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Jul. 16th, 2014 09:29 pm#1 realizing the fan community you started as a whim now has 216 watchers. *hides behind pillow fort and stares*
(jesus, when did Orphan Black get so big?)
A. In other news, I wrote fic over the weekend -- well, wrote some and edited/posted the other.
- Burnt Out Stars - not happy ending Bletchley Circle, Susan/Millie (because I couldn't see it any other way when writing it, though I might change my mind at another time) - written eons ago before the second series was even a rumor.
- No Cleaning Involved - Black Books, Fran points out that the kitchen needs cleaning. No cleaning whatsoever ensues. (written for the Obscure and British commentfest)
B. I've got two thousand words of Ada Gillyflower fic. idek, idek. At least it's personal fanon!fic, so I'm enjoying the writing process.
C. It is so cold here I have hot cocoa and am huddling in my blanket. WISCONSIN WHY.
D. The weirdest thing about getting my news from CNN at lunch (while half not-paying-attention) is that I really think I'd like to quit doing the job I'm being paid for and just sue the president...
E. I actually wrote a fic scene long-hand at work the other day. I've not done that in... a while. (I used to fill notebooks in about six months)
F. Large portions of series 7 of newskool Who is highly quotable. Either that or I'm just at the point where I've listened to it so much I can mouth the words along with the characters. (It's never about the software, it's about the people. This is what it's like when I'm alone. Perhaps the universe makes bargains after all.) (I'll stop now)
G. Seriously, there is no show more suited to listening to as MP3s than Who. Even oldskool is fabulous (I am afraid to listen to Fenric again as it will make me cry).
(jesus, when did Orphan Black get so big?)
A. In other news, I wrote fic over the weekend -- well, wrote some and edited/posted the other.
- Burnt Out Stars - not happy ending Bletchley Circle, Susan/Millie (because I couldn't see it any other way when writing it, though I might change my mind at another time) - written eons ago before the second series was even a rumor.
- No Cleaning Involved - Black Books, Fran points out that the kitchen needs cleaning. No cleaning whatsoever ensues. (written for the Obscure and British commentfest)
B. I've got two thousand words of Ada Gillyflower fic. idek, idek. At least it's personal fanon!fic, so I'm enjoying the writing process.
C. It is so cold here I have hot cocoa and am huddling in my blanket. WISCONSIN WHY.
D. The weirdest thing about getting my news from CNN at lunch (while half not-paying-attention) is that I really think I'd like to quit doing the job I'm being paid for and just sue the president...
E. I actually wrote a fic scene long-hand at work the other day. I've not done that in... a while. (I used to fill notebooks in about six months)
F. Large portions of series 7 of newskool Who is highly quotable. Either that or I'm just at the point where I've listened to it so much I can mouth the words along with the characters. (It's never about the software, it's about the people. This is what it's like when I'm alone. Perhaps the universe makes bargains after all.) (I'll stop now)
G. Seriously, there is no show more suited to listening to as MP3s than Who. Even oldskool is fabulous (I am afraid to listen to Fenric again as it will make me cry).
I think I have caught up
Jul. 10th, 2014 09:12 pmSorry, there was a random impromptu Not Paying Attention To Anything. And I'm back now. I'm only at skip 160, dudes. That is just sad
1. I came across this on my travels: In a statement, SFX said:
Revisionists would have you believe that Who was always a show with emotional impact, but barring a couple of companion departures, that didn't really become true until the advent of Russell T Davies.
No. No. You are wrong and everything you will ever think or say is wrong.
2. I suppose it's a good thing I pay no attention to magazines these days (but OH my collection. It's sitting over on a box right now because I was digging for old Avengers issues out of boredom last week)
3. Matt Fraction's Sex Criminals is entirely ridiculous, but hilarious and very readable. I read the TPB. And then I read it again right after. It was that kind of night.
4. I did Summerfest last week. Wednesday was the Airborne Toxic Event (not bad, I think I liked them better when we saw them two years ago? idk). Thursday was New Order (OMG THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN 25 years. /old). NO were amazing and lovely and the new stuff they played had an excellent beat. Sadly, the vocals were drowned in the WALL OF SOUND. unf.
4a. However, before I saw New Order, I suffered two hours of the dullest DJ ever. DJ Whitney? Please never play anywhere near me again. For reals. THE SAME SONG OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
5. But at least it meant I plowed my way through most of Neil Penswick's The Pit, Good god, were large parts of that book dull. And let's talk about disjointed. And I felt like the end was very rushed. I really liked the Benny and Spike bits, though (especially how he never 'broke his programing'). I seem to recall liking this NA a lot more in my younger days. It also felt like Penswick was still stuck on the early Seven characterization, which fell a bit flat for, um, me. Because Seven is clearly the trickster who's playing tiddly winks while everyone else is Seriously Into Chess.
6. After my Ponds and Clara marathon over the weekend, I've been reading lots of fic. It's hard to find in-character stuff. There's a lot that almost manages it, but then Amy or Rory will say 'arse' and it throws me out (yes, yes, I know it is something UK people say. I just can't imagine Rory or Amy saying it. Clara, yes. Especially Victorian!Clara). Even worse are the crossovers where Amy, Rory, River and Eleven tell everyone their life stories. All. The. Time.
No. No, they wouldn't. They're all very private people. Eleven may babble, but there are some secrets he'd never tell (and River and Amy and Rory are secrets ffs)
(I am suddenly intrigued at more thoughts of Pryde & Wisdom vs Daleks, which is neither hide nor hair to this)
7. Still working. Should post about it at some point, and talk about how out of my depth I'm feeling at times.
1. I came across this on my travels: In a statement, SFX said:
Revisionists would have you believe that Who was always a show with emotional impact, but barring a couple of companion departures, that didn't really become true until the advent of Russell T Davies.
No. No. You are wrong and everything you will ever think or say is wrong.
2. I suppose it's a good thing I pay no attention to magazines these days (but OH my collection. It's sitting over on a box right now because I was digging for old Avengers issues out of boredom last week)
3. Matt Fraction's Sex Criminals is entirely ridiculous, but hilarious and very readable. I read the TPB. And then I read it again right after. It was that kind of night.
