I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

[deralte]

Wasn't really impressed with Dr. Who this evening. It was predictable, with very few good lines, and not very well thought out. I like to call this doctor 'the pragmatic one' in my mind, but he certainly wasn't in this episode. And the whole "he's not my boyfriend" thing is really beginning to annoy me. I feel like it's been said in every bloody episode at this point and I have to say they either better declare he's her boyfriend, or just shut up about the whole bloody issue... It's like the shows being written by rabid shippers or something. Gah.

You can tell I'm a gen fan, can't you?:P Other than that, it was just kinda boring. I feel no urge to rewatch it, or even screencap it. Next episode is back in London again. I wonder if they'll get around to visiting another planet this season.

After untold levels of craftiness today, I managed to get the book I need out of the reserve until 1:30pm tomorrow. Yes, that really was the highlight of my day.

Back to studying...

Comments

[ms-engineer.livejournal.com]

the whole "he's not my boyfriend" thing is really beginning to annoy me.

Oh, hell, yes! If Who must be spoilt by canon shippage (which IMHO it is) RTD could at least have the decency to do it properly, damnit, and admit it!

You can tell I'm a gen fan, can't you? :P

I'm really not in most fandoms but he's Doctor bloody Who! It feels *so* out of place.

Umm... /rant. Sorry. And hello, btw... *waves* fiatincantatum pointed me in this direction :)

[deralte.livejournal.com]

See, I'm not against the Doctor having a romance persay. In fact, I thought his flirting with that tree woman in The End of the World was cute (if a bit disconcerting. Of course, I hadn't seen the movie by that point;)), but I'm not really that much of a fan of Doctor/Rose, nor am I a fan of any show that centres around so much shipping. There's all this emphasis on the Doctor being lonely, but in fact, there's plenty of interesting people he could be traveling with. Rose is not unique, or as special as they seem to keep wanting to portray her as. It pissed me off in this last episode that apparently the Doctor was ready to die and let the entire universe end so Rose didn't have to watch her father die again. After the decisions we've seen him make earlier in this season, it was really unbelievable and trite.

I swear (excluding McGann) Ecclestone is the most touchy feely Doctor I've ever seen. I think he's held Rose's hand in every episode so far (and she wonders why everyone thinks he's her boyfriend...). Yet, the interesting thing about it is that he's not all that concerned with it. There was his comment in the last episode, "I'll hug anybody." that shows it doesn't mean all that much to him. Of course, all those deep looks he and Rose exchange on the other hand... And yet that comment by the Dalek about the woman you love was so singularly out of place. Gah. The whole situation just annoys me, though part of that is definately that I can already see how fandom is going to turn out. *huggles her tiny little gen preferring world* /end response rant;)

Greetings. Nice to see another Dr. Who fan:) Have you seen my Dr. Who lj icons (http://www.arianaderalte.com/icona.htm)?

[ms-engineer.livejournal.com]

*fangirls* They're brilliant, yay!

I didn't hate the flirting with the tree lady as much as I dislike Nine/Rose. Doctor/companion feels entirely wrong to me. Doctor/not companion doesn't bother me in fan fic. Doctor/anyone feels out of place for me in canon. I realise it's a personal thing and other people will love it but... gah. For me it's spoiling an otherwise great series of Who.

There was his comment in the last episode, "I'll hug anybody." that shows it doesn't mean all that much to him.

Yeah, but then, as you say, there's all the deep looks etc. Four leaving Sarah Jane was moving and wonderful and it didn't need all this shippy nonsense.

that comment by the Dalek about the woman you love was so singularly out of place.

Hehehehehe! Don't get me started on that one :D

[deralte.livejournal.com]

I think I was against the Doctor being with anyone for awhile, but then I thought about it, and he had to be with someone to have a granddaughter (leaving out the whole, is Susan his granddaughter thing...), and that really I was fine with it so long as he didn't flaunt it. The Doctor with a companion does seem wrong at times, but other times there's definately love, if only one sided *pictures Doctor/Brigadier and laughes* But, I suppose the biggest thing, is that Doctor Who isn't about shipping, or romance. It's about adventure and horror and dorky sets and cool lines and sometimes even plot. You don't need the romance 99.9% of the time, so why go there?

[ms-engineer.livejournal.com]

pictures Doctor/Brigadier and laughes*

*giggles* Yeah, but I don't really think of the Brig as a companion, he's in his own little compartment by himself *nod*

[tybalt-quin.livejournal.com]

In fact, I thought his flirting with that tree woman in The End of the World was cute (if a bit disconcerting. Of course, I hadn't seen the movie by that point;))

Please tell me that I'm not the only person who saw the Who/Tree Woman flirting and thought: "Got wood?"

[deralte.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid it didn't occur to me at the time (I was in a sort of, "OMG, the Doctor is flirting!" sort of shock), but I'm giggling now *g*

[ms-engineer.livejournal.com]

I was trying hard not to :)