Hey, that's cool! I had no idea. All I knew you liked was Ianto. *evil grin*
That would have been such an interesting career. I am weird because I loved dinosaurs in my teens and 20's...still do and at the time before dinosaurs became really popular, usually just boys. I thought they were so amazing! Creatures that walled the earth so long ago, I didn't see them as monsters. Maybe I should have been a paleontologist. lol! They don't make much money I hear...but then neither do I on Social Security Disability. lol!
I even bought a book on them and studied up on them, no computers at the time, I'm old. There was a time I could have told you many facts about them, types, sizes, etc. Now I would have to go back and study again, but I still know some things.
Jarrasic Park blew me away! I still love it. So amazing how they made them look real and going by animals today, picked colors most likely they would have had, I guess to blend in. Though no one knows for sure. My favorite has always been the brontosaurus, next in line brachiosaurus. So huge, the earth must have shook when they walked! :D
I'm still passionate about dinosaurs as well, though like you I've forgotten a lot of the facts I used to know. I have some great books, but they're all in storage at the moment. Geology, paleontology, archaeology - all things I'm way more intetrested in than fashion and makeup and stuff. I never fitted in with the other girls at school.
I LOVE Jurassic Park - I've got the DVDs. Is it terrible to admit that I actually really enjoy all the movies, not just the first one (though that's still the best). I wa always fascinated by the Stegosaurus and Triceratops, but I love pteradodons (Yay Myfanwy) as well.
LOL! I forgot about (Myfanwy!) when I was talking about this. I love the pteradodons too! You will laugh, but when we go to Florida or really Gulf Shores, Al. I love the pelicans because when you look up in the sky and they are flying over, they look like smaller versions pterodactyls. The wing spans are beautiful and I love how they fly in formation together.
I know we have Jurassic Park on DVD and I think we have the 3rd one which I loved too! I was a little disappointed in the story of the 2nd one, but I think that is when I started seeing more and different kinds of dinosaurs. Yeah I agree the first was the best. Saw it first at the therater and wow!...what ride. I loved seeing it on the big screen, best way to see dinosaurs! Really cool. I am the same way about favorite sci-fi movies, got to see them on the big screen at least once. :D
Pelicans are the same sort of shape aren't they? Short tails, not much body behind the wings.. I was watching a programme called Earthflight earlier this week about birds and the ways they fly and their migrations and there were brown pelicans on that. They really do look rather prehistoric in flight, magnificent.
I don't get out much because of health issues so I haven't been to the cinema in many years, but in my teens I saw the original Star Wars films on the big screen, breathtaking! Also Superman. I've only seen Jurassic Park on TV screens, so it's not as dramatic that way. Ah well, at least since the invention of DVDs I can watch all the big films at home. Well, if I can afford the DVDs anyway, Lol!
Less than an hour now unti the new year here in Central England! I'd better do my New Year post! Someone has started their fireworks early!
Oh, I'm sorry about the health issues and not getting out. The movies can be just as wonderful at home, especially if you have one of those big LCD. TV's. We have a medium sized one in our front room, but they were so expensive we didn't get it till some time ago. I forget when, but anyway you see it is great!
Oh yes! In my teens and 20's, my best friend and I saw all 3 at the theaters. There were no VCR's remember so they would bring the movies back in the summers a lot and I'm not kidding, we saw "Return of the Jedi" (my personal favorite) 7 times! lol! Of course I know crazy people saw the first "Star Wars" movie like 100 times or some such craziness. Those movies were fun and they did touch a lot of us.
The characters of the movies in the late 70's and 80's were actually my favorites even though computer special effects had not been made, perfected, however you say that, for movies. It was the people not the special effects that got me the most, though I do love them! It was the Sc-fi that drew me in. I still love those characters. I can still watch those movies 20 something years later. Is that right? lol! I'm old. ;)
I love it all, they just need to make sure they include a good story or it is just ships flying around with bad actors and bad dialog.
Note:(please ignore all bad spelling in many of my posts that I miss or am too lazy to fix.)
Isn't Return of the Jedi everyone's favourite? I know it's mine too! I still love the original Star Wars trilogy and I have both versions on DVD, the Original versions and the re-mastered ones. Original is best of course, Han Solo shoots first!