4. I did Summerfest last week. Wednesday was the Airborne Toxic Event (not bad, I think I liked them better when we saw them two years ago? idk). Thursday was New Order (OMG THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN 25 years. /old). NO were amazing and lovely and the new stuff they played had an excellent beat. Sadly, the vocals were drowned in the WALL OF SOUND. unf.
4a. However, before I saw New Order, I suffered two hours of the dullest DJ ever. DJ Whitney? Please never play anywhere near me again. For reals. THE SAME SONG OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
5. But at least it meant I plowed my way through most of Neil Penswick's The Pit, Good god, were large parts of that book dull. And let's talk about disjointed. And I felt like the end was very rushed. I really liked the Benny and Spike bits, though (especially how he never 'broke his programing'). I seem to recall liking this NA a lot more in my younger days. It also felt like Penswick was still stuck on the early Seven characterization, which fell a bit flat for, um, me. Because Seven is clearly the trickster who's playing tiddly winks while everyone else is Seriously Into Chess.
6. After my Ponds and Clara marathon over the weekend, I've been reading lots of fic. It's hard to find in-character stuff. There's a lot that almost manages it, but then Amy or Rory will say 'arse' and it throws me out (yes, yes, I know it is something UK people say. I just can't imagine Rory or Amy saying it. Clara, yes. Especially Victorian!Clara). Even worse are the crossovers where Amy, Rory, River and Eleven tell everyone their life stories. All. The. Time.
No. No, they wouldn't. They're all very private people. Eleven may babble, but there are some secrets he'd never tell (and River and Amy and Rory are secrets ffs)
(I am suddenly intrigued at more thoughts of Pryde & Wisdom vs Daleks, which is neither hide nor hair to this)
7. Still working. Should post about it at some point, and talk about how out of my depth I'm feeling at times.
I went on a mad re-watch, not quite backwards, of seasons 5-7 of newskool over the weekend.
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Also, why is it not August yet? I want new Who and Guardians, dammit.
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Also, why is it not August yet? I want new Who and Guardians, dammit.
Iii don't care - I ship it!
Dec. 4th, 2013 08:20 pm1. Thank goodness for the scarf ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
karma_aster made me. Seriously, it was SO COLD last week, and I was dying before I finally gave in and dug it out. Much warmer now.
2. This parody of Icona Pop's whatsit Not Literally's "I Ship It". It's catchy and ridiculous (I liked the Steam Powered Giraffe cover, too)
3. Can we talk about the way Sarah Shahi is being talked about in re: Person of Interest? Because it's kinda gross.
IE, how multiple comments I've seen on the internet that say (paraphrasing, though I saw at least one somewhere these exact words) [Shahi's] yet another white chick to replace a proud black woman on tv."
a. Sarah Shahi? Spanish and Iranian.
b. Not 'replacing'. Complementing.
c. where the fuck were all of you during the last two and half years? Because I swear POI fandom has been "WHITECOCKWHITECOCKCarter is annoyingWHITECOCK" since day one. It's only NOW that you're suddenly all "HBIC. QUEEN QUEEN CARTER. HBIC. NEVER WATCHING AGAIN. HOW DAAARE THEY."
This is what is wrong with fandom's obsession with dudes, folks. When you don't actually talk about the characters you like in favor of white cock, you don't get to whine when they suddenly disappear.
You want more dynamic black female characters like Carter? FUCKING TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE AIR.
(are you watching Sleepy Hollow? No? Does it conflict with Supernatural? I bet that's it, otherwise you'd be watching, right? I mean, it's not that you just preferdead non-threatening (ie, minor and/or non-existent) black women who give you a chance to show how ~diverse you are in your tastes)
4. Haven has managed to kill a promising season with two episodes and one dull villain. And I like Colin Ferguson (oh whyyy was Primeval: New World canceled? At least he made an interesting antagonist there). ok, also? Ghosthunters sucks.
5. I am loving the sudden fandom interest in Eight. (he is so dreamy, and always has been).
6. It occurred to me the other day that I am going to be so sad when Eleven leaves. I just. You guys, after thirty years I think I've actually discovered that I do have a Doctor. (idek. But he's like Seven mixed with Two and Four with some Six thrown on top and Eight's romanticism at times and I am just all over with eeee at him. And I used to think he was too much of a baby to ever amount to anything)
7. I am considering putting dull grey dots on my nails and pretending there are exploded Daleks all over them.
8. There are two new people at work. One of them.... didn't take any notes. At all. I doooon't think he's going to last for very long.
9. I rearranged my room over the long weekend. It's a bit odd at times, but I like it. I also have more room on my bookshelves now (this does not mean buying more books).
10. ok, also, I have, like, 400 regency romance paperbacks. Most of them are the type that came with the back ripped off because they were library rejects. But still. 400. I don't even know that I'll ever read them all again.
11. I found 1963: Assasination Games a bit... dull. I think maybe if I knew more about Countermeasures, I'd like it? (but that has its own problem, as the narrative for that is.. ok, you have two first-class female scientists, both sarcastic and awesome, and one rather put-upon military dude. But your narrative choices are "women are easily turned off alien things and need a boyfriend and/or to be tricked into working for the government" sigh.)
12. 1963: The Space Race, otoh, was pretty amazing. There's some creepy body-horror stuff, and the plot is a wee bit thin as vis a vis the SF elements. But. But. The rest of it is awesome. AND PERI. PERI AS A RUSSIAN SPY WHO GETS LAID. I just can't with this show, sometimes. Because that was hilarious, but awesome. And fuuu anyone who says Peri was just a whiny screamer
13. Which brings me to something Andrew Cartmel said in the Dragonfire making of or commentary which really annoyed me: that Mel was a screamer and you couldn't really go anywhere with that and that's why they had to introduce Ace. And I just can't, Mr. Cartmel. Because that's pretty much the sign of a shitty writer. Big Finish has done amazing things with Mel (and ngl, she was pretty damned pro-active in her TV appearances, too). Writing her off as "just a screamer" is ludicrous.
(he says something about her being a scientist at the beginning, but how they'd gotten away from that, and I just wanted to throw something at him: SO BRING IT BACK. GOOD GOD, MAN. You're a WRITER. ACT LIKE IT)
ahem.
