Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2008 11:22:27 am PDT #3416 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

("I mean a wasp. That's GIANT!")

HOW IS HARVEY WALLBANGER ONE WORD?!


Nora Deirdre - Jul 08, 2008 11:30:21 am PDT #3417 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

HOW IS HARVEY WALLBANGER ONE WORD?!

I wanna run home right now and re-watch!


Laura - Jul 08, 2008 11:53:37 am PDT #3418 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I mourned the loss of Nine- he was my Doctor - but also accepted Ten pretty quickly.

I expected to hate DT and resisted, but it was, as they say, futile. I kinda love that the show made me love both of them.

EDIT: D'oh! Stupid grammar error! You think it'll never happen to YOU...

Hee. Truer words...


SailAweigh - Jul 08, 2008 4:03:55 pm PDT #3419 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Juliebird, you might enjoy this, it's a virtual season 5 by the same person who wrote the virtual season 4 I linked to a little while ago.

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Juliebird - Jul 08, 2008 4:54:39 pm PDT #3420 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Believe you me, Sail, the second I finished that fic (epic! Awesome! Epicly Awesome! Thanks for linky!) I began stalking and searching and looking for more and set a tracker on the alternate season five when I first read of the intent for it. Read the first ep, waiting for more!


Frankenbuddha - Jul 08, 2008 5:13:07 pm PDT #3421 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I can also buy Ten as capable of genocide or icily consigning individuals to their just desserts as he did at the end of "The Christmas Invasion" and "Family of Blood." If Eccleston had tried that it would have rung false in light of his prior performances as Nine.

I think if Nine was the one responsible for the destruction of both the Time Lords and the Daleks (ahem), or the first incarnation afterwards, he was so despondent with that kind of destruction he was incapable of such behavior (as much as he may have wanted when it came to Daleks) until The Doctor Dances. I suspect he would have kept that attitude had Nine continued, but Ten has the luxury of the memories of "everbody lives!" to draw on, and the distance of a new incarnation, so he's a bit more callous about those things.


Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2008 5:54:33 pm PDT #3422 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm not sure I understand your point, Frank. How would experiencing the ebullience of "Everybody lives!" make him more likely to engage in genocide or dole out evil punishments?


Frankenbuddha - Jul 08, 2008 5:57:18 pm PDT #3423 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

How would experiencing the ebullience of "Everybody lives!" make him more likely to engage in genocide or dole out evil punishments?

He knows it's possible, so when he sees a place where he thinks mercy is undeserved, Ten's more willing to go to the extreme because he knows somewhere down the line another "everyone lives" may happen.


SailAweigh - Jul 08, 2008 5:59:36 pm PDT #3424 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Um, if anyone's interested, I committed drabble about 4.13 in GWW. SailAweigh "The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?" Jul 8, 2008 2:34:57 pm PDT


§ ita § - Jul 08, 2008 6:13:51 pm PDT #3425 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ten's more willing to go to the extreme because he knows somewhere down the line another "everyone lives" may happen.

I disagree, since genocide is anti-everyone living.