Links

[selenak]

Real life busyness makes for short entries, so, just a couple of links from different fandoms:


Lost:

Rosetta: Penny Widmore meets Benjamin Linus. Conversation about fathers and daughters ensues. To say more would mean keeping you from this great character study, so go, read!


Torchwood:

Shining nowhere but in the dark: Sandman/Torchwood crossover and coda to the s2 finale. Focuses on the obvious suspects plus Jack.


Doctor Who:
Some great observations about Donna in The Runaway Bride, refuting certain statements made in the wake of Partners in Crime.

Comments

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Rosetta: read that a while ago, and yes, it's lovely. Thank you for recommending elliotsmelliot to me a while back, she is a very good writer.

Donna: nice essay also. I still don't feel the same way about her in RB, but I disliked the whole special intensely, so that's that (this of course also let to me not rewatching it, so meddow absolutely has a point about that making the difference seem sharper.). And I see no reason not to be practical about the whole thing - I was okay with her in PiC, so the chance seems high I'll be okay with her during the rest of the season.

However, the discussion does make me wonder what kind of debates Old Who Companions would have sparked, had modern media fandom existed back then like it does now.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

*g* I think calapine gave us the ultimate rely to that one, here (http://calapine.livejournal.com/372397.html).

Re: RB - fair enough - I also have a special I won't rewatch due to intense dislike, only in my case it's "The Christmas Invasion". However, since I'm not sure you were already reading my ramblings back then, might I point to my essay about how RB foreshadows the entire third season, here (http://selenak.livejournal.com/306859.html)?

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

*g* I think [info]calapine gave us the ultimate rely to that one, here.

Oh!

I've read your ramblings, as I always find your meta interesting and thought-provoking, and you definitely have a point that it foreshadows the themes of Season 3. My problem with Bride is certainly not structural. I think partly I found it mean-spirited, and partly I was just cranky about the end of Season 2 in general. (Not a Dalek or Cybermen fan, me, so the finale wasn't exactly a joy.)

[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a Sandman/Torchwood crossover! That story was very lovely. Thanks for the rec!