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Uh, okay I'm getting a few bad vibes off my flisters about "mood spoilers" for Torchwood. If I spoiled anyone, I'm sorry. It was completely unintentional (looking back, the most spoilery thing I thought that I posted out of cut is how emotionally heart-rending this week's been but I was actually thinking of the whole storyline and tone of the week rather than specifics so I handwaved it off. Um. Possibly I'll cut that sort of stuff in future? I know I prefer to know before going in if something is going to be "happy bunnies!" or "kick you in the teeth" but I'm getting a lot of NOs off people who disagree.)

Also, from what people've said I've realised that my Twitter was a lot worse spoilerwise, even though I thought I was being good there too. Suspect it's because that was my first knee-jerk reactions, which is what I generally use Twitter for. So um, if this scenario ever arises again I'll try to be good there too but I make no promises for Twitter because there are no spoiler cuts and it does tend to be the "OMGWTFBBQ!" reactions. LJ, I will spoiler cut everything! Even if it's "OMG the Doug Anthony Allstars broke up!"

...If you didn't know that, sorry. It did happen over ten years ago now. ;-) So I probably won't go that far.

But yes; sorry if my OMG WTF was spoilery. Must do better. The Americans are very good with the stuff they get before us and we shouldn't let our side down.

~

This icon has no (okay, very little) relevance to this post but I can't stop looking at it so you get it anyway. LOOK AT THE PRETTY AND ALL WILL BE FINE. :D

Current Mood: apologetic

Torchwood, I don't watch you for this emotional rending. I don't watch you for anything serious. I don't watch you to cry because you're not supposed to have the spine for plot arcs like this or the end of season two.

...I kind of hate them for putting me through this week. It's good, don't get wrong. I'd love to know whose soul they traded for the ability to write a good plot arc. But it's not easy TV to fucking watch. Jesus.

Anyone got the next 'Who special that they've smuggled out of Cardiff headquarters by any chance? I think I need me some crazy!Tennant happiness.

Whatthefuckevers Torchwads, I'm going to go reread

damageverse and hate you now.

edit: Looks like Torchwood's just killed Twitter. Hah hah hah.

edit the second: I vote the BBC dump Torchwood and buy Primeval off ITV instead. Now there's a series that can juggle depressing with awesome with dinosaurs. Who's with me!

Current Mood: morose

Dear Torchwood, WHAT. THE. FUCK?

( No actual spoilers other than my shocked capslocking )

edit: Just occurred to me: SPOILERIFIC COMMENTS! Don't read if you haven't seen/haven't been spoiled/actually care!

Current Mood: WHAT

Dear Torchwood,

I am mortally afraid of tomorrow. I really am. Because for the last two nights I was dismissive and jaded, writing you off as "Oh they've managed one good episode before but it'll be crap tomorrow."

( few small spoilers )

So that is why I am mortally afraid for tomorrow. You've been more amazing in three episodes than in all the other good episodes put together (okay... maybe) in two years and I'm waiting for the catch. In terror.

So if you could please continue to be good and give Gwen amazing characterisation? I promise to buy the DVDs when I actually have money again.

Love love love,

Clo

I should really have a Torchwood icon. Mmmm.

Current Mood: excited

So, earlier today I was idly skimming my flist when I hit on a rec from

rionaleonhart. Even though it was in-progress, it had the summary A massively multifandom accidental epic following Sam Tyler (Life On Mars) and Jack Harkness (Doctor Who and Torchwood)on their misadventures, as they explore the galaxy, almost destroy some worlds, and barely save others which sounds pretty awesome if it could be made to work so, expecting something funny and lighthearted and not just a little cracky, I thought I'd check it out.

About four and a half hours later I looked up to realise the afternoon was over, at some point I'd relocated to my room to stop my mother talking to me while I was trying to read, my hand was over my mouth to stop myself making gleeful sounds out loud and I hadn't even read all of it. It is- awesome. Beyond words. The concept that sounds vaguely ridiculous? Isn't. Everyone's so in character, they go through crap, they fight, they crack jokes, they break time, get extremely drunk in bars much more authentically alien than 'Who or Torchwood manages to show and somehow Jack and Sam makes a really, really excellent team (regardless of how many timelines/planets/univeres they manage to break because that's by accident. Mostly). It hits so many fandoms, some of which I haven't even come across yet because I'm still reading; the FFVIII parts made me especially gleeful though. So:

Damaged People by

draegonhawke. That's a link to the index of parts arranged into various characters' timelines (I started with Sam's because it's at the top but I suspect the sort-of-order here might be better). It's got its own community where the parts are posted at

damageverse. I'm so excited by that long list of parts to-be-written because that hopefully means we'll be getting new bits and pieces and fics in the 'verse for a long while yet. It's one thing I'd say read, even if you don't like WiPs because it's so fun to read and each part/interlude works pretty well in itself.

