I know I haven't posted so much here lately, but rest assured I do have various fannish things in the pipeline! No, I haven't abandoned my pet project, thanks to the encouragement of several kind friends and readers. I've been distracted with snippets of other stories in the works and some travel writing these days, but the muse recently prodded me to start with the 3rd chronological segment of this story. I'm afraid it's unedited at the moment, but I was afraid that if I didn't do a mind dump I'd lose momentum to write.

If you feel like beta-ing or giving suggestions, I'd be very grateful!

The first two parts can be read here:
Part I
Part II

( part three of the parallel lines sometimes meet affair )

This is part 2 of the previous icon post featuring the Avengers, James Bond and more.


Credit Where Credit's Due:
The MFU episode images are from reera_the_red's The Man From UNCLE Frame Capture Library and sensine. Did I mention that I owe wiccagirl24 for her gorgeous MFU and David McCallum images and agentxpndble for her awesome Patrick McGoohan caps and scans? Oh, and the cap used in the FO banner was shamelessly stolen from thrushies. The light textures by edensflowers.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base. If you do modify anything, I'd love to see what you do!
4. Enjoy!


1-27: The Prisoner
28-62: Misc McGoohan/The Three Lives of Thomasina
63-83: Danger Man
84-126: Robert Vaughn/David McCallum/Misc. UNCLE
127-156: The Deadly Decoy Affair
157-225: The Double Affair
226-237: The Terbuf Affair
238-244: The Cherry Blossom Affair
245-255: The Vulcan Affair
256-258: Alexander the Greater Affair headers
259: Friends Only banner

Previews of Coming Attractions:


( In no way do I represent American foreign policy, monsieur! )

I swear I've been meaning to update this community with all the stuff accumulating on my computer, but writing fanfic and real life have distracted me from doing so. I still have a lot more icons, mostly MFU-related, that I'm working on (500+!), but I figured I ought to post up the first half of the batch if I didn't want my computer to freeze uploading everything. I'm trying to get back into icon-making again, so please bear with me as I try to figure stuff out again. This is part 1, with the MFU and Patrick McGoohan icons going in the next post to avoid image overload.

Credit Where Credit's Due:
Err, I have to admit I'm having difficulty remembering where I snag all of the images I use as a lot of them have been collected over a long period of time; many thanks to buongiornodaisy for the Timothy Dalton caps, agentxpndble for the Danger Man scans and Thomasinia caps, gandydancer for other Patrick McGoohan images and ladylavinia for various Daniel Craig/007 images; many apologies to those I've forgotten. The light textures by edensflowers.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base. If you do modify anything, I'd love to see what you do!
4. Enjoy!


1-15: The Avengers/Diana Rigg:
16-50: Classic James Bond/related actors
51-61: The Lion in Winter
62-100: Casino Royale/Daniel Craig/Eva Green
101-112: Alias
113-116: Kristen Bell
117-124: Enchanted
125-136: Miscellaneous movies/actors
137-138: Enchanted headers


Previews of Coming Attractions:


( In a world where carpenters are resurrected, anything is possible. )

Finally, here's the second installment of The Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet Affair in honor of the (now belated) 80th birthday of Patrick McGoohan. Unfortunately I keep writing segments all out of order and threw out a substantial plotline involving a character in danger of becoming a Mary Sue, but I hope that it won't take a year to write the next sequential segment. Scarily enough, this chapter might be the only thing I've written to date that doesn't have a single James Bond/Ian Fleming reference!

Fandoms: The Man from UNCLE, Danger Man (crossover)

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these guys. I just think they're really awesome when they work together.

Author's Note: Yes, this is a timeshifted piece, but I'm really trying to retain the essence of both shows. Especially trying to update Illya canon to the present day has been a challenge.

Much love to gandydancer who inspires me to keep writing more John Drake and to all the wonderfully supportive members of this community who have been so kind.


( Cantor Arts Museum, Stanford, California )

Here are the screencaps for some of my favorite Danger Man season 1 screencaps that I've used in my last few icon batches lately for
agentxpndble.

If you want to take any, please credit me as either retro_activity or theladyrose.  Hope you enjoy!

Find and Return

Gallows Tree

The Girl Who Liked GIs

Josetta

Name Date and Place

Position of Trust

Relaxed Informer

One can never make too many Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Diana Rigg or Patrick McGoohan icons.

That's what I keep telling myself. I know I'm reusing a couple of images (I've made over 2,500 RV, DMC and PMCG icons alone), but hopefully the new icons look different from my older work.

Credit Where Credit's Due:
The Protectors caps are from sevara. 38-40 feature Susan Lovett's gorgeous artwork for the St. Crispins gallery. All Hustle images are from the lovely annasmiles's Hustle Fansite Gallery. All Danger Man screencaps and the San Francisco photo are mine. Most of the other credits (i.e. lyrebird's Solovision) are in the resources. Textures by edensflowers.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base. If you do modify anything, I'd love to see what you do!
4. Enjoy!

