I'm doing the January Talking Meme (still plenty of dates to choose from, so feel free to add something to the list). Today, gehayi asked about my thoughts on beginnings and endings in fiction ( Read more... )

You ever read a fic that's well-written enough and has an interesting plot, but something just strikes you as *off* about the characters? Not a terrible lot--we're not talking egregious uncanonical behavior--but it's just an interpretation of characters that you can't quite grok. And the story's good enough that you keep reading, but you just can ( Read more... )

For some time, I've had a suspicion about myself. It's something that's not easy to admit in the blogosphere, but it's time I came out and said it, because something confirmed it today. See, today I went and saw Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and it left me with but one conclusion about myself:

I am not a cynic ( Read more... )

Per this meme here, I've been noticing for several days as it's been coming up on my flist that I appear to be the only one who's answered thus far who apparently wears a full face of makeup on a daily (well, semi-daily; I rarely wear any makeup except perhaps a little concealer for blemishes on Saturday) basis. It's not that I don't like my looks ( Read more... )

The first rescue begins in the Doctors adventure to save his former selves taking him to 70's Britain to rescue 3.

Don't judge the grammer please, judge the story

The first sentence is difficult to decode. The second is just nonsense. See, here on Earth, we have this little thing called communication. One person wishes another person to ( Read more... )

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, ( Read more... )

*Sigh* I've got a Doctor/Rose Ficathon story I'm cranking on that needs to be finished before July 1, but it's being a bit stubborn and nebulous. It's just wandering. Nine's being a bit of a bastard, which he totally should be, and really, I need to get Rose to provoke him. Poke the Time Lord, Rose! Poke him!

( Cut for Whovian spoilers )

Am I the only one who feels like taking a shower after every commercial for Hostel: Part II? Eli Roth, I'll grant you, is a very well-spoken man and probably isn't a sociopath. However, I'd respect him a lot more if he embraced the "torture porn" label and didn't try to defend his films on their supposed artistic merits. 'Cause let's face it-- ( Read more... )

*cough* Sick now. Was sick yesterday, too. Very sore throat and drippy nose with a side of body aches. I've been mainlining Airborne and tea to combat it ( Read more... )

The first is very specific: it was a Ten/Rose babyfic (yes, I do look into them occasionally, usually in fits of masochism) in which Ten finds Rose again, and she has a five-year-old son. His son, of course. This is not the gripe ( Read more... )