Prologue

Author’s Note: This online novella has been revised as of November 2023, to bring some plot points and timelines in line with the published novel. If you’ve previously read An Unauthorised Fan Treatise and would like to know what has changed, see here.

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Variety.com

rBC Picks Up Supernatural Drama Pilot Starring Anya Saffitz for 2 Series

January 7, 2013

RBC has given a 2 series order to its supernatural drama pilot Loch & Ness, starring Anya Saffitz. The series is based on the bestselling novel series of the same name, published by HarperCollins. This marks RBC’s first pilot to get a series pickup this year.

The series will also feature British TV regular Nathan O’Donnell, with newcomer Rob Hennings co-starring opposite Saffitz.

Loch & Ness tells the story of two LAPD detectives in a world where the supernatural live amongst us. Lyra Loch (Saffitz) is a banshee and her partner Jayden Ness (Hennings) is a selkie. O’Donnell plays Fang, their werewolf criminal overlord enemy. The 13-episode series will start airing in September 2013.

gottiewrites posted:

Folks! I just watched the first episode of Loch & Ness and oh my god! That was some QUALITY television. They’ve amped up the chemistry of the books to a frankly absurd level. Every time Jayden and Fang (aka Rob Hennings and Nathan O’Donnell) are on screen together my laptop overheats. SIZZLE SIZZLE SIZZLE.

Hit me up, babes. Who are the big-name fans I should follow? Where can I get the top-notch killer videos and gifsets? I want to read alllll the fic.

– gottie

P.S. Nathan and Rob are totally dating, right? I refuse to believe I’m the only one who thinks that. It’s totally obvious from their twitters. Right?

#loch and ness #loch & ness #rbc loch and ness #beefcake werewolves are my type #slinky selkies too obvs #i don’t discriminate #all paranormal fictional boyfriends welcome here

13/09/13

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The AV Club

Loch & Ness keeps surprising us with twist after twist

13/09/13

After a slow first few episodes, RBC’s new high-concept show ended this week with a spectacular season finale. Loch & Ness has consistently found good ratings, growing episode-on-episode, and was one of the biggest success stories of the Fall 2013 season. The show raised the stakes each week and ended last night with an intriguing twist in the season finale. It has already been renewed for a second season, and has been described by critics as ‘the next Supernatural’. It certainly has all the makings of a long-running network standby.

Series lead Rob Hennings is the standout star of the show. Hennings, 31, was a newcomer to acting before being cast in the lead role as Jayden Ness. He’s had a meteoric rise to fame, having already hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared three times on The Tonight Show, where his lipsync performance went viral, gaining 90 million views. He has been nominated for the People’s Choice Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and Best Actor in a Show in the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Anya Saffitz, 33, plays Lyra Loch, the other title role. Her nuanced performance has already garnered murmurs of an Emmy win. It was recently announced that she will be starring in the next Hunger Games franchise box office release.

The rest of the cast include Nathan O’Donnell, 34, a British actor who has had small roles in many other TV shows including Star Files and The Doctor and The Lady before being cast in the break-out role of Fang. He has found a loyal group of followers, who made the Twitter topic #releaseFang trend earlier this year, when the character was arrested by Detectives Loch and Ness in a cliffhanger-ending in episode 6.

The second season is slated for Fall 2014, and it seems likely that there are more good things ahead for Loch & Ness.

People Magazine

Meet Our New Crush, Rob Hennings

22/09/13

The hot young star of RBC’s Loch & Ness has captured all our hearts, especially since he was seen on a date with Disney Channel’s Nikki Shelley. The love birds were seen holding hands in Central Park on a romantic lunchtime stroll. Nikki hasn’t had much luck in love recently, but she clearly had stars in her eyes as she shared a bagel with the cutie.

Rob plays sexy selkie Jayden in the TV show Loch and Ness in which he plays sexy selkie police detective Jayden Ness. He first caught our attention during the (many) beach scenes where a lithe, shirtless Jayden transformed into his seal form. See our compilation of the best scenes here.

Rob’s role as the shapeshifting cop is only the tip of the iceberg of our giant crush, though. Rob has proven to be just as hot, charming and fun in real life. He is often seen out partying with the rest of the cast, particularly his co-star and fellow hunk Nathan O’Donnell, who plays werewolf Fang in the series.

He undeniably has one of the hottest physiques in Hollywood. He was recently given the perfect opportunity to show off his lithe frame once again as he hit the beach with a male companion in the Maldives. Leaving little to the imagination in a pair of tight navy swim briefs, Hennings was seen bathing and lounging with his pal.

If you’re not following Rob on Twitter, this is the perfect time to start, as he’s a frequent, humorous poster, especially when exchanging flirty tweets with his new girlfriend.

Have Nikki and Rob found true love? Nikki is appearing on Dancing with the Stars this summer, so hopefully swoon-worthy Rob will make a guest appearance to support her from the audience.

