Spreading the TT Love

[przed]

I seem to be working as a one woman P.R. campaign for Take That in Canada.

I've got Ros hooked on Patience, and had her ask me to make her a mix CD for daycare with TT songs so she can spread the word in the under 6 set.

I've got one of my best mates not only listening to the band, and coming over to watch the concert DVDs, but now reading the RPS. (She read my three stories and asked for recs!)

And now I seem to have hooked the other friend who came to see X-Men with us. After I bitched about them not including Love Love in the end credits, she asked me to send her a link to the video. So I did. I also sent her links to the video of Kidz, and their performance at the Brits. She passed the Kidz link along to her steampunk/music crazy sixteen-year-old son.

And today she sent me this in an email:



Is it bad that I'm feeling inordinately pleased with myself?

And hoping that I can one day be considered ground zero for Take That's takeover of North America. Or at least Toronto. (I have especially big hopes that the sixteen-year-old will start spreading the word at his school.)

Comments

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

You go, TT fangirl soldier! *triumphant air!punch and celebratory fireworks* \o/

One reason Take That are so incredibly successful is that they can appeal to a wide range of people for a wide range of reasons and I love that you're encompassing so many different demographics in your pimping *g* They are NUMBER ONE AGAIN in the UK with Progress(ed) knocking off the Artic Monkeys (which we appreciate because the AM were very rude about them at the 2007 Brits and made Mark Owen sad and this is Not OK At All *g*).

I imagine the boys are celebrating in some (ahem) no doubt appropriate manner... *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

You're back online! I hope the procedure went as well as these things can, and the recovery was relatively pain free.

You go, TT fangirl soldier!

I am doing my best. *g*

They do hit a lot of potential demographics. And as much as it's sort of a drag that they have no presence here, that also means that you don't have to fight people's misconceptions of what they are when you approach them with the old "there's this band I think you should give a listen to."

Hooray for Progressed hitting #1! (Though I have to say, I'm rather fond of the Arctic Monkeys. Can't help it; they're from Sheffield. I've got a soft spot for Sheffield, and his name is Sean Bean. Though making Mark Owen sad is Not On. (I remember that Brits, owing to the Bean giving them their award.))

Hmmm, contemplates appropriate celebratory revels. Tries not to encourage plot bunnies.

Just found the bit on YT of them slagging TT. The little bastards. :-(

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

It was all very efficient and went well, thank you, although they sprung surprise!injections on me (promised they would 'make it feel worse for a few days, then do nothing, then make it feel better in about two weeks' and the first bit has definitely happened so, um *crosses fingers*)

I've found the odd bit of trivia lures people in over here - everyone thinks they know what has happened/is happening - 'but Robbie appeared as a hologram in the Ultimate Tour', 'but Robbie and Mark performed at Knebworth together', 'but Gary helped Mark write his solo album' - so easy to hook people on the complexities as opposed to the Daily Mail black and white story.

I get people texting me when Take That do/achieve something with 'hey, I saw that Take That are releasing an album/number one/on TV and I don't care but I thought of you' *g* Which, you know, I'd rather they cared too but I'm happy to take association.

I've partially tamed my Pros Big Bang rough draft and as a reward I'm contemplating writing a little TT ridiculousness. Not that I'm minding Pros, but it's so long and has a plot that has to be wrangled and loose ends caught and is set in reality and doesn't have a Markie (heh, listen to me, my FPS is set in 'reality', my RPS isn't *g*).

*sneakily sends encouraging plot bunny waves across ocean*

*g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I hope the feeling worse stops soon, and it gets on with the feeling better part.

I think the trivia will work with the friend I've already hooked completely. (I've recommended your fic to her as her next step. Soon she will be all ours!) I'm going to sling the other friend some of the more fun interviews, since that was a good chunk of what got me. Wossy to start, I think. *g*

'but Robbie appeared as a hologram in the Ultimate Tour

When I was watching the Ultimate Tour, I had no idea that Robbie had done that for them. It was surprising and touching, and just shows how much their narrative is not black and white.

It's cool that your friends take note of Take That events for you, even if they're not into it themselves. These things take time, yeah?*g*

And congrats on taming the Pros BB. I can empathize with the need for plot wrangling. I've got more than a bit of that to do myself. I have a beginning, and an ending, but getting them to meet up in the middle is proving challenging.

heh, listen to me, my FPS is set in 'reality', my RPS isn't *g*

That just the difference between the Pros lads and the TT lads in a nutshell, isn't it. *g*

*corrals the TT plot bunnies until she has a BB draft mostly done; but contemplates adding a Markie to the Pros story. hmmmmm*

(Seriously, though, I'm mulling over doing a story based on the I'll Wait for Life video next. Though that's going to be a project and a half. There's a lot of narrative packed in there, all very interesting.)