I've loved Sci-Fi for as long as I can remember. I grew up with Classic Star Trek and Doctor Who. I was a Spock fan at the age of six =) My sister is older, she had a huge crush on Captain Kirk!
Half past midnight and I think the fireworks have stopped. I was watching them out my window, very pretty! I suppose everyone is going to bed now. I probably should myself. Wow! It's suddenly next year!
We have not had our New Years yet. I just wrote my post, I edited it twice, so you might have to re-check it if you got it in your email. lol! I always do that!
Can I ask where you live? It maybe on your profile page.
I'm in the US. Chattanooga, TN if I hadn't told you yet or you knew. I think it is on my profile page as Hixson...our part of the county and they won't let me change it. Grrrrrrrr! Not sure why.
Haven't seen any fireworks yet. Doubt we will go out tonight. We do some years.
Yeah, I actually like the orginal Star Wars movies the best. The new ones where he added stuff to it was strange to me. I was like...why is that there?
Oh! I'm a huge Star Trek fan too. I see we are going to get along well. lol! I really got into "The Next Generation" too. Well not at first, too loyal to the first group, but then I was taping every episode of the new one while I was at work, JCPenney at the time in my early 20's.
I love Spock! My favorite movie was the one he Lenorad (can't spell, is that right) Nimoy did about the whales. Absolutely hysterical!...and wonderful. I laughed and cried.
I learned about Torchwood by accident on a post of someone I didn't know. I went to YouTube and watch some parts of it and loved it! Then I bought the DVD's...still need COE. even though it is hard to watch. They did some great acting I think, but IANTO! He did a great job too, sadder than his hysterical humor of season 2, but very very good. Why was Jack so cold to him a lot? :**( except when Ianto was dieing anyway and then it was too late! I want to call Jack a name, but I love him too much anyway.
I then only really learned about Dr. Who after TW. So I have seen very little Dr. Who. Haven't really gotten into it yet except have watched a few shows with Jack in them. The 2 so far with Tennant. I really like him. I think I would like the 9th dr. too from a part of an episode on Youtube with Jack and Rose. Remember "the sonic screwdriver" and Jack with his banana?! Laughed my ass off! I want to see that whole episode. I bought one Dr. Who DVD that I have not watched much of yet that I got because it has "The Stolen Earth" which I watched and now need to watch I think it is "Journey's End?" with Ianto and Gwen. The ones before TW COE. They are fun! Ianto with his big gun, fighting the daleks and Captain Jack Harkness using his watch to disappear and travel to save Dr. Who and Rose.
I'm in the East Midlands, near Nottingham - Robin Hood country, lol!
Oh yes, that's my favourite Star Trek movie too, Spock swimming with the Whales - it was serious and funny at the same time, because of the Whale conservation issues. I love Whales!
I watched most of the Next Generation - might have missed a few episodes here and there.
My first Doctor was the third, Jon Pertwee, then I watched all of Tom Baker's. I drifted a bit after that because I was in my teens and working, going out with my friend etc, so Saturday evenings I wasn't watching TV. I was so glad when it came back. The old episodes seem really slow and dated now but I did love them when I was little!
Christopher Eccleston was brilliant, I loved him. I loved David Tennant too, but sometimes Ten's attitude towards Jack annoyed me. He treated Jack very badly at times. I adore Matt Smith, he's really put the fun back into the Doctor. Ten got a bit angsty and emo towards the end, but Eleven is a delight!
BTW. I loved the "Robin Hood"...can't remember the name, Prince of thieves?...with Kevin Costner and a bunch of other people I loved! I need to watch that movie again. It was so much fun. No tights on Robin Hood, modern day cool pants. lol!
I looked on your profile page and saw you were in "the United Kingdom" I think...I hate my memory. Is it pretty in the East midlands? I bet it is being near Nottingham country. :) (excuse me for my stupidness.)
That's right Christopher Eccleston, the 9th doctor right, he seemed hysterical in Youtube clip. Would like to see him too.
