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I had a very unsettling dream about being on New Caprica and going into a Cylon-only apartment building looking for Leoben. I eventually found him in his bathroom in front of a sink, shaving.
I spent a good hour yesterday looking for a single Doctor Who fic that was 1. in character, and 2. isn't set post-Doomsday. I found many very, very terrible pre-Doomsday (and oddly, mostly Ninth Doctor) stories, a surprising number of which had some aspect of amnesia. I didn't realize amnesia was such a vital part of the fandom.
The main problem I'm having with Doctor Who fic (besides the amnesia) is that I want Doctor/Rose but not explicit Doctor/Rose. I want the wavy hands so-obvious-it-almost-isn't-subtext, the brilliant unspokens and almost-spokens we get on the show. I can buy Dark-and-Possessive!Doctor, I can buy "I love you but I'm no good for you"!Doctor, and I can even buy "I'm always just seconds from kissing you"!Doctor, but he just needs to be a bit more subtle, or there needs to at least be some sort of transition away from the Doctor in the series, or some progression of something we've already seen between the Doctor and Rose.
All of this is to say that I watched School Reunion and I cried and cried and cried.
I have plans this afternoon to show New Earth to a member of my household who I believe is on the cusp of falling for the show, especially since the comparison was made between it and X-Files, except with the observation that Doctor Who tends to be a little more emotionally deft. After that, I might be able to pull myself together and actually say something about these episodes rather than just emoting wildly.
I spent a good hour yesterday looking for a single Doctor Who fic that was 1. in character, and 2. isn't set post-Doomsday. I found many very, very terrible pre-Doomsday (and oddly, mostly Ninth Doctor) stories, a surprising number of which had some aspect of amnesia. I didn't realize amnesia was such a vital part of the fandom.
The main problem I'm having with Doctor Who fic (besides the amnesia) is that I want Doctor/Rose but not explicit Doctor/Rose. I want the wavy hands so-obvious-it-almost-isn't-subtext, the brilliant unspokens and almost-spokens we get on the show. I can buy Dark-and-Possessive!Doctor, I can buy "I love you but I'm no good for you"!Doctor, and I can even buy "I'm always just seconds from kissing you"!Doctor, but he just needs to be a bit more subtle, or there needs to at least be some sort of transition away from the Doctor in the series, or some progression of something we've already seen between the Doctor and Rose.
All of this is to say that I watched School Reunion and I cried and cried and cried.
I have plans this afternoon to show New Earth to a member of my household who I believe is on the cusp of falling for the show, especially since the comparison was made between it and X-Files, except with the observation that Doctor Who tends to be a little more emotionally deft. After that, I might be able to pull myself together and actually say something about these episodes rather than just emoting wildly.