Attributes!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Hi! This one might be pretty easy.

I'm hoping for help on characters' physical attributes. Right now, I'm specifically trying to find a good picture showing exactly what color blue Lewis Collins's eyes are (I don't really need the picture as much as I need to know the shade). I can, however, see this expanding to other things.

There's a pretty thorough discussion of Ray Doyle in canon on the Hatstand; if there's something identical for Bodie, that would be perfect. And a Cowley version would be a not-bad thing, either, come to think of it. :D

Thanks!

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - I didn't think you were being either sarcastic or thick! *g* I don't think there is "definitive" information out there though, because ultimately the only "one true source" is the eps themselves - anything else is either about the actors or is "secondary canon". And if you go with secondary canon such as the novelisations, or what's in various magainzes and annuals etc, then you end up being told that Doyle is "fair haired", has blue eyes, a chain he always wears around his neck with engagement rings on it... If you go with the actor's descriptions, then Doyle must have straight (ish) brown hair and blue eyes.

I think there's variety in the fanon and fics we read because canon comes from the eps themselves, and because they were shot on film stock from the seventies, the colours etc aren't as obvious and specific as digital tv show these days. So Doyle's eyes sometimes look green, sometimes blue - Bodie's blue eyes can be light or dark blue depending on the light.

Professional Insight is great, but it's just another set of observations from people who've watched the show - and via video, not dvd, so their viewing quality was actually worse than ours is now... *g* And brilliant as the various essays at Hatstand are, they're also just individual interpretations of what people have seen/decided for themselves, so they're not actually "canon" either...

I think the only way you can avoid propagating fanon is to go with whatever you see in the eps, and describe it your very own way... And that's what I love about Pros - no one can say "This is how it definitely was" about anything much - that's why there is so much fanfic, I reckon, and why it's been written for over 30 years now... *g*