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allfireburns) wrote2010-05-22 01:45 pm
allfireburns) wrote2010-05-22 01:45 pm
Dreaming of Mercy Street... wear your insides out...
I'm really not good at the internet when I haven't been able to write. It's very annoying, because I miss talking to people, but apparently I'm not allowed to have people unless I have channelled Seanan McGuire and been inhumanly productive or something? I don't even know. My brain doesn't cope well with the fact that BEING SICK MAKES YOU LESS ABLE TO DO SHIT.
The woods around the house continue to be creepy as fuck at night. Last night, with absolutely nothing I could see or hear outside, Ace lunged at the window with one of those thunderous barks that should come from a dog twice her size. It was not an alert bark, which are higher pitched, it was "THERE ARE INTRUDERS AT THE DOOR", and there was nothing there. It kind of freaked me out.
On the bright side of living in woods that are possibly evil, the other day I took Ace out just after the sun started rising, and we ran into a bunny and two deer. Sadly, they would not be Ace's friends, which disappointed her a lot.
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In fandom news, the Ashes to Ashes finale was... almost everything I wanted. It turned out I was right about almost everything I thought about Comaland (which... is going to need a new name, now - Copper Purgatory?), which is shocking, because I am never right with fandom theories. Not. Ever. Except sometimes when it comes to things too minor to really matter.
My biggest issues are 1) I wish Annie had been given more than a passing mention. Guys, she was more than a bit important in Life on Mars, important to Sam (and to Gene, as part of his team), and I feel like she should have been brought up this season way sooner than the last episode.
And 2) I think I would have preferred it ended with Gene moving on, and Alex taking his place. Either ending gives me problems, in different ways, because Gene did need to let his team go, but... When I was watching it, when Alex was the one to walk into the pub, there was a moment where the whole world of the show (not Comaland, but the narrative itself) jarred for me. The whole story for three seasons has been Alex's - yes, Gene is a huge and important presence, just as important as Alex, and his story matters too, but it's Alex's show. And all of a sudden, right here at the end, it felt like the ownership of the story tippped over to Gene and it's incredibly frustrating for me. I'd like to see Gene move on - more than that, I'd like to see (at least the beginnings of) a Purgatory shaped by Alex instead of Gene. (Yeah, that world would have its own issues, I know, but that's part of the draw for me, because I love Alex's flaws as much as her positive qualities - like all of the characters I really love.)
Except for those two things, though? I am all full of starry-eyed love and wanting to draw hearts around the show and hug EVERYONE. And yes, I did cry. I was only almost crying for most of it, but bits of the music tipped me over into actual tears - "Wonderwall", over Shaz's death, and Sam and Annie's theme over Gene and Alex's goodbye, and OMG "HEROES" AT THE VERY END. THAT WAS THE WORST/BEST.
Most of all, though? I am stunned that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
beyondtherift broke canon again. A couple years ago, we decided Rift Heaven was a pub. With Nelson as the barman. Never in a million years did I expect that to actually become canon in any way, and yet... Seriously, that's really kind of creepy.
And now, if you don't mind, I have to wander off and download and watch Doctor Who. (And one day, maybe, I won't totally fail at making reaction posts for that. I hope.)
While I have you here, though, I have a rec for something you absolutely must go look at right now. It is A Partial Map of Your TARDIS (Subject to Change), and it is somewhere between fic and fanart, and it is absolutely glorious. I think I may be adopting into my personal canon for the Doctor.
The woods around the house continue to be creepy as fuck at night. Last night, with absolutely nothing I could see or hear outside, Ace lunged at the window with one of those thunderous barks that should come from a dog twice her size. It was not an alert bark, which are higher pitched, it was "THERE ARE INTRUDERS AT THE DOOR", and there was nothing there. It kind of freaked me out.
On the bright side of living in woods that are possibly evil, the other day I took Ace out just after the sun started rising, and we ran into a bunny and two deer. Sadly, they would not be Ace's friends, which disappointed her a lot.
In fandom news, the Ashes to Ashes finale was... almost everything I wanted. It turned out I was right about almost everything I thought about Comaland (which... is going to need a new name, now - Copper Purgatory?), which is shocking, because I am never right with fandom theories. Not. Ever. Except sometimes when it comes to things too minor to really matter.
My biggest issues are 1) I wish Annie had been given more than a passing mention. Guys, she was more than a bit important in Life on Mars, important to Sam (and to Gene, as part of his team), and I feel like she should have been brought up this season way sooner than the last episode.
And 2) I think I would have preferred it ended with Gene moving on, and Alex taking his place. Either ending gives me problems, in different ways, because Gene did need to let his team go, but... When I was watching it, when Alex was the one to walk into the pub, there was a moment where the whole world of the show (not Comaland, but the narrative itself) jarred for me. The whole story for three seasons has been Alex's - yes, Gene is a huge and important presence, just as important as Alex, and his story matters too, but it's Alex's show. And all of a sudden, right here at the end, it felt like the ownership of the story tippped over to Gene and it's incredibly frustrating for me. I'd like to see Gene move on - more than that, I'd like to see (at least the beginnings of) a Purgatory shaped by Alex instead of Gene. (Yeah, that world would have its own issues, I know, but that's part of the draw for me, because I love Alex's flaws as much as her positive qualities - like all of the characters I really love.)
Except for those two things, though? I am all full of starry-eyed love and wanting to draw hearts around the show and hug EVERYONE. And yes, I did cry. I was only almost crying for most of it, but bits of the music tipped me over into actual tears - "Wonderwall", over Shaz's death, and Sam and Annie's theme over Gene and Alex's goodbye, and OMG "HEROES" AT THE VERY END. THAT WAS THE WORST/BEST.
Most of all, though? I am stunned that
beyondtherift broke canon again. A couple years ago, we decided Rift Heaven was a pub. With Nelson as the barman. Never in a million years did I expect that to actually become canon in any way, and yet... Seriously, that's really kind of creepy.And now, if you don't mind, I have to wander off and download and watch Doctor Who. (And one day, maybe, I won't totally fail at making reaction posts for that. I hope.)
While I have you here, though, I have a rec for something you absolutely must go look at right now. It is A Partial Map of Your TARDIS (Subject to Change), and it is somewhere between fic and fanart, and it is absolutely glorious. I think I may be adopting into my personal canon for the Doctor.