some things i am currently happy about
Monday, 24 July 2017 22:30![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
usuallyhats1. I went to see Cursed Child the other week! I had very few expectations going in, other than that the staging would be fantastic (which it was), but friends, I loved it. I mean, I'm sure there are criticisms to be made of it? But I just enjoyed it so much. (Not least because I went to see it with raven, so we got to talk about our reactions and take photos of each other with our respective house banners. ♥) I laughed, I cried, I never knew what was going to happen, it was excellent. I'm torn between "I WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN" and "I don't want to risk diluting this wonderful experience". I do want to read the script, though, which I haven't yet done.
2a. STAR TREK DISCO NEW TRAILER AHHHHH WHAT IF IT'S GOOD
2b. I saw Star Trek Beyond a year ago yesterday, so have now been at Peak Star Trek Joy for a whole year and it's been amazing.
3. THIRTEEN. I didn't really know who Jodie Whittaker was, so it took a moment to sink in, but then I watched the teaser and suddenly had all these emotions in my eyes. And she looks so Doctorish! A little weird and otherworldly and mischievous. I can't wait. It's a shame that we still have a white actor playing the Doctor (my top picks for Fourteen: Meera Syal, Indira Varma, Josette Simon), but this means so much to me even so, not least because I was so sure it was going to be yet another white dude. Also, I watched a few episodes last season for Bill, who is wonderful, and I'm crossing my fingers that she'll be Thirteen's companion, whilst also resigning myself to the likelihood that we'll get a solo boy companion instead.
4. Character announcements for Young Justice season three! I've always found Young Justice a bit hit and miss (I still haven't seen the last three episodes), but with enough hits to keep me more or less on board. ALSO. STEPH. STEPH IN A FORMAT I CAN VID. YESSSSSSSS. Sadly no Cass, though. :( On the other hand, my three faves from the old guard (Artemis, Dick and Kaldur) are all returning, hurray! And I'm really pleased to see Arrowette too. I'm also holding out a teeny tiny bit of hope that now they're free of the constraints of whatever network they were on before, they might be able to include queer characters, as originally planned.
raven, so we got to talk about our reactions and take photos of each other with our respective house banners. ♥) I laughed, I cried, I never knew what was going to happen, it was excellent. I'm torn between "I WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN" and "I don't want to risk diluting this wonderful experience". I do want to read the script, though, which I haven't yet done.2a. STAR TREK DISCO NEW TRAILER AHHHHH WHAT IF IT'S GOOD
2b. I saw Star Trek Beyond a year ago yesterday, so have now been at Peak Star Trek Joy for a whole year and it's been amazing.
3. THIRTEEN. I didn't really know who Jodie Whittaker was, so it took a moment to sink in, but then I watched the teaser and suddenly had all these emotions in my eyes. And she looks so Doctorish! A little weird and otherworldly and mischievous. I can't wait. It's a shame that we still have a white actor playing the Doctor (my top picks for Fourteen: Meera Syal, Indira Varma, Josette Simon), but this means so much to me even so, not least because I was so sure it was going to be yet another white dude. Also, I watched a few episodes last season for Bill, who is wonderful, and I'm crossing my fingers that she'll be Thirteen's companion, whilst also resigning myself to the likelihood that we'll get a solo boy companion instead.
4. Character announcements for Young Justice season three! I've always found Young Justice a bit hit and miss (I still haven't seen the last three episodes), but with enough hits to keep me more or less on board. ALSO. STEPH. STEPH IN A FORMAT I CAN VID. YESSSSSSSS. Sadly no Cass, though. :( On the other hand, my three faves from the old guard (Artemis, Dick and Kaldur) are all returning, hurray! And I'm really pleased to see Arrowette too. I'm also holding out a teeny tiny bit of hope that now they're free of the constraints of whatever network they were on before, they might be able to include queer characters, as originally planned.
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Date: 25 Jul 2017 05:51 (UTC)The podcast Witch Please (a feminist podcast about Harry Potter, if you're not already familiar with it I highly recommend it!) has a great episode about Cursed Child. It came out recently so it should be easy to find. FYI in case this would bum you out: they read the script before seeing the play and didn't like it, and they do talk about that, although the focus of the podcast episode is definitely on how good the play is. Interestingly, there was a complete change of cast between when they saw the play and when I saw it, but their descriptions of the acting still rang true!
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Date: 27 Jul 2017 16:49 (UTC)Ooh, that sounds great, thank you! (ETA I'm listening to it right now and it's really interesting, thanks for the tip!)
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