Seriously, this is worth the time of your life to read and review, because it isn't getting nearly the love it deserves. Go. Fangirl the wonderful. Pass it on.

Current Mood: cheerful

My boss gave us each a bottle of wine today (this totally has relevance to the title, I promise). Eight months that I've worked there and she doesn't know that I hate wine, which is somewhat depressing but pretty much what I've come to expect... but that's another story. Anyway, it made me wonder if my boss in Waterstone's gave us any Christmas/thank you presents that I'd forgotten; I went back to my January LJ entries to check (she didn't) and instead found a link to

ninjasnano and a six-part Torchwood fic. It was locked just to me so clearly I'd found it one day, either by rec or fic trawling, I don't know and stuck it there to remind myself to go read it when I had time. The post was just the link, no explanation. And I must've forgotten to go back to it, because as far as I can remember (I'm usually pretty good when it comes to fic, even if it's just insignificant details that stick in my head) I never read it.

And that sucks, because it's fantastic. Bitter but really fantastic.

Kingdom of Air by

lookninjas (link to final post with all previous links; start with the prologue obv.), a Ianto-POV fic set around the end of series three of Doctor Who. The Torchwood team got a throwaway line on the show I think, in the grand tradition of 'Who's handwavey-dismissal of everything they can't be bothered to explain but this, this is what happened or might've happened or should've. And it's amazingly well written and researched in the way that makes words like crampons and places in Nepal seem natural rather than dropped in for effect, while Ianto looks after everyone and I remember why I really should read more Torchwood fic because done well, this show can be awesome.

I really really loved this as backstory for what the TW team went through while Jack was off being pointless in Doctor Who (to the point where I printed the second half out to read on the bus on the way home and was so engrossed that I would've missed my stop if my mother hadn't called me). I wish it hadn't taken me almost a year to go back to it.

~

Today one of the supervisors at work called me a liar. A liar or lazy or just incompetent, or all three; it was implied but blatently so. I didn't tell him where to go jump under a bus because really, they are so not worth the time or effort. However, if he happens to call me on my last day in just over a month... I make no promises.

Bah. Asshole. I do my lousy job properly, thanks very much.

Current Mood: sleepy

Well play.com has relisted the second series of Torchwood for £37.99... but my pre-order still says £14.99.

Now we just see if they email us or let it go. They're allowed to backtrack according to their contract but it's their mistake. So maybe.

Also, my Jareth figure came today and he's standing on my computer looking mighty smug. The little crystal ball he comes with is very cute but the ten minutes after I took him out the box consisted of thirty seconds of "Oh look a mini crystal ball! Hee!" "Oh look he can hold it!" "Oh look I've dropped it. Uh. Ooops." And then nine minutes and thirty seconds of trying to find it on the floor. So that's gone back in the box. It'd look nice if he was a out-of-the-way shelf or a display cabinet or something.

I think I need to stop buying action figures though. They're taking over the two shelves above my desk and the desk itself. It's starting to get a little creepy to have them all standing there looking at me when I'm on the computer. Though I hardly am these days, since the internet is very firmly refusing to work on it, but the laptop isn't up to much either now. I had it sitting on ice packs to stop it overheating while I dled The Actors because it has Dylan Moran and everyone's life needs more Moran in it. I'm only resisting the stand up because

hill2k says he can lend it to me. Oh and I need to stop spending money, minor detail, but when has that ever stopped me before?

Though you know, technically I just saved £23 on Torchwood (shutupIwouldn'thaveboughtitfor£37.99nobutthat'snotwhatcounts). How much could I get for £23...

Current Mood: okay

This is a heartbreaking post-Torchwood 02x13 snippet. I can't say anything that wouldn't need spoiler cutting, so I'll just say oh *insert characters' names here*.

I'm off to meet

hill2k and co. soon. Hang out, flail about Dylan Moran some, argue about the Torchwood finale, watch them drinking every beer in Wetherspoons' beer festival ;), come home to 'Who and I'd Do Anything. Marvellous. :D

edit: Also my damn header IS STILL GONE. I will fix you good tonight LJ. Preferably with a hammer. -_-

Current Mood: calm

( TOTAL SPOILERS for Torchwood 02x13 )

edit: My header hasn't been showing up all night. It's really annoying. Gr, argh LJ.

Current Mood: contemplative

Oh come on, if Primeval can have action figures then Torchwood *definitely* needs them. You should be ashamed BBC.

This rage is in no way due to my want for a Captain Jack figure in that really cool coat. Nope. Honest.

edit: Hey, apparently we're going out for Chinese. *pleased* At least when my aunt and uncle visit, they generally talk my 'rents into doing crazy spur-of-the-moment things.

