2 fannish things

[elisi]

We got a trailer and a date for Jodie's last episode:

Watch on YouTube

I am excited for Dhawan. I think he single-handedly has saved the era for me, just through being so amazing. I am hoping that Ace & Tegan will be well-served, but mostly I'm just praying that Chibnall doesn't break anything else before he leaves.

If anyone happens to love Thirteen and Chibnall - I'm happy, they need some love. They just singularly failed to grab me. (I loved writing Thirteen, but that's different.)



But, in more exciting news!!!



It feels like a million years since Good Omens aired... as with most things pre-covid. But goodness, a single poster is poking at emotions that have merely laid dormant, waiting for their moment. Their wings form a heart! The background is nicely grey. The number 2 has both a halo AND a tail. *flail*

I also look forward to spending 9 months speculating on what the blue feather means.

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

It's not like there weren't good bones here. It just spectacularly failed to deliver in any way, shape, or form.

[sea_thoughts]

Yep. I can't wait to see someone develop Ryan a bit more, and Ryan's relationship with Yaz, and Ryan's relationship with Thirteen...

[promethia_tenk]

Honestly I thought Ryan was one of the stronger aspects of the whole era, and yet he was still under-served, as you say.

[sea_thoughts]

He had a ton of potential and yet they did almost nothing with him. His hobby as a YouTuber/vlogger, his dyspraxia (which came and went depending on the writer), his grief over losing Grace... Those are just a few things that could have played into his character and they weren't used.

[elisi]

I was thinking yesterday about Thirteen/Yaz, and how I am still more invested (by like, a million miles) in Five/Dolores. I just look at this icon and MY HEART.

I feel cheated of a ship that could have been great.

[promethia_tenk]

I am quite certain I would not have shipped Thirteen/Yaz no matter how well the show sold it, just say no to Doctor/companion ships (except Romana), yadda, yadda.

But it would have been nice to have some level of emotional investment in the Doctor-companion relationship. Just, you know, the thing that has powered the show for nearly sixty years.

[elisi]

I am quite certain I would not have shipped Thirteen/Yaz no matter how well the show sold it, just say no to Doctor/companion ships (except Romana), yadda, yadda.
Oh same, but like... we had the Doctor & Rose running around making heart-eyes at each other, powering the whole show for two seasons, and although it's a bit trite it would have been SOMEthING.

[promethia_tenk]

Ooooof. Please don't make me choose between crushing boredom and Doctor/Rose take two. My brain might throttle itself in sheer despair.

[elisi]

LOL

Although I'd take Ten/Rose Mark 2 any day. Hatred > boredom

ETA: I don't hate Ten/Rose, but the principle is sound.