14. Actually, I think that's it. NO WAIT. I don't know how 'm going to survive without new Phryne for MONTHS, you guys. I just don't. (do we even know if series three has been commissioned?) (also, I'm pretty sure Jack and Phryne combust my screen by simply standing next to each other)
karma_aster made me. Seriously, it was SO COLD last week, and I was dying before I finally gave in and dug it out. Much warmer now. 2. This parody of Icona Pop's whatsit Not Literally's "I Ship It". It's catchy and ridiculous (I liked the Steam Powered Giraffe cover, too)
3.
IE, how multiple comments I've seen on the internet that say (paraphrasing, though I saw at least one somewhere these exact words) [Shahi's] yet another white chick to replace a proud black woman on tv."
a. Sarah Shahi? Spanish and Iranian.
b. Not 'replacing'. Complementing.
c. where the fuck were all of you during the last two and half years? Because I swear POI fandom has been "WHITECOCKWHITECOCKCarter is annoyingWHITECOCK" since day one. It's only NOW that you're suddenly all "HBIC. QUEEN QUEEN CARTER. HBIC. NEVER WATCHING AGAIN. HOW DAAARE THEY."
This is what is wrong with fandom's obsession with dudes, folks. When you don't actually talk about the characters you like in favor of white cock, you don't get to whine when they suddenly disappear.
You want more dynamic black female characters like Carter? FUCKING TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE AIR.
(are you watching Sleepy Hollow? No? Does it conflict with Supernatural? I bet that's it, otherwise you'd be watching, right? I mean, it's not that you just prefer
4. Haven has managed to kill a promising season with two episodes and one dull villain. And I like Colin Ferguson (oh whyyy was Primeval: New World canceled? At least he made an interesting antagonist there). ok, also? Ghosthunters sucks.
5. I am loving the sudden fandom interest in Eight. (he is so dreamy, and always has been).
6. It occurred to me the other day that I am going to be so sad when Eleven leaves. I just. You guys, after thirty years I think I've actually discovered that I do have a Doctor. (idek. But he's like Seven mixed with Two and Four with some Six thrown on top and Eight's romanticism at times and I am just all over with eeee at him. And I used to think he was too much of a baby to ever amount to anything)
7. I am considering putting dull grey dots on my nails and pretending there are exploded Daleks all over them.
8. There are two new people at work. One of them.... didn't take any notes. At all. I doooon't think he's going to last for very long.
9. I rearranged my room over the long weekend. It's a bit odd at times, but I like it. I also have more room on my bookshelves now (this does not mean buying more books).
10. ok, also, I have, like, 400 regency romance paperbacks. Most of them are the type that came with the back ripped off because they were library rejects. But still. 400. I don't even know that I'll ever read them all again.
11. I found 1963: Assasination Games a bit... dull. I think maybe if I knew more about Countermeasures, I'd like it? (but that has its own problem, as the narrative for that is.. ok, you have two first-class female scientists, both sarcastic and awesome, and one rather put-upon military dude. But your narrative choices are "women are easily turned off alien things and need a boyfriend and/or to be tricked into working for the government" sigh.)
12. 1963: The Space Race, otoh, was pretty amazing. There's some creepy body-horror stuff, and the plot is a wee bit thin as vis a vis the SF elements. But. But. The rest of it is awesome. AND PERI.
13. Which brings me to something Andrew Cartmel said in the Dragonfire making of or commentary which really annoyed me: that Mel was a screamer and you couldn't really go anywhere with that and that's why they had to introduce Ace. And I just can't, Mr. Cartmel. Because that's pretty much the sign of a shitty writer. Big Finish has done amazing things with Mel (and ngl, she was pretty damned pro-active in her TV appearances, too). Writing her off as "just a screamer" is ludicrous.
(he says something about her being a scientist at the beginning, but how they'd gotten away from that, and I just wanted to throw something at him: SO BRING IT BACK. GOOD GOD, MAN. You're a WRITER. ACT LIKE IT)
ahem.
14. Actually, I think that's it. NO WAIT. I don't know how 'm going to survive without new Phryne for MONTHS, you guys. I just don't. (do we even know if series three has been commissioned?) (also, I'm pretty sure Jack and Phryne combust my screen by simply standing next to each other)
sff: Big Finish Audio 'Light at the End'
Oct. 28th, 2013 06:13 pmBecause who doesn't want an audio drama featuring five of the classic Doctors?
(and it was out a month early. don'tjudgeme,Icanstopanytime)
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(and it was out a month early. don'tjudgeme,Icanstopanytime)
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this thing is totally on
Aug. 31st, 2013 01:46 am1. The bad news is: I'm still attached to the stupid project of pointless time and money-wasting. The good news is: I get to be bored silly while at my own god-damned desk with my co-workers around to help alleviate the boredom.
2. I'm pretty sure I already have Caroline/Sue White porn written for the upcoming femslash porn battle. (in my head, at least)
3. Ben A. is the new batman. It's like someone wanted to give me a lolsy early birthday present.
4. I read the last issue ofThe Lady Sif can rip your balls off, but is too bored to bother Journey Into Mystery. :/ :/ :( ngl, people, the fact that this book died is just a travesty. The art, the humor, the gravitas were all amazing.
5. I also re-read Simon Messingham's Strange England, which was not... awful. Like, I really enjoyed it, but it read less like a Seven adventure (even VNA Seven) and more like an Eleven adventure. Don't ask me how that works, since the book is fifteen + years old. But I've often said Eleven reminds me of Seven. And an OOC Seven is Eleven. (I wouldn't mind seeing this one translated to current-era, either. Chop out the Ace bits and Clara can take over Benny's spot. And not in a "Clara is inter-changeable" way, but in a "Clara can fit into Benny's bit more easily, since there's not much archeology, drinking or cursing involved" way)
6. Two weekends ago, I went drinking after work with my (real) co-workers. It was awesome.
7. I went looking for something else entirely and discovered that half of a box down in the basement was filled with Babysitter's Club, Saddle Club and the Linda Craig Adventures. If most of them weren't stripped library books, I would totally try giving them to someone.
8. There was also a Nancy Drew saves kids from behind the Iron Curtain, Cold War mystery. omg. At least I know where my love for the spy-tropes came from. (also, I must re-read it, and there better be Moscow rules)
9. Er, also, not at dragoncon. I considered it, but I am now an adult and can't justify spending that kind of money on a plane ticket. Also, my sister is packing this weekend as they're moving. So I'd be in the way there.
