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seaQuest DSV: An Overview
"The twenty-first century. Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth, the ocean. As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians. For beneath the surface, lies the future."
Thus began the opening credits of the show that, quite frankly, most people remember these days for the talking dolphin. That was Darwin, able to communicate in English thanks to an AI program which interprets his clicks, whistles, and movements in the water. The year was 2018, and the future was so bright, you gotta wear shades. Even underwater.
The basic gist of the show was exploration, research, and, of course, the conflict of the seaQuest with pirates, would-be pirates, poachers, unscrupulous mega-corporations, the military of various countries/confederations, and terrorists and eco-terrorists. It was largely marketed as an ensemble show, but it was pretty plain the main character was Nathan Bridger, with Lucas as a close follow-up. They got the bulk of the character-building story arcs and relationship interaction. Which could be one reason sickos like me enjoy reading and writing the dirtywrong underage sex. To have subtext, you've got to have text first, and these two had the lion's share of screentime.
seaQuest DSV lasted for three seasons, morphing in the last one into seaQuest 2032. With a ten-year storyline gap between the first two seasons and the last, a significant change of cast, and an even more drastic change of outlook, there are some fans (*koff*me*koff*) who consider the last season a completely different show. Since I have only seen about three episodes of said show that I remember (trauma-induced amnesia is a marvelous thing), both my overview and recs are going to be focused on the first two seasons. I would apologize for that, but I'd be lying.
There were also cast changes and focus changes between the first two seasons. Season one rode an environmental awareness high, with storylines extrapolating from then current marine science research, and the closing credits featured Dr. Bob Ballard, then Director for the Center for Marine Exploration at Wood's Hole, who would mention the pertinent scientific plotpoint and how it related to actual marine science. The show had a team of experts on staff to assist in the verisimilitude of the marine science mentioned or shown on the show. They could also have benefited from a military expert or two, but I digress. Helmed by Rockne S. O'Bannon of Farscape fame and by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, first season was decidedly aimed at sf fans with a marine bent. Specifically, it was aimed at Trekkers, and along with the scientific elements, a number of storylines strove to be "pertinent" and "topical" in much the same way ST:TOS was.
Season two saw the departure of most, if not all, of the experts, and a fair bit of the crew. The show had changed filming locations, and not all of the actors were able to relocate. That was fine with the creators, who felt pressured by ratings to change their focus. The new season was to be younger, hipper, with a larger eye candy factor and more emphasis on the fiction than the science in science fiction. While season one was my favorite, season two is admittedly more of a slasher's wet dream (pun intended). The first season ended with the destruction of the seaQuest (a 1000-foot plus submarine shaped a bit like a squid with its tentacles fused together) in order to close up a gaping chasm in the ocean floor, so the second season also saw a new, and slightly smaller, seaQuest. I confess, I couldn't really tell the difference between the two, except that the second one had much nicer guest suites.
The seaQuest DSV (Deep Submergence Vehicle):
Half-military peacekeeper, half-civilian research vessel, the seaQuest is the darling of the UEO, or United Earth Oceans Organization. Apparently headquartered in the U.S. under the purview of the Department of Defense, the UEO is a bit of a messy melding of various military branches and private enterprise. Oh, and the world itself is divided up into confederations, an intriguing idea left mostly as background, though individual nations are still very much in evidence.
First Season Crew
Captain Nathan Hale Bridger:
An ex-military man who left the service and retired to a secluded island with his wife when his son was lost in action. He promised his wife he wouldn't go back to the military before she died, but his old friend Admiral Bill Noyce manages to talk him aboard the seaQuest, which Nathan had a hand in designing. Quicker than you can say "hoodwinked," Noyce is off the ship and she's underway, with an irate Nathan aboard, demanding to be taken back to land at the earliest convenience. Needless to say, he changes his mind about that, and stays in command through the end of the second season.
Commander Jonathan Ford:
A promising young officer, Ford had to relieve the previous captain of the seaQuest of command when she wanted to fire nuclear weapons after being told to stand down in a tense situation. At first, Ford seems to be the typical Hollywood stereotype of an up-and-coming officer, very gung-ho and uptight. He gets much more layered as the show goes on, but that initial impression is in part the result of his clashes with Dr. Kristin Westphalen.
