Once Upon a Time

[promethia_tenk]

Hi all. Long time, and all that . . .

For anyone following the weather, got through Hurricane Sandy fine here, with shockingly little inconvenience at all, so yay for that. Hope you all are alright as well.

Also have vacation this week \o/ However, as my vacation destination (New York) ended up under water and am fighting a cold that won't die, week off has morphed into week for staying inside out of the rain, nursing my congestion, and catching up on tv and internets. So if you finally get a reply to a comment you made three months ago . . . that's what's going on.

Have managed to watch Once Upon a Time, and as I am currently awake at 3am, waiting for my decongestants to kick in so I can breathe again, shall say that I quite like it, even if I suspect I shall not be fannish about it. That is unless they decide to kick it up several gears, which in fairness I almost imagine they could. Am mulling over thoughts about how Moff-era Who, Fringe, and OUAT are all actually the same show, in different packaging. For the time being, though, am mostly like this:

I

just have


a lot


of

feelings

about Jiminy Cricket, ok?



Not all of them PG.

shut up

Comments

[elisi]

And here I was, expecting lengthy meta...

Which one is he? I mean, what does he look like?

[promethia_tenk]

Like a man who wears a lot of sweater vests. Sweater vests of emotional kryptonite, or something like that.

Here, have the best icon I could find. Out of about two. But then you can't blame the icon makers for having better things to do when most of the male leads wear a lot of eyeliner and the show's protagonist has Disney hair.

[elisi]

I'm sure you'll find your tribe. Also, sleep well!

[promethia_tenk]

Found a better icon.

It's fine *waves unconcernedly* I'll be fine. /lies

And slept well (ish), thank you.

[elisi]

Heh. Enjoy! ;)

And I did 5 exams this morning, and passed them all (Principles of Business Administration) - very dull, but useful.

[promethia_tenk]

Oooo, congrats! *throws confetti*

For being able to concentrate, if nothing else. That sounds . . . despairingly dull.

[elisi]

They were short, and multiple choice, but yes... There were a few instances of having to tell myself to refocus.

[promethia_tenk]

I decided to try to educate myself on how credit card disputes are handled the other day and it was like "I'm going to regret this, oh, I am going to regret this . . ."

That's gonna be some quality reading time next week /sarcasm

[elisi]

I decided to try to educate myself on how credit card disputes are handled the other day
... Why would you *do* that?

[promethia_tenk]

Purely for professional reasons, I assure you.

[elisi]

Oh good. I was getting worried.

[promethia_tenk]

Fear not. I can make myself learn anything. It is my superpower.

Though if you never hear from me again, I was finally struck down by the evil forces of legalese and corporate jargon.

[elisi]

Oh dear. Well, I'll cross my fingers...

(Am going to bed. It's LATE!)

ETA: By the way, your icon is making me happy.

[promethia_tenk]

Hope you slept well.

I luff this icon. And now you know about ponies and can appreciate the GLORY \o/

[elisi]

The Cherub watched the pilot the other day (that's the one that lays out the whole mythology, isn't it?) and it struck me that it's all about female characters. I mean, yes all the main characters are female, but the origin story is completely based around women. And this is awesome. :)

[promethia_tenk]

The Cherub watched the pilot the other day (that's the one that lays out the whole mythology, isn't it?)
Yup : )

it struck me that it's all about female characters. I mean, yes all the main characters are female, but the origin story is completely based around women.
It's maybe the only show I can think of in which being female is the default. Which is kinda amazing when you consider how often we are expected to think of maleness as default.

[owlboy]

I was totally uninterested in OUAT until you said sweater vest.

[promethia_tenk]

Join me in my sweater vest lust!

Sadly, he is truly a bit character on a show with a MONSTER ensemble cast (though it kinda looks like he might be getting set up for a larger part this year? Maybe? *crosses fingers*). But you can totally just watch his backstory episode as a stand-alone (1x05, That Still Small Voice, and by Jane Espensen!!, writer of all good things) and get all the important stuff.

[ladymercury_10]

Feel better soon!