I heard that about Ten treating Jack badly from jedi_harkness I believe. So sad cause Ten seemed so cool to me, but I have not watched enough to know anything yet. I did get some impressions of him finally after my talk with jedi_harkness and watching some clips again. Why was he so mean to Jack. From what I understand, Jack's past was not so good. His character wasn't very likeable, he was a con-man I found out in TW episode "Captain Jack Harkness." But he changed in TW. Why did the doc not see how he had changed. He was so caring about his Team and humanity in general. Another reason why I loved Torchwood, season 1 and 2 so much.
Of course not seen Matt Smith at all. I have a lot to catch up on. lol! I'm glad he is fun.
Jack became a good guy through travelling with the Doctor, trying to be more like this amazing person he admired. But then he gets made immortal and the Doctor says he's 'Wrong' and he can't stand being near Jack because now he's a fixed point. He acts like it's Jack's fault that he's immortal when really it was the Doctor's companion Rose and the Doctor's own TARDIS that made Jack that way without his knowledge or consent. I wanted to hit Ten for those comments. He also doesn't care when Jack gets killed because he comes back to life again. He seems to ignore that Jack dies in agony and comes back the same way. I really didn't like Ten at all at times!
Some of the East Midlands is pretty - some is really... not. Depends where you are. I'll have to try to email you a couple of photos of Wollaton Hall which isn't far from where I live. I don't get out much, but I did manage to get there for an outing a couple of years ago. Hadn't been in years, but it hadn't changed much. When I get my own computer (which has finally got a new hard drive) up and running with all my files on it, I'll send some pics. They're not on this computer, which is borrowed. It's a lovely place. The Hall is a huge stately home which is now a Natural History museum and it's in parklands with a lake. There are even deer in the park. In Spring there are Rhododendrons flowering all around the lake, but when I went they'd finished flowering. Pity, as it's a wonderful sight. I took photos of the Hall and the lake.
Thank you for telling me about the past with the Dr. So awful. I don't understand it and now I have less respect for Ten knowing this. Why did Jack still think the doctor was so important and wanted to see him in the first season of Torchwood I wonder?
I would like to see the photos. :) It sounds beautiful. I would die without my computer. I hope you get yours back soon. My hard-drive has died more than once. It was awful! I'm glad I had most of my stuff backed-up. My husband puts computers together so he always fixes mine thank goodness.
I back up everything religiously, so I didn't lose anything (thank God! - it'staken me yearsto accumulate this much fic!) My boyfriend is fairly good at fixing computers (though he'salso good at breaking them, lol) so he fixes mine when something goes wrong. He got me laptop after laptop, all of which were old ones he'd fixed, until he dedided I knew enough to have a good, brand new one. When that one broke, i bought myself this one - which isfixed and has all my files loaded again, though it'staken me most of the day. Yay! I haz my Ianto back!
Jack was eager to see the Doctor because he wanted answers. He wanted to know how he had become immortal, why the Doctor had abandoned him on the Gamestation in the future and whether the Doctor could fix him and make him mortal again. The Doctor wasnn't exactly helpful, couldn't fix Jack and I think Jack realised he needed to get on with his life an Earth so he asked Ianto out.
I'll try to send some photos in the next few days, though I might have to send them separately, so you might get several emails!
Hey! I kept thinking I answered this one, but I think I just read it. Sometimes I just feel too bad to type. Today is going better, as you can tell from the book I just wrote on another post, I think I told you already.
I need to back up my files again. I keep procrasting on it and I hope my hard-drive doesn't die anytime soon. lol! Michael does have it mirrored which he says if one dies then the other still has all my info on it which is 4 thousand icons and pictures mostly of Jack and Ianto! lol!...My most important stuff stays back up everytime I add it, being my little boy Alex. I have his pictures in several places.
I have some fanfic, but mostly links to places to read them, bunches of old I want to read. Oh you mean you back up the stuff you write. I have never written a fanfic. Not sure I could.
So glad you got your computer and your Ianto back! He is so sweet. :) ♥
Ok, I think I am beginning to understand the relationship between Jack and the Doctor. Very strange the way Ten acted, and it makes sense that Jack would want to see if he could be fixed though in the end we found out that Jack wanted to stay immortal in season 4. if you watched it. I think you said you didn't. Well he said it in Season 2 on the first episode...I guess it was because he became mortal again and it made him question it again. I hope I haven't ruined things. I believe you meant you didn't watch it and didn't want to anyway....so it is ok to spoil it. I'm crazy!