Comments (9)

Margot this is NOT real

gottiewrites posted:

While we all try to survive the long, cold hiatus before season 2 of Loch & Ness airs (filming starts soon, right?!) I’ve been rereading the books. For the most part, they’re deeply dry and procedural, but the scene in the van where Fang tries to take Jayden’s selkie skin? *chefs kiss*

– gottie

#loch and ness #loch & ness #rbc loch and ness #the way Im drinking up the content of these TERRIBLE books just for any mention of my lads

17/02/14

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gottiewrites posted:

Uhhhhhh

Are we really supposed to believe Rob is dating this Disney channel actress who got caught drunk driving? Obviously he’s with Nathan. Does RBC actually think the fans are stupid?

-gottie

#Rob Hennings #Nathan ODonnell #rbc loch and ness

17/05/14

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Jessathon okay, I’ll bite. Why “obviously”? I’m gonna need to see some receipts.

gottiewrites Firstly, the bandana thing? They keep wearing the same bandana in all their papp shots. You can see it’s the same one because there’s a tear in it. So they clearly live together. And also nathan totally went to Denver with rob for like 6 weeks in march. Like, duh.

Jessathon if they were dating, why would they be keeping it a secret? it’s 2014. No one cares if you’re gay anymore.

gottiewrites that’s a very liberal bubble you’re living in there, jess. people are harassed for being gay every day. people can still get fired for it here. something like 80% of queer people stay in the closet at work. tons of male actors don’t reveal their sexualities because it impacts the roles they get if they’re seen as less masculine. Action movie franchises aren’t hiring the gay guys to play their superheroes. Nathan is such a man’s man muscle-bro type of actor. His career would probably be over if he came out.

Anonymous said:

you said they went to Denver together but I can’t find anything about a trip when I google it, where are you even getting that? source? I’m so confused.

gottiewrites replied: this is so entry level, omg. Look, Rob posted twice on social media when he was in Denver. Both times it implied he was on dates with someone – an Instagram post where he took a picture of a fancy meal in a restaurant, captioned ‘Date night.’ He also tweeted:

@Rob_Hennings a quiet night in after a full day on set! I came home today to a homemade lasagne, swoon.

Clearly a romantic partner was staying with him in Denver. Nikki Shelley, the celebrity he’s supposedly dating, was seen filming in Hollywood at the time.

So who was with him? NATHAN! OBVIOUSLY!

– gottie

#Rob Hennings #Nathan ODonnell #rbc loch and ness

21/06/14

typicalscorpio “obviously” she says, like that’s a logical link anyone else in the world would make

gottiewrites posted:

You’ve killed me, Rob Hennings.

Did you all see the new pap pics of Nathan and Rob?! They went to a NYE party last night, and they were wearing their rings again! That makes this the eighth public appearance since November when they’ve both had silver rings on their right ring fingers. See pics here, here, here and here.

Is anyone else getting engagement ring vibes?? I know it’s the wrong hand for that, but they could be being subtle!

-gottie

01/08/14

Notes

RosaRodel It’s a common thing for gay couples to wear their wedding rings on that hand anyway I think

gottiewrites no way!! I didn’t know this!

tellytubbies nathan’s ring is super cute. Has anyone worked out where he got it?

justiceforrichardiii it looks kind of handmade to me. a bit rustic lol. also is there something written on the band? I wish we had a better quality pic

RIAxo first the matching sun and moon tattoos, and now this?? wow! they’re in lurve!

tinyshaz Weaksauce evidence to jump from a rando ring to saying it must be an engagement ring.

gottiewrites posted:

OH MY GOD GUYS. YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY!!

I finally got proof that Nathan and Rob are actually dating. LIKE, FOR REAL EVIDENCE !!!!!!! ROB IS SILENTWAKES!!

#Rob Hennings #Nathan ODonnell #rbc loch and ness

22/08/14

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Missdaisy what? he’s silentwakes for real? No way!!!

Gottiewrites WAY. I’m! losing! my! mind!

Minajmadness i’ve been totally convinced they’re dating since the BTS footage came out. Nathan is usually so shy, but he completely opens up around rob and comes out of his shell. If you have proof, I believe it. Vindication!

Arcticgorillas I don’t understand. who is silentwakes? what does this mean?

Gottiewrites urgh, there should be a Wikipedia article about this stuff. Okay, give me a few hours. I’ll make a primer.

gottiewrites posted:

Have you guys seen this interview in the August 2014 issue of Entertainment Weekly? It’s really interesting, it shows a lot of the banter between Rob and Nathan. Anya’s in it too, but I cut her parts out because they aren’t really relevant.

You think you know the cast of Loch & Ness? You might be surprised. We join Rob Hennings, Anya Saffitz and Nathan O’Donnell on the set of season 2 to discuss pranks, the etiquette of trailer naps and catch all the behind-the-scenes gossip with our favourite paranormal detectives.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, we just got to watch an early cut of episode 1.

ROB HENNINGS: Doesn’t it look good? Everyone’s killing it this season.

