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ride_4ever ([personal profile] ride_4ever) wrote2019-03-12 03:46 pm
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Blood Ties, yes! Who recced this to me?

Someone in my DW Circle or my LJ Flist recced the Canadian TV show Blood Ties to me. Now I've watched it and I want to comment to them...and I thought I saved their rec to "memories" but I didn't. If that reccer reads this, please LMK. (Also, anyone who wants to comment to me about this show, feel free to do so.)
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[personal profile] corvidology 2019-03-12 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean the old show based on the Tanya Huff books?

I had a soft spot for Henry. :D
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[personal profile] corvidology 2019-03-12 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
tbh, it's been so long since I saw the show and even longer since I read the books so... Erm... yeah, I don't really remember? I'm guessing so because, as I remember, the show got cancelled.

I saw Kyle Schmid in something else recently and he's ageing really, really well. :D

I think the fandom writes mostly Henry/Mike.
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[personal profile] juniperberry 2019-03-13 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, I think that was me, ha! I'm glad you liked it!

I haven't rewatched the second season, so I don't remember the cliffhanger. I'll get it before to long and refresh my memory. :D The books are pretty good, and as a bonus, they have Tony--he's an openly gay character, he and Henry have a mutually beneficial relationship, and he later gets his own series of books called the Smoke series. They should be easy to find in any used book shop with a decent sci-fi/fantasy section.

Happy reading!
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[personal profile] viridian5 2019-03-13 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I actually preferred the Smoke series.
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[personal profile] juniperberry 2019-03-14 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
You're very welcome, and I'm glad you like it! I haven't seen it properly in nearly a decade, so I'm glad my rambling impressions have held it up as a good series. :) And yay for meeting Christina Cox!

Double and triple yay for using the library! I don't know why I was thinking used book stores--I think that's my own tendency to hoard things showing through. :D
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[personal profile] thisaintbc 2019-03-14 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Blood Ties!! I’ve never actually seen a full episode, but I read some fic for it back in the day ;)
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[personal profile] ceares 2019-04-10 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Tanya Huff is pretty fannish and it seeps into her novels so that's fun.
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[personal profile] ceares 2019-04-10 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never seen Blood Ties but I'm a fan of hers from Better than Chocolate and Nikki and Nora. I loved the Enchantment Emporium and really need to read the other two in the series.
Edited 2019-04-10 20:38 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ceares 2019-04-11 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
If you find them super cheap somewhere and you're a big fan of hers, sure. They were fine but not stand out quality under normal circumstances but it was and to some extent still is so hard to find lgbtq content that's not heavy or depressing that they were both enjoyable on that level.
Edited 2019-04-11 17:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ceares 2019-04-11 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like YouTube has clips from Nikki and Nora...basically if you want Rizolli and Isles to actually hook up, you'll enjoy it. Better than Chocolate is $3.99 to rent in SD from youtube