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fandom_secrets. At second glance I wasn't sure. Now I'm wondering whether it's even possible to effectively parody fandom_secrets or whether it's always been a self-parody.Today's fan fiction craving: I caught up with recent episodes of The Young and the Restless last night, which has been teetering on the brink of the Rich and the Vapid lately. But! They've just launched a new storyline modeled after Rebecca, complete with a Mrs. Danvers figure, a prominently-displayed pencil drawing and life-size marble sculpture of the dead wife, plus a sinister son faking blindness and, in the role of the new Mrs. de Winter, a pregnant woman with a history of miscarriages and mental breakdowns haunted by the sound of a baby crying in the night. And let me tell you, so far it's awesome! So I'm wondering if anybody has recs for any gothic-style Rebecca-themed stories in any fandom -- or for that matter, Gaslight plots to make a character believe they're going insane? Bonus points if they're not complete AUs but rather grounded in canon.
Today's short film: Philip Bloom's Alone in Tokyo (via Jean Snow)
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Good lord. I used to watch Y&R during summer vacation--back when I had summer vac--with a book on my lap because it was a nice way to impose structure on days when they didn't otherwise have any. No idea who Adam is (aside from a quick glance at the CBS website--Victor's son with Hope, but I remember Hope only a little). I take it he's the blind son? Who's the new Mrs. de Winter?
Adam is the blind son, unless he's faking it to get out of prison for trying to frame his father for murder. Ashley Abbott is the new Mrs. de Winter -- cohabitating with Victor, so not married yet, but pregnant with his child. They reunited after Victor's ill-fated marriage to a character introduced last year, Sabrina, who was pregnant when she was killed in a car accident that Victor blames Nikki for.
I salute Nikki's actress (Melody Thomas Scott) and Katherine Chancellor's (Jeanne Cooper) for helping to keep that show going. Oh, Victor Newman and Jack Abbott (played by Braeden and Bergman) have done their share, but I read the two women as the anchors. Katherine much less now, of course.