Who that is New! Let's kill Hitler!

[lizbee]

Contrary to my usual practice of watching for the first time IN HALLOWED SOLITUDE, I watched LKH with suburbannoir and then followed it with the second season finale of The Wire.  So instead of jumping straight on the computer and flailing a lot and having LOTS OF FEELINGS, I kind of just drifted (okay, hobbled) into my room and wondered if I even wanted to make a post.

Not because I didn't like it!  I totally enjoyed "Let's Kill Hiter".  It made me laugh, wibble, mash faces together to make them kiss in my mind, etc.  I was a bit eyerolly at some parts, but "Oh, Moff, do try to be less sexist sometimes" is not exactly flames on the side of my face.

But apparently lots of people did hate it, and I don't want to make a post if they're just going to come into my LJ and tell me about it.  So let me pre-emptively say, "Cool story, bro!" and be done with it.

SO, YES, BITS I LIKED:

- M E L S!!!  I knew she was introduced as a childhood friend of Amy and Rory, and that her name indicated to some speculators that she was going to turn out to be River.  And I was like, "Pssh, no way" and instead believed the rumour that she was the next companion.  But no, she was River.  Technically, River II, with the child in the space suit as River I and Alex Kingston as River III.  NIFTY.
- Now, next time someone tries to say something about there being no black Time Lords, we can show them a gif of Mels, and then Rory punching Hitler in the face.
- I hope next we find out that Mel Bush is also River Song.
- I was kind of afraid we were going to get Yet More Blathering About How You Can't Change The Past, and also something kind of trite about Nazis being bad.  Instead, we had Rory punching Hitler and River sending a room full of Nazis running into the street in their underwear.  So that's nice.
- Also: "I was just on my way to a gay Gypsy Bah Mitzvah for the disabled when I thought, hey, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish,  isn't it?"
- Actually, on a proper analytical note, I thought that both the woman playing Mels and Kingston at certain moments were laying it on a bit thick. 
- HOW IS AMY POND SO LOVELY?
- RORY!  His sort of surprise at himself when he does something alpha mannish is endearing. 
- UNEXPECTED ROSE.  AND MARTHA.  AND DONNA.  And the Doctor feels shame and guilt regarding all of them.  AS HE SHOULD. 
- I often feel bad for Eleventy, that he tries so hard to be a good peson, and yet keeps having to pay for Ten's crimes.
- I feel worse for River, being stuck with Ten when she dies.
- The Department of Justice people were kind of boring and irritating, but I liked how it was essentially a Starfleet vessel that is shaped like a human.
- I was kind of eye-rolly at the "aiming for a dress size" and joke about River's changing weight and wardrobe, but on the other hand, the Doctor's current first preoccupation on regeneration is his hair colour, and in River's shoes I would be mostly concerned with my bra size.  Also, running off to weigh herself was the pretext for applying the poison lipstick.  CLEVER.
- I feel like I really need to write more River 'n' Azula now.



In short, those were my FEELINGS.

In other news, the swelling on my ankle has finally started to go down a little.  I'm going back to work tomorrow, which is a bit of a terrifying thought.  I'm seriously wondering how feasible it is to get off the train, then take a tram for the single block that takes me uphill.  But then I'll have a downhill walk for most of a block to get to the office.  Damn.

And I cracked the 10,000 word minimum on my Avatar Big Bang yesterday.  Only it's a stupid minimum and I think I'm only about halfway through the story.  And oh look, rough drafts are due on August 31.  Fortunately they accept detailed outlines, and then you have another two months to finish the thing.

Comments

[weaver]

COMMENTING BEFORE READING ANYTHING SPOILEY - i don't have proper internet till Tuesday here, so i am still waiting on my broadband dongle to downloadinate Who.

BUT: You could get off the train at Flagstaff and tram down Latrobe? That would at least eliminate most of the hilly parts. I think the monitors do that when they have heavy bags of stuff.

... unless that's what you meant already, in which case, carry on.

