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annissamazing) wrote2011-06-15 10:57 am
annissamazing) wrote2011-06-15 10:57 am
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This is me angsting
I've been hesitant to post about this stuff, so here it is all at once.
I'm nervous about Dominic's school. I set my alarm for midnight so I could be among the first to submit an application for open enrollment at the school my sitter's kids go to. The application wasn't open by 12:30, so I went back to bed. It was up at 5, so I submitted it then. Dominic is in the last group of kids that will be considered because he is a non-resident of that particular city and he has no siblings in higher grades. I'm terrified he won't be accepted, because neither Justin nor I will be able to pick him up from school in the afternoons. We really need our sitter to do it, and she can't do it if he doesn't go to the same school as her kids. I'm sure there's some kind of a solution if open enrollment doesn't work, but I'm afraid it would mean finding a new sitter. And I don't know when they intend to notify which kids were accepted.
I'm nervous about fall semester. I'm worried I'm taking on too much at once.
I'm scared about my upcoming trip. I'm terrified I'm going to die in a fiery plane crash. This is normal for me, so I won't focus too much on it.
Lastly, I need to finally admit that I don't care for this incarnation of Doctor Who. I don't think I'm at the I-refuse-to-watch-this-season-anymore point (and because of the midseason break, it doesn't actually matter), but I feel like the people who are completely enamored of this season are trying to push me, and people like me, that direction and it makes me feel angry. Like I'm not the fan they want me to be, so I'm not worth anything and need to stfu. Which is why I've stopped posting about it. I don't want to be all Negative Nelly about it constantly. I want to concentrate on the things I have enjoyed (and there have been things!), but I feel like the things I don't care for have been outweighing the things I've liked.
I've been comparing it to fanfic a lot lately. I think that it's an apt comparison because the writers are fans telling new stories using someone else's characters. Season 5 and what I've seen of season 6 feel like fanfic from a very popular author whose characterization I don't buy, whose OCs I don't understand, and whose themes I don't enjoy. I'm not saying that Moffat's Who is bad. I'm saying it's not for me.
Soon I'll be watching more of the Classic Series and I'm sure there will be eras that I don't care for for similar reasons, but I'll still watch them, because (as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gement so eloquently put it) I still love the shape of the show. I'll continue watching Season 6 and even though this era isn't my cup of tea, chances are good that future eras will be.
I'm nervous about Dominic's school. I set my alarm for midnight so I could be among the first to submit an application for open enrollment at the school my sitter's kids go to. The application wasn't open by 12:30, so I went back to bed. It was up at 5, so I submitted it then. Dominic is in the last group of kids that will be considered because he is a non-resident of that particular city and he has no siblings in higher grades. I'm terrified he won't be accepted, because neither Justin nor I will be able to pick him up from school in the afternoons. We really need our sitter to do it, and she can't do it if he doesn't go to the same school as her kids. I'm sure there's some kind of a solution if open enrollment doesn't work, but I'm afraid it would mean finding a new sitter. And I don't know when they intend to notify which kids were accepted.
I'm nervous about fall semester. I'm worried I'm taking on too much at once.
I'm scared about my upcoming trip. I'm terrified I'm going to die in a fiery plane crash. This is normal for me, so I won't focus too much on it.
Lastly, I need to finally admit that I don't care for this incarnation of Doctor Who. I don't think I'm at the I-refuse-to-watch-this-season-anymore point (and because of the midseason break, it doesn't actually matter), but I feel like the people who are completely enamored of this season are trying to push me, and people like me, that direction and it makes me feel angry. Like I'm not the fan they want me to be, so I'm not worth anything and need to stfu. Which is why I've stopped posting about it. I don't want to be all Negative Nelly about it constantly. I want to concentrate on the things I have enjoyed (and there have been things!), but I feel like the things I don't care for have been outweighing the things I've liked.
I've been comparing it to fanfic a lot lately. I think that it's an apt comparison because the writers are fans telling new stories using someone else's characters. Season 5 and what I've seen of season 6 feel like fanfic from a very popular author whose characterization I don't buy, whose OCs I don't understand, and whose themes I don't enjoy. I'm not saying that Moffat's Who is bad. I'm saying it's not for me.
Soon I'll be watching more of the Classic Series and I'm sure there will be eras that I don't care for for similar reasons, but I'll still watch them, because (as
gement so eloquently put it) I still love the shape of the show. I'll continue watching Season 6 and even though this era isn't my cup of tea, chances are good that future eras will be.
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Lastly, I need to finally admit that I don't care for this incarnation of Doctor Who. I don't think I'm at the I-refuse-to-watch-this-season-anymore point,
and
I'm not saying that Moffat's Who is bad. I'm saying it's not for me.
*fistbumps*
Word, Sister. Word.
I agree with you completely on this. It's not that I didn't like S5, it's just that I didn't like it as much as previous seasons. One of my best RL friends can't understand that and it drives me crazy.
I won't say I've flounced but I've HAVE drifted away from the show in an ambivialent *handflap* sort of way. I have no desire to re-watch S5. The fact that I haven't seen any of S6 does not bother me at all. While two years ago when S4 was playing on the BBC and I was waiting until the Fall to get it on the CBC; it was driving me bananas.
I don't think it should be expected that everyoe MUST enjoy every season of Doctor who. I also think that there are a lot of people out there who need to pause and think for a moment before they click post when they are writing reviews or opinions (on anything in general really). Sure, I've railed against what SM but only when he says something I've found to be ignorant or irritating.
That being said, I LOVED Sherlock! I thought it was fanstastic and I really want to see the next season. I will admit, I hope he isn't the one who writes Irene Adler. I find him to be hot and cold with female characters. Sometimes he's spot on, sometimes ... well it's 'off'.
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LOL
I loved Sherlock, too! And I really loved most of the episodes Moffat wrote for Davies. Also, I adored Coupling. So I acknowledge that Moffat is a very good writer. His ideas for Doctor Who just aren't floating my boat. His characters are coming off as very flat, and when they show depth, I'm often left wondering at their motivation.
And, I'll be honest, I'm working through some issues from the mid-season finale. I'm trying to see what he did to Amy as interesting plot, but I'm only seeing marginalization and an unrealistic reaction. One day I'm sure I'll rant about this, but today is not that day because my thoughts are all over the place.
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*waves like a problem-child monkey*
*Pats you*
I went through similar feelings since DT left. At first I was all angst and CAPSLOCK RAGE. This mellowed into apprehension and intrigue which sadly became apathy not excitement.
I warmed to Eleven but never liked him as much as I like Ten and Nine. I never warmed to Amy unless Rory was around then, for some reason, Amy became palatable. But even then I found the whole then "meh". I remember the socks I was knitting (purple crazy stripe done on two circular needles) while 'watching' S5 better than S5 it's self.