Deep thoughts on various topics.

[t_eyla]

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

Comments

[chaoskir]

I can't say a lot to the Dr. Who stuff. To the social life stuff. Nothing is at all great if it comes up to acting with other peoples (online or RL, it doesn't matters). Well if you know people just two or three weeks you don't know them really good. And maybe they are not the right people to inspire you but normally if you know a person longer you will learn at leasat a bit about things like how the person feels, thinks and acts and why you like or dislike (if you dislike a person you'll remark faster - mostly) a person. And than if the chemical thing is working a person or a few persons of your social life can be able to inspire you. It's not always working out in that way. That's life. And it's also so that you might have different people around you to discuss different themes/things of your life. My best and oldest girl friend and I lives completely different lifes. We don't have the same interests (okay she likes House too but she is always watching the translated version *badversion*). We have nothing in common but we are best

[t_eyla]

Yeah, I do have a couple of close friends that I just click with. But I wasn't really talking about that bit, more about the whole 'going out and socializing thing' - which you often do with people you don't know as well as your best friend of 20 years. It's alright, it can be fun, but it doesn't compare, at least not in my opinion.

Meeting up with people you click with, that you can talk to for hours without getting bored, that's definitely inspiring, but you so rarely find these people in real life, sadly.

And yeah, people are weird. That's definitely true ;).

[wheatear]

That's interesting about the difference between RTD and Moffat's Doctors. I think Moffat does tend to write the Doctor as a more powerful figure. Then again, there are simply more RTD episodes, so perhaps that's why we see greater variety from him.

I think Moffat tends to portray the Doctor as a more romantic hero too. The dashing image of the knight in shining armour is an example of that.

[t_eyla]

Then again, there are simply more RTD episodes, so perhaps that's why we see greater variety from him.
But RTD's characterization is always pretty much the same, at least as far as I can tell - and so is Moffat's. I do trust that Moffat will not stick to his favorite story line for every episode he's going to be writing for the show in the years to come (you know, the thing about the girl who would be perfect for the Doctor but who cannot be with him for whatever reason: Reinette, Sally Sparrow, River Song), but I'm hoping that he will also realize that the nice thing about the Doctor is that he does have faults and definitely acts rashly from time to time. If we lose this aspect, I think I'm going to be enjoying the show a lot less. :/

[hibernia1]

I have so much love for what you wrote about the 'get a life'-thing! You are absolutely right. The only people that inspire me in RL are my niece and my close friends, but apart from that, 'regular friends'/acquaintances/colleagues are rarely inspiring, and usually boring or stuck in a completely different time-zone from where I'm at, and time spent with them tires me and does nothing for me, inspiration-wise. Whereas the Shiny, Shiny Internet never disappoints me. It amazes, moves, shocks, awes, and indeed, inspires. And in several fandoms I've met people who became real true close friends (or relatives ;-)) because they have so much more in common with me than just the fandom-thing, and that's awesome and also inspiring (and reassuring - I'm not alone in my obsessive weirdness! How cool is that!). But people do tell me to 'get a life' a lot - as if I do them harm when I rather spend sunny afternoons behind my sweet computer than go places with people I don't even LIKE, or sit outside in the sun. Sitting outside's totally overrated

[t_eyla]

I do like hanging out with people, as long as we're not going to a club where it' dark and noisy and you essentially can't do anything but drink or dance (I don't drink much, at least not on a regular basis, and I don't dance at all). But I also like having my own space and some peace and quiet from time to time. Being online, you can decide when to socialize and talk to people, and when to turn off your IM program. It's just two different ways of interacting with people, and I don't think either way should be labeled the right or the better way. And I certainly don't think that anyone who prefers one way should feel pity or sympathy for people who have chosen the other way. That's just ridiculous.

So, yeah. If you prefer spending a sunny day inside in front of your computer, then that is your decision that no-one should be allowed to patronize you about.