Mission Impossible (Completed)

[thisbluespirit]

Well, I am back & will be catching up with people soon.

My trip to London included a day trying to find bridesmaids' dresses (my youngest sister is getting married in Sept) and this seemed like a tough proposition, given the budget, the varying tastes of the 3 bridesmaids (me being one) and the bride-to-be... and we did it. We picked up something unexpected, very different, that we all liked, and flattered all of us in somewhere we never would have thought of, in the sale. We are gleeful. If I reveal details, even under flock to a bunch of people who couldn't care less, I would be hung, drawn and quartered, so I shan't. Besides, I don't think you want stuff about dresses. (It's blue. I'll go that far.) And then we got into see a show cheaply in a mad rush - in the stalls! It was a bit of randomly great day. I also spent all of yesterday at The National Archives. I love TNA, but what I'm currently researching involves me ordering 3 volumes, waiting 40 minutes, looking in the index (No, no, no / yes) and then waiting at least 20-30 minutes for the next... I suppose if I was organised I would research something complementary at the same time. Still, I did find two new pieces of information, so it was not in vain. All the waiting is bad, because they have a bookshop full of history stuff.

And I have been plotting out casting and things for shows 2 and 3. (I know I posted a bit of Show 2, but it is actually missing major characters and some stuff is wrong, so stand by because I just posted all the background family stuff really before...)

Just a plea: out of current actors around who would you cast as the Duke of Wellington? (You can see a pic of him HERE.)

Comments

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I second this - Morrissey would be a brilliant Duke of Wellington. Or maybe a slightly younger David Troughton. :-)

hmm...blue... are they bigger on the inside?

[john_amend_all]

David Troughton played a splendid Wellington in Sharpe, but that was 17 years ago (where does the time go?). I suppose there's always his son...

[thisbluespirit]

Look, I gave you another relevant opportunity to use your icon. ;-)

[john_amend_all]

I'm getting a lot of use out of that one at the moment. Can't imagine why :-)

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, can't imagine! BTW, your show is taking shape nicely (if you'll forgive some monumentally unoriginal casting), but I won't post it for a bit because I think Cloak and Dagger might meet it as the iceberg met the Titanic...

And, of course, I need to answer the central 'why/how' question of the prompt. :-D

Just so's you know, because I think I'm badly in debt to you ficwise currently. :lol:

[thisbluespirit]

I think I might use him elsewhere, although that still leaves me with a vacancy. But he's definitely going to be one of the historical uncast parts, aha... I'm trying to stick to current actors so that it looks relatively realistic (even though it isn't in the slightest :lol:).

Heh, um, no, they'd better not be! :-D But they are very unusual. My little sister is happy because without a photo it would be very hard for us to describe them and give the game away. Now she just has to find her wedding dress & hopefully she will this weekend. Even worse, Dad is trying out his suit then as well. (He's bad enough normally, "Ohh... Do you think it's too big?" we all chorus for him these days when he holds up a new item of clothing. He's not going to like a 3/4 length suit... :lol:)