Oh, internets.

[eponymous_rose]

Checked out the Who Anon meme, just to see what all the fuss was about. That's, uh. Fandom at its peak. Yes. Somebody hit me upside the head if I ever get the urge to check it out again - there's only so far you can justify "for the lulz" before it just becomes cruel and unusual punishment for everybody involved. Nobody comes outta one of those looking good - and this has reminded me why I'm so very fond of my lurky lurkity lurkish ways (and the all-encompassing anger of the most prevalent parts of fandom reminds me why I tend to keep to gen-fic - brr).

Had a surreal experience today listening to an internet radio station from, um, Sweden, I think - they were announcing the winner of some contest, and he happens to live about fifteen kilometres from me. I have since come to the conclusion that approximately half the internet lives within a few blocks of me. Must go door-to-door at some point.

Speed-read "Venusian Lullaby" (which means I probably missed everything important, but enjoyed pretending I hadn't for a half-hour), which was by and large an enjoyable read - I'm a sucker for extreme portrayals of humans as alien. Seemed like there was a terrible tendency for all the important things to happen "off-screen", as it were - somebody is in danger, cue VWEEERPdiddledeedumdiddledeedum cliffhanger music, and suddenly oh, that spot of mortal peril? Happened ages ago - where've you been? I really appreciated the way it came together in the end with a nice sort of symmetry, though (in the obvious ways, but also with Ian watching the explosion as Barbara had done earlier), and the portrayal of Barbara in particular was very nice: her pragmatism came to the fore, which makes me happy. And in need of rewriting bits of my ficathon piece. Right.

Great aliens, though. Really fun.

Comments

[eers.livejournal.com]

Venusian Lullaby? What is that? A book, or the script of a missing serial? Because it sounds interesting. :D

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

It is indeed interesting! It's a book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venusian_Lullaby) in the Missing Adventures line (simple enough - just fill-in-the-gaps stories for all the previous Doctors). Takes place right after "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", which is an interesting place to go, and features the First Doctor, Ian, and Barbara!