10. I shall now update my reading list. (please note that Elizabeth Peters was still alive when I was on my re-reading spree)
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2. I'm pretty sure I already have Caroline/Sue White porn written for the upcoming femslash porn battle. (in my head, at least)
3. Ben A. is the new batman. It's like someone wanted to give me a lolsy early birthday present.
4. I read the last issue of
5. I also re-read Simon Messingham's Strange England, which was not... awful. Like, I really enjoyed it, but it read less like a Seven adventure (even VNA Seven) and more like an Eleven adventure. Don't ask me how that works, since the book is fifteen + years old. But I've often said Eleven reminds me of Seven. And an OOC Seven is Eleven. (I wouldn't mind seeing this one translated to current-era, either. Chop out the Ace bits and Clara can take over Benny's spot. And not in a "Clara is inter-changeable" way, but in a "Clara can fit into Benny's bit more easily, since there's not much archeology, drinking or cursing involved" way)
6. Two weekends ago, I went drinking after work with my (real) co-workers. It was awesome.
7. I went looking for something else entirely and discovered that half of a box down in the basement was filled with Babysitter's Club, Saddle Club and the Linda Craig Adventures. If most of them weren't stripped library books, I would totally try giving them to someone.
8. There was also a Nancy Drew saves kids from behind the Iron Curtain, Cold War mystery. omg. At least I know where my love for the spy-tropes came from. (also, I must re-read it, and there better be Moscow rules)
9. Er, also, not at dragoncon. I considered it, but I am now an adult and can't justify spending that kind of money on a plane ticket. Also, my sister is packing this weekend as they're moving. So I'd be in the way there.
10. I shall now update my reading list. (please note that Elizabeth Peters was still alive when I was on my re-reading spree)
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dear lj, stop looking like facebook
Aug. 20th, 2013 11:07 pmI suppose that is the way of all things, in the end.
Anyway.
1. I have a new phone.
2. I finally listened through the last Seven, Ace & Hex trilogy. Thoughts: ACE IS A VALKYRIE. There should be all the marvel Gods crossovers ever. sigh.
however, my heart, me heart, Heeeeeeeeex. no.
3. er. I have nothing else. I should sleep.
Anyway.
1. I have a new phone.
2. I finally listened through the last Seven, Ace & Hex trilogy. Thoughts: ACE IS A VALKYRIE. There should be all the marvel Gods crossovers ever. sigh.
3. er. I have nothing else. I should sleep.
And I have thoughts.
Doctor Who (IDW Volume 3) #9-11
WWII pilots! That is like Lyssie catnip, and it did not disappoint, as there were not only pilots, but STEAM ENGINES and ridiculousness and mehanical bird-things! And Eleventy grew a beard. Again. (It is better than Crichton's dead animal-face, but not by much)
AND THEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE TARDIS. It was all the things I wanted out of Journey to the Center of the Tardis, but didn't get. (which is not a dig at JttCotT, just an observation of how tardis journeys could be milked forever and ever and ever and I would love them. I should go re-watch Invasion of Time)
The writer does a nice job getting the Eleven and Clara banter, and even just Clara on her own--I could hear the intonations and inflections of Jenna Louise Coleman, and it was brilliant to read.
I'm very glad I picked these three up, even if I have to wait for issue 12 where the conclusion lies.
Journey Into Mystery #652-654. Siiiif.
IT IS ALL MY FAVORITE THINGS IN ONE. Sif in space! Sif making jokes! Women having conversations! People having complicated relationships and making stupid choices and getting things wrong!
Grief and silliness and gross alien bits!
Ok, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really like these three issues. And I really like Sif. I stepped right into her world without really having much trouble. And I would highly recommend these three as a start to anyone looking to get into them.
I also love that it feels very much like part of a larger universe, but I didn't feel like I had to go buy a million other titles to get the rest.
But that aside, whhyyyy is it another month for the next? siiiigh.
The Fearless Defenders #7
omg the art is so shiny and pretty. And I love the almost dream-like quality of the whole narrative. It's just lovely.
I didn't feel like I needed to go back and read earlier issues to understand where I was, and what was going on. Which is good, as I tried issue four and was just confused.
I'm trying to have something coherent, and sort of failing. I just really really enjoyed this book, and the ending made me squee like a silly person, as I love that whole tropey, ridiculous plot kind of thing. Giving everything to save another! I've always loved that (and then I went back and read the end of the previous issue, where Misty punches Val and ALL THE HEARTS EVER.)
Basically, I'm going to have to track down the first three and read them through, as well. Even if the art doesn't look as pretty.
Cable and X-Force #6-11 (I think?) So, basically, I don't really know what the hell the Avengers are doing here, but if this book could just be the Domino and Boom-Boom show forever? It would be amazing.
omg, though, Blaquesmith. I mean, the bug, man. He has sort of been around, screwing things up for eons. (last time, he sent Dom to the future where she almost killed Stryfe, heheheheh)
The Avengers, though? Man, do they come off as obnoxious holier-than-thou bullies. They really dragged the book down.
(OMG THAT BIT WHERE NATE AND SCOTT HAD A CONVERSATION. *sniffles* -- also, is this the second or third time Nate has used X-Force to break someone out of prison?)
I'm not sure what I make of the Domino/Piotr/Kitty triangle? I mean, I don't ship Kitty/Piotr, anyway, so I'm good with Dom swanning in for some of that. And it's not like Wisdom isn't free to sweep Kitty off her feet (he can make horrible 'sexy schoolmarm' jokes at her and get slapped)
Also, the last time Kitty visited Piotr in a cell, from my perspective, it was just after he'd beaten the shit out of Wisdom and no one was sure Wisdom wouldn't end up crippled.
So this was a bit jarring.
ok, also, FASTBALL SPECIAL IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE
X-Men #1-3 (the one with Kitty, Rachel, Rogue, Storm, etc.)
I'm going to state this up front to get it out of the way: I wanted to like this book more than I did. I just. I have never ever given much of a fuck about the 'school' aspect of the X-Men, so all the school stuff just left me bored. (don't get me wrong, oldskool Generation X, New Mutants and X-Force still bring a nostaglic happy feel. But that was, like, twenty years ago, ok?)
