Smith and Jones
I like Martha. Martha can stay. Unlike most of DW fandom I'm in contact with (which admittedly isn't much), I'm going to miss Rose. I still liked her at the end of last season, and I liked the way her send off was done even if she was pretty devastated the last time we saw her. But I never really shipped Rose/Doctor for a variety of reasons, as much as I liked their relationship. I don't know that I'm going to ship Martha/Ten either, but their dynamic is different. Rose always seemed young to me. Because she was, and I loved her, but I always wanted to read her more as protege-maybe-little-sister. Of course, by the end that was one of those "what the hell show are you watching" kind of readings, and it wasn't how I was reading it because the subtextual romantic stuff was rapidly getting way less subtexty. But still, even when I saw it, I didn't really ship them. I'll miss her, though, and I am glad she got a mention at the end of the episode, even if it was a bit maudlin. I know Dr. Who doesn't usually mention past companions much.
Ten and Martha are snarky and fun and Martha is awesome. I don't know how I'm going to end up feeling about them, but I'm excited about the new season - even if I am going to spend the entire season waiting for the Torchwood crossover because Jack Harkness just does things to me and I would very much like to see him do things to the Doctor. Unfortunately, the crossover is taking place on Dr. Who and not on Torchwood. Can't have everything.
The episode was just kind of fun. I enjoyed the way Martha was just no-nonsense and accepted the situation of the hospital suddenly and randomly being on the moon. I'm not sure why mouth-to-mouth resuscitation worked on blood loss, but whatever. It is the Doctor. I miss Torchwood already, with its amazing amount of gay and complete lack of plot continuity, I'd forgotten how much I like Dr. Who. Yay for campy and ridiculous British sci-fi. With rhino-head aliens. Not as awesome as aliens that eat orgasmic energy (I miss you Torchwood), but you know. Can't have everything.
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Yesterday I was out with some friends and I ended up at Marie Laveau's with a friend of a friend who wanted to buy voodoo dolls. I was looking at the incense, but when I tried to say "incense," of course I said "incest" because I have spent huge chunks of this weekend discussing - with more than one person - the pros and cons of Wincest and the different ways it can be written. It's so easy to get lulled into fandom-normal. Fandom-normal is so different from real-world normal that it really can be jarring at times.
Ten and Martha are snarky and fun and Martha is awesome. I don't know how I'm going to end up feeling about them, but I'm excited about the new season - even if I am going to spend the entire season waiting for the Torchwood crossover because Jack Harkness just does things to me and I would very much like to see him do things to the Doctor. Unfortunately, the crossover is taking place on Dr. Who and not on Torchwood. Can't have everything.
The episode was just kind of fun. I enjoyed the way Martha was just no-nonsense and accepted the situation of the hospital suddenly and randomly being on the moon. I'm not sure why mouth-to-mouth resuscitation worked on blood loss, but whatever. It is the Doctor. I miss Torchwood already, with its amazing amount of gay and complete lack of plot continuity, I'd forgotten how much I like Dr. Who. Yay for campy and ridiculous British sci-fi. With rhino-head aliens. Not as awesome as aliens that eat orgasmic energy (I miss you Torchwood), but you know. Can't have everything.
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Yesterday I was out with some friends and I ended up at Marie Laveau's with a friend of a friend who wanted to buy voodoo dolls. I was looking at the incense, but when I tried to say "incense," of course I said "incest" because I have spent huge chunks of this weekend discussing - with more than one person - the pros and cons of Wincest and the different ways it can be written. It's so easy to get lulled into fandom-normal. Fandom-normal is so different from real-world normal that it really can be jarring at times.