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Long time, no see. Real life has been captivating, to say the least. Add to that a distinct lack of an active fandom, and presto, instant silence.

But, SyFy has managed to get me hooked on Sanctuary - it had to happen, they've been airing the show back to front for ages now, and hey, come on, Amanda Tapping! - and my love for the Doctor is flaring again, even though I missed out on most of Martha's and all of Donna's journey and will plunge right into the fray with Eleven and Amy. Oh, and then I watched X-Men: First Class last week, and has there really ever been a time when I did not adore the beautiful mess that's Charles and Erik?

So ship-wise, it's John and Helen as well as Charles and Erik at the moment, and both ships seriously make me want to dip my feet into fandom again. I feel like starting out with tiny little ship manifestos and maybe a little declaration of love for the Doctor, especially Nine, because The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances were the first episodes of Who I ever watched, and they've left an overwhelming impression.

Gene Hunt, du coole Sau.

Ich hab den totalen Life on Mars Flash. Die 70er sind so gar nicht mein Ding, aber nach 2-3 Episoden hatte ich mich an die Atmosphäre gewöhnt und wham! war ich mittendrin in Sammies durchgeknallter kleiner Welt. Hab mir gleich die zweite Staffel geordert und bin gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen auf das Ende. Schade nur, dass die ganze Serie gerade mal 16 Folgen hat. The good die young, huh.

Bin irgendwie zu faul heute für Englisch oder vielleicht war mir auch einfach nur mal wieder nach der guten alten Muttersprache.

In der Zwischenzeit plage ich mich mit einer Idee für ein Doctor/Master Dings, bei dem ich mich nicht entscheiden kann, welcher POV für die Story besser funktioniert. Den Kern der Sache transportieren beide Blickwinkel, nur eben aus einer anderen Sichtweise. Der Master POV wäre von daher interessant, weil er den Leser ziemlich unwissend lässt und sich das Gesamtbild langsam aufbaut; der Doctor POV steigt schneller ein und dürfte den Leser tiefer in die Story ziehen, weil er mehr vom Ausmaß der Misere enthüllt. Ach Mann, ich wünschte, ich würde solche Sachen nicht immer zu Tode denken, sondern einfach mal losschreiben. Perfektionismus is doof.

Ich glaube, mein AU, in dem Rose der Time Lord ist, hat sich schon totgelaufen, bevor ich überhaupt angefangen habe. Mal wieder ein gutes Beispiel für eine kreative Fehlzündung: zuerst bin ich total begeistert, und wenn ich das Ding dann nach 48 Stunden nicht geschrieben habe, heißt es hasta la vista, baby.

Blöder Tag heute, so im ganzen gesehen. So bin ich eigentlich ganz zufrieden; es nervt nur tierisch, dass ich zu nix Lust habe und mich für nix so richtig begeistern kann.

2 weeks to go until my vacation and I'm hanging on by a thread. I can do it!

Finally saw Voyage of the Damned last week and quite enjoyed it (Christmas Invasion still is my favorite by far). Astrid reminded me of Rose with her Doctor-saving ways, which made me miss Rose something fierce. And then there was the trailer for the Wonderful Adventures of Donna and the Doctor, which looked good but for the fact that it didn't give me even the tiniest glimpse of what I'm sure quite a lot of New Who fans are looking forward to.

Also saw Vantage Point on Saturday. I liked the narrative structure and how the respective threads came together in the end; nicely done, that.

I'm still stalling my Torchwood watching; I guess I'll end up mainlining the remaining eps in early April. Which would give me time to work on a Ianto/Ten nonsense piece that got stuck in my brain because of the pretty. Ten and Ianto and the art of making tea and a living on a ship that's bigger on the inside.

I miss Rose. Fiercely. (This came out of nowhere and will either fade quickly or last until summer. I fear the latter.)

New Torchwood on Wednesday and I'm excited. It's been a while since I was sucked into any fandom so maybe Jack and Gwen and Owen will do the trick. I'm even looking forward a tiny little bit to Jack/Ianto, although the pairing did nothing for me last season. Ianto just never really registered on my radar, I guess. Let's just say I'm going into season 2 with a wide open mind.

Haven't seen the Who Christmas special yet but then last week was one crazy hell of a mess so I'm sort of excused.

I didn't get much reading done last year, so for 2008 I'm planning to up the ante (that really shouldn't be too hard). A few days ago I got started on Pratchett's Aching trilogy, next in line is I Am The Messenger followed by On Chesil Beach.

Movie-wise, 2007 was equally underwhelming but there's good stuff on the horizon already: Indy 4, Hellboy 2 (oh, how I want to see that one), Narnia: Prince Caspian, My Blueberry Nights and Cassandra's Dream, to name just a few. I'm sure I'll be picking up some more along the way.

I haven't written a single thing in the whole of 2007. Written down it looks even worse than it sounded in my head. Thing is, I don't exactly feel moved to write in any of my fandoms right now, although I do feel a certain pull towards the X-Men (AU Jean/Erik of all things - why do I have to get hit with the crazy so often?). I feel pretty blah about everything else but again I'm counting on Torchwood to do the trick.

So, yeah, 2008 - here I come.

[4] TARDIS
[8] Nine
[4] Nine/Rose
[3] Rose
[4] Ten/Rose
[5] Ten

[3] Team Torchwood
[4] Jack Harkness
[3] Gwen Cooper
[1] Toshiko Sato



( into the vortex )

I want to do one of them five things things, with Rose and Ten and probably porn. Yup.

5 things in which:

a) Rose gets to save the world (if not her own)
b) a tea party is being had
c) clothes get swapped (t-shirt-porn mmmguh)
d) the Doctor isn't allowed to talk for a while
e) fruit is being eaten in a non-work-safe way

And then there is that longer thing, the quite possibly impossible phantom time story, which is giving me headaches because time travel tends to do that to me. Yikes.

In other news, there might be a Who icon post soon(ish).