(my ideal Kitty book would be her and Wisdom tracking fairies, weird shit, and aliens in a sort of X-Files meets Fringe meets Holmes pastiche)
That said, I liked most of it. I liked the teamwork, and the almost world-weariness of Rachel, Psylocke and Kitty. I'm confused about how Rogue and Storm don't think Rachel would, uh, 'get' that Bad Things Happened at the end, where they're talking about not telling her stuff? I mean. Rachel Summers isn't exactly a fainting violet.
I enjoyed seeing Rogue without Avengers, too. She doesn't really fit with them. But here, with Storm and Psylocke? That's the Rogue I know and enjoy reading.
The plot wasn't particularly interesting. Mostly, these three books were entertaining for the character beats. And Kitty running through a gigantic room of servers. (seriously, who needs that kind of hardware? What are they, the pentagon, FBI and Interpol all in one?)
Doctor Who (IDW Volume 3) #9-11
WWII pilots! That is like Lyssie catnip, and it did not disappoint, as there were not only pilots, but STEAM ENGINES and ridiculousness and mehanical bird-things! And Eleventy grew a beard. Again. (It is better than Crichton's dead animal-face, but not by much)
AND THEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE TARDIS. It was all the things I wanted out of Journey to the Center of the Tardis, but didn't get. (which is not a dig at JttCotT, just an observation of how tardis journeys could be milked forever and ever and ever and I would love them. I should go re-watch Invasion of Time)
The writer does a nice job getting the Eleven and Clara banter, and even just Clara on her own--I could hear the intonations and inflections of Jenna Louise Coleman, and it was brilliant to read.
I'm very glad I picked these three up, even if I have to wait for issue 12 where the conclusion lies.
Journey Into Mystery #652-654. Siiiif.
IT IS ALL MY FAVORITE THINGS IN ONE. Sif in space! Sif making jokes! Women having conversations! People having complicated relationships and making stupid choices and getting things wrong!
Grief and silliness and gross alien bits!
Ok, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really like these three issues. And I really like Sif. I stepped right into her world without really having much trouble. And I would highly recommend these three as a start to anyone looking to get into them.
I also love that it feels very much like part of a larger universe, but I didn't feel like I had to go buy a million other titles to get the rest.
But that aside, whhyyyy is it another month for the next? siiiigh.
The Fearless Defenders #7
omg the art is so shiny and pretty. And I love the almost dream-like quality of the whole narrative. It's just lovely.
I didn't feel like I needed to go back and read earlier issues to understand where I was, and what was going on. Which is good, as I tried issue four and was just confused.
I'm trying to have something coherent, and sort of failing. I just really really enjoyed this book, and the ending made me squee like a silly person, as I love that whole tropey, ridiculous plot kind of thing. Giving everything to save another! I've always loved that (and then I went back and read the end of the previous issue, where Misty punches Val and ALL THE HEARTS EVER.)
Basically, I'm going to have to track down the first three and read them through, as well. Even if the art doesn't look as pretty.
Cable and X-Force #6-11 (I think?)
omg, though, Blaquesmith. I mean, the bug, man. He has sort of been around, screwing things up for eons. (last time, he sent Dom to the future where she almost killed Stryfe, heheheheh)
The Avengers, though? Man, do they come off as obnoxious holier-than-thou bullies. They really dragged the book down.
(OMG THAT BIT WHERE NATE AND SCOTT HAD A CONVERSATION. *sniffles* -- also, is this the second or third time Nate has used X-Force to break someone out of prison?)
I'm not sure what I make of the Domino/Piotr/Kitty triangle? I mean, I don't ship Kitty/Piotr, anyway, so I'm good with Dom swanning in for some of that. And it's not like Wisdom isn't free to sweep Kitty off her feet (he can make horrible 'sexy schoolmarm' jokes at her and get slapped)
Also, the last time Kitty visited Piotr in a cell, from my perspective, it was just after he'd beaten the shit out of Wisdom and no one was sure Wisdom wouldn't end up crippled.
So this was a bit jarring.
ok, also, FASTBALL SPECIAL IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE
X-Men #1-3 (the one with Kitty, Rachel, Rogue, Storm, etc.)
I'm going to state this up front to get it out of the way: I wanted to like this book more than I did. I just. I have never ever given much of a fuck about the 'school' aspect of the X-Men, so all the school stuff just left me bored. (don't get me wrong, oldskool Generation X, New Mutants and X-Force still bring a nostaglic happy feel. But that was, like, twenty years ago, ok?)
(my ideal Kitty book would be her and Wisdom tracking fairies, weird shit, and aliens in a sort of X-Files meets Fringe meets Holmes pastiche)
That said, I liked most of it. I liked the teamwork, and the almost world-weariness of Rachel, Psylocke and Kitty. I'm confused about how Rogue and Storm don't think Rachel would, uh, 'get' that Bad Things Happened at the end, where they're talking about not telling her stuff? I mean. Rachel Summers isn't exactly a fainting violet.
I enjoyed seeing Rogue without Avengers, too. She doesn't really fit with them. But here, with Storm and Psylocke? That's the Rogue I know and enjoy reading.
The plot wasn't particularly interesting. Mostly, these three books were entertaining for the character beats. And Kitty running through a gigantic room of servers. (seriously, who needs that kind of hardware? What are they, the pentagon, FBI and Interpol all in one?)
one of these days...
Jul. 21st, 2013 01:16 am1. I just watched The Krotons (I'd listened to it at work, prior to this, and I don't know how much was really gained by having the visuals...). The one thing that really really struck me, though, was that Eleven and Two have a lot of similarities--just. In the way they move. And once or twice, the way Pat Troughton phrased things (intonation, etc), was so terribly Matt Smith's Doctor. Which it's really the other way round, I guess.
2. The Magic Mousetrap is becoming one of the Big Finish audios that I really like. It's ridiculous and silly, but really serious at it's core, and I love the subversion of the ye olde Seven Manipulates Everyone trope.
3. Speaking of that Team Tardis (Seven, Ace and Hex), they really need to go hang out with the Leverage crew for a while and topple some totalitarian governments together. (yes, I know that DW is fictional in Leverage-verse.) They're all very good at that sort of thing.