You're right, I didn't watch Miracle Day and I'm not going too, lol! It's just not my Torchwood. I know more or less what happened because I read reviews, just to see if it was as bad as it sounded!
I think Jack would have wanted to become mortal to have a life with Ianto, but with Ianto gone he wanted to live to remember him. That's my theory anyway!
Oh, I back up loads of fanfiction, not just what I write (I've only written a handful anyway). I download anything that looks interesting, then I can read even when I'm not online, if the internet goes down or whatever! I think I have over 2000 complete series (some are Doctor Who or crossovers) and over 1000 series that aren't complete but I add new chapters when they're posted. I'll comment on them when I read them. It does make it easier to find them online because I know the date they were posted. It'll make it easier to pick series for my weekly series reading challenge! I've got over 20,000 short stories probably, then loads of 2, 3 or 4-parters! In my weird ex-librarian mind, I don't consider a story to be a series until it's at least 5 chapters long, lol!
I've got thousands of icons saved as well. And a lot of other Torchwood pictures - wallpapers and manips and a few screen captures.
I think Jack would have wanted to become mortal to have a life with Ianto, but with Ianto gone he wanted to live to remember him. That's my theory anyway!
I totally agree with you on this. I hadn't thought about it that way. *cries*
Wow! That's a lot of fanfic! I will NEVER keep up with you. I haven't even started the first one. lol! I've lost already on your weekly challenge. I wish I was a speed reader!
I may start collecting stuff fanfic too, just never seem to have the time + I am trying my hand at making icons from TW pics mostly with an editing program I downloaded. So far really only got two that I really liked and uploaded to my user pics. I may have one more that was so-so on there. Not sure if I took it off.
I would like to learn more about making icons, I can't put words on them. I see others with great backgrounds and words (different fonts) and so on. I take captures and try to lighten them usually for wallpaper for my computer.
I had no idea, but there are very "few" pictures of Ianto and jack where you can see them at the same time, you know side by side or like when Ianto sat on Jack's desk before they kissed. Plenty of them individually, but I want wallpaper with them together. It is always some very serious or sad shot too. TW shows are very serious though and I heard Dr. Who has always been on the dark side too, just more for a family audience than TW. RTD doesn't believe in happiness except for a few jokes between characters I guess.
I did think Ianto's humor in S2 was the BEST ever. I just loved his dry/welch humor! He was a darling.
Just because I have all those series and stuff doesn't mean I've READ them yet, lol! I have A LOT to read, somewhere in the thousands. It may take me the rest of my life to read them, but at least they're there in case the writers delete their accounts. That's happened so often.
I managed to read 2 chapters last night, and one chapter on each of the previous 2 nights, so I'll read the coda tonight. I'll try to post about my weekly fic each Monday I think, hopefully that will work. I hope you do get a chance to read this one as I thought it was excellent.
I have no idea at all how to make icons, though I'd like to. Not that I have time to take up something else right now, but at some point it would be fun to try. I'd like to make some out of photos I've taken.
Oh yes, Ianto was really funny in Season 2 - I think Jack brings out that side of him, the more lighthearted side, because being with him makes Ianto happy! That was seriously missing in CoE, all the light-hearted stuff. It was far too gloomy for me. Torchwood is dark but optimistic, CoE was dark and hopeless. Doctor Who can be dark and scary, but it's fun too, and things usually work out in the end.
That would have been such an interesting career. I am weird because I loved dinosaurs in my teens and 20's...still do and at the time before dinosaurs became really popular, usually just boys. I thought they were so amazing! Creatures that walled the earth so long ago, I didn't see them as monsters. Maybe I should have been a paleontologist. lol! They don't make much money I hear...but then neither do I on Social Security Disability. lol!
I even bought a book on them and studied up on them, no computers at the time, I'm old. There was a time I could have told you many facts about them, types, sizes, etc. Now I would have to go back and study again, but I still know some things.
