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Date Posted: 17:39:12 07/28/14 Mon
Author: Cece
Subject: Alicia, you should write on our fanfic board, (HBX). It sound like you have the basis for a written series. Okay, if I were to write it.... (inside.)
In reply to: Alicia 's message, "It's kind of like one of Harm's Catch 22s (inside)" on 18:19:18 07/26/14 Sat

Actually, I have no idea what I'd write. First off, it always strikes me as Never Never Land to have everyone successful and happy. Yeah yeah, no one wants H and M to be unhappy, but that is why I like the Cindarella ending, "And they lived happily ever after." When it's done, it's done. Now they are different people and no longer dramatically interesting.

I might possibly like a new series, (JAG 2014), with Harm as JAG of course. I'd have Mac as an assistant DA not in the military. They would be divorced and never remarried. They would both feel a little tired with their careers Their two children would be a bit of a problem. One would have some kind of learning or mild physical disability and the other would be a trouble maker at school. The personal lives would intersect with the JAG stories (court cases as usual.) They would still love each other, but that tension would be dealt with intelligently. They'd try dating other people occasionally, but they would always put their kids first and deal with the problems as a family. They would definitely be co-parents, and though not perfect, they would never resort to playing off one parent against the other.

They would have adult problems that comes with any relationship, and parenting. Harm might have a health scare, that becomes an underlying theme.

The series would work towards them remarrying, after having solved whatever problems caused them to separate in the first place.

Bud, Harriet, Tiner, and AJ would be frequent guest stars. If Webb were to reappear, there would be NO, I repeat NO romance with Mac. In fact, Webb would be married to a woman just like dear old Mom.

Oh and I've have the children with lovely classic names with 2 or 3 syllabels so the names would sound good when paired with Rabb. Something like Sebastian, Chloe, David, Michael, Alison, Olivier, etc. No Sarahs, Davids, or Harmon Rabb Jr. They are too cliche (check out the famfics where sthey appear with alarming regularity.)Also, no twins, triplets, or other multiples.

I think there are enough people out there who liked the military justice theme, and there are plenty of conflicts in the world to provide the stories.

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[> [> [> [> I really like Harm and Mac's relationship in your version! (inside) -- Alicia, 12:46:07 07/30/14 Wed

When I think of my version, I was going for mass appeal, and the happy ending that wasn't truly gotten in the original..

Personally, I love the divorced part you discuss, and that is the way I would see their relationship at this point in time. Neither remarried, but close, moving back toward each other...

It could make for some wonderful stories...

Now you have me rethinking again...


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[> [> [> [> [> I was a huge shipper during the series run, and hated the last episode and the way they dealt with the ending. So I understand the desire to right the wrong, so to speak. (Inside) -- Cece, 14:50:19 07/30/14 Wed

But I think it's too late to do that. I just know that I've never seen a reunion special that satisfied me. They have always been tv movie quality, complete with the scmaltzy music and easy-to-see-through plot themes, major catastrophes (like fires in the barn), and/or prevailing social themes with easy answers. And they always end with fake humour, cutesy kid and dog mishaps, or lovey-dovey romance. Nothing gritty, nothing clever, nuanced, or dramatically intriguing.

I don't think even a series would survive a mid-season cancellation, unless it was massively reworked. And that would probably mean new characters, (despite my possible scenario.) Sometimes, you just can't unbury the dead.

That is where fanfic comes in. Because there are still so many fans who want to read about the characters, and so many really good writers who enjoy getting the instant feed back, not to mention it costs nothing, JAG, Harm and Mac can live on in perpetuity, long after the actual actors have reached retirement.

Yet still, I would watch a reunion show out of curiosity more than anything else.


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