Our Scheduled Entertainment:
1-8: Hustle series 4
9-15: the Protectors
17-21: the Bridge at Remagen
22-40: the Man from UNCLE and related publicity (well, 30 is a publicity photo from the Great Escape)
41-52: Diana Rigg (The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the Assassination Bureau and Mother Love)
53-77: Casino Royale and related actors
78-87: other 007
88: Alida Valli from the Third Man
89: Sophia Loren
90-97: Grace Kelly
98-108: Ingrid Bergman
109-116: Kim Novak
117: San Francisco, looking down at Alcatraz and Fisherman's Wharf
118-152: Danger Man "Find and Return"
153-194: Danger Man "The Girl Who Liked GIs"
195-220: Danger Man "Gallows Tree"
221-249: Danger Man "Name, Date and Place"
250-295: Danger Man "The Relaxed Informer"

Previews of Coming Attractions:


( Yeah, well, if I were a bird, I'd shag me. )

Basically, I've done most of the stuff I've been meaning to get around to doing for ages. More Hustle and Robert Vaughn (finally pt. 1 of the much belated birthday post!) are up on our scheduled programming as well as some classic actresses.

This batch is probably my most experimental yet as I learn how to work with textures, so please bear with me as I figure out what works.

Credit Where Credit's Due:
The Famke Janssen photos are courtesy of the_moriarty. All Mia Maestro and Hustle images are from the lovely annasmiles's Hustle Fansite Gallery and Mia Maestro Online. Most of the other credits (i.e. lyrebird's Solovision) are in the resources. Textures by edensflowers.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base. If you do modify anything, I'd love to see what you do!
4. Enjoy!

Previews of Coming Attractions:


( Plain girls always turn up for an appointment on time; attractive girls, ten minutes later; beauties, twenty minutes. But goddesses, goddesses only turn up after half an hour, so you see, I’m, ah, really fifteen minutes early. )

Apparently my last post was too big, so I had to split it up to include these Danger Man icons. Pt. 1 including MFU and related actors, Alias and related actors and 007 icons can be found here.

The weird look on John Drake's face in the "Position of Trust" icons as Donald Pleasance's character is awkwardly hovering around him happens when DP's character is singing the Southside public school song that disguised Drake is supposed to know but doesn't. If you have a really sharp eye, Lois Maxwell, aka Miss Moneypenny, also appears in this episode.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base. The header doesn't have any text, so I understand if you want to add text or want me to do it for you.
4. Enjoy!

Previews of Coming Attractions:


( Oh, yes. I'm supposed to say something to you very eliptically like, um, pawn A to king's mate ploy, and you understand what I mean, and we go into one of our daring escape routines. )

Ummm, so you know how I've been promising a way belated Robert Vaughn birthday post for ages? I have a nasty feeling it's been since November.

Sorry, folks, but it's still a long way in coming as the Solovision site was down when I checked it a few days ago. You'll just have to put up with more Man from UNCLE, mostly IK/David McCallum, instead. Along with redoing a few MFU/DMC icons, I redid a couple of old Alias icons that I thought would look better with some retouching, and there are a bunch of new Danger Man season 1 icons, too (see this next post, split for size). I'm also posting up a bunch of James Bond icons I forgot to post up earlier. I finally changed the header for retro_activity, too; I just love this cover for From Russia With Love.

Credit Where Credit's Due:
All MFU/David McCallum images are from David McCallum fans online. The UNCLE font is courtesy of lyrebird. All Danger Man screencaps are my own.

The usual guidelines:
1. No hotlinking-I really appreciate having my Photobucket account work without any problems.
2. Please credit if you take any icons.
3. Feel free to modify any icons so long as you credit me for the base.
4. Enjoy!

Next Up On Our Program: Mia Maestro, Hustle (I've been promising this for ages, I know), more Danger Man season 1 and a *extremely* belated Robert Vaughn birthday post.

Previews of Coming Attractions:


( Oh, yes. I'm supposed to say something to you very eliptically like, um, pawn A to king's mate ploy, and you understand what I mean, and we go into one of our daring escape routines. )

I've been working on my first ever fanfic lately, and I figure that this is as good a place as any to post fandom-related stuff. This is my second major revision of the beginning of this fic; other parts are in progress.

The piece I've started is a crossover between two of my favorite spy shows ever, Danger Man and the Man from UNCLE; despite the campiness that characterized later MfU, it's amazing how much all of our agents have in common. This fic is set in the present - much as I'd like to be faithful to canon, I'm afraid I'm not experienced enough that I could convincingly write the 60's yet, although I hope that I've captured some of the spirit of that era. All events that took place in both respective series are considered canon within the context of this story.

The title of this fic comes from a favorite Danger Man episode of mine of the same name minus "affair" where the British John Drake collaborates with a Russian agent for the first time. It seemed like an appropriate start for a cross-cultural spy partnership with our favorite agents from UNCLE; you'd think all of those 60's spies would run into each other at least once considering that there can only be so many megalomaniacs out there :P

I'd greatly appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks for taking the time out to read this!

The Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet Affair
Fandoms: The Man from UNCLE, Danger Man and a tie-in to the James Bond movie Goldeneye because I have a perverse sense of humor and it seemed like an appropriate way to introduce the "updated" 60's feel. There are a few random references to John le Carré if you squint hard enough, and some might say the Prisoner, too. I think, read and watch too much espionage media than is probably healthy.

Rating: PG-13 for some future violence consistent with the levels you see in both series

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these guys. I just like seeing what happens when they run into each other.

Author's Note: In the off-chance that you were wondering, Napoleon, Illya and John Drake are not going to end up in a slashy threesome at any point, but I do consider this to be slashy. Some might see it as gen, which is fine by me.

I am forever indebted to M-9 and the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, without whose assistance I could not write this story.


( ACT I: Knights Errant )