Jarrasic Park blew me away! I still love it. So amazing how they made them look real and going by animals today, picked colors most likely they would have had, I guess to blend in. Though no one knows for sure. My favorite has always been the brontosaurus, next in line brachiosaurus. So huge, the earth must have shook when they walked! :D
I'll shut-up now.
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I LOVE Jurassic Park - I've got the DVDs. Is it terrible to admit that I actually really enjoy all the movies, not just the first one (though that's still the best). I wa always fascinated by the Stegosaurus and Triceratops, but I love pteradodons (Yay Myfanwy) as well.
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I know we have Jurassic Park on DVD and I think we have the 3rd one which I loved too! I was a little disappointed in the story of the 2nd one, but I think that is when I started seeing more and different kinds of dinosaurs. Yeah I agree the first was the best. Saw it first at the therater and wow!...what ride. I loved seeing it on the big screen, best way to see dinosaurs! Really cool. I am the same way about favorite sci-fi movies, got to see them on the big screen at least once. :D
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I don't get out much because of health issues so I haven't been to the cinema in many years, but in my teens I saw the original Star Wars films on the big screen, breathtaking! Also Superman. I've only seen Jurassic Park on TV screens, so it's not as dramatic that way. Ah well, at least since the invention of DVDs I can watch all the big films at home. Well, if I can afford the DVDs anyway, Lol!
Less than an hour now unti the new year here in Central England! I'd better do my New Year post! Someone has started their fireworks early!
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Oh yes! In my teens and 20's, my best friend and I saw all 3 at the theaters. There were no VCR's remember so they would bring the movies back in the summers a lot and I'm not kidding, we saw "Return of the Jedi" (my personal favorite) 7 times! lol! Of course I know crazy people saw the first "Star Wars" movie like 100 times or some such craziness. Those movies were fun and they did touch a lot of us.
The characters of the movies in the late 70's and 80's were actually my favorites even though computer special effects had not been made, perfected, however you say that, for movies. It was the people not the special effects that got me the most, though I do love them! It was the Sc-fi that drew me in. I still love those characters. I can still watch those movies 20 something years later. Is that right? lol! I'm old. ;)
I love it all, they just need to make sure they include a good story or it is just ships flying around with bad actors and bad dialog.
Note:(please ignore all bad spelling in many of my posts that I miss or am too lazy to fix.)
Do I ever shut-up?!
btw. Happy New Year!
I need to go write my post too.
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I've loved Sci-Fi for as long as I can remember. I grew up with Classic Star Trek and Doctor Who. I was a Spock fan at the age of six =) My sister is older, she had a huge crush on Captain Kirk!
Half past midnight and I think the fireworks have stopped. I was watching them out my window, very pretty! I suppose everyone is going to bed now. I probably should myself. Wow! It's suddenly next year!
Hope it's an amazing one for you! *hugs tight*
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Can I ask where you live? It maybe on your profile page.
I'm in the US. Chattanooga, TN if I hadn't told you yet or you knew. I think it is on my profile page as Hixson...our part of the county and they won't let me change it. Grrrrrrrr! Not sure why.
Haven't seen any fireworks yet. Doubt we will go out tonight. We do some years.
Yeah, I actually like the orginal Star Wars movies the best. The new ones where he added stuff to it was strange to me. I was like...why is that there?
Oh! I'm a huge Star Trek fan too. I see we are going to get along well. lol! I really got into "The Next Generation" too. Well not at first, too loyal to the first group, but then I was taping every episode of the new one while I was at work, JCPenney at the time in my early 20's.
I love Spock! My favorite movie was the one he Lenorad (can't spell, is that right) Nimoy did about the whales. Absolutely hysterical!...and wonderful. I laughed and cried.
I learned about Torchwood by accident on a post of someone I didn't know. I went to YouTube and watch some parts of it and loved it! Then I bought the DVD's...still need COE. even though it is hard to watch. They did some great acting I think, but IANTO! He did a great job too, sadder than his hysterical humor of season 2, but very very good. Why was Jack so cold to him a lot? :**( except when Ianto was dieing anyway and then it was too late! I want to call Jack a name, but I love him too much anyway.
