various who related things

[usuallyhats]

- Bristolians! Cabot Circus are doing some outdoor screenings this summer, including episodes of Doctor Who on the 12th and 19th of June. Anyone up for this?

- I finished The Armageddon Factor last night! (I really like that story, despite its flaws. Merak's utter bafflement throughout makes me laugh. Plus, two Romanas! Sort of. Also K-9 getting to do lots of plot stuff on his own is fun.) Which means that up next is SEASON SEVENTEEN. silly_cleo keeps telling me that I will love it, and I trust her judgement, since I suspect that if I were to draw a Venn diagram with "stuff silly_cleo likes" in one circle and "stuff usuallyhats likes" in the other, there would be significant overlap.

- Also last night I listened to the first part of "The Wreck of the Titan". SIX. JAMIE. I had a big silly grin on my face throughout the first scene. ♥ Also, I did not recognise Miranda Raison's voice at all, even knowing it was her.

- There has been a lot of discussion of Amy Pond recently! Here are a couple of recs: lizbee's post here and misscam on disliking female characters, displays of compassion, standards and feminism.

One thing I have seen cropping up every now and then is the idea that it's unrealistic for Amy to be weird because we haven't seen anything in her past that would lead her to behave that way. I have two problems with this idea!

1) In The Eleventh Hour, we find out that she's an orphan and that her aunt is perfectly happy to leave her alone in the middle of the night. Then the Doctor turns up, takes her fears seriously, fixes the crack in her wall, tells her he'll be back in five minutes... and disappears. And no-one believes that he was ever there. That sounds like a perfectly good set of reasons to me!

2) And even if none of that were true, why does there have to be a reason? Can't that just be how she is? I mean, I identify her quite a lot: she, like me, is very self-contained (I feel like she sees the world as divided into people she knows, with whom she's comfortable, and people she doesn't know, who she doesn't quite know how to interact with properly). We're not identical, of course - she's much more outgoing than I am, for a start (understatement of the century, there), but my point is: I don't have a particular reason for being this way! I had a very happy childhood and have continued mostly happy ever since. I'm not broken. I'm not damaged. I'm just weird.

(And now I am resisting the urge to sing the Raggy Dolls theme tune.)

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh the stupid stuff about Amy makes me despair of people!! I want to bang heads together (in lieu of head:desking myself!)

The Armaggedon Factor is quite good fun in places!

Alexander Siddig's also in Wreck of the Titan - and marvellously good as usual!

[usuallyhats]

Oh the stupid stuff about Amy makes me despair of people!! I want to bang heads together (in lieu of head:desking myself!)
*nods* Not liking her is fair enough, but some of the things being said are making me sad.

Alexander Siddig's also in Wreck of the Titan - and marvellously good as usual!
I am looking forward to him turning up! He is great in everything.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I don't mind if people don't like Amy (we can't all like the same companions - it'd be boring if we did, anyway), but the nonsense that's being spouted is just ridiculous. Doesn't make me sad, makes me mad!

Yes, Alexander IS great in everything. (I have an urge to relisten to him playing Rosco the giant centipede person)

[usuallyhats]

Rosco! ♥ ♥ ♥ I loved him; I was so sad that we never found out that he was definitely ok.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I know!! Poor Rosco... :(

[netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com]

I am rolling my eyes in ernest at some of the stuff being said about Amy. First of all, if I had legs like Karen's I'd wear mini-skirts all the damn time. Second of all, the Amy being weird thing. Guys, we're on the internet talking about a time travelling alien in a blue box. And you want to judge someone for being a bit weird. Really?

All this is making me wish I liked Amy more than I do, because no way do I want to be lumped in with these morons.

[usuallyhats]

Guys, we're on the internet talking about a time travelling alien in a blue box. And you want to judge someone for being a bit weird. Really
Hee, good point!

All this is making me wish I liked Amy more than I do, because no way do I want to be lumped in with these morons.
Just so you know, I am definitely not lumping you in with them! You are far too sensible and awesome. ♥

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

What, people don't like Amy? The only thing I didn't like was her trying to seduce the Doctor that one time because I've had enough of that from Rose, but at least she was upfront about it. I think she's great, and not very weird at all! No more weird that anyone would be who met a time-traveller as a kid. :-)

[usuallyhats]

She reads as a little weird to me, but I like that! It's not so much people disliking her (which is fair enough!) but some people seem to be into outright bashing, slut shaming etc. D: Plus there's the "she's unrealistic" argument, which I don't agree with but again is a matter of opinion - it's just this one particular element of it that's been annoying me.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yay! Seriously, season 17 is the awesomest! :D As is season 16, actually! :D The Armageddon Factor is indeed a lot of fun despite its flaws. :D

Also I know I'm not a Bristolian but maybe I could come visit one of those weekends and that could be one of the things we do? :D

Also, fandom is a bit ridiculous, I've sort of been ignoring the Amy hate, I kind of love her. Even if I AM weeks and weeks behind, what with the nuts that is my life just now...

[usuallyhats]

Based on episode 1 of Destiny of the Daleks I am going to go out on a limb and say you are right about season 17. :D

Also I know I'm not a Bristolian but maybe I could come visit one of those weekends and that could be one of the things we do? :D
Yes! Seriously, I ♥ this idea. You can be an honorary Bristolian!

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Yay! Of COURSE I am! :D

Eee, ok! More likely the second one but will see what I can do! And yay, thank you! :D ♥

[usuallyhats]

Yay! Keep me posted - it would be lovely to see you if you can make it. ♥

[rainshaded]

The outdoor screenings sound fun! I could make the 12th, if you wanted to meet up?

I saw The Armageddon Factor recently, and I agree with everything you said there!

Sorry for the late reply! I've been away from here for so long, I'm unused to it and have so far worked up to scanning who_daily every few days.

[usuallyhats]

Yay! That would be good. The screening's at seven, so I guess meet-up times would depend on the trains? I'm seeing some Bristol people tomorrow evening who might also want to come, so I'll let you know if we make any plans.

(and no need to apologise! ♥)

[usuallyhats]

I've got one other person who wants to come, but we haven't really made any plans beyond "meet up at some point, ideally before it starts", so if you're still interested in coming, let me know and we can organise timing and so on!

[rainshaded]

I'm still interested! I have nothing to do, so any time is good for me.

[usuallyhats]

Yay! I was thinking I'd probably head down to the centre at about 5.30/6ish, so maybe you could come over around then and then text me when you get into town so we can meet up? Do you know your way from the station to the centre of town?

[rainshaded]

Sounds good. There's a train at five and, catching that, I'd be getting into town around quarter to. By centre, do you mean in the general vicinity of the fountain? (There is a fountain, right? In a square? I hope my memory's not playing tricks on me.) If you do, then yes, I do.

[usuallyhats]

Shiny - I'll come and meet you there at about 5.45, then!

[rainshaded]

:) See you there then. Looking forward to it!