less homework = more fangirling

[ladymercury_10]

Everyone keeps telling me it is NO GOOD that I never finished RTD Who, and especially that I never watched any Ninth Doctor episodes.  So last night, light_frost and I watched "Rose" and "The End of the World."  (Since we don't live in the same state, this really means we were on GChat while we were watching them.  She had seen them before, incidentally.)  

Man, I thought Ten was sad, but Nine goes and hangs out at, like, the launching of the Titanic, and his idea of an impressive vacation is taking Rose to see the world blow up.  Rose and Mickey were cute, even though they seemed like they were kind of talking past each other most of the time.  And they looked so young!  Also, weirdly, the special effects were super cheesy, but "Rose" was a much creepier episode to me than many more straightforwardly creepy episodes.  I am not sure if I am more susceptible to cheesy-scary than proper-scary, or if I am just getting more susceptible to being scared by Doctor Who in general. :P

Also in fannish news, I have been trying to get in some more library comics-reading before finals/winter break, so I just finished Robin: Year One, Batgirl: Death Wish, and Batgirl: Year One.  Which, Batgirl: Year One was amazing, and pretty much everything I would want from a comic.  The art was magical, and I really liked the story and how Babs and Dick were written.  It has a lot of mythology references, and allusions to Barbara's future as Oracle and such, and other cool stuff.  It makes me so sad that it's out of print. :(

Did everybody see that fandom_stocking moved to DreamWidth this year?  I haven't finished making my stocking yet, but I am very excited to do so.  Who all is participating?  I want to know where your stockings are. :D

Comments

[aoife-hime.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly no expert, but I always thought a Northern accent sounded closer to Scottish than Irish. Which makes sense geographically. For further explanation, I found this video, which is more funny than anything, but there are some good hints of Northern vs. Southern accents.



Also, Richard Armitage has a Northern accent, for reference. If you're into period dramas (which I don't know if you are, but what the hell), check out North & South from 2004 for some good Northern vs. Southern accents (he just so happens to be the lead in it which is why I mentioned it).

Ahhh that makes sense, then! Glad you're getting around to it :)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, that is some hilariously cryptic slang. The North is indeed Mordor. :P Thank you for the link!

I don't know who Richard Armitage is, but thank you for that link also!

[aoife-hime.livejournal.com]

If you see The Hobbit, you will soon know who Richard Armitage is, as he is playing Thorin Oakenshield.

(At 0:51, he's the one who starts singing. Coincidentally, that's when the shivers start running up my spine.)

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Oh, new Hobbit trailer! Wait, when did Gandalf/Galadriel become a thing to ship? Why are they touching? I am confused! She is married, isn't she?

[aoife-hime.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely no idea. But to be fair, I don't really pay any attention to either of them because I'm too busy with the music >_> Priorities, I have them!