(I may have given Live 34 yet another re-listen, and it's amazing and all of the things I love about the Virgin NA era distilled into radio broadcasts in a way sure to make me gleeful and geeky, and CHARLOTTE IS THE BEST EVER and should one day be a companion,and maybe go on awkward dates with Hex a few times. Someone make this happen)
4. Why yes, work has been absolutely mind-numbing shite over the last several weeks. I sit in conference rooms, generally alone for the bulk of my utterly fucking pointless day. This is the biggest fucking waste of time and money, EVER, but some idiot VP in upper management decreed it, so I am stuck until September.
(also, one of the people involved in our project told me the US has 51 states. WHY ARE STUPID PEOPLE ALLOWED TO LIVE. I just. No. NO. WHY.)
5. Book update, while I'm thinking about it.
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2. The Magic Mousetrap is becoming one of the Big Finish audios that I really like. It's ridiculous and silly, but really serious at it's core, and I love the subversion of the ye olde Seven Manipulates Everyone trope.
3. Speaking of that Team Tardis (Seven, Ace and Hex), they really need to go hang out with the Leverage crew for a while and topple some totalitarian governments together. (yes, I know that DW is fictional in Leverage-verse.) They're all very good at that sort of thing.
(I may have given Live 34 yet another re-listen, and it's amazing and all of the things I love about the Virgin NA era distilled into radio broadcasts in a way sure to make me gleeful and geeky, and CHARLOTTE IS THE BEST EVER and should one day be a companion,
4. Why yes, work has been absolutely mind-numbing shite over the last several weeks. I sit in conference rooms, generally alone for the bulk of my utterly fucking pointless day. This is the biggest fucking waste of time and money, EVER, but some idiot VP in upper management decreed it, so I am stuck until September.
(also, one of the people involved in our project told me the US has 51 states. WHY ARE STUPID PEOPLE ALLOWED TO LIVE. I just. No. NO. WHY.)
5. Book update, while I'm thinking about it.
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I just had a random River Song thought
May. 9th, 2013 09:42 pmer, cutting this just in case.
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I am still not used to this whole "Doctor Who is on Saturdays" thing. I don't know why--maybe because it's so early? I remember when it was on at 10pm at night. I liked 10pm as an airing time.
Doctor Who 7x11 'Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS'
I find myself with little to say about this episode. I liked parts of it, but I felt it was a real cop-out to have the ending unravel the history that came before it.
I also wonder if this could be considered to be the origin of the TARDIS exploding in Big Bang.
The episode suffered from not having more Esher in it--like, there's a poster, with stairways all over the place, so I was looking forward to the Labyrinth in the TARDIS and... nothing. Sigh.
Then there's the 'creatures'. Why were they trying to kill them/chase them? That made no sense whatsoever. They added pretty much nothing to the whole episode, except to put in pointless "chase the companion/make her scream" shit.
ALSO. The LIBRARY. I would like it, and I'm sort of intensely pissed-off that we will never see it again and Clara doesn't even know she was there.
Orphan Black 1x5 'Conditions of Existence'
I am so confused and terrified and thrilled about this show.
Every week there's a new facet to this whole thing, and now I'm wondering if there's more than one faction--who is running Helena, and are they linked to the people taking EEGs of Beth/Sarah?
Also, as much of a straight-laced annoyance as she is, I sort of love Alison and her reaction to everything. She's almost the normal one, caught in this world of ridiculousness. Keeping it together the way she is is, well, impressive. Even if her husband is watching her the way Paul was watching Beth (and why are they watching them all?)
Is this some sort of extended social experiment in seeing their reactions and coping mechanisms when faced with increasing levels of bullshit, fucked-upedness and paranoia?
Also, Beth just kills me. She's dead and so much of what's happening is being affected by her death and the things she learned in life. The repercussions of her discovering Paul's perfidy are just beautiful.
Further, and I've said this before, I love how it's Sarah and Alison and Cosima, and their relationships and lives that are driving this show. The mystery is underlying everything, but it's their interaction with it that brings it to life. In a lot of other shows, we'd be subjected to Paul and the other dude having conversations all the time, we'd follow Alison's husband in some significant fashion -- THEY would be the point of view characters.
Everyone else is just hangers-on.
Ok, except Felix. <3
(also, Cosima now has a girlfriend, I can't believe I was right in assuming she was a lesbian)
and oh god, I just thought of this: did Mrs. S steal Sarah from them/hide her away? Because her reaction to Sarah's questions was to lie through her teeth. She knows SOMETHING, though I'm not sure what. Unless she's watching over Kira because the clones aren't supposed to be biologically viable--Alison thought Kira was adopted, but she's not.
(and holy shit am I glad that asshole Vic isn't the Kira's father. I am SO with Alison on that)
This whole waiting between weeks is going to kill me, eventually.
Motive 1x10. 'Fallen Angel'. A solid episode, though I sort of got bored at parts. Maybe not enough Angie snark? idek. Also, Dr. Betty in her heels, unf. (also, two women discussing the cause of death/science should not be hot, and yet, I just want them to finish talking about the corpse and then go make out in a closet or something.)
Doctor Who 7x11 'Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS'
I find myself with little to say about this episode. I liked parts of it, but I felt it was a real cop-out to have the ending unravel the history that came before it.
I also wonder if this could be considered to be the origin of the TARDIS exploding in Big Bang.
The episode suffered from not having more Esher in it--like, there's a poster, with stairways all over the place, so I was looking forward to the Labyrinth in the TARDIS and... nothing. Sigh.
Then there's the 'creatures'. Why were they trying to kill them/chase them? That made no sense whatsoever. They added pretty much nothing to the whole episode, except to put in pointless "chase the companion/make her scream" shit.
ALSO. The LIBRARY. I would like it, and I'm sort of intensely pissed-off that we will never see it again and Clara doesn't even know she was there.
Orphan Black 1x5 'Conditions of Existence'
I am so confused and terrified and thrilled about this show.
Every week there's a new facet to this whole thing, and now I'm wondering if there's more than one faction--who is running Helena, and are they linked to the people taking EEGs of Beth/Sarah?
