soo...

[majorshipper]

On a whim, I decided to get an account at AO3. I like it, even if it takes a heck of a lot of getting used to, and, of course, it's nothing like LJ.
I'm kinda surprised I caved, especially after saying never ever again after FF.net. But, I'm pleasantly shocked to see that the handful of fics I've got copied from junerayne already have quite a few hits and some kudos.
So! I can be found here, and I hope to start crossposting everything to LJ and there.

On a side note, does anyone know the code for making a AO3 user on LJ?


Aaaand. Doctor Who. I know everyone else who knows who Neil Gaiman is is probably thrilled at this turn of events, but...I dunno. It was a good episode and is a great return to my idea of Doctor Who standards, but bits of it really bug the heck out of me and make it feel like another show trying to be Doctor Who but without knowing much of anything about Doctor Who. IDK. It bugs me.

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[muses-circle.livejournal.com]

On the whole, I loved last night's episode. I didn't go into it with much expectation, so I was thrilled at how moved I was over the Doctor and his TARDIS. (Like we haven't known for years that the Doctor's true love is his TARDIS, but it's canon now.)

But anyway - I'd read a review the other day in which the writer stated the episode could've been a good one to watch if you knew nothing about Doctor Who. Dunno if that was deliberate or not. Could Moffat have gone to Gaiman and said, "Dude, write me a good 'DW for Newbies' episode, will ya"? Maybe. I know little of how that works.

End rambly comment, lol.

[majorshipper]

IDK. I love the TARDIS personalized and with the Doctor, but for some reason this episode just left me a little squicked and I don't know why.

It could have been a good intro episode, but...idk. Like I mentioned(this is the best way I can think of putting it XD) it felt a bit like someone who didn't know a ton about Doctor Who tried to go in and make a user-friendly show just like Doctor Who...but missing something special.

But, for all I know that could have been intentional. I know nothing of Gaiman's writing style, because apparently, I'm the only person on the planet who's got no idea who he is and why everyone loves him so much, LOL.

[muses-circle.livejournal.com]

I've only read one novel by Gaiman - Good Omens, which he co-authored with Terry Pratchet - so I can't say for sure what his writing style is. But I see your point: I don't know how much Gaiman knows about Doctor Who, and exactly what Moffat wanted him to write when it came down to the episode itself.

All I know is that we got a very good look at what makes the Doctor tick. Apparently it's the TARDIS. XD

[majorshipper]

Huh. I'm obviously behind on the cool-books front. I've never read anything by either of them...my extent of reading "cool" books was a handful of Maximum Ride books by James Patterson XD
But, yeah, like you said. We don't know how much either of them intended to put into the show.

Haha, ikr? I did love how she saw right through him, though, and knew everything about him even with his evading the truth.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman's been a HUGE DW fan since he was four years old. It's been one of his dreams to write for the show.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

It's not really a turn of events for the DW canon for anyone who is familiar with the any of the novels or Big Finish Audio plays. The Eighth Doctor audio play "Zagreus" took the idea and made it work so beautifully. Gaiman came close to that greatness. They've been playing with this idea of the TARDIS taking human form - in some manner or another - for years. I think that's why I'm so thrilled the actual TV series has introduced it into canon. Gave the ship a voice, so she can wholly become a REAL character. It was nice to see them interact in a way where he knows she cares for him as much as he does for her.

[muses-circle.livejournal.com]

YES, I was totally thinking about "Zagreus" and how the TARDIS confronts Charley during this episode.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Brig!TARDIS will always be the best avatar EVER. Nick Courtney's voice talking about crying girls and their undergarments thrown all over the TARDIS's insides is ten times more hilarious than it would've been in a woman's. I love this is all TV series canon now. In the future, if I feel like playing with the idea, I won't have to try to sell it so hard to non-Big Finishers.

[majorshipper]

I know nothing of pre-2005 Who(I've been meaning to catch up on it all, but time has never let me), so I can't speak to that, but the idea, in concept, was amazing. I do agree that the idea of TARDIS incarnate has been building for a while, even in the show's new canon(i.e. When Rose took in the vortex, when TenII was made).
I did love how...in love they were. While we hardly ever see River("his other wife") and the Doctor having any lengthy truly affectionate moments, the TARDIS and the Doctor had a ton of those and they were nice, because for once, they can interact, and she knows everything about him and still loves her thief, and I think that's good for the Doctor, to have a rather uncomplicated relationship with someone who knows him intimately and for so long and still loves him.