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On being practical, and That Spoiler
Despite my instincts against such a thing, I've had to concede that since the contents of my flat have to fit in here by Wednesday something has got to go and the choice is pretty much between books, Doctor Who stuff and furniture. Since I know what will happen if I suggest the latter to parent, it's books. So far I've excised old statutes, parts of fantasy trilogies that I picked up in charity shops that I thought "oh, right, yes, of course I'll get the next/previous part" and I'm pretty sure that since it's now several years later that ain't gonna happen, and my somewhat excessive collection of art books. Mostly Impressionism stuff, since I'm pretty sure I'm never going to have much enthusiasm for it ever again.
And I've still got three boxes of books sitting on the floor and about another hundred or so sitting along the walls and really, really I can't get rid of anything else. That's 'can't' as in 'won't,' in the petty and stubborn sense.
And then there's stuff like piles of old DWMs and Galaxies that I quite like, but they do just sit there and I haven't read them for years. And dozens of atrocious DVDs I've accumulated because I happened to like the actors in them. And my Hammer movies (WHY DID THEY MAKE SO MANY?) and *flails*. I should have spent more money on getting drunk at uni and less being a bloody magpie.
Also Ilya is fixed, hurrah! I get him and all his shiny back tomorrow. I am going to miss Word though. I forgot how much I love it over Works.
Had a strange moment wandering about the Beeb DW site earlier as was looking for a new background for this computer (ancient gallfrey now; shiny, shiny drawing done by someone for the Lungbarrow e-book). Was looking at Rose's gallery and got a wee bit sad and melancholy. Quite a lot. Surprisingly so really. Cause, yeah, there were moments this series where I would have cheerfully done something Not Very Nice to her, but she's been smashing really and she's leaving and that makes me terribly sad indeed. I no like Endings very much. Regenerations and leavings always make me sad when I watch them. That's one of the many Reasons why I love Liz. She leaves off-screen, thus sparing me Pain. And, and, I think the only leaving I've felt blah about was Dodo. Because the Doctor was just a git there, dude, and she was rubbish, but she still didn't deserve to be shoved off-screen in episode two of her final story because she'd gone crazy and then be pretty much forgotten about.
Also the Brigadier never says goodbye, because he always comes back and I love him for that. He is never going to die, you know. NEVER.
Right, yes, so while I do not think I will be bawling like a wean for a good half hour or so like last year, I do think it will be Painful and WOE. Yes. Dude.
Ah, and I found a half-eaten Easter egg in a box. Chocolate does not go out of date does it?
And I've still got three boxes of books sitting on the floor and about another hundred or so sitting along the walls and really, really I can't get rid of anything else. That's 'can't' as in 'won't,' in the petty and stubborn sense.
And then there's stuff like piles of old DWMs and Galaxies that I quite like, but they do just sit there and I haven't read them for years. And dozens of atrocious DVDs I've accumulated because I happened to like the actors in them. And my Hammer movies (WHY DID THEY MAKE SO MANY?) and *flails*. I should have spent more money on getting drunk at uni and less being a bloody magpie.
Also Ilya is fixed, hurrah! I get him and all his shiny back tomorrow. I am going to miss Word though. I forgot how much I love it over Works.
Had a strange moment wandering about the Beeb DW site earlier as was looking for a new background for this computer (ancient gallfrey now; shiny, shiny drawing done by someone for the Lungbarrow e-book). Was looking at Rose's gallery and got a wee bit sad and melancholy. Quite a lot. Surprisingly so really. Cause, yeah, there were moments this series where I would have cheerfully done something Not Very Nice to her, but she's been smashing really and she's leaving and that makes me terribly sad indeed. I no like Endings very much. Regenerations and leavings always make me sad when I watch them. That's one of the many Reasons why I love Liz. She leaves off-screen, thus sparing me Pain. And, and, I think the only leaving I've felt blah about was Dodo. Because the Doctor was just a git there, dude, and she was rubbish, but she still didn't deserve to be shoved off-screen in episode two of her final story because she'd gone crazy and then be pretty much forgotten about.
Also the Brigadier never says goodbye, because he always comes back and I love him for that. He is never going to die, you know. NEVER.
Right, yes, so while I do not think I will be bawling like a wean for a good half hour or so like last year, I do think it will be Painful and WOE. Yes. Dude.
Ah, and I found a half-eaten Easter egg in a box. Chocolate does not go out of date does it?
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My take on a lot of the books, actually, is that, rather than being canon or not-canon, they're Schroedingers-cat-style might-be-canon-if-you-don't-open-the-box. (If we've seen half a dozen Loch Ness Monsters, I'm very happy accepting other, more sensible, mutually exclusive canon.) So I don't feel a need to accept or reject the Looms; the way I see Who, they can be just as canonical as anything else I choose to think is plausible. Just, y'know, maybe not at the moment I want them not to be. :)
Wasn't losing the real Tardis in the AU a complete editing accident? :) I gather they didn't realize it until readers brought it up.
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A mistake? Heh! I never heard that - As I recall there's continuity in the following books about losing all their stuff, and the AU Old Girl being extra-tetchy because she didn't like them. It's possible they edited that in at the last minute.