Time Lords! Now with Randomly Ass-Pulled Superpowers!

[captainchaotica]

Yeah, it's been a while.  Here's a "quick" rundown of some of the pop culture stuff I've been consuming lately--to actually go into detail on any of these would require seperate entries for each. And probably also cuts:

--I read some more Xanth, a neat book about Asian culture (not just anime, but also like, foods, drinks, crafts, etc.), a cool big

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[bizarreoptimism]

I'm more'n happy to hear further Torchwood rants, as that show still makes me head-desk quite a lot and I haven't even watched it in like two or three years. But I could talk about anti-Torchwood-edness all day, believe me.

Alas, however, I cannot help you with the Doctor Who thoughts. Because we'd just end up FRUSTRATING each other. Because my feelings towards Doctor Who are the exact diametric opposite of yours -- the episodes with Ten (PARTICULARLY the specials) touched me more deeply than I can say (particularly the specials; I can never emphasize enough the deep emotional response I had to "Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time") ... whereas what Moffat has done with Eleven and with "Who" in general makes me want to throw shoes. And I know from some of our previous conversations that it is, for you, the exact opposite

[captainchaotica]

Oh, Moffat ain't off my hook, either--I've got _plenty_ of problems with him just from his singleton episodes alone. But my main impressions from "The Eleventh Hour" alone, is that I have no problem with Matt Smith yet, the new theme song is AWESOME (it sounds properly _weird_, and even a bit...retro?), what brief glimpse I've had of the new TARDIS interior seems...promising?--and the logo is dumb, but I can deal

[captainchaotica]

Hopefully shorter side-notes

[bizarreoptimism]

Two quick responses, 'cause I've got a packed day today! ... but I did wanna reply a bit & keep the conversation going (because if I don't do it right away, I tend to just sort of FORGET ENTIRELY, if you know how that goes):

and the Doctor whined and had an actual freaking _temper tantrum_ like a baby where he shoved things off the desk, and even worse--he considered, really CONSIDERED, letting Wilfred _die_ because he was just "a little person"! and I wanted to take him by his lapels and _shake_ him...

Whereas I wanted to give the Doctor an enormous hug in between my crying. Because I knew exactly how he felt, because I've felt like that. ALL THE TIME. (... er. Not the part where I have to decide whether or not to sacrifice myself for someone else; that's actually never come up. ;-) But the part where I'm being put in a position where I have to grow and change and move on and I don't want to do it?? Yeah, THAT I can relate to, believe you me. I mean, I totally get that it could drive some people insane, that scene, but in my case