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inmyriadbitsFuck. I forgot that Doctor Who can make me cry like very few other things can.
Because I've been hormonal and antisocial the last few days (thanks, ovaries!), I've finally spent some time catching up on old TV; namely, watching the end of S3 Veronica Mars and all of S2 Doctor Who.
Talk about starting with a bang and ending in a whimper. I adore S1 VMars, for the record; I count it among the best seasons of television I've ever seen. But then it all went horribly wrong, and I've often wondered why. A lot of it has to do with my personal theories about genre TV and such, which I am perhaps too drunk to relate right now, but suffice it to say that the S2 premiere fucked things right up and it's never been the same since. It's a bad sign when Mac and Piz become your favorite characters, don't you think? I would love to read good post-series fic. I was kind of interested in the idea that Veronica becomes an FBI agent. I'm not sure it would work that well, because Veronica, IMO, has never been interested in law enforcement, per se; she's more like a Western hero or a noir private eye, imposing her own personal concept of justice on the rest of the world. Her personal code doesn't exactly mesh with the rest of the world, and that's part of what makes her interesting. So the idea of her having a career in law enforcement? Well...I think it would vacillate between wildly successful (when she agreed with the laws) and disastrous (when she didn't). Still, I would like to see it. I've been tempted to write a crossover between VMars and Brick, which is a high school noir set in high school, for those of you who don't know. Brendan meeting Veronica would be fascinating, let me tell you. It would be kind of Bogart meets Bacall, in the best of ways. Anyway, it was kind of sad to see what the series came to in the end. I couldn't make myself feel anything about that last shot, really, which is a shame.
As for Doctor Who, oh. My heart. I'd forgotten how hard this show pulls on my heartstrings, which was probably why I've hesitated to go back to it for so long. I very much imprinted on the Ninth Doctor, and I did not see his death coming. I cried so hard over the S1 finale, I can't even tell you. As much TV as I watch, I can promise you that I've never had such a hard reaction to a character death ever, which is saying something. I really loved Rose, too, and that made this season ending almost as hard. I knew it was coming this time, at least; with all the people talking about Martha and other companion(s), it was impossible not to know it was coming, but it still hurts. Oh, it hurts. I don't know what it is that gets to me so much about this series, but I just buy into it and the characters in a way I never do with anything else, and then it breaks me. *sobs*
Because I've been hormonal and antisocial the last few days (thanks, ovaries!), I've finally spent some time catching up on old TV; namely, watching the end of S3 Veronica Mars and all of S2 Doctor Who.
Talk about starting with a bang and ending in a whimper. I adore S1 VMars, for the record; I count it among the best seasons of television I've ever seen. But then it all went horribly wrong, and I've often wondered why. A lot of it has to do with my personal theories about genre TV and such, which I am perhaps too drunk to relate right now, but suffice it to say that the S2 premiere fucked things right up and it's never been the same since. It's a bad sign when Mac and Piz become your favorite characters, don't you think? I would love to read good post-series fic. I was kind of interested in the idea that Veronica becomes an FBI agent. I'm not sure it would work that well, because Veronica, IMO, has never been interested in law enforcement, per se; she's more like a Western hero or a noir private eye, imposing her own personal concept of justice on the rest of the world. Her personal code doesn't exactly mesh with the rest of the world, and that's part of what makes her interesting. So the idea of her having a career in law enforcement? Well...I think it would vacillate between wildly successful (when she agreed with the laws) and disastrous (when she didn't). Still, I would like to see it. I've been tempted to write a crossover between VMars and Brick, which is a high school noir set in high school, for those of you who don't know. Brendan meeting Veronica would be fascinating, let me tell you. It would be kind of Bogart meets Bacall, in the best of ways. Anyway, it was kind of sad to see what the series came to in the end. I couldn't make myself feel anything about that last shot, really, which is a shame.
As for Doctor Who, oh. My heart. I'd forgotten how hard this show pulls on my heartstrings, which was probably why I've hesitated to go back to it for so long. I very much imprinted on the Ninth Doctor, and I did not see his death coming. I cried so hard over the S1 finale, I can't even tell you. As much TV as I watch, I can promise you that I've never had such a hard reaction to a character death ever, which is saying something. I really loved Rose, too, and that made this season ending almost as hard. I knew it was coming this time, at least; with all the people talking about Martha and other companion(s), it was impossible not to know it was coming, but it still hurts. Oh, it hurts. I don't know what it is that gets to me so much about this series, but I just buy into it and the characters in a way I never do with anything else, and then it breaks me. *sobs*