NATHAN O’DONNELL: I’m so hyped, man. Did you see the scene where [redacted]?

RH: DUDE. You can’t say that!

NO’D: Oh. Right.

RH: I can’t believe you gave a spoiler in the first five seconds.

NO’D: ****.

EW: It’s fine. We’ll cut it out.

NO’D: Oh, good. Can you change everything I say to make me sound really cool, too?

EW: We’ll do our best.

RH: Don’t worry man, even when you’re talking nonsense, the English accent makes you sound super classy.

NO’D: This is a text interview, isn’t it?

RH: Dang. Guess you’re all out of luck.

EW: Now, I wanted to ask about the action scenes. It’s really amped up this season. Do you do your own stunts?

NO’D: I come from a background of action films, so I’ve been doing my own stunts for years. I’m very comfortable with it. Rob here, though . . .

RH: Oh, I admit I’m a massive wuss.

EW: You don’t like stunts?

RH: I can’t think of anything I would like to do less.

NO’D: And that’s even when I’m going easy on him.

RH: Easy?! I think I’ve still got a bruise on my thigh from last week!

NO’D: No comment.

EW: So Jayden and Fang don’t make up any time soon?

RH: They’re very much still in the ‘arch-enemies’ stage of their relationship, yeah. Though I haven’t seen the scripts for the last few episodes, so there might still be a surprise alliance-slash-wedding there, who knows.

EW: Would you like to see Fang working with the detectives in the future?

NO’D: I do love playing the villain. But I think there’s a lot of potential for humour if Fang joined the team for real. He’s a very funny character, when he wants to be.

RH: There would be a lot of banter.

EW: What about behind the scenes? Does the rivalry carry on there?

NO’D: No, we’re all buddies on set. We’re a squad. Rob is definitely a bit of a set joker, pulling pranks on people, but that’s too much work for me. I just try to kick back and relax when I can between takes.

RH: Catch a nap. We’re always napping, it’s terrible.

NO’D: It’s the night shoots. They’re a killer. I’m getting too old for them these days, whereas Rob could stay up all night if he wanted, typing away on his laptop between takes.

RH: I can’t help it! I grew up online, I have an internet addiction.

EW: Are you all on Twitter a lot?

RH: I’m tweeting as we speak.

NO’D: I don’t really use it. Twitter is a bit fast paced for me. But Rob is. He’s always online. I have no idea what he’s doing most of the time.

EW: Really? What kind of stuff are you usually doing, Rob?

RH: Oh, you know. Just this and that. I did Graphic Design at UCLA, so I’ve got to keep my hand in the internet game – you never know when you’ll get your last acting job

EW: You were just named Glamour Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year 2014. I don’t think you’re in danger of being forgotten just yet.

RH: Oh, well. You know. I’m just here to have a good time. And Anya’s right – we’re all betting on Nathan stealing away my title next year.

NO’D: You’re going to make me blush.

EW: Well, we’ll let you get back to work. Thanks for chatting with us, guys!

“Alliance-slash-wedding!” And they nap together! He thinks Nathan is the sexiest man of the year! This is all getting filed in my Rob/Nathan receipts folder.

-gottie

#Rob Hennings #Nathan ODonnell #loch and ness #loch & ness #rbc loch and ness

11/08/14

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lochlives please write more roban meta posts!!

Silverfox Your posts are soooo good. I keep linking my friends to them to prove that Rob and Nathan are dating. please write your analysis down properly!

gottiewrites I’m working on it. I want to do it right though, since my posts have all started blowing up. I promise I’ll post it soon.

Sparrowhawk y’all thirsty

Odonnellfc i don’t think they’re dating but this interview is so cute! Nathan is such a cinnamon roll.

Anonymous said to gottiewrites:

Did you see Rob’s twitter thread about being in fandom? “@rob_hennings I’ve been involved in more than a few fandom flame wars over the years myself!” /3435532 He’s one of us omg

gottiewrites replied: Um. Wow. I hadn’t seen this. This is super cute. I wonder what fandom he was in?!

-gottie

20/08/14

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gottiewrites posted:

I’ve started writing up a little starter guide about Rob and Nathan. I’m posting it on a WordPress blog here because I think this is going to get looooong. As soon as I started, I realised I need to do it right, and start from the very beginning, otherwise everyone is just going to be totally confused. Plus, my nerdy brain demanded I included citations too, but footnotes are not something that tumblr’s inept platform supports.

22/08/14

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Missdaisy yessss!! I’ve been waiting for this!!!

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Gottie is a fangirl for Loch & Ness, a TV show about paranormal detectives. She’s convinced that two of the male actors are secretly dating, and she’ll stop at nothing to prove it. When her online investigations accidentally uncover far more than she expects, she becomes complicit in secrets beyond just a romantic conspiracy theory.

An internet thriller told in a ‘true crime’ style recollection of events, the novel includes social media extracts such as modern Tumblr posts and early-noughties LiveJournal blog entries.

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