Dr. Kristin Westphalen:
Head of the civilian contingent of researchers aboard the seaQuest, Kristin is also the Head Physician. She has an interest in marine science, and she and Nathan have a romantic storyline. This is a very factional fandom, and Nathan/Kristin is one large faction.
Lt. Commander Katherine Hitchcock:
Third-in-command and Chief Engineer, Katie is another dedicated military officer and very protective of the seaQuest. She's also the one who operates the Hyper-reality Probe (looks a bit like a headless dog). She and Jonathan are best friends with a fair bit of UST, though Katie's ex-husband is actually Lt. Benjamin Krieg.
Lt. Benjamin Krieg:
Supply and Morale Officer, Ben is something of a conman with a heart of gold. He's often played as comedy relief, but he has his moments to prove he's a capable and shrewd officer, and that he certainly deserved better than his season finale send-off applying for a job as a fast food franchise manager. Oh, yes, I am bitter. Ben usually pals around with Lt. Tim O'Neill, Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz, and Lucas Wolenczak.
Lucas Wolenczak:
Teen genius with an attitude problem, Lucas was dumped aboard the seaQuest by his father, Dr. Lawrence Wolenczak, in the hopes he'd learn a little discipline. One assumes said dumpage was made possible by the fact that Dr. Wolenczak was a contributor to the funding for the seaQuest. Lucas designed the program which allows Darwin to communicate with humans, and also acts as the ship's computer expert, a job he takes on officially in the second season. At sixteen, Lucas has his Bachelors, and is apparently working on his Masters. Obviously, there's more than a bit of Mary Sue in the character (he's even named for Spielberg's good buddy, Mad King George), but I personally feel attitude makes up for a hell of a lot.
Darwin:
The talking dolphin. Gimmicky as hell, but I still get a thrill out of it when he starts talking, and think wistfully, "Someday, maybe." Darwin has access to most of the boat via a network of tubes known in the fandom as "Bridger's Folly."
Lt. Tim O'Neill:
Communications officer, Tim can speak six languages fluently, and is "okay" in a dozen more. We see him consulting language dictionaries for the rest. The "geek" of the crew, Tim is terminally unlucky in het love. Lucky for him, he's got his good buddy, Miguel.
Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz (whose actual rank is confirmed as Chief about halfway through second season, but it's possible he was a Petty Officer First Class in first season):
First season and
second season (so you can see the hair). The seaQuest has three roaming sensors called WSKRS (Wireless Seeing Knowledge Retrieval Satellites), the information is fed back to a station on the seaQuest's bridge, and Migs mans that station. Second season, he also does a bit of security duty, which you're left to assume is some kind of cross-training.
Chief Manilow Crocker:
Security chief first season, Crocker is the quintessential "salty sailor." He knows the traditions and superstitions, and he served under Nathan's command previously.
Chief William Shan:
Helmsman and security (again with the cross-training), Chief Shan only appears in the last half of first season. Still, he's pretty.
Dr. Joshua Levin:
Part of Kristin's staff, Dr. Levin is apparently both a physician and parapsychologist. Again, he only makes a few appearances.
Admiral Bill Noyce:
(He's the one on our left) An old friend of Nathan's, he orchestrates Nathan's presence aboard the seaQuest, and later gets appointed temporary Secretary of the UEO.
Scott Keller:
Yep, that's John Crichton's dad. Also Nathan's good buddy and chief rival for funding. Scott's an astronaut, and makes a few key appearances in both first and second season.
Second Season Crew
Second season saw the return of Captain Bridger, Commander Ford, Lt. O'Neill, Sensor Chief Ortiz, Admiral Noyce, Darwin, and Lucas. These were the additions to the regular crew.
Seaman (probably third class) Tony Piccolo:
Tony's part of a new program based on the very old idea of taking criminals and throwing them in the military to straighten them out. Basically, he volunteered to have gills implanted into his lower back, and is placed aboard the seaQuest for observation and training. He rooms with Lucas, and sadly TPTB felt the contrast between the two characters would be well-served by cutting back on Lucas' attitude and streetwisdom in order to make Tony's all the more noticeable.
