*is waiting*

Stupid slow downloads! *shakes fist*

Come on, I can see there is wank about the new ep already, I want to see the damn thing so I know what they are all wanking about already. And the quickest one I could find is only at 10%, and will be over another hour away.

*sighs*

To kill time: Doctor Who hits fandom_wank. Again. And yes, that was me who reported it.

It's a prequel to Wank de Pompadour, you see...

ETA (11:42am): Episode at 74%, with 25 minutes remaining. Wank seems a success - several people have been convinced to watch the show. I am currently pointing in the direction of certain comms, and advising on episodes.

*has seen it*

And... I think I loved it. Not nearly so much as School Reunion, which was awesome, but I really did like it a lot.

More later.

Also, it seems it has caused the fandom to go into meltdown - which just makes me like it even more.

(I have come to the conclusion that I am very contrary. I like characters that get a lot of bashing - Mickey, Jackie, even Adam to an extent. I defend Rose amongst old-schoolers, but when I come across n00bs fangirling her, I can't stand her. I am rather fond of Six's coat. And an episode that gets the fandom into uber-wank automatically gets put up a few notches.

I have no idea what this is saying about me, really.)

Oh, I'm going to need some new icons...

“One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.”

So, The Girl in the Fireplace. When I initially commented on this, I said I really liked it, but not quite as much as School Reunion. On rewatching, I have adjusted my opinion a bit, and would place it equal with SR - main basis for this being, as I said in a comment somewhere, that while it didn't effect me quite so much emotionally (Reunion made me cry, this just made me tear up), it had so much of the glorious style I loved about Tooth and Claw, but with character stuff as well.

( Have you met the French? My God, they know how to party! )

( Themes and Character Arcs )

So, non-spoilery summary: It was beautiful, it was stylish, it was clever, it was witty, it was effortlessly quotable, it had twists I never saw coming, and it was weird as all hell. And I loved it. The Doctor was central to this story, and there was some serious character stuff going on - I so called it about these last two episodes. Reinette was... perhaps not the best guest star so far, but she certainly did what she had to do, and did it in spades. Mickey sadly didn't get enough to do, but he did have some fab moments, and Rose was not there hugely, but I think I like how she was characterised a lot better.

So, in combining the the things I liked best about the two eps before it - the style of Tooth and Claw, and the character stuff of School Reunion, as well as Moffatt's genius for plot, and we got something beautiful and brilliant. All it needed was a bit more time, perhaps, and a bit more going on with Mickey and Rose, and it would have been perfect.

Also, the commentary for this pwns liek whoa. Moffatt and Noel Clarke = teh funny, and some great stuff is brought up. I reccommend it to everyone.

Next week: Cybermen! And the Doctor in a tux, on the shallow end of things.

A final word: I was going to do a slightly emo rant about how sad it made me that certain fandom individuals (No, not the Asexualists, the rabid Doctor/Rose shippers or Rosefen) whose opinions I respect and think a lot of, seemed to consider certain parts of this episode as equivalent to character rape, or at least as rather OOC. Now, maybe it's just because I am blinded by love by this episode, but I didn't see anything that seemed particularly OOC - thoughtless, maybe, but not OOC (I speak of this above). And the fact that these people, whose thoughts I rate so very highly are fuming so much makes me... terribly sad.

Wanky types I can laugh at. Character bashing annoys me. But being outraged by something that I rather liked... it just makes me so sad. Because I loved it, and I want other people to love it too, and I just don't understand how they can feel this way.

So, to prevent emoing up the joint, I give you a few essays on the topic (all highly spoilerised), that sort of entend my thoughts on why I feel it wasn't at all OOC or anything:
By Calapine
By Doona Rose
By EbonyBeach
By Yuxonomei
Good Lord, it's a shipper showing some sanity!. Yes, this essay is through the Doctor/Rose POV. But this makes the sanity in it all that more remarkable.

(Also, I find it really bizarre that I have found more outrage about this episode on LJ (and TWOP) than on the OG. Either the OG types are (mostly) being surprisingly sane for once, or I am getting better at avoiding the crazies over there. Also, I seem to be agreeing with a lot of people whose opinions I am normally very opposed to, and disagreeing with people I normally do agree with. Weird.