tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2556043342463309689..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: “The Case of the Purloined Prairie”Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-50000712544805333832019-12-02T16:50:14.239-06:002019-12-02T16:50:14.239-06:00Lots of Lassie on YouTube. I’d start with “The Big...Lots of <i>Lassie</i> on YouTube. I’d start with <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWxFNY_6ic" rel="nofollow">“The Big Cat.”</a> Mason? I’m a lot less particular. But the more mid-century interiors in the episode, the better.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-60313525167350346382019-12-02T11:56:51.716-06:002019-12-02T11:56:51.716-06:00I really should watch an episode or two of Lassie....I really should watch an episode or two of Lassie. And Perry Mason too!<br /><br />Yes, a lot of fic is NSFW... There are readers of fluff too:<br />you could put them out there and see... but I didn't see a natural home for your Lassie fic on AO3, I admit.<br />Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-27573117749852783162019-12-02T09:19:55.164-06:002019-12-02T09:19:55.164-06:00Thanks for reading, Fresca. I’m happy that you fou...Thanks for reading, Fresca. I’m happy that you found so much to enjoy in this flight of imagination. Or is it fancy?<br /><br />Is Timmy likable? I’d say so. He does care about nature and forest safety, and he just about always stands up for what’s right. He is, I’ll admit, a bit of a goody-goody. I think he has courage to talk to Drake like that. He always has a line about Lassie being the best dog in the world. I’d think of it as enthusiasm rather than bragging.<br /><br />Yes, the trio vacation is meant to seem a bit ridic. In the show, there’s never any sort of attachment for Perry, Della, or Paul (though Paul is always, as here, making a play for anyone who’s around, though never for Della).<br /><br />I’d love for these to have more readers, but seeing what turns up when I type <i>lassie</i> makes me think Timmy should stay here. :)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-80977272371811873352019-12-02T08:41:41.081-06:002019-12-02T08:41:41.081-06:00Well, that was a loooong lag time.
I forgot about...Well, that was a loooong lag time. <br />I forgot about this fic and have only now, four months later, FINALLY come back to read it!!!<br /><br />First, I laughed out loud at the image of a little boy and his collie telling Perry Mason's guy not to smoke!<br />HA!<br /><br />What a prissy little moralist Timmy appears to be, and a braggart too. Is he likable in the show? Or do you kind of want to stick something in his spokes? <br /><br />I've never watched the show, but I'm guessing the idea of the trio vacationing together is slightly ridiculous?<br />Or, perhaps it's canon?<br /><br />"Typing and shorthand both"---such accomplishments! :)<br /><br />I was ultra-struck by the technological differences between then and now--represented by the phone--<br />Timmy is baffled by the idea of a phone in a car, how the mother is alerted by phone but the old guy doesn't use one...<br /><br />ALL THE DRAMA! <br />Even without having seen either show, I can *see* them in my mind the way you have seamlessly smushed them together in this hilarious way---<br />"get on your car phone" said as Timmy rushes to get on his bike.<br /><br />And so satisfactorily resolved... with a delicious lunch!<br /><br />Well done! Your fic, that is, not the lunch.<br /><br />I've enjoyed all your Lassie fic. <br />Perhaps you'd consider posting them on AO3, the fan-run site for fan creations--it won a Hugo this year, you know?<br />https://archiveofourown.org<br /><br />Let's see... there are 399 fic on the site tagged with "Lassie". <br />Hm... But most are not your Lassie. Some of them use "lassie" to mean a female human, no ref to the show, and some refer to Carlton Lassiter, a character in the TV show "Psych".<br /><br />So.. not sure there's much audience for your Lassie, but it might be fun to post it.<br />I'd say your fic would fall under the category of "gen" (no sex) and "fluff".<br /><br />At any rate, congrats, and I hope you do write another one, or two...Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84379748128230526182019-08-06T20:43:51.680-05:002019-08-06T20:43:51.680-05:00One of Paul’s operatives is watching to make sure....One of Paul’s operatives is watching to make sure. :)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-81330841704495432422019-08-06T19:58:47.652-05:002019-08-06T19:58:47.652-05:00(Just to say, I've been too busy to sit and re...(Just to say, I've been too busy to sit and read this--but want to. And will!)<br />--FrescaFrexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191192404386975664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-49011813038087779692019-08-05T21:36:46.494-05:002019-08-05T21:36:46.494-05:00Well, yes. I wanted at least a hint of something. ...Well, yes. I wanted at least a hint of something. But in truth, they’re colleagues and friends. In the novels, the Perry–Della relationship is more complicated.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-22564672687888491112019-08-05T18:31:02.087-05:002019-08-05T18:31:02.087-05:00... and, as you can see, we vacation together as w...... and, as you can see, we vacation together as well. Wink wink.zzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933063994246150989noreply@blogger.com