Dagwood:
Dagwood is a GELF, a Genetically-Engineered Life Form. Apparently, in the early part of the millenium, there was concern about a world war and the ability of the human race to survive. So a number of scientists, funded by the military, decided to engineer a race with natural camouflage, that could survive in the harsh conditions of a nuclear winter. Dagwood was the prototype, but something went wrong, leaving him mentally disabled, but incredibly strong. Dagwood is essentially the janitor aboard the seaQuest, and I suspect a lower-budget alternative to more Darwin scenes. Also, if you think this is beginning to look like 21 Jump Street reunion week, you'd be right. Sadly, Johnny Depp never made an appearance, apparently deciding to wait a decade before venturing into marine territory. We had to make due with guest appearances by William Shatner and Mark Hamill. Oh, and Dom Deluise, because that's always sure to grab ratings.
Lt. Jim Brody:
Jim actually joins the crew after everyone is theoretically aboard. He's the Chief Security Officer, which makes me wonder what happened to his predecessor, but ours is not to question why, yadda yadda. Sparks fly between Jim and Jonathan from the get-go, and while Jim is presented as a bit of a ladies' man, nothing ever quite touches that chemistry.
Dr. Wendy Smith:
The new Head Physician, Wendy is psychic. And ridiculously young. And a redhead. Also incapable of dressing or acting in a professional manner. Betcha Darwin's fake tale her middle name is Sue. I know TPTB wanted eye candy, but I'm still trying to figure out how this was supposed to compare to Stephanie Beacham.
Ensign Lonnie Henderson:
Err...yeah. Another one for the eye candy contingent, I'm guessing. Lonnie's main accomplishment is hitting on just about every one of the regular male cast, plus a fair few of the guest stars. Oh, Hitchcock, a fandom turns its lonely eyes to you.
Archive Links
General
seaQuest.net
A compilation site of sQ-related sites and links. The compiler tries to keep it fairly up-to-date and as all-inclusive as she can manage.
seaQuest Scripts
This site has transcripts for all of the first season episodes, and only the first season episodes.
seaQuest Vault
Character profiles, quotes, and an episode guide for first and second season that includes brief summaries of each episode and transcripts for about 2/3rds of them. Most of the pictures of the characters above came from this site.
Stardock Alpha's seaQuest Page
Pictures, quotes, character info, screencaps (first season), sound files, and some fanfic.
Fanfic
The Slash Nexus (slash)
ELF Command Note: This site is under construction and has been for a while, so not all the links work. Lucas-centric gen h/c and torture wallows.
The Nathan and Kristin Relationship Archive (het)
Wonderful World of Make Believe (slash)
Fanfiction.net (mixed)
While I'm a huge fan of the show and an active writer in the fandom, I don't belong to any lists and I've never been terribly familiar with the archives, so if you know of other archives, please post them in the comments.
Thus began the opening credits of the show that, quite frankly, most people remember these days for the talking dolphin. That was Darwin, able to communicate in English thanks to an AI program which interprets his clicks, whistles, and movements in the water. The year was 2018, and the future was so bright, you gotta wear shades. Even underwater.
The basic gist of the show was exploration, research, and, of course, the conflict of the seaQuest with pirates, would-be pirates, poachers, unscrupulous mega-corporations, the military of various countries/confederations, and terrorists and eco-terrorists. It was largely marketed as an ensemble show, but it was pretty plain the main character was Nathan Bridger, with Lucas as a close follow-up. They got the bulk of the character-building story arcs and relationship interaction. Which could be one reason sickos like me enjoy reading and writing the dirtywrong underage sex. To have subtext, you've got to have text first, and these two had the lion's share of screentime.
seaQuest DSV lasted for three seasons, morphing in the last one into seaQuest 2032. With a ten-year storyline gap between the first two seasons and the last, a significant change of cast, and an even more drastic change of outlook, there are some fans (*koff*me*koff*) who consider the last season a completely different show. Since I have only seen about three episodes of said show that I remember (trauma-induced amnesia is a marvelous thing), both my overview and recs are going to be focused on the first two seasons. I would apologize for that, but I'd be lying.
