Headachy now.

[honorh]

Regarding the latest Who-wank: one of the things that truly annoys me about this kind of thing (if you really want to know, go to fandom_wank for the details) is the protestations on both sides that the wankery all belongs to one side, and certainly not theirs. "Rose is the Doctor's One Twu Wuv 4EVA, and if you 'ship the Doctor with anyone else,

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[ladypeyton]

Just a general comment about yesterday's wank...I didn't see an argument between Rose and Martha fen. I saw a post that interpreted an entire season through a Rose filter and a whole lot of generic* Who fans objecting to the show being seen through Rose colored glasses. (See what I did there? grin.)

Sure there were some Martha fans who objected, but they were few and far between.

*Classic? I don't know the terms because I generally avoid Who wank unless it appears on fandom_wank.

[honorh]

Yeah, I know, but unfortunately, it all tends to devolve into a general 'shipping war and "I'm right, they're wankers." Then everybody retreats to their corners and licks their wounds while commiserating with their friends about how oppressed they are.

[ladypeyton]

Does it make me a sad individual if I can't see the word "oppressed" without quoting Monty Python and giggling hysterically?

The whole thing just leaves me confuddled. If you had told me 5 years ago that there would be Dr Who shipping wars on par with Ducks vs Spuffy I would have never in a million years beleived you.

Funny how the world turns.

[platypus]

I don't think any level of wank can kill my happiness that there is a show to wank about. I would never have believed it five years ago. I thought it was dead and buried, at least as a TV entity, after the movie failed to spawn a series.

[ladypeyton]

Word.