13 March 2010 @ 05:06 pm
Weird But True, or the Strange Mind of a Fan Girl  
So I manage to locate a couple of clips from The Man from U.N.C.L.E on YouTube and the first thing I see is the symbol of whoever/whatever it is they are chasing after: a capital T with eyes at either side...

And David McCallum was the most stunning man in existence.

And the bunnies are growing and feeding and growing and feeding...
 
 
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[identity profile] cen-sceal.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2010 10:09 pm (UTC)
It's a conspiracy from the dreaded league of plot bunnies *nods*

And, oh my yes, he was gorgeous
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:54 pm (UTC)
He was, wasn't he? Just stunning-looking...
[identity profile] caz251.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2010 10:12 pm (UTC)
The bunnies are out to get you. I must admit though that I am very interested to see what they force you to write.

So ...

... *feeds the bunnies juicy carrots* ...

... and waits patiently to see what you come up with.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:54 pm (UTC)
Well, first I have to finish season one of The Queen's Magicians, and Reel_Torchwood is coming up, and I do make an attempt at having a real life here and there....
[identity profile] caz251.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:58 pm (UTC)
I know how you feel on that one, people keep feeding bunnies in my brain and adding to my load. I've got reel_torchwood, story_lottery, novel_bigbang to do and another tonne of fics in my brain, as well as uni. I also saw an add for and was thinking about signing up for scifi_bigbang, so I know where your coming from.
[identity profile] choccy-grl.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2010 10:21 pm (UTC)
Carrots anybunny?

He was gorgeous in UNCLE, I must agree.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:53 pm (UTC)
They have been munching away for days now...
[identity profile] choccy-grl.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 02:32 pm (UTC)
I get bunnies from pretty much everything these days. I don't have enough hours in the day to write, work, be a mother, have a life...

And then there is all the wonderful stuff other people write!
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 02:52 pm (UTC)
I know. Yesterday I was feeling guilty because I was cleaning my bedroom instead of writing or reading Torchwood... *giggles*
ext_116536: Writing - Plot Tribbles Attack[identity profile] beth-mccombs.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2010 11:20 pm (UTC)
Icon says it all.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:52 pm (UTC)
Hey, bunnies are bad enough!
[identity profile] adira-tam.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2010 11:28 pm (UTC)
he was just gorgeous,I was never a Robert Vaughn fan, But David..oh yesssss
(the bad guys were THRUSH)


hands more food to the bunnies...
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:52 pm (UTC)
Ah. So that's what it is. Thrush/Torchwood One, who's to know the difference? :D
[identity profile] teachwriteslash.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:19 am (UTC)
*******************here bunny. good bunny***************
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:51 pm (UTC)
Be careful... I know where you keep yours :D Although admittedly mine don't need any feeding...
[identity profile] irishcaelan.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 10:58 am (UTC)
Ilya was originally a throwaway character, meant only to appear as background in a couple of episodes but David and his character quickly became the fan favorite. Sound familiar?
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:51 pm (UTC)
The original Ianto????? Oh, love it!
[identity profile] irishcaelan.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:57 pm (UTC)
From Ilya's Wiki:

Although originally conceived as a minor character, Kuryakin, played by David McCallum, became an indispensable part of the show, achieving co-star status with the show’s lead Napoleon Solo played by Robert Vaughn. McCallum’s blond good looks and the enigmatic persona he created for the character garnered him a huge following of female fans. Such was the popular hysteria surrounding him that he was referred to in newspaper reports at the time as ‘the blond Beatle’ or the ‘fifth Beatle’. [1] While playing Kuryakin, McCallum received more fan mail than any other actor in the history of MGM. [2]

Much of the character’s appeal was based on what was ambiguous and enigmatic about him. When an acute reaction to penicillin hospitalized him in the early days of filming, David McCallum took the opportunity to give serious thought to how he might flesh out what was, at that stage, a sketchy peripheral character. The approach he hit upon was to build a persona based on ambiguity and enigma, hiding, rather than revealing, aspects of the agent’s background and personality. McCallum summed up the character in commenting "No one knows what Illya Kuryakin does when he goes home at night." [3]

Very similar, lol.


[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 02:44 pm (UTC)
That is PERFECT for my purposes *looks around guiltily* The bunnies have WON!
[identity profile] irishcaelan.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 03:49 pm (UTC)
Oops!

Ilya is very droll, very dry. IIRC, he does roll his eyes a lot as well. You'll have fun.
[identity profile] tanarian.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:06 pm (UTC)
*chuckle* Oh, I'm going to date myself now...

Sounds like it was THRUSH, the chief enemy of UNCLE. The Technological Hierachy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity. Very science orientated bad guys. (I still have very fond memories of Vincent Price's Victor Marton. Suave, intelligent and couldn't be trusted further than you could throw the Millennium Centre.)

My chief memory of Illya was his fondness for blowing things up. And his constant exasperation/amusement over Napoleon's antics. Hmm, now you come to mention it....

Oh, gawd.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 01:50 pm (UTC)
Yeah. I've been loooking. Tempting, ain't he? My bunnies are having a field day... ANd I love that name! Subtle, they weren't...

Edited 2010-03-14 01:55 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] nightporters.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 04:34 pm (UTC)
He was dreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaamy *sigh*.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 05:15 pm (UTC)
Wasn't he? Utterly wow. And, did you read up what irishcaelan said? He was the earliest version of the Ianto character! *giggle*
[identity profile] owensheart.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2010 06:47 pm (UTC)
i have hear of the mand form U.N.C.L.E. I might go on Youtube and check it out. hmmmm
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 15th, 2010 12:46 am (UTC)
Just wait until you see David McCallum.... oh boy.
[identity profile] minimumstitch.livejournal.com on March 15th, 2010 11:50 am (UTC)
I can't say I saw much of The Man from U.N.C.L.E but I love him in NCIS, Duckie is just fabulous.
[identity profile] merucha.livejournal.com on March 15th, 2010 05:44 pm (UTC)
Ducky is fabulous, but Ilya was edible :)