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Well it's still feeling worse and I don't think I'm going into work tomorrow *guilt* but at least that means I can write all day *g*

Thanks for the rec! *g* The interviews are fab - anything where you see the four/five of them I think draws anyone in.

I really need to watch IWFL video again, I never really have for some reason. But fic based on it would be utterly fab (I remember predominantly a very whumped looking Mark pulling himself out of the water... ah TT, fanservice par excellence *g*) - and you doing more fic would be generally fab anyway *g*

I think Mark would like Bodie. I think Mark would like Bodie a LOT. I think Bodie might find Mark a little... overwhelming... (OMG I'm now actually imagining this crossover, this is all your fault)

Although they might get on in other ways - have you seen this?

[przed.livejournal.com]

No feeling guilty for not working when you feel like crap! (I have to tell myself that every time I take a sick day too.) But hooray for the writing time!

The IWFL video is just fantastic. There's so much potential for narrative and angst in it that it slays me every time. Why is Howard huddled at the side of a road? Who's chasing Jay? Why is Gary just sitting there in that car? And mostly importantly, who is knocking the crap out of poor!Markie!?!? (It's the shots of him getting knocked down in an abandoned lot by someone off screen, and then grimly getting up again that just do it to me every time. That and him being so very calm under the water.)

Mark and Bodie; now there's an encounter with a lot of potential. Oh, I may just have to have him make a cameo in my BB story. (I've sent Doyle to a convalescent home and they might encounter a certain someone as a physio.)

OMG I'm now actually imagining this crossover, this is all your fault

If you actually write this, I shall take the credit, not the blame. *g*

As for that advert, OMG! It's hilarious! I love clueless!Mark at the wheel. And Jason doing the bonnet slide! And Jason getting caught watching the pretty dancer, and Howard dragging him away! And Mark patting Gary's bum! (I can also just imagine Bodie and Doyle rolling their eyes at their driving. Hee.)

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Oh I have massive, massive guilt whenever I take a sick day (except the few I've had for gastroenteritis, because that is just CLEARLY not something to share with the group *g*)

OK, I'm going to make watching my nice copy of that video (on the deluxe BW album thingy) another task for tomorrow! Then I can be ready! *g*

I love that advert for a million reasons (Jason doing the bonnet slide is the only thing in the same postcode of hot as Bodie doing the bonnet slide) and the fact that Mark fondling Gary's bum is the OFFICIAL advert just makes me want to hug them so much *g* I also love that during the 'acting' part, just as in the Sure video, Howard is clearly struggling not to crack up... *g* Plus I love anything that implies that they all live in one giant dreamhouse together (once more, in fact, like the Sure video *g*). Really hoping they do another winter special thing this year *crosses fingers*

I am ridiculously excited at the idea that in your BB story Bodie and Doyle will encounter Mark!physio, that's like the first time sometime suggested peanut butter and chocolate \o/

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One of the nice things about my new-ish job is that they give us a ridiculous number of sick days. As in three figure ridiculous. And they really, really want you to take them if you need them. (I showed up the day after I had stomach flu a month or two back, and had multiple people, including my boss tell me I should just go home. So I taught the one class I'd come in for and then went home and collapsed.)

Ooh, I didn't know about the deluxe BW album thingy! It has songs I don't have! Another one to put on the list once our mail strike is sorted.

Mark fondling Gary's bum in the official advert shows they really know their demographics. *g* Love Howard struggling not to crack up, and Gary gleefully messing up Mark's driving with the map. I hadn't even considered the possibility of a winter special! That would be amazing!

I just started writing the physio character this afternoon. My original physio was a tiny firecracker of a woman, but I now have to replace her with a tiny firecracker of a man, no? You and I will crack up. My fellow mods will roll their eyes. *g*

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I am ridiculously excited at the idea that in your BB story Bodie and Doyle will encounter Mark!physio,

Alas, I submitted the story to Drayce for plot doctoring and the Mark!physio scene was one of the casualties. But in its place there's now a Jason!journalist scene, with added reference to his DJ boyfriend. *g*