Damn, you are one hell of a speed reader! I haven't even touched the novels yet. Can you summarize them? Or at least give me the lowdown on any slashy bits? ^_^
Yes, The Callan File has some great analyses of Callan/Meres's relationship. Anthony Valentine in particular seems to be a secret shipper, hehehe. Though I was disappointed by Edward Woodward's "no homo" in that interview, when he says Callan doesn't love Meres. Clearly, we know that Callan does :P and is just repressing it. Actually, that brings me to an interesting question. So the TV show clearly shows Meres's attraction to Callan, but it's less clear about Callan's feelings toward Meres. I mean, Callan in general is a hard and reserved man, so I don't expect a lot of emotion, but I can't think of many situations where Callan acts like he cares about Meres. The only ones that come to mind are "Where's Toby?" from Where Else Could I Go? and all the times he requests Meres for jobs in the short stories. (And if you're counting Wet Job, Callan asking the new Hunter what happened to Meres, then looking bitterly sad when Hunter tells him Meres is dead). Is there anything else I missed? I just wonder sometimes if Callan/Meres is a mutual ship or is more of a Meres -> Callan pining ship, which could be deliciously angsty in its own right.
I agree with you that The Callan File's analysis of Meres/Latour doesn't make sense. Meres never once alludes to Latour's sexuality during their encounter. The closest may be his line about Latour being "very pretty", which some people might read as Meres mocking Latour for being effeminate (that would fit the time period's homophobia), but Meres says "sweetie" and "darling" to other men too, so it would make more sense to interpret it as a sign of Meres's sexual attraction to men. Clearly, the authors of the The Callan File weren't willing to entertain the thought :P but us slashers do! That Meres/Latour scene definitely depicts the sexual thrill Meres gets out of scaring beautiful innocent boys. All that manhandling and face-touching, OMG! Then, his guilt when Latour dies to save his life - very unusual for Meres. (Now I want fix-it fic where Latour doesn't die, and he and Meres have a dub-con BDSM affair). Meres never acted that way with Roskovitch, probably because the latter wasn't pretty or scared enough ^_^.
Ahhh, I just listened to the audio drama interviews. WTF were the writers watching? I can't believe that script editor said he loved Meres from the TV show... and then inexplicably decided to make Meres completely different in the drama. They also kept going on about how dark the drama was, when I'm like LOL this is puppies and rainbows compared to Callan seasons 1-2. I suppose that to attract a wider audience, Peter Mitchell made the drama a little more optimistic in tone. The original Callan was so dark that I don't think it'd sell well to modern listeners.
Forgive my ignorance of British slang, but what does "Hark at you, duckie!" mean? Is Meres flirting with Callan here? Of course he is, the boy can't stop himself.
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Yes, The Callan File has some great analyses of Callan/Meres's relationship. Anthony Valentine in particular seems to be a secret shipper, hehehe. Though I was disappointed by Edward Woodward's "no homo" in that interview, when he says Callan doesn't love Meres. Clearly, we know that Callan does :P and is just repressing it. Actually, that brings me to an interesting question. So the TV show clearly shows Meres's attraction to Callan, but it's less clear about Callan's feelings toward Meres. I mean, Callan in general is a hard and reserved man, so I don't expect a lot of emotion, but I can't think of many situations where Callan acts like he cares about Meres. The only ones that come to mind are "Where's Toby?" from Where Else Could I Go? and all the times he requests Meres for jobs in the short stories. (And if you're counting Wet Job, Callan asking the new Hunter what happened to Meres, then looking bitterly sad when Hunter tells him Meres is dead). Is there anything else I missed? I just wonder sometimes if Callan/Meres is a mutual ship or is more of a Meres -> Callan pining ship, which could be deliciously angsty in its own right.
I agree with you that The Callan File's analysis of Meres/Latour doesn't make sense. Meres never once alludes to Latour's sexuality during their encounter. The closest may be his line about Latour being "very pretty", which some people might read as Meres mocking Latour for being effeminate (that would fit the time period's homophobia), but Meres says "sweetie" and "darling" to other men too, so it would make more sense to interpret it as a sign of Meres's sexual attraction to men. Clearly, the authors of the The Callan File weren't willing to entertain the thought :P but us slashers do! That Meres/Latour scene definitely depicts the sexual thrill Meres gets out of scaring beautiful innocent boys. All that manhandling and face-touching, OMG! Then, his guilt when Latour dies to save his life - very unusual for Meres. (Now I want fix-it fic where Latour doesn't die, and he and Meres have a dub-con BDSM affair). Meres never acted that way with Roskovitch, probably because the latter wasn't pretty or scared enough ^_^.
Ahhh, I just listened to the audio drama interviews. WTF were the writers watching? I can't believe that script editor said he loved Meres from the TV show... and then inexplicably decided to make Meres completely different in the drama. They also kept going on about how dark the drama was, when I'm like LOL this is puppies and rainbows compared to Callan seasons 1-2. I suppose that to attract a wider audience, Peter Mitchell made the drama a little more optimistic in tone. The original Callan was so dark that I don't think it'd sell well to modern listeners.
Forgive my ignorance of British slang, but what does "Hark at you, duckie!" mean? Is Meres flirting with Callan here?
Of course he is, the boy can't stop himself.