Tsunami of Polls: We moved back into the restored apartment....

[red_satin_doll]

......and my first "official" act in fandom was to:

[Poll #1965322][Poll #1965322]

And the correct answer is....


#5! Yup, a massive, massive fail on my part.  Actually, all of the choices represent a massive fail on my part, except for the last choice for which I DO NOT APOLOGIZE.
(She was mentioning how a character in her new novel has an opportunity to mindwipe the memories of another and doesn't because he respects her too much and it's not what she would want. Also, she just began watching btvs S1 at my urging and is NOT impressed with Angel or Xander. At all.) I actually spent hours making icons for slayerstillness challenge #22 "A Room Full of Emptiness" (Negative Space)" ("Ooh, I can do this one!"); hours dithering over which to chose before deciding to actually ask my beta wickedbish for help; and then failed to send him the link to the Photobucket folder so he could actually see the icons. By the time I figured out my mistake, it was too late to enter the challenge. (And I'm a little pissed at myself, because I think I made some good icons and really enjoyed getting back into the creative flow for the first time in weeks.)

But at least I manage to vote as the deadline isn't until tomorrow (midnight your time) hence still time to vote and pimp it - so there's a penance, at least.

And entries are being accepted for the latest challenge #23 (deadline Friday) so there's lots o' time left to enter. Yup, lots o' time....

The only fail more massive is #4 - I have NOT gotten around to congratulating all the winners of the Willowy Goodness Awards, including velvetwhip, snogged, foxstarreh, clockwork_hart1, tiny_white_hats, and snowpuppies amoung others. Congratulations to all the winners (by which I include "Runners Up" aka the silver and bronze medalists). I actually did vote in that one too and cheese on a cracker did you folks make it painfully hard to choose!

ETA:  ALL credit to the amazing eilowyn for urging me to watch Orphan Black, which I'd never heard of until she mentioned it.

Comments

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I can has?

Of course you can! (If I come up with something I like better, you'll be the first to know)

When you've seen that scene, you'll know why!

You mean the gift BGF linked to upthread, where she uses her prehensile tongue on him? Awesome.

Eleven is like a dotty grandfather version of Seven.

Interesting! *strokes chin* I recently read a wiki write-up of Seven and Ace to explain it to someone else and they sounded very very much like - Buffy and Giles in their dynamic. Which is part of the reason I want to watch it again. They were my first surrogate father-daughter pairing in fiction that I became fascinated with (later Satine and Zidler, Buffy and Giles, Jordan Cavenaugh and Garret Macy...it's a thing with me apparently. NOT biological fathers-daughters in fiction, though.)

Of course the effects will probably be even worse than I remember!

[elisi]

First of all - sorry about vanishing! I got interrupted and then... life. (No really, I have no excuse. SORRY.)

Of course you can!
Yay!

You mean the gift BGF linked to upthread, where she uses her prehensile tongue on him? Awesome.
And here I was, trying not to spoil you... (But it IS awesome.)

Interesting! *strokes chin*
I watched from the start of New Who (so, Nine onwards), and never watched any of the Classic show until fairly recently. But I wrote an essay for Chicks Unravel Time about Ace. <3 <3 <3

I recently read a wiki write-up of Seven and Ace to explain it to someone else and they sounded very very much like - Buffy and Giles in their dynamic. Which is part of the reason I want to watch it again. They were my first surrogate father-daughter pairing in fiction that I became fascinated with
Mmmm, yes. Although Eleven doesn't have that kind of relationship with his companions. He's more like a dotty grandfather, or mad uncle.

(Watch The Eleventh Hour and you will see. *g*)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

When did you vanish? What, for three days? OH HONEY, you have no idea.

Three days isn't vanishing in my book. If you skip out for three years, then apologize. :D

(But it IS awesome.)

Well some things are too good to be kept secret! And it's not a major plot-point or anything like that.

But I wrote an essay for Chicks Unravel Time about Ace. <3 <3 <3

I think you mentioned that to me but I'd forgotten! Ace, oh yes! After we'd watched all the other "old who" doctors in college, Ace and Seven felt like a revelation to us.

One of the biggest differences with Seven & Ace to Buffy and Giles is that Seven held ALL the cards in terms of power, knowledge etc (but it's been twenty years since I've watched); it's closer to a "normal" parent-child relationship in that respect. Buffy has more "power" to the group than a child normally does - or rather, she's the child in the dysfunctional family who is expected to take care of the adults rather than the other way around, the one on whom all expectations are riding. (See also: Satine and Zidler.) And there's really not a template for that in our culture. It's how a lot of parent-child relationships actually function but not how the culture tells us they are supposed to.

(Watch The Eleventh Hour and you will see. *g*)

My must-watch list is getting longer by the day *Scribbles*

[kikimay]

ELEVENTH IS LOVE. *fangirl mad screams*

I'm sorry. I just had to. I love Eleventh Doctor. It would be awesome if you'd become a fan too of the New Who. And you're going to love Vastra and Jenny, they are so smart, resorceful and badass together. Also River Song and Amy Pond and their MAJESTIC HAIR OF DOOM. (Badass ladies with the best hair in the world) and I think you're going to love Rory too. (Amy's boyfriend)

If you watch DW let us know!