I was hesitant to say that I like it better, because there is the word count allowing for more world building and side characters, and the not relying on pre-existing canon to tell a story, so it has that in its corner. OTOH, I really despised the reality-TV aspect of the trilogy, and the overwrought (IMO) love triangle. I have a lot of other issues with the trilogy, that I don't think are appropriate to go into in this thread.
The short of it is that I loved the fic before I ever read The Hunger Games, and after finishing the novels, I'm more impressed with the fic for being it's own thing.
OMG, can someone write The Eagle Dean/Castiel? For sure Dean is the dishonoured Roman soldier that has to pretend to be Castiel's slave in order to restore John Winchester's honour!
There are oaths of honour and not leaving and lots of fighting and shit. It's entirely perfect.
Where do I send this?
I thought you hated slave!fic!
I had no idea The Eagle was in any way Roman. I guess I assumed it was some US military movie.
Is that the movie based on the Eagle of the Ninth? (By Rosemary Sutcliffe)
Weren't most Romans slaves rather than citizens?
It's the least slavey ever. They're really just pals. All the "OMG, I shouldn't *really* be having a slave" issue they put in every fic I've read is barely even there.
Weren't most Romans slaves rather than citizens?
He's pretending. Also, they're not in Rome for much of the movie.
I don't know what it's based on.
But, totally crying out for a fusion.
Julian Richings was in the failed pilot Three Inches with, amongst others, James Marsters. It was such a fucking waste of a guy who played such an amazing character, in so few lines. I'm almost glad it wasn't picked up. I'd hate to have seen him as Bug Guy instead of the rightful lord of the afterlife.
There was alot of wasted talent in that show - apparently.
Yeah, I wish him (and James, and Naoki for starters) every success in the world, but please don't compromise my visions of Death and Spike and Tosh. This is much more important than mortgages and college funds. You can't put a price on my dreams.
I've seen Julian Ritchings in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, so I feel pretty confident in saying other roles he takes on won't diminish teh superb job he does as Death.
Nothing he does can affect the job he did as Death, unless it somehow involves destroying every copy of his performance.
I'm just asking him not to affect *my* vision of Death, which is entirely personal.
