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stunt_muppet at 11:26pm on 19/04/2010 under comics, doctor who, fanfics, randomness, sarah jane adventures, transformers
stunt_muppet at 11:26pm on 19/04/2010 under comics, doctor who, fanfics, randomness, sarah jane adventures, transformersTHE TV GODS HAVE SMILED ON ME ONCE AGAIN.
So, apparently, this next season of Sarah Jane Adventures will include a two-parter featuring Eleven and JO GRANT.
*deep breath* EEEEEEEEE AUTUMN GET HERE FASTER.
I mean. I just. When they said that a Classic companion would be on SJA this coming season, the first person I actually thought of was Jo, but in a "oh, ha ha, that'd be awesome but it'll never happen" kind of way. AND THEN IT DID, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE BBC IS VERY INTERESTED IN CATERING TO MY EVERY WHIM.
ONE DAY. PONY. DELIVERED TO MY DOOR.
That said, I'm...actually kind of nervous about this, once I sit down and think about it for a moment. Because I am so very protective of Jo and I don't want her awesomeness to be spoiled. I'm scared that, when she shows up again, she'll be pining. Or longing for the Doctor or going on about how nobody was ever as good as him, or how nothing in her life ever matched up to him, because RTD's very big on the "Doctor >>>>>> everything else in the universe" sentiment and one of the reasons I adore Jo so much is that that's so not what she's about. She moved on, she's independent enough to do her own thing, and darnit she has to have a great life after she left the show. I don't even like reading fanfic that suggests otherwise, that's how damn overinvested I am.
And as squeeful I am at the idea of My Ship getting that much more screentime, I am at once nervous that their relationship on SJA will be All Wrong (like including the aforementioned pining) or that it'll be mean-spiritedly Jossed even though there's no real reason to think that will happen.
That said, ELEVEN. AND JO. AND SARAH. ALL TOGETHER. And if fandom does not make with the Eleven/Jo and Sarah/Jo and Sarah-and-Jo-have-adventures-with-the-kids fic right quick I will just lose faith in it completely. :D
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Oh, and J, R, and I went to Comic Book Shop again today, and we came home with what is possibly the awesomest comic I've ever seen: Time Lincoln.
In which time-traveling Abraham Lincoln fights Evil Time-Traveling Psychic Super-Stalin. With the help of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, and Issac Newton.
Yes, really.
Yes, it's mostly for the "lol, historical figures as superheroes" fun-times, coming across rather like a comic-book Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny, but it's pretty well-drawn for what it is. Also, time-traveling Abraham Lincoln. I do not believe this can be emphasized enough.
Why did I not start reading comics earlier? They are full of such crack and I'm not even into the actual long-running series yet.
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Also, given that I am finally managing to catch up a bit on schoolwork, someone please take me aside and remind me that it would, in fact, not be a good idea for me to write Optimus/Sentinel/Elita humanized College!AU. I just think they'd make adorable college buddies, is all, what with Sentinel and Elita dragging Optimus away from studying to go take road trips with them or accompany them to parties. And for some reason I really like the idea of them watching football together.
It would be a similarly bad idea to write threesome fic for them with Elita being bossy to her boys but I don't admit to even starting that, you can't prove anything. *shifty eyes*
I have new fic ideas almost every day and I have neither time, patience, nor capability to write even a fraction of them. So frustrating.
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Furthermore, I am also tasking you with preventing me from getting a Twitter. Despite my long resistance I'm beginning to contemplate it, and that frightens me.
So, apparently, this next season of Sarah Jane Adventures will include a two-parter featuring Eleven and JO GRANT.
*deep breath* EEEEEEEEE AUTUMN GET HERE FASTER.
I mean. I just. When they said that a Classic companion would be on SJA this coming season, the first person I actually thought of was Jo, but in a "oh, ha ha, that'd be awesome but it'll never happen" kind of way. AND THEN IT DID, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE BBC IS VERY INTERESTED IN CATERING TO MY EVERY WHIM.
ONE DAY. PONY. DELIVERED TO MY DOOR.
That said, I'm...actually kind of nervous about this, once I sit down and think about it for a moment. Because I am so very protective of Jo and I don't want her awesomeness to be spoiled. I'm scared that, when she shows up again, she'll be pining. Or longing for the Doctor or going on about how nobody was ever as good as him, or how nothing in her life ever matched up to him, because RTD's very big on the "Doctor >>>>>> everything else in the universe" sentiment and one of the reasons I adore Jo so much is that that's so not what she's about. She moved on, she's independent enough to do her own thing, and darnit she has to have a great life after she left the show. I don't even like reading fanfic that suggests otherwise, that's how damn overinvested I am.
And as squeeful I am at the idea of My Ship getting that much more screentime, I am at once nervous that their relationship on SJA will be All Wrong (like including the aforementioned pining) or that it'll be mean-spiritedly Jossed even though there's no real reason to think that will happen.
