Goodbye Ashes
Okay, so less than hour an hour to go now. I know this is ridiculous, because I spent S1 and 2 forgetting about this show entirely once it went off air. But you might have noticed me talking about it quite a lot lately (I've even been letting Who take a bit of a backseat because of it, which shows you just how much I am in love with it), but I'm really fucking sad it's ending.
Because it's not just Ashes and the things I love about it (I know, I have complained endlessly in the past about the things I don't like), it's everything I love about Life on Mars too. The only thing that brought me out of my depression following the end of Life on Mars was the prospect of new canon being filmed, albeit without the show's main star. I loved Alex, too, and the feeling of kicking off a new mystery, the same but also different, was exhilarating. And then S2 got even darker, and the ending with Alex waking up in hospital only to find Gene yelling at her left me jumping for joy and relief that it was far from over yet.
And now we've had S3, and look how far we've come. In just half an hour we will be watching the last ever title sequence of the Mars/Ashes universe and trying not to weep. It doesn't help that I have fallen, just like everyone else, so deeply in love with Gene Hunt and Philip Glenister.
I wouldn't change any of it for the world, though. Even if I haven't thought about Ashes every day for the past 4 years, the Sam/Gene ship has certainly been in my heart every step of the way. And I'm infinitely grateful for all the fic and art and vids and theories and discussion posts and squeeing. This fandom has been so good to me, particularly lifein1973 , which has felt like home for so many years now.
And now I shall attempt to stop being so weepy and just say good luck to everyone for the final episode! Hope you get what you've been hoping for, whatever that may be. ♥
Bye, Ashes!
Because it's not just Ashes and the things I love about it (I know, I have complained endlessly in the past about the things I don't like), it's everything I love about Life on Mars too. The only thing that brought me out of my depression following the end of Life on Mars was the prospect of new canon being filmed, albeit without the show's main star. I loved Alex, too, and the feeling of kicking off a new mystery, the same but also different, was exhilarating. And then S2 got even darker, and the ending with Alex waking up in hospital only to find Gene yelling at her left me jumping for joy and relief that it was far from over yet.
And now we've had S3, and look how far we've come. In just half an hour we will be watching the last ever title sequence of the Mars/Ashes universe and trying not to weep. It doesn't help that I have fallen, just like everyone else, so deeply in love with Gene Hunt and Philip Glenister.
I wouldn't change any of it for the world, though. Even if I haven't thought about Ashes every day for the past 4 years, the Sam/Gene ship has certainly been in my heart every step of the way. And I'm infinitely grateful for all the fic and art and vids and theories and discussion posts and squeeing. This fandom has been so good to me, particularly lifein1973 , which has felt like home for so many years now.
And now I shall attempt to stop being so weepy and just say good luck to everyone for the final episode! Hope you get what you've been hoping for, whatever that may be. ♥
Bye, Ashes!