Fanfic and meta links (Dr. Who, Alias, Star Wars)

[selenak]

Found a delightful Dr. Who story, gen, set post-Boom Town as Rose deals with what happened between Mickey and herself. Terrific Rose-Jack interaction, ditto for Jack-Doctor. Everyone is written very well here, but Jack especially stands out: "Times Like These".

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One of the great things about Alias is that the show offers several interesting middle-aged women. Starting with SpyMommy, of course, but someone I love as much as the fascinating Irina is her quieter counterpart, Arvin Sloane's wife Emily. So I was glad to see a new Emily story and got inspired to answer this week's alias500 challenge with Emily myself:

"Marriage"

Set in late season 1, but with a spoiler for the season 4 episode "In Dreams".

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It's a question that comes up every now and then: why does Padmé love Anakin? My own take on it is pretty much similar to thalia_seawood's, which is why I was glad to read her post here.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to that Dr Who story. That's way above the usual fan-fic standard. She's a good ear for voices, especially Rose.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

She has Jossverse and Star Trek practice, and is good in all those fandoms. I was delighted to see she writes Who fic now.

[owl]

That Dr Who fic I was talking about at the weekend:

I finally got it posted.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Yay! And a delightful story it is, too. Loved the banter as well as the more serious moments between Rose and Jack, and of course, the Doctor/Tardis 'shipping.*g*

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear for Alias being in love with women of a certain age -- and better yet, women who have not been pulled, tucked, lifted, botoxed and paraffined into death masks of their 22-year-old selves. Even the unearthly-beautiful Lena Olin and Angela Bassett bear the lines of time. The very few glossy, wrinkle-free older women who appear in the show (I'm thinking of Faye Dunaway and Peggy Lipton) are invariably villains; the majority of them (Emily Sloane, Diane Dixon, Judy Barnett, Katya Derevko, etc.) are stunningly beautiful not in spite of looking their age, but because of it -- and are generally played as being emotionally complex, smart and strong in their own right. This should not be as rare as it is.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear for Alias being in love with women of a certain age -- and better yet, women who have not been pulled, tucked, lifted, botoxed and paraffined into death masks of their 22-year-old selves.

Oh yes. And you're right, this should not be as rare as it is. Also very rare in cinema - the only example of a female movie star who showed that a woman looks beautiful and attractive because of her age, not in spite of it, in the last decade or so I can think if is Susan Sarandon. But on tv? Almost unheard of. Let's hope Alias changes a few things.