Another Day of the Doctor promo:
David Tennant introduces The Day of the Doctor - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC One - YouTube
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
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This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2013 5:55:06 am PST #23821 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dana - Nov 19, 2013 6:02:54 am PST #23822 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just rewatched TNG's "The Inner Light", and now I think I'm going to be crying all day.
EpicTangent - Nov 19, 2013 7:49:14 am PST #23823 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
You'd think of Death as being a bit more eternal than some schmuck who got recruited in the 18th century, though. So of course my brain went to, "No one was going to stop for the Dread Horseman Abraham. Last Death was a fellow called Cummerbund. The original Death is retired and living comfortably on a tropical island."
FIST BUMP!
"That makes NO sense."
Jessica - Nov 19, 2013 7:51:15 am PST #23824 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You'd think of Death as being a bit more eternal than some schmuck who got recruited in the 18th century, though.
Not if you spent the summer before 7th grade devouring the Incarnations of Immortality books! Death is eternal, the specific guy who's the Horseman Of Death can change.
EpicTangent - Nov 19, 2013 8:21:20 am PST #23825 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, so THAT's the problem! It was the summer before 8th grade for me! :) Though you're right, that does actually help with the handwavium. (Thinks back fondly on the days before she noticed that P. Anthony was kinda pervy and still really enjoyed his books.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 19, 2013 8:32:31 am PST #23826 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Didn't Anthony write that book with a creeptastic section about a trial for a grown man who's "unjustly" convicted for molesting a seductive little girl? shudder
EpicTangent - Nov 19, 2013 8:42:40 am PST #23827 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I honestly don't remember a lot of the details, but that was the pervy- 16- and 17-year-old girls were so often his protagonists/heroines, and were so often paired with middle-aged to (in one of the Incarnations of Immortality books) elderly men. I'm generally slower than a lot of the readers here to catch objectionable themes, but even I finally caught on to (and was creeped the hell out by) the trend.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2013 8:45:21 am PST #23828 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Honestly, I was going through puberty at the time, so I didn't really notice much beyond HEY THESE BOOKS HAVE SEX IN THEM I LIKE BOOKS WITH SEX IN THEM.
So, you know, probably. Piers Anthony is a pretty creeptastic guy.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2013 8:55:13 am PST #23829 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My puberty reaction was "those older men seem disturbingly interested in my panties." And I took all the books and dumped them outside a bookstore. I didn't even want money for them. Then needed to be gone, and I went back to Jondalar's epic schlong for my sex stories.
EpicTangent - Nov 19, 2013 9:00:50 am PST #23830 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I think when I was 15 or 16, it seemed completely reasonable to me that girls my age were being treated as adults. Kinda cool even. But by 18 or 19, the girls started being SO YOUNG, and I felt like judging the 70 year old for dating the 17 year old was not only okay but right and proper.