Mostly fannish things

[heliopausa]

1. I spent several days avoiding spoilers for Doctor Who; now that I've seen the most recent episode I'm not sure it was all that worth waiting for.  Capaldi acted brilliantly again; the writers gave almost an overdose of clever, effective internal and external cultural refs and nudges; there was a seriously engaging look at the bitterness of the

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[asakiyume]

My husband told me the story of "You Ain't No Muslim, Bruv," and I felt the same way--you've said it beautifully.

[heliopausa]

It was wonderful - something straight from the heart, going right to the absolute dead centre of things.

[autumnia]

I'm not sure how I feel about Clara's resolution. There's good and bad things about how her life ended, and I think Moffatt just wanted to make sure there's a chance she can be brought back in the future of the show.

However, Clara and Ashildr having adventures does sound interesting too.

I've been trying to skim the 3SF but I've been really really busy lately and also agree that many of the fandoms appearing I don't know very well.

[heliopausa]

I hope "really, really busy" means good things! :)

You're probably right about Moffat's motives, but to me that feels like he's selling out the present story for future commercial potential. :(

I thought I had a reasonable handle on classical mythology, but was stumped by the prompt about Andromache being (?) "a barren queen". There must be more to her story than I knew.

[autumnia]

Really busy is some good, so less so -- mostly a lot of interviewing, too much hanging out with friends over the weekend and having to pick someone up at the airport from a night flight. So less time for me to relax & get my bearings (I still need to go write up my Christmas cards) and too much running around. I'm still very ambivalent about overall job prospects since I haven't found anything that "fits" right but are acceptable for the time being.

Many people don't like Moffat's years as showrunner and have been unhappy with the plot and character development. I think it'd be a nice change to have someone new come on board too; the last few series have been less exciting for me it seems.

Perhaps "barren" refers to all her losses, not necessarily that she was barren.

[heliopausa]

Well, good about seeing friends, anyway. I hope the right fit comes soon. I sent off the last of my Christmas cards yesterday - the last I've thought of so far, at least!
Yes, "barren" doesn't have to be literal - and it could have been referring to some other "barren queen" in her life,or Hector's. I'm adding classical mythology to the burgeoning list of things I'd like to get to grips with - one of these days.

[adaese]

Thanks for flagging the 3SF, I hadn't realised it was running. As you say, not really my set of fandoms, and it's probably too late to infest it with marshwiggles again, but still fun to flick through.

[heliopausa]

My post has the link in it, but for some reason it doesn't look like a link on my screen; I take it you've found the page, anyway?
( Here's the link again, though, for any passers-by.)