Julia (a REAL woman) seems to be the only one IIRC who knew how to accessorize.  Think about it.....how many scenes can you recall in which Quentin comments to a woman about how she looks???  THIS is the only scene I can think of:

The rest, as they say, is history.  It's a shame the subsequent love scenes were canned and never saw the light of day.  Apparently they were written while Sam was on vacation and when he returned, he axed them in favor of all that "Lilacs" nonsense.

Edward comes in, demanding to know the meaning of what looks like some form of foreplay.

He suggests calling a doctor right away, but she objects. It might happen again, he says, but she doesn't think it will. She doesn't know that, he argues, but she assures him she feels fine, and has always been in perfect health. Suspiciously, he asks if there's some reason she doesn't WANT to see a doctor (does he think she's pregnant?)

Edward is furious that Quentin, who isn't welcome at Collinwood as it is, has now brought some person he's attracted to to stay at the cottage. Dirk says he feels she seemed rather respectable. Edward finds it hard to believe Quentin is developing a taste for respectable women.

She was very pretty, says Dirk, long blonde hair, and (this interested Barnabas a great deal) very large, blue eyes; he'd never seen anything like them before.

At Barnabas' probing, Dirk admits he was very impressed with this woman. She might have looked innocent, says a disgusted Edward, but if she was there to meet Quentin, she was anything but.

Why do you want me to look good? Asks Magda suspicious. Perhaps I have a fondness for gypsies who have fallen on hard times, suggests Barn. Magda doesn't believe that. Barnabas advises her not to look his favor in the mouth and stop asking questions. He opens his coffin and gives her an upraised eyebrow look. He returns to Magda, pushes her hair from her throat, and warns her not to betray him: "You know what I can do," he says, running his hands over her exposed throat. (Magda almost looked as if she enjoyed it, and Julia would have loved it!)

Boy, talk about backhanded compliment. 

Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on May 31, 2004, 10:07:36 PM

OT - The Geek Test

show that there are actually more female geeks on the forum than male. (I know I still haven't been able to live down my disappointing result.  )

Here's to the continued success of the best board ever and may we all continue to write, laugh, and be a little nuts around here in good health for a long time!

Sadly, I'm not the kind that conjures up cozy feelings in others...and I'm the LAST person that any of you would want to encounter first thing in the morning.  And you thought Barnabas was cranky when Willie disturbed his rest!