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hafitalHorseback riding yesterday was the only respite I've had from DW since Saturday. 2 hours of being completely occupied with other things! Wonderful!
My horse yesterday was a fiesty pony called Alaska, who was not in the mood to be ridden at all. He refused the bit and ran away actually, and wasn't that fun! So, one of the working students had to help me get the reigns on, and then we proceeded to have a battle of wills in the riding ring, but I still had a blast. The lesson was almost all cantering, which was a lot of fun, even when I was practically tossed from the saddle more than once. I'm nothing if not tenatious though, and so I did not fall, thank you very much.
I cut the lesson a bit short because it was hot and stressful, and I hadn't had enough water again. oi. But the instructor said Alaska was being a big butt, that I did good despite that and you know, not flying off the saddle. At times I had to almost lie back entirely, while still hauling on the reigns and kicking. hahah. I'm more sore today, though, than I have been.
I've really got to learn to be more bossy.
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This still picture from Harry Potter and the HBP is quite possibly my new favorite thing ever in the history of ever. LUNA I LOVE YOU PLEASE NEVER CHANGE.
And also this one. Oh Ron. <3 <3 <3 I'm a Ron girl, always have been, always will be. hee!.
Okay, now I'm excited for the film, woooo.
~~~
I haven't much tried to read any of the DW fixit fic that's being posted at the speed of light right now, but I did read one story that I will recommend to those inclined --
Four Hearts, by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fid_gin, Ten/Rose/human!Ten, not at all shmoopy, still sad and bittersweet and conflicted and all that, and okay yes the Ten/Ten action was totally hot, yo, while not overly pr0ny. I have my priorities, doncha know.
~~~
And more Journey's End thoughts, and maybe this is the last of it.
-- Wow are people really conflicted about this finale! I don't know why I'm so surprised. It's rather fascinating, though. So many of the would be Doctor/Rose shippers are now not RTD's biggest supporters anymore. Oh, for the fickleness of showrunners and fans, a relationship more doomed than Doctor/Rose. haha. I laugh, although I also sympathize. :/
-- It's not just the D/R shippers though. There's a lot of conflicted whoohaa out there, not just in fandom. I don't know. The more I sit with JE, the more I'm okay with all of it, but tv writers do love ripping their heroes lives apart, you know. It goes hand in hand. You rarely get happy endings in TV. At best, it's bittersweet. Or happy with a big all dollup of WTF. Or someone's version of happy, which is usually not any one elses version of happy.
-- Okay, I admit to watching the Confidential kiss a few times. :D But, I sort of love Billie Piper in the clip, more than the actual kiss. I've never really seen her interviewed before, she's so much prettier than Rose. That's fascinating. And I love what she says here. See! Conflicted!!
--Like I said earlier, the longer I sit with JE, the more I'm okay with it. To the point that now I'm almost happy Donna is no longer with the Doctor, and totally grooving on human!Ten/Rose. I end up thinking this with just about all of his companions, that they're better off without him. I mean, I love it when they're with him, and then I'm like "omigod FLEE. FLEE AS FAST AS YOU CAN", and if they're forced into leaving him, well, we can't have everything I suppose. There's all this talk right now about RTD not believing any person in their right mind would voluntarily leave the Doctor, which I don't actually disagree with it even if I also disagree with it (hah! yes, I'm wishy washy, what of it?), and all this about companions (lack of) agency and stuff, but like I was saying tovioletisblue, at this point I don't care if they skip out of the TARDIS or have to be shoehorned out of there, but I do think they should LEAVE. Somehow.
--So, I believe Donna Noble is going to be so much better than fine, now. She can be specatulary normal, or spectacularly not at all normal, and either way, she's going to be AWESOME. And also, better than before, and even better than with the Doctor. And I'm sorry, but I just cannot chose death over life for her. I can't! Because, she's going to be amazing! Of course she is. And maybe that makes me as guilty as the Doctor.
-- I don't mind so much that Donna begged at the end, or that Rose was once again "given no choice", I mean it doesn't make the Doctor that nice of a guy, but again that's more HIS issue, not theirs. Divorcing RTD for a moment, as difficult as that might be *g*, people keep saying Donna and Rose had no choice, that the Doctor made the decisions for them, but they did make a choice, a clear choice, and what the Doctor did was steamroll right over it! Not quite the same thing, and not necessarily better, but I do think the difference is important. The Doctor damns himself, just as every other hero in the history of heroes across the span of human history. It's what they do.
-- Hey, maybe Moffat will do the unexpected and give us a happier Doctor! You never know! I was reading someone's LJ about RTD leaving Moffat an even more broken Doctor than Nine, and I don't know, it made me laugh. Like RTD stomped all over DW and broke into a thousand peices and then was like "hey Moff, i had a DW for you but then I eted it" to Moffat. hahaha. man, I crack myself up.