That said, ELEVEN. AND JO. AND SARAH. ALL TOGETHER. And if fandom does not make with the Eleven/Jo and Sarah/Jo and Sarah-and-Jo-have-adventures-with-the-kids fic right quick I will just lose faith in it completely. :D
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Oh, and J, R, and I went to Comic Book Shop again today, and we came home with what is possibly the awesomest comic I've ever seen: Time Lincoln.
In which time-traveling Abraham Lincoln fights Evil Time-Traveling Psychic Super-Stalin. With the help of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, and Issac Newton.
Yes, really.
Yes, it's mostly for the "lol, historical figures as superheroes" fun-times, coming across rather like a comic-book Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny, but it's pretty well-drawn for what it is. Also, time-traveling Abraham Lincoln. I do not believe this can be emphasized enough.
Why did I not start reading comics earlier? They are full of such crack and I'm not even into the actual long-running series yet.
---
Also, given that I am finally managing to catch up a bit on schoolwork, someone please take me aside and remind me that it would, in fact, not be a good idea for me to write Optimus/Sentinel/Elita humanized College!AU. I just think they'd make adorable college buddies, is all, what with Sentinel and Elita dragging Optimus away from studying to go take road trips with them or accompany them to parties. And for some reason I really like the idea of them watching football together.
It would be a similarly bad idea to write threesome fic for them with Elita being bossy to her boys but I don't admit to even starting that, you can't prove anything. *shifty eyes*
I have new fic ideas almost every day and I have neither time, patience, nor capability to write even a fraction of them. So frustrating.
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Furthermore, I am also tasking you with preventing me from getting a Twitter. Despite my long resistance I'm beginning to contemplate it, and that frightens me.
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And yes, I have the Exact Same Worries - but right now I'm just all bubbles and sunshine because.... Joooooo!
Also, I WANT that comic!!! I totally WANT IT! I want to see Lincoln and co. as superheroes!
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I will see what I can do about making this wonderfulness available to all. :D It really is as entertaining as it sounds.
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And I know, I don't mean to ship Doctor/Jo all over everything, but I can't help it! I just. They're so. I CAN'T NOT SHIP THEM, DON'T MAKE ME DO IT.
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Also, have you read the book Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter? It just arrived here from Amazon. :) Written by the same guy who did Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The daughter can't wait to read it!
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I haven't! I wasn't even aware that it existed! I'm almost finished with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I have Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, but I'm looking forward to reading that one now as well.
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Oh yes, comics are utter crack. The mainstream superhero comics keep trying not to be, and having Big Important Storylines about Major Issues... but basically? Comics are crack.
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Why should one not write Optimus/Sentinel/Elita humanized College!AU? Really, I want to know. Is it just that the fandom is snobby about such things?
(I have a minor fandom I will not name that's had some lovely AUs written in the past, but now seems to be entirely populated by people who dislike them... and I keep getting AU ideas for it, but I'm too nervous to write them. Woes.)
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I see no reason one would want a Twitter. It would suck up all of one's time and provide unparalleled opportunities for drunk!posting. ('Course, me, I don't even have to be drunk to drunk!post...) Does that help? ;-)
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It helps, I think, that there are more comic franchises out there, including some with a much more specialized audience, which means writers can cut loose in a way they really couldn't with TV or film. Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's bad, but it does mean there's a much higher quotient of lunacy in the comic book world.
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The fandom is generally pretty lackadaisical about whatever AUs, situations, or pairings you want to write; the reason I want to be dissuaded from writing it is because I simply don't have time. I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with school as it is! Writing big elaborate AUs will only make it worse!
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The reason I contemplate it is because it seems like it might actually take up less time than LJ - I could just post quick thoughts without getting sucked into checking my flist and wanting to respond to comments, and besides so many writers and directors and artists and bloggers have one and I like reading their thoughts.
But then I remember that even on Twitter I'd just end up replacing reading my flist with reading my Twitter feed and waste just as much time. I hate it when reality sets in. :(
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So. Yeah. I'd recommend it. :D
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I am now entirely and fully cheerful. Anything in my life can be dealt with, because SARAH AND JO AND ELEVEN EEEEEE!
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THE POWER OF SQUEE IS IMMENSE. There should be more awesome news to cheer us up about the state of the universe.
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Seriously!! Can it be here now? (Or how about now?) I can't wait. RTD makes me nervous, but still... I. CAN'T. WAIT.
Also, regarding Twitter: I resisted for a long time, finally signed up, and found... I barely use it. I think after being LJ for so long, the way comments show up as tweets just makes no sense to me.
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Yeah, that is the one thing I'd have trouble with - I'd have to retrace people's Tweets to figure out who was replying to me and there'd end up being branching threads of comments throughout several people's Twitters and I'd end up wasting even more time than I already do on LJ. Which is sort of counterproductive.
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