There were also cast changes and focus changes between the first two seasons. Season one rode an environmental awareness high, with storylines extrapolating from then current marine science research, and the closing credits featured Dr. Bob Ballard, then Director for the Center for Marine Exploration at Wood's Hole, who would mention the pertinent scientific plotpoint and how it related to actual marine science. The show had a team of experts on staff to assist in the verisimilitude of the marine science mentioned or shown on the show. They could also have benefited from a military expert or two, but I digress. Helmed by Rockne S. O'Bannon of Farscape fame and by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, first season was decidedly aimed at sf fans with a marine bent. Specifically, it was aimed at Trekkers, and along with the scientific elements, a number of storylines strove to be "pertinent" and "topical" in much the same way ST:TOS was.
Season two saw the departure of most, if not all, of the experts, and a fair bit of the crew. The show had changed filming locations, and not all of the actors were able to relocate. That was fine with the creators, who felt pressured by ratings to change their focus. The new season was to be younger, hipper, with a larger eye candy factor and more emphasis on the fiction than the science in science fiction. While season one was my favorite, season two is admittedly more of a slasher's wet dream (pun intended). The first season ended with the destruction of the seaQuest (a 1000-foot plus submarine shaped a bit like a squid with its tentacles fused together) in order to close up a gaping chasm in the ocean floor, so the second season also saw a new, and slightly smaller, seaQuest. I confess, I couldn't really tell the difference between the two, except that the second one had much nicer guest suites.
The seaQuest DSV (Deep Submergence Vehicle):
Half-military peacekeeper, half-civilian research vessel, the seaQuest is the darling of the UEO, or United Earth Oceans Organization. Apparently headquartered in the U.S. under the purview of the Department of Defense, the UEO is a bit of a messy melding of various military branches and private enterprise. Oh, and the world itself is divided up into confederations, an intriguing idea left mostly as background, though individual nations are still very much in evidence.
First Season Crew
Captain Nathan Hale Bridger:
An ex-military man who left the service and retired to a secluded island with his wife when his son was lost in action. He promised his wife he wouldn't go back to the military before she died, but his old friend Admiral Bill Noyce manages to talk him aboard the seaQuest, which Nathan had a hand in designing. Quicker than you can say "hoodwinked," Noyce is off the ship and she's underway, with an irate Nathan aboard, demanding to be taken back to land at the earliest convenience. Needless to say, he changes his mind about that, and stays in command through the end of the second season.
Commander Jonathan Ford:
A promising young officer, Ford had to relieve the previous captain of the seaQuest of command when she wanted to fire nuclear weapons after being told to stand down in a tense situation. At first, Ford seems to be the typical Hollywood stereotype of an up-and-coming officer, very gung-ho and uptight. He gets much more layered as the show goes on, but that initial impression is in part the result of his clashes with Dr. Kristin Westphalen.
Dr. Kristin Westphalen:
Head of the civilian contingent of researchers aboard the seaQuest, Kristin is also the Head Physician. She has an interest in marine science, and she and Nathan have a romantic storyline. This is a very factional fandom, and Nathan/Kristin is one large faction.
Lt. Commander Katherine Hitchcock:
Third-in-command and Chief Engineer, Katie is another dedicated military officer and very protective of the seaQuest. She's also the one who operates the Hyper-reality Probe (looks a bit like a headless dog). She and Jonathan are best friends with a fair bit of UST, though Katie's ex-husband is actually Lt. Benjamin Krieg.
Lt. Benjamin Krieg:
Supply and Morale Officer, Ben is something of a conman with a heart of gold. He's often played as comedy relief, but he has his moments to prove he's a capable and shrewd officer, and that he certainly deserved better than his season finale send-off applying for a job as a fast food franchise manager. Oh, yes, I am bitter. Ben usually pals around with Lt. Tim O'Neill, Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz, and Lucas Wolenczak.
