Fashion and Coldfire

[winter]

Mall today, mostly so I could take a gander at various mp3 players and chew out unsuspecting ignorant salespeople about their features and sound quality. The fact that between three electronics shops there wasn't one where I could actually listen to the players is rather mind-boggling.

Fashion-wise, I rather like this spring's lines, especially the jewelry, but I've got two general comments:
- Can we have some non-lowrise jeans, please? Not everyone wants their arse hanging out of their trousers, really.
- I get it that most clothes are cut "flatteringly" to disguise any lack of breasts, waist, hips and leg length in the wearer. But on people amply supplied in all of these, they just look grotesque.

And during the shopping trip, we started discussing Coldfire again, and casting of a hypothetical miniseries. I'd post this on hunters_forest, but I'm sure they had a ton of casting threads already, so just here for the perusal of those interested - who I think would fit various roles.


Gerald Tarrant - the hardest to cast, hands down. I'm not fond of whatsisname that the author mentioned. A young David Bowie might fit. Visually, it might be Hugh Panaro the way he looks in the Lestat trailer...

Damien Vryce - Russel Crowe? He fits visually and he'd do the raging great, would have to see about the humour.

Narilka Lessing - a china-doll beauty, both fragile and strong, so Natalie Portman by default.

The Patriarch - very, very stereotypical... but really, who else but Christopher Lee?

Hesseth - for some reason I'm thinking Tina Turner, or someone like a younger version of Tina. The same bone structure and regal warmth.

Ciani - Emily Watson. Not quite the visual type, but I think she could convey the warmth and strength and fragility and amorality that's required of the character at various points of the story.

Riven Forrest - Christian Bale. Partly because Christian Bale can play everyone, but also because Riven-in-my-mind has that sort of cynical half-smile.

Gerald Tarrant Mark Two - oh come on. Beautiful, charming, somewhat shorter than Damien, dark hair, golden skin, looks young but with old dark eyes, a swaggering walk-on part at the very end of the story? Johnny Depp or bust.

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Re: Me again :) Next fragment.

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I think it's mainly because of what von Krolock sees in Angelus - the complete lack of humanity disgusts him. Such simple things as curiosity, intellect and all the little niceties that he appreciates in William have been crushed down in Liam.

With Liam, the directionless sot he was as a human was overrun by the demon with few traces of the man he had been (not that he was entirely pleasant to begin with). With William, he had such a distinctive character, such a strong nature, it remains, even tied to the demon. Too many vampires just give way to the demon, but I suspect von Krolock appreciates the ones with enough humanity left to still be interesting. Even the Judge says that Spike has humanity in him in the middle of season 2, which I adored ;)

Picture the scene - William wandering the library, captivated and thinking he's completely alone, when a voice starts reciting dirty french poetry from a chaise. There, Herbert is sprawled, leg dangling over the end, all purr-y voiced and pleasant...

Poor William doesn't stand a chance.