

Also posted at amplificathon.

Today is absolutely gorgeous and I've been feeling weird etc (hence the post earlier today) so I really needed to get out. So I went and braved the maze of construction on Princess St. to get a rare roast beef sandwich and some pastries from Pan Chancho (Om nom nom) got some coffee from the Goat and walked out to the waterfront by the Murney Tower (workplace of hellish coworkers lo these many moons ago) and sat about eating my little picnic and reading Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff.

It was really good to see the Lake. The wind was up and chill but not too cold. The sun was glinting off the water. The Windmills on Wolfe Island were turning prettily. And there weren't too many people around because it is still fairly cold out (the Australians would not be impressed - I have nothing against Aussies, but I can't help but laugh at them when they insist that it gets cold there - 6 or 7 is not cold!). It was lovely.

And Smoke and Mirrors is still awesome. Tony Foster is my favourite. I love this series. I could totally read it all the time and not get bored. Tony/Lee is one of the only canon pairings that I love beyond all reason. I wish that it was a TV show so that I would have pictures of the actors I could draw hearts around. /girlish gushing.

But most importantly there was the water. I don't think I could have gone to Edmonton and UofA for no other reason than because there is no water (that river-like thing does not count). I need something I can sail on properly. Even if I don't get the chance to sail.

So a few days ago I found out that the TV series based on Tanya Huff's Blood Books was coming out, and then of course was distracted from doing important end-of-term type school work until I found out if I could actually watch it online anywhere. So I went looking around and even though none of my usual haunts had it I luckily found it on YouTube (thank the gods for YouTube). I even managed to have enough self control to only watch the pilot before I finished all my work. So far they've played five episodes if you count the pilot as two. And I love it!

It's just right!!!!

At first I was kinda worried, because I love the characters and the books and Tanya Huff, but she says that she really likes it (actually she seems like a kid in a candy store) and I actually agree. The things that'll take some time getting used to are Vicki being blonde (actually all of the characters have hair that's different from what's in the books or what I imagined, but for some reason the blonde Vicki just doesn't sit right with me) and Henry being a Graphic Artist instead of a Romance Writer (although it does give Celluci some great opportunities to talk with geeks in comic-book stores while trying to figure out who this Fitzroy character is).

It turns out that Henry is just right, too. The actor who plays him is actually the same age as my brother, but he's still really good at doing both the Prince of Darkness and the Prince of Man thing. And the sketching thing is rather hawt too so I don't think that I can complain that it's not accurate... He's also just the right height so that he has to look up when he's having pissing contests with Celluci. *smug grin*

I am so getting this when it comes out on DVD.

For any of you that are interested (and I highly reccomend both this series and the books, by the way) they have abunch of fun clips on the show's website with Tanya Huff talking about the show and the books and interviewing the actors and looking realy excited. Here at the official site (you have to click on videos). The show is being aired on Lifetime, which is a channel that I've never heardof before but it seems like it's really the "chic-flick channel", so the ads have this odd emphasis on the love-triangle aspect that's not the focus of the show at all, which I think is kinda hilarious.

( And here's an Ad for the show, also care of YouTube )

I am so happy. I love it when they do these things right!

ETA: From Tanya Huff's Blood Ties blog on the official site:
Look, let's be perfectly clear about this, BLOOD TIES isn't mine. Even the pilot, BLOOD PRICE, which is a direct adaptation of the book, isn't mine. It's Peter's and Danny's and Kyle's and Christina's and Dylan's and all the other talented people in the cast and crew who worked on it. I did my work on this more than a decade ago – these guys have taken my ball and run with it right into the end zone. Yay them! But you know what? I am so amazed by what they've done, so pleased with the result, I'm finding this entire thing so incredibly cool, I want to be a part of it.

I don't want to take the money and run. I don't want to be cynical or fearful or superior just because originally this was my idea. The only thing deathless about my prose is that it involves a vampire. And eventually a mummy. And a couple of zombies. And a whole bunch of ghosts. And a brain in a tank but that's another story...

Disavow this? Are you kidding? I'm thrilled to be permitted to be a part of it!

I want to watch talented people make my world theirs. I want to applaud and cheer and squee like the enormous fangirrrl I am. And I want other people to applaud and cheer and squee right along with me because it's just a heck of a lot more fun that way.

She is SOOOOOOO cool. Also reading her other posts about the episodes as they come out... they say all the same squeeing fangirlish joy type things that I want to say.

She is so cool.