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Post by aln1982 on Mar 16, 2007 8:36:21 GMT -5
Does it seem like most of the clients that are introduced and never used again are mostly in the mystery books? I wonder why this is. I wish more of the mysteries featured clients from the other books or that some of the new clients were reintroduced in the regular series. Any thoughts on this?
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Post by hitzpink on Mar 16, 2007 18:16:24 GMT -5
Yes, a LOT of one time only clients were in the mysteries! Or, like the Craine girls, they were prominent in one mystery and then only brought back one or two other times for a random chapter in some other book. I always hated that, what's the point of bringing in new characters for only one book? It's not like they didn't have plenty of other characters to choose from.
Also.....this is my 500th post! Yay!
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Post by ktag on Mar 16, 2007 21:10:54 GMT -5
Maybe they didn't want anything bad to happen to the regulars? Or the clients figured trouble followed the BSC around and didn't want to hire them anymore.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 17, 2007 10:24:34 GMT -5
Agree, ktag This seems to be more of a trend in later mysteries too. Maybe that is why my favorites are some of the early ones with the usual clients like Kristy and the Missing Child and Kristy and the Haunted Mansion. Speaking of that one, why doesn't the BSC ever sit for any of the kids on the Bashers? Does Bart have a monopoly on them?
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 31, 2007 23:49:23 GMT -5
Amalia Martinez in MA and the Silent Witness was really cute. I liked how she seemed so affectionate. I wish she would have been in other books. As for underused clients, I noticed the Craine girls were mentioned in MA and the Secret in the Attic and the club got a call from Mr. Brookes (the guy Stacey's mom dated for a while I think) at one of the meetings. Too bad the books didn't show the sitters actually interacting with these charges but I guess there is only so much space for the babysitting and the writers liked to use the "old favorites" I could have done with less of some of those - like Arnolds
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Post by starrynight on Apr 2, 2007 10:34:53 GMT -5
I really liked the Menders family from SM #1. At least it made sense for them to only be in one book; they lived in Maine.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 7, 2007 16:12:04 GMT -5
I understand why they were only in the one book but I really liked the Reynolds family that MA and Claudia sat for in Hawaii. The parents seemed nice and friendly and the kids were well behaved and cute. I loved it how the little boy wrote a letter asking for one of the girls to sit for him again.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 7, 2007 16:28:20 GMT -5
As for underused clients, I noticed the Craine girls were mentioned in MA and the Secret in the Attic and the club got a call from Mr. Brookes (the guy Stacey's mom dated for a while I think) at one of the meetings. Too bad the books didn't show the sitters actually interacting with these charges... It really bugged me that we never saw Stacey interacting with the Brooke kids again because she promised to be their honorary big sister, just like she is with Charlotte. It would have been nice if the Martinezes had been in more than one book, but no, there was no such luck for the Token Hispanic Family.
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Post by mckay on Apr 7, 2007 17:19:53 GMT -5
I didn't read that one, but...I wonder what Charlotte would have thought of having to "share" her "big sister."
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 21, 2007 10:24:16 GMT -5
I totally understand why clients like him couldn't be used more than once but I loved Marc - the little boy in the wheelchair in Baby-sitters on Board - and reading about his relationship with Stacey. It was sweet how he told Stacey he "hoped her diabetes got better" - this is such a realistic statement coming from kids that age. I also liked how Claire and Margo were so nice to him and how they all just had fun together without the kids focusing on his illness. I think this is something good for sick kids to relate to - especially since reading books like the BSC is something really sick kids can do for a good escape. Just wondering if Marc was ever mentioned again. I doubt it but I wish that some of the once-used clients would have been mentioned in future books. The situation with Danielle might have been a good time to bring Marc up.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Apr 21, 2007 13:30:17 GMT -5
Oh I agree with you, Marc was really sweet and cute. His letter to Stacey at the end was really cute, although probably pretty unrealistic. I doubt many people go on vacation and make friends they they begin swapping letters with.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 22, 2007 7:54:03 GMT -5
This might be weird, but I didn't think anything of the letter to Stacey from Marc. I've actually written letters to people that I only met once at horse shows. True, we don't end up swapping more than one or two but I think this was what Marc's to Stacey was. And it was a way to update readers and to show how close he and Stacey felt, I think. Writing someone like that is totally something I would have done (and would probably still do) as a kid. Just read Kristy Dog Trainer and wondered why the Coopers were only in that book. Liked Mark and Jed and felt for Deb. It did make me mad (but I kind of understood) when she was mean to the kids who were trying to be so nice to her. I think this was the sitters' fault (Kristy's great idea backfired) for not preparing all involved better beforehand.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 22, 2007 14:57:51 GMT -5
I think Marc and his parents writing to Stacey is one of the most realistic scenarios for any of those last-chapter-of-a-Super-Special where everyone writes letters to people they met on vacation. Stacey wanted to know whether Marc lived through the surgery or not. I can see why his parents would make sure to update her on that.
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Post by booboobrewer on Apr 22, 2007 19:37:23 GMT -5
The chapter where Stacey is talking with Marc's parents and they're telling her it's possible he won't survive the surgery is sooo sad. They all have to choke back their tears because Marc is right there playing with Claire and Margo or something. I agree that their letter to Stacey was a realistic and really nice way to end things. It reinforced how important kids are to the BSC, even those they don't know very well/may never see again.
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Post by inge on Apr 22, 2007 19:42:00 GMT -5
When I read this I was really glad there was a letter about how Marc lived. Actually made me really happy, he was a great character and I remember getting all sad when reading about how he might die.
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