| rdfs:comment | - Alison ("Allie") Percy is an author of Forever Knight fan poetry, fiction, and humour. For an alphabetical list of Forever Knight-related material by this author, please see . On 16 May 1996, in response to a question from Susan Garrett about the appeal of Forever Knight, Allison responded: > Did you watch it more for the vampire than the cop shop? There are actually two questions here. Why did I watch it the first time, and why do I keep watching it. A few weeks later, after a couple of interesting but not terrific episodes, I saw "The Fix." And was totally and utterly hooked.
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| abstract | - Alison ("Allie") Percy is an author of Forever Knight fan poetry, fiction, and humour. For an alphabetical list of Forever Knight-related material by this author, please see . On 16 May 1996, in response to a question from Susan Garrett about the appeal of Forever Knight, Allison responded: > Did you watch it more for the vampire than the cop shop? There are actually two questions here. Why did I watch it the first time, and why do I keep watching it. A year or so ago, I didn't like vampires or vampire shows. I didn't particularly like cop shows, either. But I saw this funny, cute guy on Sci-Fi Buzz say that he liked working on this show called "Forever Knight" because he got to say lines like "you cling to your paganism like lichen to a stone." Several minutes of hysterical laughter later, I was flipping through the TV Guide to find out when this show was broadcast. A few weeks later, after a couple of interesting but not terrific episodes, I saw "The Fix." And was totally and utterly hooked. I think it is the struggle between good and evil, and the search for redemption, that has kept me watching the show. And of course the acting, which is phenomenal. If Nick weren't a vampire, but instead was a werewolf or an alcoholic or an ex-mercenary or a former wife-beater who was struggling to deal with good and evil and was seeking redemption for past sins, I'd still be watching. (Although I must admit the vampire aspect is very intriguing.) If Nick worked on repaying his sins as a sailor or a private eye or a hobo or a hot-dog vendor rather than as a cop, I'd still be watching. Most of my favorite episodes have had an important vampire aspect to the storyline, so I guess I would have preferred the balance to be tipped a bit more towards vampires and a bit less towards the cop show. I like the mix of forward story and flashbacks. And I even like the episodes that had dream sequences instead of flashbacks. > Did you watch for one character in particular and which one? > One guess. If it wasn't already obvious from the above, I'm most interested in Nick. But I do think that the interplay between the different characters is crucial. I said earlier this week that Nick wouldn't be any fun if Lacroix weren't around to torment him. I also think Nick needs Natalie to both support him ("yes, Nick, I do believe there is a cure and you are worth redeeming") and kick him in the shins once in a while when he wallows in self-pity too much (no, not slap him silly all the time, that's what Natpackers want!). Of course I also thought Janette and Schanke were important, both for themselves and to create balance in the show. > Did you watch for one relationship pair in particular and which one? Or > more than one? I have Nick&Natpacker leanings, I guess, but I also found Nick's relationship with Janette quite interesting. Only a very twisted corner of my brain wants to see Nick & Lacroix get *together*, if ya know what I mean, since their relationship usually seems more like a power struggle than a love story, but on occasions I do let that corner of my brain out to play by reading some of the JADFE fiction. Notably absent from the above list are many of the other possible pairings: Tracy and Vachon, Tracy and Nick, Nat and Lacroix, Vachon and Screed, Screed and Lacroix, Vachon and Nick, Nick and Schanke (except as buddies), Schanke and Lacroix, Reese and the water cooler, Screed and Reese... need I go on? — excerpted from the post "" made by Allison Percy to FORKNI-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU on 16 May 1996[1]
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