A real-life update (what a concept!)

[kb91]

LJ has exploded this week and I'm not even going to admit to how many hours I've spent reading fic. The sheer quantity is mind-boggling, but the quality is even more so. I can't believe how quickly people are writing such outstanding stuff

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[kb91]

I think I've been lucky because I've come across a lot of good quality stuff. Not all of it, obviously, but I'm reading almost exclusively off my flist and shipping communities, and only going to T&C if there's a rec. (Plus I'm careful about scanning the first few paragraphs and if it's clearly not up to snuff, I click back out. There's simply too much to read to waste time on drek!)

But I totally hear you on the Ten2 bashing ... I understand why some people are upset, but how in the world can they possibly think anything is his fault? In my eyes, he's the biggest victim here. (Well, aside from Donna, but that's another story.) I thought he was an absolutely delightful character ... and in fact, a lot closer to the Doctor Rose remembers from S2 than the original. (And don't me started on the names being used for him. I'm finding myself really disappointed by people I thought were above character bashing and have stopped reading some authors I used to enjoy. Luckily, there are enough fabulous ones out there to give me plenty of shippy enjoyment. :D)

[wendymr]

Yeah, I've seen some good fics from authors like orange_crushed and a really nice one last night from rachelwarren. Others... well, let's say I've been disgusted by a couple, including one author who managed to kill Ten2 off in the first couple of paragraphs, another who had Rose make a clone of herself so she could skip off back to the other universe, and a third who dumped Donna in the parallel universe instead of Rose. Right - so it's not okay to leave Rose there, when all her family's there and the Doctor who loves her enough to tell her so is, but it's fine to abandon Donna there when everything she knows is in the other universe?

Ah well. I tell myself things will calm down in a few weeks, and those of us who recognise the wonderful possibilities this new ship gives us will start dreaming up even better fic :)

ETA: Actually, reading upthread, why don't you post your recs on your LJ? I'm sure others would be interested too, and we should all be doing our bit to promote non-bashing fic :)

[kb91]

why don't you post your recs on your LJ? I'm sure others would be interested too, and we should all be doing our bit to promote non-bashing fic :)

This is an incredibly good idea, and I wish I had the time to do it! Right now, I'm up to three full emails worth of links that I've sent to her, so I'm probably drive everyone crazy by posting them, LOL. But if I find the time this week between packing and everything else, I will certainly see about trying to format a rec list to post. :)