Where is the box that contains my pants? WHY CAN'T I FIND IT? MOVING HOUSE STINKS.

[lizbee]

I've been thinking of Flagstaff, but that means getting my lunch and all ready in advance. THAT MUCH PLANNING IS HARD. Is there anywhere to get a roll or something that will keep until lunchtime at Flagstaff?

[weaver]

There is not much variety, but there is a little pies-and-sammiches place inside the gates on the ticket-buying level. Other than that, not really, not if you're walking to Lonsdale. Oh, there's a place - helvetica cafe - just outside it, on the fed court side, that does passable sammichy things.

[lizbee]

I know the Helvetica, but I don't love their sandwiches.

Maybe I can bribe someone in the office to pick something up for me at lunchtime.

[weaver]

I COULD BRING YOU SAMMICHES.

... only I'm probably too lazy to walk up from King, and my lunchtime doesn't coincide with yours.

[lizbee]

I appreciate the thought!

[weaver]

Azula's doubtful face has shamed me sufficiently. If you find yourself starving between one and two i will bring you sammich!

[lizbee]

That's amazing. What else can Azula get you to do?

But seriously, don't worry about it. I have leftovers from my dinner. (But thank you.)

[terajk]

- I feel like I really need to write more River 'n' Azula now.

Do it! (I'm not very familiar with Dr. Who, but I liked that River & Azula story you wrote really a lot.


And I cracked the 10,000 word minimum on my Avatar Big Bang yesterday.

Yay!

*Crosses fingers for your ankle*

[lizbee]

Do it! (I'm not very familiar with Dr. Who, but I liked that River & Azula story you wrote really a lot.

RAISED TO BE A SOCIOPATH

I LOVE THEM

[copracat]

There was much of this episode that made me happy. The complete sidelining of the Hitler plot was particularly fun.

[kerravonsen]

Spoilers will feel a tingling sensation and then death.
LOL!

Now, next time someone tries to say something about there being no black Time Lords, we can show them a gif of Mels, and then Rory punching Hitler in the face.

Indeed.

UNEXPECTED ROSE. AND MARTHA. AND DONNA. And the Doctor feels shame and guilt regarding all of them. AS HE SHOULD.

True.

RORY! His sort of surprise at himself when he does something alpha mannish is endearing.

Go Rory!
Especially since we got all those scenes of Rory looking like a dork when he was a kid.

The Department of Justice people were kind of boring and irritating, but I liked how it was essentially a Starfleet vessel that is shaped like a human.
It felt like 50's Sci-Fi to me. Or 70's. Like Time Tunnel crossed with Land of the Giants.

Also, running off to weigh herself was the pretext for applying the poison lipstick. CLEVER.

It's cool that that's the first appearance of her favourite weapon: lipstick.
But one thing bugs me about that, now that I think about it: how does she avoid being poisoned herself?

I feel like I really need to write more River 'n' Azula now.

Because they can bond over their mutual psychopathy?

[trouble]

She's worked up an immunity to iocane powder.

[jesuswasbatman]

I thought of that but she's just regenerated and I don't think mithridatism would carry over. Maybe it was something only toxic to full-breed Time Lords.

[kerravonsen]

LOL!
Oh very good.

[jesuswasbatman]

I think there have been black Time Lord extras before, but this ep was the first to explicitly show one changing Earth-definition ethnicity.

[miss_s_b]

Yes, this.

[miss_s_b]

- I often feel bad for Eleventy, that he tries so hard to be a good peson, and yet keeps having to pay for Ten's crimes.
- I feel worse for River, being stuck with Ten when she dies.

Tru dat

[trouble]

I have a lot of mixed feeeeeelings about this episode. I loved Alex Kingston, though, I thought she was awesome, and there was a lot of cool awesome stuff in it. So!

BUT I THINK MY LADIES BIG BANG FIC HAS BEEN JOSSED AND I AM DISTRESSED. (I knew I should have it up and posted before the next episode. Ah well.)


Please take care of your ankle. <3

[thedorkygirl]

You said it, lady.