Current Mood: contemplative

Dude, if one or more of the rumours I just read about the third season of Torchwood are true? It's going to be terrible beyond words. Just- no. Please let it all be some insane journalists lying through their teeth, as they usually do. It wouldn't work.

Interesting rumour too about the next Doctor but then, the journalists cast everyone up to and including Prince William as the new Doctor before The Tennant was announced, so I'm not taking it too seriously yet.

It makes me sad to think that this coming season might be the last proper series of 'Who for a couple of years, give or take a couple of months. And sadder to remember that I've watched the last three series of 'Who in my university room with a mug of tea and this'll be the first series I have to watch at home. With the parentals. -_-

Ack, now I'm worried about those rumours. Stupid journalists.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Break Your Heart - Barenaked Ladies

Dear Torchwood, that was so bad. Could've been good, even though the idea's been done a million times but no. Take a fail card and move on. Alternatively give Ianto and Jack their own show, because I would enjoy Harkness and Jones way more than Torchwood demonstrating their incredible incompetence.

Again. Honestly. I'm amazed these peple manage to dress themselves in the morning. ( Also, spoilers for the BBC3 ep this week )

In news unrelated to Torchwood's incompetence, came home from work to find a message from That Woman at Waterstone's asking if I wanted to work Saturday and Sunday. Haven't made my mind up yet but I'm leaning toward no. Partly because of That Woman and partly because they don't pay enough to make two days a week worth it and partly because it would make looking for other jobs harder.

But I'm not sure. It'd be around an extra £80 a week. Is that worth my weekend? :-/ I don't know.

Current Mood: contemplative

I decided I needed an obsession to get me through the next three weeks and, since he's already halfway there, that obsession might as well be John Simm. I just bought The Lakes and Human Traffic (except it was secondhand off Amazon and now I'm wondering if it's the special edition and could I buy that too because I feel bad cancelling on someone), and State of Play is promising more rewards if my day tomorrow is awful. I figured eh, I can always resell them if I hate them. But in the meantime: John Simm.

I'm clearly delusional, having just spent money I want to save at 1am when I know better. Screw common sense. I need the happy more.

I did not see new Torchwood tonight, because the father was watching football (-_- no comment) and then I was busy spending my savings. Tomorrow shall be a night of LoM and TW Cheeseburger Thursday Awesome. Oh, and the Sarah Connor Chronicles too, which I recorded on a whim and haven't watched yet.

Now I really need sleep. >_< Before I buy anything else.

edit: In the cold light of morning: Um. I should be banned from shopping on the interweb after bad days. I've neither seen nor heard anything about the dvds I just spent almost £20 on. *facepalm* At least I checked they weren't reselling for 99p on Amazon first; not liking them isn't the end of the world.

I must've been drunk on no sleep. Sigh.

Current Mood: guilty

( Spoilers for BBC2 & BBC3's Torchwoods this week )

Other news? I'm still having to jump through major hoops to get my internet to connect. -_- Suckage.

Current Mood: contemplative

So after a blissful week of shiny internet in my room? The network adapter thing my brother gave me and swore was awesome, is broken. Again. Past the point of no return it seems, since even unplugging it/replugging it in, my failsafe method up until now, didn't work. Not even reinstalling it all, because the 'device won't start'. So back to the laptop it is and my brother's getting angry text messages amounting to "FIX THIS."

How difficult can it be to get the internet to work in my room? Apparently very. Ack, I hate being back on the laptop mouse.

On the plus side, Cloverfield was good. I kept thinking how stupid they all were and how they really didn't deserve to live, until I realised that ( sort of spoilers )

It did make me feel kinda bad though, because if monsters attacked Manhattan? I would totally be glued to LJ and youtube and Sky News going "OMFGMONSTERS GIVE ME MORE PICTURES AND INFO AND PICTURES" and yeah, worrying about the people there but in that nebulous sort of way you worry when big disasters happen on the other side of the world and you don't know anyone there. You watch big Hollywood movies where the US army waltzes in and blows up some buildings to defeat the bad guys and you never really think 'but there might've been people stuck in there', you think 'yay! The hero made it!' or 'yay! Building go boom!" It's good how Cloverfield gives you that perspective.

...yeah. That's all I got from my interesting life. Torchwood was pretty good this week*, except I didn't see the BBC3 one that I just read all the spoilers for and now I'm wishing that I'd watched it, because bzuh? Totally cannot see that lasting.

Tomorrow I get to do the four stacks of washing that I didn't make it through today. *gloom* Funsies.

*Okay, except for the cheese. But those glimmers of something that could be a really good show do surface every now and then. Maybe by series ten they'll be Buffy good. Possibly. It could happen.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Red Dwarf/Casper attacking his fleecy blanket.

