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Oops. This post is meant to be fic. On account of, you know, it being post 250. Instead, let's have a fic comment party! Yay! Because of course Cobalt can't get her arse in gear to actually write full length fics at the moment.

So, prompt away. Fic away, even! See a prompt and like it - write a response to it! (And I faithfully promise I'll write

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[the_beanster]

Well, 9 is my doctor. I don't know why, but I keep going back to him (might be bc my fave epi ever was the empty child/doctor dances....which might be why I've forgiven moffat for just about anything for giving me these lovely epis). But I've found things to love in each doctor. I think part of why I liked The Girl Who Waited was simply bc I thought that the doctor should have a darker side that we hadn't really gotten to see, so it was a nice change.

which saddens me because I think it's one of the few fandoms where I'd happily ship everyone with everyone else
Omg...me too. I simply don't get it. You can give me any pairing and although I might not love it, I would understand it.

...um, do you have any recs? For any pairing?

And yeah, I get not liking a character, but the hate she gets makes me ridiculously sad.

One of my absolute favourite episodes ever is 'Vincent and the Doctor' which, as I'm sure you know, is not a happy episode in many respects. but works so wonderfully well and is so beautifully done that you can ignore that the monster of the week very much plays a backseat to everything else.
THIS! I actually have to admit that until this episode, I didn't really care for the doctor and amy (I actually took to rory instantly) and this episode made me fall in love with them. The end was heartbreaking and beautiful.

I actually like The God Complex visually (as a Stephen King/The Shining fan, I adored the look of the hotel) and the potential it had. I thought the plot was incredibly interesting, but it just didn't happen for me.

Although I wasn't a huge fan of the Silence, I got so tired of Daleks coming back all the time, that I'm glad we didn't really get too much of them this time around.

The Pandorica bit? Probably one of my fave little bits. I adored the idea of Rory protecting her. And a surprise for me was Closing Time. I really liked Craig and I loved baby Stormagedon. And I really like Night Terrors.

So overall, it took me a while to love with Matt Smith's doctor and Amy, but I did.

[cobalt_violet]

I think I have a soft spot for 9 because he was the first Doctor I ever stumbled across, and Christopher Ecclestone does defiant and angry with the world very well. I adore 'Empty Child/Doctor dances not only because it scared the hell out of me ('Are you my mummy?' is never not going to creep me out) but also because it was the first fantastic moment where we got a cheerfully open bisexual daring adventurer. Dressed as an American pilot. During the Blitz. On a kids' show. I mean, for the BBC that was pretty groundbreaking TV.

I think one of the fundamental things I love about 11 is that he can be mean, which has never really been as openly shown with the other Doctors. They have there moments, but having re-watched series 5 and 6 recently, there's definitely a nastier side to the current Doctor and it's nice to see it finally explored a bit in someone who's meant to be 900+ years old.

I don't have any fic recs (I mostly wanted to see what other people thought of the series, and then ended up making myself disheartened with all the venom), but who_daily links to most fic and articles in the Who fandom both on and off LJ.

I don't... really understand the River hate. I mean, I'm coming from the perspective of someone who heard she was a futuristic archaeologist with a kick-arse gun and basically went into paroxysms of delight, but I can't find someone to explain the rationale behind their dislike to me in a way that isn't 'she's an evol h0r and, lyke, throws herself at the dctr'. *Headdesk* To be honest, I'd just been delighted we got a strong female character, but, um, obviously that was just me. XD

'Vincent and the Doctor' is one of my all-time favourites. It's such a powerful episode and, like you, I'd struggled to empathis with the leads a little until then. (Obviously Rory is excused from this, because Rory is awesome and clearly always will be. But then, there's fandom of hate of Rory as well! Whyyyy? People keep saying he'd undermining Amy as an individual and controlling her etc. etc., and he's overly jealous and obsessive. B-but, he's Rory! He's awesome! D:)

I think I probably missed out on some of the nuances of the God Complex then, given I'm not a King/Shining fan (my own fault!), but I think by then I was suffering a little from angst fatigue and as soon as the Doctor/Monster parallels started being drawn I just sort of tiredly waved my hand and went 'yes, yes, we've all heard this before'.

I do agree the Silence made a refreshing change to the Daleks (although I will confess I chuckled in series 5 where we have smartie!coloured Daleks - I am still convinced they're going to bring out a board game where each player is a different coloured Dalek and you all have a race to the finish to see who exterminates the Doctor). I am, however, hoping for a move on from the Silence now, although given the ominous note this series ended on, I suspect they'll be back in one way or another.