Also, as much of a straight-laced annoyance as she is, I sort of love Alison and her reaction to everything. She's almost the normal one, caught in this world of ridiculousness. Keeping it together the way she is is, well, impressive. Even if her husband is watching her the way Paul was watching Beth (and why are they watching them all?)
Is this some sort of extended social experiment in seeing their reactions and coping mechanisms when faced with increasing levels of bullshit, fucked-upedness and paranoia?
Also, Beth just kills me. She's dead and so much of what's happening is being affected by her death and the things she learned in life. The repercussions of her discovering Paul's perfidy are just beautiful.
Further, and I've said this before, I love how it's Sarah and Alison and Cosima, and their relationships and lives that are driving this show. The mystery is underlying everything, but it's their interaction with it that brings it to life. In a lot of other shows, we'd be subjected to Paul and the other dude having conversations all the time, we'd follow Alison's husband in some significant fashion -- THEY would be the point of view characters.
Everyone else is just hangers-on.
Ok, except Felix. <3
(also, Cosima now has a girlfriend, I can't believe I was right in assuming she was a lesbian)
and oh god, I just thought of this: did Mrs. S steal Sarah from them/hide her away? Because her reaction to Sarah's questions was to lie through her teeth. She knows SOMETHING, though I'm not sure what. Unless she's watching over Kira because the clones aren't supposed to be biologically viable--Alison thought Kira was adopted, but she's not.
(and holy shit am I glad that asshole Vic isn't the Kira's father. I am SO with Alison on that)
This whole waiting between weeks is going to kill me, eventually.
Motive 1x10. 'Fallen Angel'. A solid episode, though I sort of got bored at parts. Maybe not enough Angie snark? idek. Also, Dr. Betty in her heels, unf. (also, two women discussing the cause of death/science should not be hot, and yet, I just want them to finish talking about the corpse and then go make out in a closet or something.)
Things, etc.,etc.
Apr. 23rd, 2013 07:59 pm1. It is Tuesday. Can it be Friday now? I am exhausted after two days of work.
2. I'm re-reading Anne of the Island, and there's letter from Davy wherein he mentions someone going to the 'silem' because said person thinks they have a snake inside of them. My immediate reaction was to ponder Stargate fusions. *embarrassed*
3. I have watched Doctor Who (Hide), and I really liked it, I just don't feel like I have anything to say. (ok, other than that I really do think the episodes are too short. I feel like only a third of any given story gets told, and I find it frustrating)
4. I probably have more thoughts on Orphan Black.
5. Motive needs to come back off hiatus, I am watching 200 Cigarettes and pretending Lucy is Angie. This is sad.
6. I want a multi-era (starting with One) Doctor Who fanvid to Adam Lambert's 'For Your Entertainment' focusing on the mental and physical toll of traveling with the Doctor. Because I'm sick like that.
2. I'm re-reading Anne of the Island, and there's letter from Davy wherein he mentions someone going to the 'silem' because said person thinks they have a snake inside of them. My immediate reaction was to ponder Stargate fusions. *embarrassed*
3. I have watched Doctor Who (Hide), and I really liked it, I just don't feel like I have anything to say. (ok, other than that I really do think the episodes are too short. I feel like only a third of any given story gets told, and I find it frustrating)
4. I probably have more thoughts on Orphan Black.
5. Motive needs to come back off hiatus, I am watching 200 Cigarettes and pretending Lucy is Angie. This is sad.
6. I want a multi-era (starting with One) Doctor Who fanvid to Adam Lambert's 'For Your Entertainment' focusing on the mental and physical toll of traveling with the Doctor. Because I'm sick like that.
tgif, goddamn.
Mar. 22nd, 2013 07:35 am1. I made the mistake of updating java, since so many things require it. And firefox lost all of my tabs. I am cranky and annoyed about this. I had a bunch of things open for a reason, dammit.
2. Missing (the lifetime one) is not going to continue streaming on netflix. This makes me sad, though it does mean I've had a sudden interest in marathonning it. Also, Jess/Janey hatesex would have a huge following if they were dudes (ok, so would Jess/Nicole, especially that one time Jess took a bullet for her). Sometimes, I just can't with fandom's obsession with penis.
3. It is possible that I listening to Wreck of the Titan again made me appreciate it more (ok, I liked it a bit the first time, too). Oh, Doctor, HOW WRONG YOU ARE. hehehehe. This inevitably leads to Legend of the Cybermen and Alice (and spoilers). (also, Big Finish might not always bat a thousand when it comes to putting female characters in their audios, but LotC is not one of those, and Alice is amazing, and if there were a tv series featuring her adventures as based on LotC Alice, I would watch it with bells on). Also, both of those have Alexander Siddig in them. His voice is still amazing.
4. You know the best thing about eating breakfast at home? Not feeling like your stomach is trying to devour itself on the drive to work.
5. Playing Ticket to Ride online is entertaining, though I've only done it twice. I say entertaining, as I've kicked the computer's ass both times. I don't really have any interest in playing against real people, though. (making train routes is addictive, ok. But real people are annoying, and try to message you.)
2. Missing (the lifetime one) is not going to continue streaming on netflix. This makes me sad, though it does mean I've had a sudden interest in marathonning it. Also, Jess/Janey hatesex would have a huge following if they were dudes (ok, so would Jess/Nicole, especially that one time Jess took a bullet for her). Sometimes, I just can't with fandom's obsession with penis.
3. It is possible that I listening to Wreck of the Titan again made me appreciate it more (ok, I liked it a bit the first time, too). Oh, Doctor, HOW WRONG YOU ARE. hehehehe. This inevitably leads to Legend of the Cybermen and Alice (and spoilers). (also, Big Finish might not always bat a thousand when it comes to putting female characters in their audios, but LotC is not one of those, and Alice is amazing, and if there were a tv series featuring her adventures as based on LotC Alice, I would watch it with bells on). Also, both of those have Alexander Siddig in them. His voice is still amazing.
4. You know the best thing about eating breakfast at home? Not feeling like your stomach is trying to devour itself on the drive to work.
5. Playing Ticket to Ride online is entertaining, though I've only done it twice. I say entertaining, as I've kicked the computer's ass both times. I don't really have any interest in playing against real people, though. (making train routes is addictive, ok. But real people are annoying, and try to message you.)
well, that was disappointing.