Well that's it. No more paid LJ time for me. I completely forgot today was the last day until I went to read my comments and wondered why it switched to the default LJ style instead of mine. And Scrapbook! That's what I'll really miss; all that space and no limits on size. *wistful* Back to the evils of Photobucket, unless there's anywhere else people recommend? I don't really want anything more than somewhere to post the odd pic and LJ - now IJ - headers really.

Otherwise - though I just wtfed at the icons they've left active, because a couple of them are ones I never use - I suspect I'll deal. And possibly move base operations more to IJ in the coming months. I've already started reposting my fic there, because I hate asking people to friend my fic LJ to read it; it pisses me off to jump through hoops for fic and I feel bad making others do it.

In other news: I'm so glad they upped Ianto's sense of humour this series of Torchwood. So far it's Ianto for the win, *all the time*. Even Gwen didn't annoy me this week. They've hit the next level and it's awesome. Yay! Awesome!Torchwood! :D

Current Mood: contemplative

My thoughts on ~~yaoi~~ new!Torchwood over here. Not really any specific spoilers as such, more general mad squee over everything. Though, 'everything' equalling mostly James Marsters. :D

Current Mood: excited

Was it just me or was that a surprisingly depressing Christmas 'Who? ( spoilers )

Speaking of trailers, the 'coming soon' Torchwood trailer looked awesome. I keep forgetting that ( is this even a casting spoiler anymore? )

Alas for Christmas being over for another year. Still, it's been fun.

Current Mood: contemplative

I've just found out about Long Way Down - why did I not know sooner! I would've followed it all the way through. Alas. Still, am inordinately excited. Long Way Round was wonderful. I missed it when Sky first showed it, sort of half-interested but not enough to keep tabs on it so I watched all the repeats at 2am a few months later instead. It's one of the few things I've finished watching, then gone straight out and bought on DVD without a second thought.

(I just lent it to my Harley-Davidson-riding uncle and from the squeeful reports I'm getting, he'll be buying it too. Which is at least nice confirmation that it's actually good for the biker-types as well as the nutty McGregor fans. My 'rents are giving him the book for his birthday. My DVD collection brings joy to all! :D)

So, all is shiny. Good things to look forward to on TV in September (including possible/probable new Top Gear!) And Run, Fat Boy, Run out! Yay!

On the downside I was actually looking forward to the second series of Torchwood partly because, to quote from Wikipedia: "Other guest stars in Torchwood's second series include former Buffy and Angel star James Marsters (whose character is set to have a "horny and violent" sexual encounter with Captain Jack)" and partly because I was hoping it'd have hit its stride and be, well, less crap. Which is why I'm disappointed that it's not airing 'til "early 2008". What?! Why BBC?! Why do you taunt me with unexpected waiting?

It'd better be good. Dammit. Still, there's always Robin Hood showing again from October.

... Sshh. Stop laughing. ;p I like it alright?

Actually speaking of shows that it may be slightly shaming to admit a liking for, Hyperdrive has been surprisingly good for the last three or so weeks. Nick Frost is still doing very little for me, possibly because I think the character lacks depth, possibly because I just think he's not great in the part but the rest of the cast is hilarious. Jeffers' "Resurrected/corpse/resurrected/corpse" scene gave me new love for the whole thing, it was so almost Red Dwarfish. That said, I still wouldn't recommend running out to watch it. Not that there's not much other shiny TV to watch soon (yay!).

...I have no other news. Except news of life which is, as usual, mundane. TV is better.

I may go watch the tennis final now. Mmmm. If I can stay awake.

Current Mood: excited

How can they justify having a RRP of £24.99 for each 4-5 episodes of Torchwood while the infinitely superior Primeval has a RRP of £19.99 for the entire six episodes of the series? Not to mention play.com is selling them at £16.99 for each set of Torchwood episodes and only £12.99 for Primeval.

The mind, it does boggle. And stops watching Torchwood if the next series doesn't shape up, because if ITV can get it almost right first time round, the BBC should damn well be able to as well.

Back in Lancaster. Train journey was good, except for crazy drunk people in Warrington station but it was funny watching a cute policeman getting them to leave. Crazy. crazy people.

Putting Gonzo back in the big tank before I left seems to have been a mistake. He's now a very sick fish with half a shredded tail and I'm at a loss. His tail was all healed up and fine when I left, and I can't see Rizzo attacking him after over two years of being best mates. So. Sad. :( Doesn't look like he'll hang on much longer. Especially when I have no idea what's wrong with him and no idea what I could do about it if I did, since everything I tried last week failed.

Mediafire is running slower than a dead slug tonight. Not helpful right now.

Current Mood: sad

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