Several years ago, there were a couple of German soap operas that happened to be featuring M/M romance storylines. And there was a small, very dedicated group of fans who would tape all the scenes, splice them together, laboriously create English subtitles and then post the finished product to YouTube. Initially, the broadcast companies that owned the rights to the soap operas were fine with this, and the videos had quite a devoted fanbase among people who didn't speak or understand German and couldn't have accessed the TV programs directly, even if they'd wanted to. Eventually, however, the companies changed their minds on the subject and all the videos were (mostly) taken down.
But since by then, the two, main OTP couples I'd been following were no longer together (no longer alive, in one case) I guess it didn't matter.
I still miss those guys but that's the problem with TV series. The writers are hampered by the fact that they have to keep CHANGING THINGS in order to keep audiences interested, the characters relevant, and the actors from losing their minds to boredom. And, inevitably, they're gonna jump the shark and RUIN EVERYTHING!
Romance authors, thankfully, are spared these issues and can keep writing HEAs for-freaking-ever. I really like that.
But I digress...
I first heard this song in conjunction with one of these soap opera videos. And I don't think I will EVER hear this song without picturing Christian cantoring around an indoor horse-riding ring. BTW, there may be a more official name for that, but I took riding lessons, and that's all I remember it ever being called.
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