I then only really learned about Dr. Who after TW. So I have seen very little Dr. Who. Haven't really gotten into it yet except have watched a few shows with Jack in them. The 2 so far with Tennant. I really like him. I think I would like the 9th dr. too from a part of an episode on Youtube with Jack and Rose. Remember "the sonic screwdriver" and Jack with his banana?! Laughed my ass off! I want to see that whole episode. I bought one Dr. Who DVD that I have not watched much of yet that I got because it has "The Stolen Earth" which I watched and now need to watch I think it is "Journey's End?" with Ianto and Gwen. The ones before TW COE. They are fun! Ianto with his big gun, fighting the daleks and Captain Jack Harkness using his watch to disappear and travel to save Dr. Who and Rose.
Sorry, I am writting so much. Not like me. lol!
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I'm in the East Midlands, near Nottingham - Robin Hood country, lol!
Oh yes, that's my favourite Star Trek movie too, Spock swimming with the Whales - it was serious and funny at the same time, because of the Whale conservation issues. I love Whales!
I watched most of the Next Generation - might have missed a few episodes here and there.
My first Doctor was the third, Jon Pertwee, then I watched all of Tom Baker's. I drifted a bit after that because I was in my teens and working, going out with my friend etc, so Saturday evenings I wasn't watching TV. I was so glad when it came back. The old episodes seem really slow and dated now but I did love them when I was little!
Christopher Eccleston was brilliant, I loved him. I loved David Tennant too, but sometimes Ten's attitude towards Jack annoyed me. He treated Jack very badly at times. I adore Matt Smith, he's really put the fun back into the Doctor. Ten got a bit angsty and emo towards the end, but Eleven is a delight!
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BTW. I loved the "Robin Hood"...can't remember the name, Prince of thieves?...with Kevin Costner and a bunch of other people I loved! I need to watch that movie again. It was so much fun. No tights on Robin Hood, modern day cool pants. lol!
I looked on your profile page and saw you were in "the United Kingdom" I think...I hate my memory. Is it pretty in the East midlands? I bet it is being near Nottingham country. :) (excuse me for my stupidness.)
That's right Christopher Eccleston, the 9th doctor right, he seemed hysterical in Youtube clip. Would like to see him too.
I heard that about Ten treating Jack badly from jedi_harkness I believe. So sad cause Ten seemed so cool to me, but I have not watched enough to know anything yet. I did get some impressions of him finally after my talk with jedi_harkness and watching some clips again. Why was he so mean to Jack. From what I understand, Jack's past was not so good. His character wasn't very likeable, he was a con-man I found out in TW episode "Captain Jack Harkness." But he changed in TW. Why did the doc not see how he had changed. He was so caring about his Team and humanity in general. Another reason why I loved Torchwood, season 1 and 2 so much.
Of course not seen Matt Smith at all. I have a lot to catch up on. lol! I'm glad he is fun.
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Some of the East Midlands is pretty - some is really... not. Depends where you are. I'll have to try to email you a couple of photos of Wollaton Hall which isn't far from where I live. I don't get out much, but I did manage to get there for an outing a couple of years ago. Hadn't been in years, but it hadn't changed much. When I get my own computer (which has finally got a new hard drive) up and running with all my files on it, I'll send some pics. They're not on this computer, which is borrowed. It's a lovely place. The Hall is a huge stately home which is now a Natural History museum and it's in parklands with a lake. There are even deer in the park. In Spring there are Rhododendrons flowering all around the lake, but when I went they'd finished flowering. Pity, as it's a wonderful sight. I took photos of the Hall and the lake.
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I would like to see the photos. :) It sounds beautiful. I would die without my computer. I hope you get yours back soon. My hard-drive has died more than once. It was awful! I'm glad I had most of my stuff backed-up. My husband puts computers together so he always fixes mine thank goodness.
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Jack was eager to see the Doctor because he wanted answers. He wanted to know how he had become immortal, why the Doctor had abandoned him on the Gamestation in the future and whether the Doctor could fix him and make him mortal again. The Doctor wasnn't exactly helpful, couldn't fix Jack and I think Jack realised he needed to get on with his life an Earth so he asked Ianto out.
