So apparently, there's this huge back-and-forth going on in fandom at the moment about Mary Sues and whether they are evil, good, bad, harmless, harmful, sent from the Pit to devour us all, or whatever. I should probably put a disclaimer here saying that I usually look at metafandom only to the extent of reading the little copy-and-pasted ( Read more... )

Which might not be a new thought, but it was a new one for me.

What if Sam died in that car accident in 1x01? And the whole real life vs. 1973 debate was his way of trying to figure out whether he'll be going to hell or to heaven in his afterlife?

I can haz moar religious parallels. RTD, I am blaming you.

And I'm sorry I'm sucking so hard at ( Read more... )

So, the Doctor isn't God, and he's not an angel. If he's anything divine, he is a fallen angel - cast out of Heaven Gallifrey for his rebellion. However, a fallen angel, as we've seen in the example of the Master Lucifer, is usually evil, right?

Well, the Doctor's not evil. The Doctor's actually "better" than God the Time Lords themselves. So this ( Read more... )

Some of you guys on my f-list might not want to read this, because I'm expressing a critical opinion on a community that some of you are a member of - jumping_off. You are all more than welcome to read and discuss/criticize - of course - but I'm asking you not to bring the wank if you decide to comment. :)

So, jumping_off. Tonight's the first time I actually checked ( Read more... )

So I just posted this vid, a Doctor/Donna video to the Beatles' Help. And you know how the lyrics go,

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way,
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self-assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind, and opened up the doors.If you ask me, these lyrics describe very well ( Read more... )

Everybody hates comment whoring, y/y? I've often tried to figure out why this particular kind of trollish behavior is so despised in fandom, and I think I might have just found another aspect ( Read more... )

Under the cut, you will find a long ramble about fandom, fandom etiquette, the differences between real life and fandom, and the mechanics behind some types of wankery. If you read it and end up thinking it worth being linked, feel free to link away, because I like discussion.

( The Yin and Yang of Fandom )

This is a follow-up post to this meta post to discuss the religious aspects in Doctor Who series 4.

( Spoilers for all New Who. )

A few days ago, I got into a discussion with a friend about religious parallels in New Who - most of all the alleged ones in Last of the Time Lords. I know this is an old meme and has been discussed to death, but tbh, I actually never read any of those discussions, since I wasn't really interested in getting too much into it. Until now ( Read more... )

I just watched the A2A finale, and while it was weird and confusing and barely held together, it still put so much emphasis on the one thing that I love most about the LoM/A2A 'verse that it made me all flaily ( Read more... )