Feb. 2nd, 2013 03:18 pmI finally got round to watching the First Doctor special that BBC America did. And, I have to say, it was rather... less than impressive.
For an over-view, it fell flat, as it ignored at least two companions, and every monster outside of the Daleks. Seriously. There were more monsters than Daleks in that era. I know that it's hard for current Who fandom to grasp this idea, but it's true.
There were also more companions than Ian, Steven, Barbara, Polly and Ben. In fact, why did we get Polly and Ben who are more likely to be considered Two companions, but not get Vicki or Dodo? Susan was mentioned, but as some sort of abstract, non-companion person.
It was also apparently too much work for them to interview Carole Ann Ford (but David Tennant who has FUCK AND ALL to do with that era talked for a good five minutes). Yep. First companion EVER, and she was completely non-existent. Good job, assholes. (Jackie Lane, Maureen O'Brien, and Anneke Wills were also absent, though I'd assume they'll get Anneke for the Two special. If not, what are you people even fucking smoking over there?)
And then they went on and on about the Daleks, while completely ignoring any other villains and monsters from that era. I am so so so fucking tired of the Daleks, people. Seriously. I am over them. Why the fuck aren't you?
There was also a two-minute digression into The Gunfighters (with Peter Purves talking about it, but again, nothing from the female companion of the time), which seemed to be utterly and fucking pointless.
Interviewed were the Moff, Neil Gaiman, David Tennant, William Russell, Peter Purves, and Caroline Skinner. Being the token woman must have wonderful. (also, only two of those people had anything to do with that era. ugh)
So. All told, I'm not impressed with the first installment of the 50th Anniversary 'official' materials.
At this point, Big Finish has to merely have a 2-hour (or however long) full-cast audio drama to blow the current canon producers totally out of the water. (The audio drama will feature pretty much every surviving classic era Doctor and companion. It shouldn't be that hard. They managed Zagreus, after all)
For an over-view, it fell flat, as it ignored at least two companions, and every monster outside of the Daleks. Seriously. There were more monsters than Daleks in that era. I know that it's hard for current Who fandom to grasp this idea, but it's true.
There were also more companions than Ian, Steven, Barbara, Polly and Ben. In fact, why did we get Polly and Ben who are more likely to be considered Two companions, but not get Vicki or Dodo? Susan was mentioned, but as some sort of abstract, non-companion person.
It was also apparently too much work for them to interview Carole Ann Ford (but David Tennant who has FUCK AND ALL to do with that era talked for a good five minutes). Yep. First companion EVER, and she was completely non-existent. Good job, assholes. (Jackie Lane, Maureen O'Brien, and Anneke Wills were also absent, though I'd assume they'll get Anneke for the Two special. If not, what are you people even fucking smoking over there?)
And then they went on and on about the Daleks, while completely ignoring any other villains and monsters from that era. I am so so so fucking tired of the Daleks, people. Seriously. I am over them. Why the fuck aren't you?
There was also a two-minute digression into The Gunfighters (with Peter Purves talking about it, but again, nothing from the female companion of the time), which seemed to be utterly and fucking pointless.
Interviewed were the Moff, Neil Gaiman, David Tennant, William Russell, Peter Purves, and Caroline Skinner. Being the token woman must have wonderful. (also, only two of those people had anything to do with that era. ugh)
So. All told, I'm not impressed with the first installment of the 50th Anniversary 'official' materials.
At this point, Big Finish has to merely have a 2-hour (or however long) full-cast audio drama to blow the current canon producers totally out of the water. (The audio drama will feature pretty much every surviving classic era Doctor and companion. It shouldn't be that hard. They managed Zagreus, after all)
Unf. Big Finish. Also, Nightmare of Eden.
Feb. 1st, 2013 05:16 pmSo, I haven't properly seen Nightmare of Eden for years and years (my vhs copy was damaged, so there were always lines across the video, but I would still watch it because I love it and probably shipped Della/Romana without realizing it. I was young then. DELLA IS HOT, OK.) But I watched it last night, and it is STILL AMAZING in its ridiculousness. (I love the IDEAS behind it, the concept of the two ships caught together, and Stott's stupid machine)
Also, Doctor Who says DON'T DO DRUGS, KIDDIES. Hah. Excellent.
However, however. Can we talk about Romana's hideous dress and schoolgirl tights? Because they were awful. Seriously. It's hard to make a flat-chested woman look even more flat, but they succeeded. (was this the sort of thing where she wasn't allowed to have breasts? Because Della did, even if they were covered up)
The mandrils, otoh, give me the urge to make costumes of them. Or at least the bottoms. They would be bell-bottomed pants of some sort, really. With scales.
(I had forgotten how much I love rubber monsters as opposed to CGI--I usually find the latter utterly rubbish in either case, but CGI mandrils would be hideous)
I've been listening to various Big Finish products (when is the Charley stuff arriving, BF, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeen. sigh), and have discerned that Pam Ferris and Raquel Cassidy need to do all the audio plays. Because they are entertaining (and good). Also, I might have a thing for Raquel's voice (and possibly this explains that Jo/Neve femslash I once wrote--she was hot in Red Cap, too)
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Also, Doctor Who says DON'T DO DRUGS, KIDDIES. Hah. Excellent.
However, however. Can we talk about Romana's hideous dress and schoolgirl tights? Because they were awful. Seriously. It's hard to make a flat-chested woman look even more flat, but they succeeded. (was this the sort of thing where she wasn't allowed to have breasts? Because Della did, even if they were covered up)
The mandrils, otoh, give me the urge to make costumes of them. Or at least the bottoms. They would be bell-bottomed pants of some sort, really. With scales.
(I had forgotten how much I love rubber monsters as opposed to CGI--I usually find the latter utterly rubbish in either case, but CGI mandrils would be hideous)
I've been listening to various Big Finish products (when is the Charley stuff arriving, BF, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeen. sigh), and have discerned that Pam Ferris and Raquel Cassidy need to do all the audio plays. Because they are entertaining (and good). Also, I might have a thing for Raquel's voice (and possibly this explains that Jo/Neve femslash I once wrote--she was hot in Red Cap, too)
( Onto Big Finish Doctor Who episodes )
