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[smithy161]

Snagged off Becky, because I'm bored and feel like babbling:

Curious about my opinion? Politics, religion, sex, sexuality, fandom, weather? (In short: What the hell ever). Ask! I promise an honest (maybe too honest) answer.

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[morgynleri_fic]

Lawn vs. garden?

[smithy161]

Isn't the lawn just grass, and the garden is the entire outside of a property?

[morgynleri_fic]

Er... lawn is the grass, garden is plants and flowers and vegetables and herbs. American definition of garden. *makes a mental note about the difference in what 'garden' means*

[smithy161]

I don't know, never really thought about it o_O

[morgynleri_fic]

Fair enough... *hums a moment*

Alternate universe in fanfic?

[smithy161]

I used to really hate AU when I was in the Harry Potter fandom, because it quite often just seemed like an excuse for people to change the plots of the books to how they wanted (Sirius lives! etc). In Doctor Who, though, it's often done much better. Actually, it's sometimes done better in fic than in canon! So long as it's well-written and there's some point to the changes, I don't mind these days.

[morgynleri_fic]

Mmm. I will grant I've been guilty of using the premise of wanting someone to live for an AU, though half the time it ended up with things not being better because of it.

Do you have a favorite AU? A least favorite?

[smithy161]

Hm, I never kept a list of fic links. I think I remember a fic where Jack never met the Doctor, but damned if I can find it. I'm going to have to start mem-ing fics and reccing them.

I can understand what's behind it (god, I wish Sirius had lived!) but my HP days were spent on ff.net, where the badfic comes from.

[morgynleri_fic]

Ah. *pets* 'S not a good place to find fic, no.

Erm.

Favorite Doctor?

[smithy161]

Sylvester McCoy!

I don't have your personal journal friended so I don't know if you've done this meme, but I'm turning that question back on you - who's your favourite?

[morgynleri_fic]

I haven't done this meme - so...

Mmm. My favorite? It's a toss up between Tom Baker and Chris Eccleston, actually. Tom Baker is the first Doctor I remember watching, when I was five, reruns on PBS (I think). And the first I heard of the new Who, Tennant was already the Doctor, so I avoided it until friends brought over the first series on DVD. And I discovered I still had Doctor Who obsessiveness to spare, because Eccleston... Just way more appealing to me than Tennant, both character-wise and as eye-candy.