~~~
man, work? what is this work thing you speak of?
My horse yesterday was a fiesty pony called Alaska, who was not in the mood to be ridden at all. He refused the bit and ran away actually, and wasn't that fun! So, one of the working students had to help me get the reigns on, and then we proceeded to have a battle of wills in the riding ring, but I still had a blast. The lesson was almost all cantering, which was a lot of fun, even when I was practically tossed from the saddle more than once. I'm nothing if not tenatious though, and so I did not fall, thank you very much.
I cut the lesson a bit short because it was hot and stressful, and I hadn't had enough water again. oi. But the instructor said Alaska was being a big butt, that I did good despite that and you know, not flying off the saddle. At times I had to almost lie back entirely, while still hauling on the reigns and kicking. hahah. I'm more sore today, though, than I have been.
I've really got to learn to be more bossy.
~~~
This still picture from Harry Potter and the HBP is quite possibly my new favorite thing ever in the history of ever. LUNA I LOVE YOU PLEASE NEVER CHANGE.
And also this one. Oh Ron. <3 <3 <3 I'm a Ron girl, always have been, always will be. hee!.
Okay, now I'm excited for the film, woooo.
~~~
I haven't much tried to read any of the DW fixit fic that's being posted at the speed of light right now, but I did read one story that I will recommend to those inclined --
Four Hearts, by
fid_gin, Ten/Rose/human!Ten, not at all shmoopy, still sad and bittersweet and conflicted and all that, and okay yes the Ten/Ten action was totally hot, yo, while not overly pr0ny. I have my priorities, doncha know.~~~
And more Journey's End thoughts, and maybe this is the last of it.
-- Wow are people really conflicted about this finale! I don't know why I'm so surprised. It's rather fascinating, though. So many of the would be Doctor/Rose shippers are now not RTD's biggest supporters anymore. Oh, for the fickleness of showrunners and fans, a relationship more doomed than Doctor/Rose. haha. I laugh, although I also sympathize. :/
-- It's not just the D/R shippers though. There's a lot of conflicted whoohaa out there, not just in fandom. I don't know. The more I sit with JE, the more I'm okay with all of it, but tv writers do love ripping their heroes lives apart, you know. It goes hand in hand. You rarely get happy endings in TV. At best, it's bittersweet. Or happy with a big all dollup of WTF. Or someone's version of happy, which is usually not any one elses version of happy.
-- Okay, I admit to watching the Confidential kiss a few times. :D But, I sort of love Billie Piper in the clip, more than the actual kiss. I've never really seen her interviewed before, she's so much prettier than Rose. That's fascinating. And I love what she says here. See! Conflicted!!
--Like I said earlier, the longer I sit with JE, the more I'm okay with it. To the point that now I'm almost happy Donna is no longer with the Doctor, and totally grooving on human!Ten/Rose. I end up thinking this with just about all of his companions, that they're better off without him. I mean, I love it when they're with him, and then I'm like "omigod FLEE. FLEE AS FAST AS YOU CAN", and if they're forced into leaving him, well, we can't have everything I suppose. There's all this talk right now about RTD not believing any person in their right mind would voluntarily leave the Doctor, which I don't actually disagree with it even if I also disagree with it (hah! yes, I'm wishy washy, what of it?), and all this about companions (lack of) agency and stuff, but like I was saying to
violetisblue, at this point I don't care if they skip out of the TARDIS or have to be shoehorned out of there, but I do think they should LEAVE. Somehow. --So, I believe Donna Noble is going to be so much better than fine, now. She can be specatulary normal, or spectacularly not at all normal, and either way, she's going to be AWESOME. And also, better than before, and even better than with the Doctor. And I'm sorry, but I just cannot chose death over life for her. I can't! Because, she's going to be amazing! Of course she is. And maybe that makes me as guilty as the Doctor.
-- I don't mind so much that Donna begged at the end, or that Rose was once again "given no choice", I mean it doesn't make the Doctor that nice of a guy, but again that's more HIS issue, not theirs. Divorcing RTD for a moment, as difficult as that might be *g*, people keep saying Donna and Rose had no choice, that the Doctor made the decisions for them, but they did make a choice, a clear choice, and what the Doctor did was steamroll right over it! Not quite the same thing, and not necessarily better, but I do think the difference is important. The Doctor damns himself, just as every other hero in the history of heroes across the span of human history. It's what they do.
-- Hey, maybe Moffat will do the unexpected and give us a happier Doctor! You never know! I was reading someone's LJ about RTD leaving Moffat an even more broken Doctor than Nine, and I don't know, it made me laugh. Like RTD stomped all over DW and broke into a thousand peices and then was like "hey Moff, i had a DW for you but then I eted it" to Moffat. hahaha. man, I crack myself up.
~~~
man, work? what is this work thing you speak of?
