CORDELIAAAAAAAA! Yes, she is. :D Even though the main characters in most of the books are men, the female characters are really awesome. (Though I love the guys too!)
I would love to have more people for talking about Carnivale; it's just that it is SUCH a dark show (with some potentially quite triggery sexual-assault stuff) that I'd hate to think of someone going into it unawares on a rec from me.
Can I ask what it was about the focus you didn't like?
Since you've read the fic and are presumably semi-acquainted with the characters -- I loved three of them (Parker, Hardison and Elliot), really liked Sophie when she was on her own (as opposed to being in Nate's orbit) and was completely indifferent to Nate. And Nate was more or less the main character, so my recollection of the show (which may be unfair at this point) is that the others tended to get pushed aside by the focus on Nate's manpain and his romantic woes. That was what ended up killing my interest in the show -- I wanted fun teamy shenanigans, and I ended up getting the Nate's Epic Angst Show. (I also found the plots generally unconvincing -- the show never really sold me on these guys feeling like criminals, the way White Collar and Hustle do -- but that's the sort of thing I would've been more willing to ignore if I hadn't been frustrated with the character balance.)
Obviously mileage may vary, however -- if you end up really liking Nate, then of course this wouldn't be a problem. :D And I would hate to prejudice you against the show beforehand.
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Date: 2012-06-03 08:54 pm (UTC)I would love to have more people for talking about Carnivale; it's just that it is SUCH a dark show (with some potentially quite triggery sexual-assault stuff) that I'd hate to think of someone going into it unawares on a rec from me.
Can I ask what it was about the focus you didn't like?
Since you've read the fic and are presumably semi-acquainted with the characters -- I loved three of them (Parker, Hardison and Elliot), really liked Sophie when she was on her own (as opposed to being in Nate's orbit) and was completely indifferent to Nate. And Nate was more or less the main character, so my recollection of the show (which may be unfair at this point) is that the others tended to get pushed aside by the focus on Nate's manpain and his romantic woes. That was what ended up killing my interest in the show -- I wanted fun teamy shenanigans, and I ended up getting the Nate's Epic Angst Show. (I also found the plots generally unconvincing -- the show never really sold me on these guys feeling like criminals, the way White Collar and Hustle do -- but that's the sort of thing I would've been more willing to ignore if I hadn't been frustrated with the character balance.)
Obviously mileage may vary, however -- if you end up really liking Nate, then of course this wouldn't be a problem. :D And I would hate to prejudice you against the show beforehand.