Am mulling over thoughts about how Moff-era Who, Fringe, and OUAT are all actually the same show, in different packaging
I am not sure if that's a reason to watch or a reason NOT to watch Fringe or OUAT for me, haha. I mean, I have heard good things about both and thought vaguely about trying them out. But, much as I adore Doctor Who, it is a glorious mess of a show, and it is very emotionally draining, and I don't think I could handle more than one of it. :P

[promethia_tenk]

Thank you! I think I am probably on the mend, at long last *kicks cold*

I find Fringe and OUAT both to be really good supplements to Moff Who? Especially for coping with unresolved Pond Family feelings. Because they both cover the same kind of themes and territory as DW but, since they're both American shows, they have so much more time to do it in. You'll be watching some scene from one of them and they'll be unpacking something that you really, really wanted Moff to get into but he only ever alluded to it.

Right now OUAT is doing all kinds of fabulous 'you're my long-lost daughter/parents and I desperately want to be with you but I don't know how to deal with the things that we're never going to get back . . .' stuff. At any rate, watching Fringe and OUAT is kind of my DW therapy. Your mileage may vary.

Also they're both very good shows in their own right!

[ladymercury_10]

I probably impose my Doctor Who feelings on waaaaay too many things already, but this sentence:

Right now OUAT is doing all kinds of fabulous 'you're my long-lost daughter/parents and I desperately want to be with you but I don't know how to deal with the things that we're never going to get back . . .' stuff.

made me wibble. Which would itself be enough to make me want to check out the show if I didn't have the TV attention span of a peanut. :P

[promethia_tenk]

I'm doing a lot of wibbling myself. There keep being scenes that I watch going 'I JUST WANT AMY AND RIVER TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. WHY. WHHHHYYYYY.'

Hurts so good. And for the time being at least, it's less of an investment than Fringe. If you ever buy yourself some attention span : )

[ladymercury_10]

YOU ARE TEMPTING ME. I have already applied much reading and writing of fanfiction to the cause of my DW feelings and the holes in them, and this might poke the holes back open again, but ahhhh I could stream the whole first season on Netflix. There are too many things and too little time, though, what with all my library books and my recently having been sucked into DC comics fannishness and my vague ambitions of catching up on RTD Who and Classic Who and then all the writing to be done for yuletide....and math homework. Mustn't forget I came to grad school for, you know, school. Gah. *flails*

[promethia_tenk]

I REGRET NOTHING *TEMPTS*

"I can stream the whole thing on Netflix" was exactly how I ended up here *g* I hear you about too many things going on, though. It's weird how that's always the way and then suddenly something that'd just been hanging around as a possibility goes and snags you by the ankle and then it's all over . . .

Yeah, you should, like, do grad school, though. That would probably be a good idea.

[ladymercury_10]

Heh, grad school has kind of been the enabler in all of this, weirdly. Since I wasn't a math major as an undergrad, I'm taking less difficult coursework than some of the other grad students, and I don't have a teaching assistantship. So I actually have less work than I did as an undergrad, weirdly, and hence more time to get sucked into all the fannish possibilities. :P

How are things going for you, btw? Still super busy with real life?

[janie_aire]

Yes, they're all the same show! And so is LOST. They're all about *remembering.*

While it's been kinda fun, fun enough for me to follow, I don't get the feels from OUAT. It's gotten more ambitious in its second season, I'll grant it that.

[promethia_tenk]

Someday, I shall watch Lost. This is a question of "when" not "if." I have to plan it carefully, though, because I know once I start, life will grind to a halt for god knows how long. *tries to be patient*

OUAT is kinda reminding me of a Whedon show? In that it's the first season and everybody still feels like some cardboard stereotype, so it's kinda frustrating and boring to watch them. But I can see where they're starting to become more like actual characters and at least on this show there are textual reasons for why they are all cardboard stereotypes, so my meta-head is satisfied at least. But I would really like it if they could get on with the being real characters already so I can feel more invested in it.

[snogged]

I've watched the first five episodes of OUAT, I think. I know that now it's on Netflix, I must find a way to finish it.

But first...I must catch up on Doctor Who. I finished the Donna Noble arc and am now onto the specials!

[promethia_tenk]

Finally have a free-ish weekend and am trying to get my inbox back under control! Sorry for the late reply.

What the heck did we do before Netflix? It feels like the dark ages . . .

I take it from your journal icon that you've gotten past the specials and on into Moff-Era? What do you think so far?

[snogged]

I've enjoyed it so far. I really have a fondness for River Song, Amy, and Rory. One of my most favorite episodes has been "The Girl Who Waited."

Also, I like Doctor 11, but Doctor 10 will always be my doctor, I think.