sarren

I only kept my LJ because of the crosspost facility and the few people on my feed who didn't move to DW, but I'm done now. If anyone else does make the move, please do add me again :)

Thirteen is awesome. I love her. And she got some awesome episodes and some duds, just like all the previous doctors. I try to stay away from negativity in fandom generally, so while I'm aware of the sad fanboys that have done their best to drag her down since before she even started, I don't really know whether the decision to have less eps and the delay on having a new doctor has anything to do with her ratings/popularity.

I loved her first two seasons overall and her found family with Yas and Ryan and Graham. I watched the first couple of the 6 season 'Flux' arc a few months ago when they were airing, didn't really grab me and I got distracted. Finally sat down to finish off the series, and, full disclaimer, was tired, may have slept through bits, could tell it was an epic adventure with a cast of thousands, and was no doubt an excellent story, but I don't watch Doctor Who to watch the bad guys and one off characters take up most of the screentime while the Doctor and the companions are separated for nearly the entire series. I'm all for giving the companions agency and their own shit to do, but come on, four years?

Anyway, was pretty flat when I finished the series, but then, and this is how out of the loop I am, was pleasantly surprised to find the first of the three specials was there, Eve of the Daleks, so we watched that and I loved it to bits. It was everything I love about the show, the Doctor and companions fighting aliens together and taking care of each other and the guest stars were great too.

The Irish character sounded EXACTLY like my senior manager at work, from the sound of her voice to the phrases to the emphatic way of talking so I looked up the actress and she's a comedian as well and that sent me down a youtube rabbithole tonight.

So anyway, Aisling Bea, who i had never heard of before tonight seems great - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViPE4w1hczM


**DW wouldn't let me embed the video or hide my link tonight, and I can't even anymore. Also, its been 11 hours and no crosspost so I am just going to be manually adding to LJ and if any turn up twice ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Likes - character driven stories that focus on relationships (plot optional), first times, Big Reveals, all the tropes (eg sex pollen, undercover as gay, forced to share a bed etc etc)

DNW - major character death, rape, extreme kink, partner betrayal, established relationship (unless their getting together is in flashbacks or something), unrequited, A/B/O, mundane AU's (canon divergence, or really funky AU's like zombie apocalypse etc are fine)

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Thank you for volunteering to write my little fandom, I already love you :)

I hope I gave you plenty of ideas to play with and inspire you. I've tried to give you lots of scope, but if you find you can't work with them, or if you have another brilliant idea that excites you to write, then don't feel locked in to my prompts. I really believe the most important thing about Yuletide is writing a story that you're enthusiastic about and have fun writing.

Just briefly with the likes/dislikes - I love character driven stories that focus on relationships (either ships or devoted friendships), add as much or as little plot as you like. I don't mind angst, as long as there's a happy ending.
I enjoy all the tropes: undercover as gay/married, only one bed, soulbonds, sex pollen etc

DNW:
- major character death
- rape
- partner betrayal
- established relationship (unless their getting together is in flashbacks or something)
- Unrequited
- A/B/O
- mundane AU's (canon divergence, or really funky AU's are fine)

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A friend of mine asked where the best place to find hockey rpf vids is, and I realised that I am also out of touch about where to find vids nowadays. When did I stop watching songvids? Was it when it became super easy to rewatch actual shows and new shows, or when AO3 came along and all the fic in the world was suddenly at my fingertips?

Now, I have gone looking for vids on AO3 before and I'm not great at searching, so maybe this is the go to place now and I just don't know how to go?

Usually if I get a hankering, there's enough just on youtube to satisfy it, but when there aren't good ones I'm like, I should try harder. and then I wander off.

Also, where do I find hockey rpf vids, please?

Tonight, WA is cut off from the rest of Australia, due to floods and fire and now a cyclone up north

Here in Perth we're not impacted by the fires that are burning in all six states. (Fire Map). In NSW and Victoria the fires have been burning since November. But we're not complacent, our Go bags are packed. We've had a close call before, where we got the official text instruction to either evacuate or stay and defend. It was scary, but nothing like the people over east are facing now.

It's devastating. I don't even want to link to articles, it's too upsetting. The loss of human life is bad enough, the biodiversity loss is incalculable. We're mourning.


The only, only, positive thing about this horror is that our pentacostal Prime Minister has finally been forced to acknowledge that there is a link between the fires and climate change. This is the same guy who once brought a lump of coal to parliament in order to laud it. Basically, we're the worst Australia ranked worst of 57 countries on climate change policy

Thank you for writing for me. Please have fun and if none of my prompts inspire you, please write something that does :)

Likes
- character driven stories that focus on relationships, add as much or as little plot as you like. I don't mind angst, as long as there's a happy ending.
- all the tropes: undercover as gay/married, only one bed, soulbonds, sex pollen etc

DNW:
- major character death
- rape
- partner betrayal
- established relationship (unless their getting together is in flashbacks or something)
- Unrequited
- A/B/O
- mundane AU's (canon divergence, or really funky AU's are fine)
- surprise!het

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I have fallen down a Ted and Ralph rabbithole in the last few days (a fave of me and my BFF and we've been searching out all the clips, because some have been removed!!! There's a Lost Episode on youtube that has Ted actually ask Ralph to go out with him and the lads to a gentleman's club and then it literally cuts off!! And we can't find the rest, or anyone who knows what his answer was. AAARRRRGGHHH.



Also, I have decided that this was Ralph's look during his Experimental Theatre phase (clip is the actor when he was in a punk band)

Quick q - is it easy to get Halloween themed marshmallows in the shops or would you order them online? Is there a popular sweets brand that would do them? Like, google tells me Peeps is in the UK but more popular in the US/Canada.

Single mom raising a super hero kid. Nine episode season on Netflix. Really enjoyed the characters, and interesting plot development and great climax. Trailer