I'll try to send some photos in the next few days, though I might have to send them separately, so you might get several emails!
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I need to back up my files again. I keep procrasting on it and I hope my hard-drive doesn't die anytime soon. lol! Michael does have it mirrored which he says if one dies then the other still has all my info on it which is 4 thousand icons and pictures mostly of Jack and Ianto! lol!...My most important stuff stays back up everytime I add it, being my little boy Alex. I have his pictures in several places.
I have some fanfic, but mostly links to places to read them, bunches of old I want to read. Oh you mean you back up the stuff you write. I have never written a fanfic. Not sure I could.
So glad you got your computer and your Ianto back! He is so sweet. :) ♥
Ok, I think I am beginning to understand the relationship between Jack and the Doctor. Very strange the way Ten acted, and it makes sense that Jack would want to see if he could be fixed though in the end we found out that Jack wanted to stay immortal in season 4. if you watched it. I think you said you didn't. Well he said it in Season 2 on the first episode...I guess it was because he became mortal again and it made him question it again. I hope I haven't ruined things. I believe you meant you didn't watch it and didn't want to anyway....so it is ok to spoil it. I'm crazy!
Yes, would like to see the photos.
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I think Jack would have wanted to become mortal to have a life with Ianto, but with Ianto gone he wanted to live to remember him. That's my theory anyway!
Oh, I back up loads of fanfiction, not just what I write (I've only written a handful anyway). I download anything that looks interesting, then I can read even when I'm not online, if the internet goes down or whatever! I think I have over 2000 complete series (some are Doctor Who or crossovers) and over 1000 series that aren't complete but I add new chapters when they're posted. I'll comment on them when I read them. It does make it easier to find them online because I know the date they were posted. It'll make it easier to pick series for my weekly series reading challenge! I've got over 20,000 short stories probably, then loads of 2, 3 or 4-parters! In my weird ex-librarian mind, I don't consider a story to be a series until it's at least 5 chapters long, lol!
I've got thousands of icons saved as well. And a lot of other Torchwood pictures - wallpapers and manips and a few screen captures.
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I totally agree with you on this. I hadn't thought about it that way. *cries*
Wow! That's a lot of fanfic! I will NEVER keep up with you. I haven't even started the first one. lol! I've lost already on your weekly challenge. I wish I was a speed reader!
I may start collecting stuff fanfic too, just never seem to have the time + I am trying my hand at making icons from TW pics mostly with an editing program I downloaded. So far really only got two that I really liked and uploaded to my user pics. I may have one more that was so-so on there. Not sure if I took it off.
I would like to learn more about making icons, I can't put words on them. I see others with great backgrounds and words (different fonts) and so on. I take captures and try to lighten them usually for wallpaper for my computer.
I had no idea, but there are very "few" pictures of Ianto and jack where you can see them at the same time, you know side by side or like when Ianto sat on Jack's desk before they kissed. Plenty of them individually, but I want wallpaper with them together. It is always some very serious or sad shot too. TW shows are very serious though and I heard Dr. Who has always been on the dark side too, just more for a family audience than TW. RTD doesn't believe in happiness except for a few jokes between characters I guess.
I did think Ianto's humor in S2 was the BEST ever. I just loved his dry/welch humor! He was a darling.
Jack and Naked hide & seek:
Ianto; He cheats, he always cheats.
Ok, bored you enough.
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I managed to read 2 chapters last night, and one chapter on each of the previous 2 nights, so I'll read the coda tonight. I'll try to post about my weekly fic each Monday I think, hopefully that will work. I hope you do get a chance to read this one as I thought it was excellent.
I have no idea at all how to make icons, though I'd like to. Not that I have time to take up something else right now, but at some point it would be fun to try. I'd like to make some out of photos I've taken.
Oh yes, Ianto was really funny in Season 2 - I think Jack brings out that side of him, the more lighthearted side, because being with him makes Ianto happy! That was seriously missing in CoE, all the light-hearted stuff. It was far too gloomy for me. Torchwood is dark but optimistic, CoE was dark and hopeless. Doctor Who can be dark and scary, but it's fun too, and things usually work out in the end.
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