Despite our varied tastes and lifestyles, I think it's safe to assume that we'd be very interested in anything DS related....so maybe MPI could buy up all the ad space?

All right....so they won't splurge for it all because they already have us within their grasp.....maybe we could watch commercials for LP and KLS' new novels?

I'll sign it tho.....

I'm not very optimistic. Past petitions to get various shows (some more current and some not) back on the air fell flat on their face. So, surprise me.

R is for Gordon Russell.....DS writer and Footman (or servant, whichever) in the last episode...

Let's take your questions one at a time, paragraph by paragraph. I would quote you here, but since updating my IE stuff, everythings been screwy.

1. Barnabas never told Julia about his vampire curse origins because he likely didn't trust her enough. Sure, he was recieving injections from her, which needed a certain level of trust, but hey, does a guy have to reveal all 200 years of his past? I mean, if that were so he would've told her about going back to 1897, and 1840! Of course, the real reason that explains the entire question is that the writers hadn't worked out the 1795 story yet, and they knew it was coming up and they didn't want to spoil it. And Angelique didn't appear and stop Julia because LP hadn't been cast yet.

2. This is best explained with the followed: Barnabas' continued hatred towards Jeremiah is because he felt betrayed. It's the same thing as someone hating God for taking a loved one from them--it was predestined, and not Gods fault of course, but you need someone to hate. Perhaps Barnabas' hatred for Angelique spilled over to Jeremiah. Or hey, maybe he just thought Jeremiah's loved for Barnabas should've been enough to allow him to break free of Angelique spell. Besides if Barn hadn't of killed Jeremiah, Josette wouldn't have hated him and refused to see him. Perhaps it was yet another facet of Angelique's plan.

3. Maybe he had a duplicate gown? Or maybe Josette had one gown made but it was too busty and needed to be taken in, but instead of altering the first gown she demanded (or  her Aunt Natalie or father demanded) that an entirely new gown be made? Though, the thought of Barnabas digging up Josette and taking her gown...that's quite funny. "Give it back to me! You've betrayed me!"

4. The last two paragraphs can best be explained by this: The writers didn't keep accurate notes. Maybe it's safe to say that little Sarah was daytimes first radically aged child? And you know Millicent, she's dumber than a box of rocks, so you expect her to get the date right? Maybe she forgot about January and February. And Nathan wouldn't say a thing about it--he'd fear that he'd upset her too much.

Thanks Teresalita!

I'd love to particpate in something like that, but I don't know if I could get over stage fright or not! lol! Sometime I get emabarassed without even knowing it and my face gets all red. Maybe if I held a script to look at it wouldn't be so bad....

I'd be willing to bet that the former, talking about a seance to drum up a ghost, would be more damaging. That's practically ADMITTING that you're a witch, and telling the court to just stop what they're doing and hang your stupid ass already.

Personally, I would be very dismayed if the fests did not continue. Last year was my first fest, so at least I got to go to one, and if it would be the last then at least I chose to go on the 40th Anniversary. I enjoyed my time there very much, and there seemed to be a lot of first timers there aside from me.

While other people go to the fests to see their DS friends, if there will be another fest this year, I likely will not go for that reason. Why? Because I haven't been to enough fests to have gathered the large list of friends that I would recognize every year. I have friends online that are fans of DS, who I may or may not recognize at the fests, but other than that, there's nothing. I'd go to the fest this year to see the stars again, and I'd probably be able to better enjoy myself since for the 40th Anniversary fest I was running around trying to get all these autographs and take pictures etc etc. I would be able to walk about and do what I please, and not have to care about where, when, why, and how to get into an autograph line.

I think the fest needs more fan-oriented events as well. We don't need the same thing every year--the same clips of DS, the same type of programs, the same stage talks and Q & A sessions. I would become quite bored with that should I go to the next fest. No, what we need is fan stuff. A writing contest. People could write short scripts for the stars to perform on stage. There could be one performance each evening. Not only would this (maybe) help to increase participation, but it would allow the fan to get closer to the stars. Maybe the winners could go over the script with the stars, participate in a read through with them, give them direction should they need it. The stars could sign the respective scripts and they could be auctioned off for the chosen charity of that year. Maybe they'd gain some more money.

Another cool fan event would be to pick fan favorite episodes and have people sign up to play the DS characters. We, the fans, could do the same thing that the stars did this past year--recreate the first and last episodes on stage, or episodes of the fans or committee's choosing.

Reading of fanfiction would be wonderful, and would provide a unique opportunity to get your talents out there. Fan Q&A sessions where FANS get up on stage and answer questions about how they got started as a fan of DS, what DS has meant to them throughout the years, what interests them most about the show, what type of memoribilia they have, etc etc. Fans could be chosen for this special Q&A session by a random lottery drawing, the same type that took place at the banquet last year.

These are just a select few ideas that I've just thought up or added on to while sitting here. Feel free to forward them along to the appropriate people Nancy, I won't mind. I'm always here for further questioning! lol

M is for Megan Todd.