I am agreeably non-traumatized.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Dana - Sep 29, 2012 4:59:05 pm PDT #21223 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
DebetEsse - Sep 29, 2012 5:07:18 pm PDT #21224 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
A bit teary, but not traumatized. I think Moffat did well on that one.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2012 5:11:05 pm PDT #21225 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really hope they retire the Angels, at least for a while. They've totally broken their worldbuilding. The whole moving unseen shit is kerfucked. They were kinda creepy this time (as opposed to the two-parter which didn't really hit me that hard), but whenever I stopped to think, pieces fell apart much faster. Wibbly wobbly only gets you so far.
Jon B. - Sep 29, 2012 5:16:24 pm PDT #21226 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
whenever I stopped to think, pieces fell apart much faster.
Really. Like Liberty could really wade though the harbor and the streets of Manhattan with no one looking at her?
t edit (It *was* a great visual though!)
DebetEsse - Sep 29, 2012 5:31:19 pm PDT #21227 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It really was. They did put the building right by the water...but still.
Anybody remember whether Rory and Amy were the same age in school?
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2012 5:37:38 pm PDT #21228 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never assumed they waded, I thought they just zoomed. Still, during said zooming, someone is looking in that direction. And is that why, when Rory and Amy were looking at each other before the plunge that it didn't make a move on them? They should have said their pieces without looking at each other, shouldn't they?
Dana - Sep 29, 2012 5:42:47 pm PDT #21229 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Yeah, I need fandom to work out when they lived.
DebetEsse - Sep 29, 2012 5:44:51 pm PDT #21230 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
My thought was "Amy was 5 years older than Rory...I don't think there was that sort of age gap. I suppose she could have out-lived him. Or she got sent just a bit further back. Oh, that would be a fic that would make people cry a lot."
Frankenbuddha - Sep 29, 2012 7:14:35 pm PDT #21231 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I still cant quite grasp why the Doctor can't got back and see them/get them, but I thought it was a nice way to give the Ponds a way out,
Though Rory's dad might disagree.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 29, 2012 10:33:28 pm PDT #21232 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
In my house we are discussing why they became the Williams and not the Ponds. They were so much the Ponds that Melody was Pond (for the clever retcon around her name). I say to create a new identity apart from the Doctor (with his Mr Pond thing). Not quite sure though - it's a little irritating.
I think the age thing on the graves was just about her outliving him. Plenty of women outlive their husbands.
I liked the episode. Amy's been my favourite companion. Want the rest of the season though - way too short.