I can only say Yes. This.

( And possibly offer my thoughts on Children of Earth. And I think I managed to meta Ianto without being either critical or supportive of the serial )

In Meat, Jack breaks rules for Gwen. Or, at least, he lets Gwen break the rules. He lets Rhys stay un-RetConned. (And Gwen is right, you know. None of them have anyone outside of Torchwood that they have to lie to constantly like she had to lie to Rhys. Which doesn't mean that having someone inside of Torchwood isn't stressful. But it's different ( Read more... )

( you all know that Oxbridge is Oxford and Cambridge, right? )

 Bones ( Read more... )

( Donna Noble - vague character spoilers for DW S4, no plot bits )

Arthur C. Clarke, 16th December 1917 - 19th March 2008

According to the Asimov-Clarke Treaty of Park Avenue, the best science-fiction writer in the world, and the second best science writer.  As well as being the last of the Big Three (Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke) left.

It's kind of... gah.  Because as soon as I could reach the shelf where his books ( Read more... )

Just out of interest, what's the opinion on present tense fic?

Good?  Bad?  Only in certain circumstances?

Well, everyone else was doing it, so I thought I would too..

1. 
   Cam and Sam met whilst Cam was in his early days of 302 piloting. He had no idea who she was but started chatting away to her anyway. After that, during her flying visits down there (no pun intended) he’d always take her up as copilot at least once and they throw the craft around as much ( Read more... )

So, I stumbled across this article in the Washington Post (well, okay, online, since I'm nowhere near Washington, or in fact, the US), and... its just making me think.

And I wanted somewhere to keep it.

And apparently I'm young and naive for being surprised *lol*.

God, I hope I stay this naive.

...I've come to the conclusion that a lot of the shows that I watch are, actually, the same show repackaged. At least in the characters ( Read more... )