Lucas Wolenczak:
Teen genius with an attitude problem, Lucas was dumped aboard the seaQuest by his father, Dr. Lawrence Wolenczak, in the hopes he'd learn a little discipline. One assumes said dumpage was made possible by the fact that Dr. Wolenczak was a contributor to the funding for the seaQuest. Lucas designed the program which allows Darwin to communicate with humans, and also acts as the ship's computer expert, a job he takes on officially in the second season. At sixteen, Lucas has his Bachelors, and is apparently working on his Masters. Obviously, there's more than a bit of Mary Sue in the character (he's even named for Spielberg's good buddy, Mad King George), but I personally feel attitude makes up for a hell of a lot.
Darwin:
The talking dolphin. Gimmicky as hell, but I still get a thrill out of it when he starts talking, and think wistfully, "Someday, maybe." Darwin has access to most of the boat via a network of tubes known in the fandom as "Bridger's Folly."
Lt. Tim O'Neill:
Communications officer, Tim can speak six languages fluently, and is "okay" in a dozen more. We see him consulting language dictionaries for the rest. The "geek" of the crew, Tim is terminally unlucky in het love. Lucky for him, he's got his good buddy, Miguel.
Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz (whose actual rank is confirmed as Chief about halfway through second season, but it's possible he was a Petty Officer First Class in first season):
First season and
second season (so you can see the hair). The seaQuest has three roaming sensors called WSKRS (Wireless Seeing Knowledge Retrieval Satellites), the information is fed back to a station on the seaQuest's bridge, and Migs mans that station. Second season, he also does a bit of security duty, which you're left to assume is some kind of cross-training.
Chief Manilow Crocker:
Security chief first season, Crocker is the quintessential "salty sailor." He knows the traditions and superstitions, and he served under Nathan's command previously.
Chief William Shan:
Helmsman and security (again with the cross-training), Chief Shan only appears in the last half of first season. Still, he's pretty.
Dr. Joshua Levin:
Part of Kristin's staff, Dr. Levin is apparently both a physician and parapsychologist. Again, he only makes a few appearances.
Admiral Bill Noyce:
(He's the one on our left) An old friend of Nathan's, he orchestrates Nathan's presence aboard the seaQuest, and later gets appointed temporary Secretary of the UEO.
Scott Keller:
Yep, that's John Crichton's dad. Also Nathan's good buddy and chief rival for funding. Scott's an astronaut, and makes a few key appearances in both first and second season.
Second Season Crew
Second season saw the return of Captain Bridger, Commander Ford, Lt. O'Neill, Sensor Chief Ortiz, Admiral Noyce, Darwin, and Lucas. These were the additions to the regular crew.
Seaman (probably third class) Tony Piccolo:
Tony's part of a new program based on the very old idea of taking criminals and throwing them in the military to straighten them out. Basically, he volunteered to have gills implanted into his lower back, and is placed aboard the seaQuest for observation and training. He rooms with Lucas, and sadly TPTB felt the contrast between the two characters would be well-served by cutting back on Lucas' attitude and streetwisdom in order to make Tony's all the more noticeable.
Dagwood:
Dagwood is a GELF, a Genetically-Engineered Life Form. Apparently, in the early part of the millenium, there was concern about a world war and the ability of the human race to survive. So a number of scientists, funded by the military, decided to engineer a race with natural camouflage, that could survive in the harsh conditions of a nuclear winter. Dagwood was the prototype, but something went wrong, leaving him mentally disabled, but incredibly strong. Dagwood is essentially the janitor aboard the seaQuest, and I suspect a lower-budget alternative to more Darwin scenes. Also, if you think this is beginning to look like 21 Jump Street reunion week, you'd be right. Sadly, Johnny Depp never made an appearance, apparently deciding to wait a decade before venturing into marine territory. We had to make due with guest appearances by William Shatner and Mark Hamill. Oh, and Dom Deluise, because that's always sure to grab ratings.
Lt. Jim Brody:
Jim actually joins the crew after everyone is theoretically aboard. He's the Chief Security Officer, which makes me wonder what happened to his predecessor, but ours is not to question why, yadda yadda. Sparks fly between Jim and Jonathan from the get-go, and while Jim is presented as a bit of a ladies' man, nothing ever quite touches that chemistry.
Dr. Wendy Smith:
The new Head Physician, Wendy is psychic. And ridiculously young. And a redhead. Also incapable of dressing or acting in a professional manner. Betcha Darwin's fake tale her middle name is Sue. I know TPTB wanted eye candy, but I'm still trying to figure out how this was supposed to compare to Stephanie Beacham.
