I Annoy Barnabas

[GooberCollins]

I once dreamt of Barnabas coming toward me, with his mouth open, and baring his fangs! BRRR!

"BRRR?" But UluvBarnabas. 

That's... an interesting dream, Taeylor.

[Taeylor Collins]

Oh don't be so coy Goober, you know you wanted to say "FREAKY"   I know I was freaked out!   

[4everfridean]

Ooooh, I gotta jump in on this topic.  I've had several DS dreams -- in fact, in true DS fashion, a dream is what brought me back to fandom in 2005.  But my favorite DS dream is one I had about a year ago.  It had Barnabas and Julia in a spinoff of DS, and had them....get this...running a day-care center together.  Julia was the head, and Barnabas who, after being cured of vampirism, had found out he really and truly loved children, so he wanted to help.  However, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get it right, and so the show was more of a sitcom than anything.  Barn and Julia retained their same "friendship" status (sorry, but I'm not a fan of Barn and Julia together), and they worked, well, semi-well together.  It pictured sort of like the relationship in "Here's Lucy" between Lucy Carmichael and Mr. Mooney.

JF played Barn in this show more like the good parts of Edmund Blackstone, his character in the movie Seizure, combined with comic roles he's done over the years.  It worked amazingly well, and showed off both actors in a completely different light from DS.

Julie 

[GooberCollins]

What network was it airing on?

[IluvBarnabas]

"BRRR?" But UluvBarnabas. 

Oh, I do LuvBarnabas...just not his bloodlust.

I have no desire to be anyone's snack, not even his. Even I have limits when it comes to him.
 

[Miss_Winthrop]

I don't remember having a dream about DS but I have had fantasies about Barnabas.  Hold on, not what you're thinking.  I've fantasized about meeting him in front of the Collinsport Bakery.  Both of us gazing at the chocolate iced donuts. We're both inside and he purchases 1/2 dozen of them, invites me to his house for tea and donuts. We both sit in front of the fireplace at the old house talking about the books in his library while Willie serves us tea and donuts.

[Pansity]

I like the Q moment.   I hesitate to insert big, known historical events into stories myself though, because it seems too convenient or contrived.   Good writing can fix almost everything, though...

Thanks on the Q moment. Credit goes to the subconscious of course <G>.  You have a point on real historical events. I read a lot of historical novels as well as being involved with fandoms which revolve around history. Sometimes it works perfectly, and other times you want to throw the thing at a wall. So much depends on whether you buy whether the character is where and when and why the author puts them there. There's a wonderful example in this fandom of how well it can work when done RIGHT.  This novel/novellette is one of the unfortunately rare examples of someone addressing Quentin's life between 1897-1970.  Set in the 20's it has rumrunners, Jamison, Angelique, gypsies, gangsters, reincarnation and the return of PETOFI -- as well as historical walkthroughs a la The Winds of War or The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Here's the url: http://members.fortunecity.com/selbyfan/id51.htm

Jeannie

[Nelson Collins]

A long but narrow enclosed area housing a vampire or ex-vampire or once and future vampire...sounds to me like
[spoiler]a coffin.[/spoiler]

If so, Barnabas it must have been built by the same architect that built Snoopy's Doghouse!