Various Thoughts, also known as Still Trying

[westernredcedar]

Hi, still here. Since I've posted so infrequently these last few years, I'm taking the posting challenge at my own pace. Hell, if I post thirty times THIS YEAR, never mind in a month, it will be a huge accomplishment.

So, another school year underway, so my time becomes more precious, but also quite a bit more organized. This year started with a jolt, so much going on super fast, so I'm actually looking forward to October when I think the pace will slow back to only average crazy.

I'm still shoulders-deep in Torchwood fandom... I'm just swimming through the thick juicy goodness of all of the fic that was written in the heyday of the show. I've probably been reading 10k a day of really amazing fic. I'm painfully sad to have missed being part of that initial blast, but I know at the time I was nowhere near interested in trying on another fandom beyond HP, so I can't regret it really. Has anyone else had the experience of hitting a fandom too late? I'm actually quite inspired to write but I feel like it would writing to an echo chamber...so many of the authors have not updated their journals since 2009...

Due to the wise advice of islandsmoke I am now making my way through Doctor Who (the new ones), starting with 9. I'm almost at the end of 10's first season, although the fact is I've already skipped around and watched all the Harkness episodes in all the seasons, continuity be damned, so I've dabbled in the next two seasons as well. I'm loving it all, shiny and fun, and my (particularly nerdy and adorable) class of kids this year is beside themselves that I'm watching, too.

Last night I went down the rabbit hole of reading various "10 Best Doctor Who Episodes" lists posted throughout the interwebs, and it made me ponder why people so enjoy making top ten lists. Although not for long, because it is clearly for the arguments that follow.

So for the record, the best Torchwood episode, based on the number of times I've rewatched it (lots of times) is "KissKissBangBang" and the most painfully bad moment in Torchwood is when Owen and Martha have to do "science" to the pop beat on a Casio synthesizer while giggling and tripping over each other in "Reset." Debate?

No? ;P

Also, I just watched "Meat" again, and then looked at this rec and post again, and it is this sort of thing that makes me just wish I'd been part of the fun when the show was all new and the fans were crazed and hysterical. Good hysterical. Because Space Burrito. *nodnod*

Ok, I'm off to watch a Who episode and drift off into an obsessive slumber. Good night. *hugs*

Comments

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

Write! If you are moved to write Torchwood, please write it! I came to Potter after Book 7. So late to the party, but I'm glad I wrote. Torchwood is still in circulation, still making fans.

In KKBB, I mostly enjoyed John and Jack's meeting and catch-up chat (you went to murder rehab???). James Marster's adorably ashamed face as he downed that shot is priceless.
I need to rewatch all the Torchwoods. I can't recall a favorite ep, I kind of mashed up all the good bits in my head, reediting into a supercut of, say, all the funny lines, or all the Jack/Ianto kisses and emotional scenes (Ianto inhaling at the collar of Jack's coat for his scent, thinking he was dead). I think my fave Ianto kiss was the one he initiated, when Jack said he wouldn't go back to his own time because he'd miss Ianto, and Ianto just went for it. I also love the scene where Ianto tells a made-up backstory about his father being a tailor. That was sad. But the best moment, in CoE, was Ianto telling his lovely sister about how he loves Jack - not men - just Jack.
Can you tell I love Ianto?

[westernredcedar.livejournal.com]

Ianto! I love him so much too. He is the Lupin of Torchwood to me, the person I identify with that brings me into the show. Totally. Gah, yes to all those moments, kisses, and that talk with his sister! *nodnod* I just love his characterization, like in KKBB when Jack first gets the message from John Hart and dashes off in the car, everyone else is staring at each other, annoyed and freaking out, while Ianto just calmly and immediately walks over to hail a cab and solve the problem. LOVE HIM. I love that Jack has to work (at least a little) to get him.
Yes, you should watch again. Some of the episodes are so massively cheesy and silly, but even those always have some killer moments in them, worth making it through.
Thanks for the writing encouragement, I've been stewing on a story during my commute these last few days (my best drafting time...while I drive!). Of course I should be trying to power through the end of my Sherlock thing (!) right now, so damn you shiny Jack Harkness! Stop shoving John and Sherlock out of the way! Gah! Too many good coats.
*hugs*

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

Torchlock. Just sayin'....

[westernredcedar.livejournal.com]

Shush, you horrible enabler....:)

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed that you've posted at all during the school year. GO, YOU! M.

[westernredcedar.livejournal.com]

IM impressed and shocked too. :p I think I was avoiding dealing with curriculum night planning...procrastination wins again! *hug*

[islandsmoke.livejournal.com]

I need to re-watch Torchwood, it's been too long.

"Meat" broke my heart, though I liked Rhys in it. KKBB, yes - love the fight! "Countrycide" sticks in my mind most, maybe 'cause of the beautiful scenery, the snark, and the fact that it scares me to death. "Small Worlds" appeals to me because we see that Jack really can love deeply.

Owen. Can't stand Owen, glad he was heartbroken in "Out of Time."

Gwen. Not a person I like, not after the way she treats Rhys in "Combat." Well, in general.

Didn't like Suzy much.

Like Tash, Ianto and Jack. Funny how much I like the show considering that I don't much like a number of the characters.

[westernredcedar.livejournal.com]

Watch again! The problem with being late to a fandom is that all my sparkly new-seeming thoughts have all already been thought, even though I'm dying to talk about it all with someone...like You!!
Small Worlds is next on my rewatching list...I do love the Estelle plot. My brain just cannot stop pondering immortality and being a normal human and all that would mean for your life. That ep is great for those big thoughts.
Hah about Owen! I like to have an unpleasant character to deal with, so I enjoy his plot lines, and his characterization. He's such a thorough ass. I think I just have a soft spot for Burn Gorman ever since he played Mr Guppy in Bleak House (my favorite novel of all time) so Owen works for me.
I adore Gwen/Rhys, and from HP you might know I have a soft spot for well-done infidelity that hurts, so I hate what Gwen does to Rhys but also love the plot line...heh, what is that about? I mostly get sick of her staring longingly at Jack...do it or don't kids, enough of the emo longing...
I love Tosh. I wish there were more Tosh centric episodes so much. Captain Jack Harkness is such a great episode for many reasons, but Tosh is top o' the list.
I think I like many things where I dislike many characters...probably Wuthering Heights is the top example of that phenomenon...I guess it is fun to dislike characters as well as like, if the source is good enough. ??
Watch!! *hug*