Ensign Lonnie Henderson:
Err...yeah. Another one for the eye candy contingent, I'm guessing. Lonnie's main accomplishment is hitting on just about every one of the regular male cast, plus a fair few of the guest stars. Oh, Hitchcock, a fandom turns its lonely eyes to you.
Archive Links
General
seaQuest.net
A compilation site of sQ-related sites and links. The compiler tries to keep it fairly up-to-date and as all-inclusive as she can manage.
seaQuest Scripts
This site has transcripts for all of the first season episodes, and only the first season episodes.
seaQuest Vault
Character profiles, quotes, and an episode guide for first and second season that includes brief summaries of each episode and transcripts for about 2/3rds of them. Most of the pictures of the characters above came from this site.
Stardock Alpha's seaQuest Page
Pictures, quotes, character info, screencaps (first season), sound files, and some fanfic.
Fanfic
The Slash Nexus (slash)
ELF Command Note: This site is under construction and has been for a while, so not all the links work. Lucas-centric gen h/c and torture wallows.
The Nathan and Kristin Relationship Archive (het)
Wonderful World of Make Believe (slash)
Fanfiction.net (mixed)
While I'm a huge fan of the show and an active writer in the fandom, I don't belong to any lists and I've never been terribly familiar with the archives, so if you know of other archives, please post them in the comments.
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I was curious and goggles - it's a big index of sites - some fan fiction, some info, etc.
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(do you happen to know of anywhere to find tapes?)
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and do you know, i disliked dr wendy smith so much i'd actually forgotten her existance?
seaquest dsv is on foxtel at the moment, showing (i think) season 2. it is hilarious.
thank you for this! i'm looking forward to your recs.
I prove my stalker skillz
I loved SeaQuest with an unholy fervor. My very first geekdom. Note how Ted Raimi ended up on Xena, and the Deluise brothers [hell the entire fucking family was on] are on Stargate, and Peter basically runs it. Once you go Sci-Fi, you never go back. The chick who played Katherine was on the Sentinel. Okay, so Ted only gets his roles the way Clint Howard does, but stil..sci-fi bitches all of them.
[Of course, I'm making that up since Dustin left to do VIP with Pamela Anderson and the younger Deluise is on Gilmore Girls now with less hair.]
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Wish it was airing around here or they'd get around to releasing it on dvd.
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Gimme a minute. ;}
Anyway, yay! I'd love to read some seaquest, but the good stuff is so hard to find, and the bad stuff so very, very bad that I'd given up!
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I don't know where you can get your hands on the tapes, no, but ::looks around cagily:: if you're interested in the files, I can email you and work something out.
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Re: I prove my stalker skillz
Actually, a fair number of people who were on seaQuest turned up in both Hercules and Xena. Ted, John D'Aquino (I believe someone said he was Odysseus), Timothy Omundson (Eli), and a few others. Stacy Haiduk started her career in sf as Lana Lang on the '80s Superboy series, went from sQ to Kindred: The Embraced, and has done guest turns on X-Files, The Sentinel, and...hmm, I know there's one more I knew of, but now I can't remember.
Dustin Nguyen has made a career of b and made-for-tv sf/f movies, and I don't even need to mention Roy Scheider's sf creds, or Kent McCord's. Last I heard, Marco Sanchez was happily playing in the western genre, close cousin to sf in TV terms. Rosalind Allen is apparently doing cable soaps, whatshername is back to commercials, and last time I saw good ol' Jim Brody, he was somebody's husband on a sitcom.
The one I really followed, though, was JB, and let's just say November was a rough month in the fandom.
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Kristin and Katherine were both marvelous, but neither Wendy nor Lonnie were at all convincing as professional, adult women. And since no man I have ever asked found either of them as attractive as Stephanie Beacham or Stacy Haiduk, they failed on that front, too.
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It's a little fandom with a whole lot of crap, yes. I'm doing my best to pimp new blood in to rectify that, and hopefully there will come a time when this can be a year-round fandom instead of a featured monthly.
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The increase in ELFing opportunity and Lucas looking hot in the uniform :P