The Pandorica bit was beautifully done. I was sniffling shamelessly when Amy was looking at the timeline in the museum because Rory the Lone Centurion is just such a beautiful, sad, wonderful iconic sort of moment. I too was cheerfully surprised by Closing Time, I'm not especially maternal, but did have a moment of 'Aww, Doctor+Stormageddon is adorable', and it was a breath of fresh air after a couple of angst-heavy episodes. (I'm also shallow enough that the whole partner/companion mix-up thing gave me hours of entertainment.) Night Terrors didn't do as much for me, which is a surprise because I really wanted to like it and be a little scared by it, but ultimately I came out of it with the overall impression of 'ok'.

I think I took to Matt Smith's Doctor relatively easily because I took one look at the tweed jacket with the elbow patches, the bowtie and the dubious boots and went 'ah hah! he dresses like four different Classics professors I know...and acts like them', so I'd got it into my head he secretly works as a history teacher in his spare time. XD

[the_beanster]

Your entire first paragraph? Took the words right out of my mouth! And it's actually one of the epis I've rewatched several times. Every single time, it creeps me out.

I'm kinda scared to stumble across some nastiness but I'll def check it out. Thanks for the link.

Yeah, I liked River more in the earlier seasons, but I understand why her character changed so much, so I'm ok with it. I adore her and Alex Kingston is gorgeous, which doesn't hurt.

I fell in love with Rory from the get-go. And I don't get how he's undermining or controlling Amy! I feel like she def wears the pants in the relationship.

Vincent and the Doctor made me cry. I was a mess. It was bad. And the end, the little moment with Amy? I fell in love with her then.

I think I probably missed out on some of the nuances of the God Complex then, given I'm not a King/Shining fan (my own fault!), but I think by then I was suffering a little from angst fatigue and as soon as the Doctor/Monster parallels started being drawn I just sort of tiredly waved my hand and went 'yes, yes, we've all heard this before'.
Oh, I totally get it. I mean, it was nice for me visually, but other than that (and the side characters), I didn't care for the episode.

although I will confess I chuckled in series 5 where we have smartie!coloured Daleks - I am still convinced they're going to bring out a board game where each player is a different coloured Dalek and you all have a race to the finish to see who exterminates the Doctor
Omg, can this happen!? I would love this. And yeah, I think that they will come back.

Rory the Lone Centurion was a beautiful, heartbreaking bit. I loved it.

Closing Time was a nice little break. And it was funny at all the right moments and I really like the Doctor with kids. I don't know why, but that's a fact of life.

I liked the idea of Night Terrors a lot more than the execution but I thought that it was a great episode overall.

I think I took to Matt Smith's Doctor relatively easily because I took one look at the tweed jacket with the elbow patches, the bowtie and the dubious boots and went 'ah hah! he dresses like four different Classics professors I know...and acts like them', so I'd got it into my head he secretly works as a history teacher in his spare time. XD
...can this be canon?

[cobalt_violet]

I think what made me love Harkness as a character when he first appeared (apart from all the qaulities listed above) is because it amused me endlessly that my grandmother absolutely adored him. I was so proud of her for being progressive! XD

The nastiness isn't too bad unless you stumble into long ranting meta. I'd started to learn to avoid it before I took the lazy option and just abandoned the fandom anyway.

I do agree I did prefer the River of earlier seasons if only because she was much more of a mysterious bad-arse, but I get why Moffat did what he did, so... eh. *Shrugs* Ditto. I will never not want Alex Kingston's hair. I have serious hair envy. And I'm afraid I also love, love, love the fact that it's older woman/younger man (except not really) pairing, because most of the time that's either not shown/explored at all on tv, or if it is, it's done as either a joke or as an overly sexualised risque type of trope.

I want a Dalek board game. I want to be a red Dalek and EXTERMINATE things! (What do you mean I'm easily pleased? ;D)

Seriously, my secret theory is the Doctor's current incarnation is a Classics/history professor in his spare time. I know people who dress like him before he dressed like him. (Er, that might have made more sense in my head...) It would give me hours of entertainment, because you know he'd give a running commentary on how awesome/not awesome every individual he'd ever met in history was, and all his students would just be left scratching their heads and LOLing after he'd finished ranting.

[the_beanster]

Omg, your grandma sounds awesome.

I fell in love with her in ER and kinda followed her everywhere. I liked her in Flash Forward too - don't know if you're familiar with...only lasted one season :( But she's one of my fave actresses. She's got so much personality and, more often than not, plays strong characters and I love that about her. And I think that her age is actually a factor in how much a love her bc I think she looks phenomenal and her and the Doctor look great together despite the fact that Alex Kingston is older than Matt Smith.

I adore your headcanon. I really do.

Hon, thank you so much for making me feel less crazy for loving everything despite acknowledging flaws.