Oddly enough, a friend just made me an icon for an XF story I'm writing, in which she cast Damian Lewis as Charlie Scully.

Fannish synchronicity!

Now I should go rent Band of Brothers, since I have never seen the man in action.

You should see Band of Brothers, because although I didn't catch all of it, it was BLOODY good telly. Really was. Top notch. And he's smashing in it.

...must confess, though, that it's not wholly Fannish synchronicity. I mean, I'd had him in the back of my head as one of the older Weasleys way the hell back when, having ruled him out for Ron, but I'd not thought about casting all of this new stuff until a day or two ago when I was reading about your X Files WIP series, and noticed Damian in the icon, and thought "Oh yeah. You're Charlie Weasley." I'd happened across a movie starring him earlier in the week, so he was on my mind, but -- yeah. (Will be reading your Big Epic Thing some time soon, I suspect. I've not plunged headlong into X Files Fic because of the big honkin' gaps in my canon knowledge, which I find frustrating. But I do love the show very much indeed. Yes. And it's a source of quiet satisfaction to know that there's a whole shedload of Very Good Fic out there, waiting for me.)

'Course, this leaves me wondering who the hell I can have as Bill Weasley. I suppose he doesn't HAVE to be a natural red head, but... hmph.

Ita, you're right, I do need to cast Rhind Tutt. I'm not sure as whom, but I shall keep him in mind. Meanwhile I'm considering the lovely Mr Cumming for Viktor Krum. I think he'd do it beautifully.

she cast Damian Lewis as Charlie Scully.

A family that sunburns and peels and sunburns and peels together stays together. (She's pale, but he's the whitest person I have ever seen.)

I have a friend that wants to watch some good fan vids, of any type. (she's in it for the art.) Any recommendation for excellent vidder sites, or compilation sites, or, well, anywhere she could watch some good ones?

I second that question. 'Specially in relation to Angel/Lindsey vids - I so so so want to see a good Angel/Lindsey vid. Or, well, hell, actually any Angel/Lindsey vid.

I can't help with Angel/Lindsey, but here's the link I posted over in Natter. It includes a list of recs pages, among other things.

For Angel/Lindsey, you want sisabet's "Last Stand in Open Country". The link isn't up on her site, I think because she recently remastered it, but it's available here.

Because - gah. Gah. Gah. One of my Top Shaggable Ginger Blokes, he is.

Yes. Damian Lewis may also be my favourite ginger, and I am very, very fond of gingers. Well, somebody has to be.

I wasn't so fond of Band of Brothers. I watched the first few but never really got into it. I first saw him in a one-off called Warriors a few years ago, which was some of the best tv I have ever seen as well as being very tasty. Ioan Gruffudd was also in it, so yes, very tasty.

I loved Damian Lewis in Band of Brothers. But, the best looking guy in that series was the medic. Best impersonation of the real soldier was by the guy who played the Italian from South Philly, nicknamed Gonorrhea (Guarini? something like that)--if you watch the documentary We Stand Alone Together, you can see how the actor just nailed the performance, even though we're seeing the man 60 years later.

I've discovered the most amazing Spike/Xander story. "Thirst" by Carolyn Claire. It should have been filmed in black and white by Rod Serling and shown in the great old days of "Twilight Zone."

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