River Love. (Many spoilers if you follow the links.)

[elisi]

Remember that Your Friends Are Not Watching the Same Show You Are (And That's Okay)? An excerpt:

In new school Doctor Who fandom, fans are often watching very different shows. Some are watching the "Rose Tyler Show," and are vexed at the continued absence of the lead. Others tuned in late to enjoy the "Martha Jones Show," and were surprised but pleased when their show took over Torchwood for a while. While no one yet seems to be watching the "Donna Noble Show," Dr. Merlin has already observed a large shift among her friends to enjoying the "Ten and Donna Are the New Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant But Could Also Totally Be Karen and Jack From Will and Grace Show," which one can only imagine is hard to fit on the title cards. Still other Who fans have been in the fandom long enough that they're just along for the ride (or else they're still watching the original "Sarah Jane Adventures" and wondering where Harry went).

I think I am currently watching a combination of the "Eleventy is The Most Delightful Doctor Ever Show", the "Amy/Rory are Adorable Show" and the "River Song is Made of Awesome Show". It's the last one I'm currently flailing over, partly because of rediscovering Fuck Yeah! River Song on Tumblr, which (amongst endless pretties) had this fabulous drawing:



(I absolutely love the idea of River as the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia!)

Also, my favourite River vids right now are these two, both of which could have 'River Song is Made of Awesome' as their summary:

All I Wanted by katoelizabeth.

Let It Rock by fangjam.

ETA: And now I have a fic rec too: Skipping Stones by _thirty2flavors. (Travelling between worlds to find the Doctor, Rose meets only one person who knows her by name.)

Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I love, love, love that drawing. But I also adore River Song.
Yes, I'm a River Song/ten and River Song/eleven shipper. Been a river fan since her first appearance.

Thanks for sharing the drawing!

[Oh I decided to friend you back...hope you don't mind.]

[elisi]

I love, love, love that drawing. But I also adore River Song.
Yay! I love her to absolute distraction. :)

Yes, I'm a River Song/ten and River Song/eleven shipper. Been a river fan since her first appearance.
I was very intrigued by her first appearance, and since I am a continuity fan above all else was very curious to see if she'd be back. I was not disappointed! (I read a fair few Doctor/River fics before S5 began, but none of them were anywhere near as fascinating and awesome as the real thing turned out to be. I... have written muchly on this subject. *g*)

Thanks for sharing the drawing!
My pleasure. I have a tendency to share pretty much everything I come across.

[Oh I decided to friend you back...hope you don't mind.]
Not at all! Welcome to, I hope I'm interesting enough. ;) (Your posts are always brilliant and through provoking, and I generally want to comment with something intelligent, but then time flies and it's three days later etc. But I do read!)

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

(Your posts are always brilliant and through provoking, and I generally want to comment with something intelligent, but then time flies and it's three days later etc. But I do read!)

Thank you. Not an issue regarding the commenting - I can't hold it against people, since as most of my mutual flist knows by now, I rarely comment myself. No time. And often, by the time I've read it - it's much later.
Also, often I don't have anything constructive or interesting to say.
Hee.

Oh, I also loved your link to that article. Quite timely, and not necessarily in regards to just tv shows or Doctor Who.

[elisi]

Firstly, that should have been 'thought provoking'. (Note to self: Don't write comments at 11pm!)

Not an issue regarding the commenting - I can't hold it against people, since as most of my mutual flist knows by now, I rarely comment myself. No time. And often, by the time I've read it - it's much later.
Yeah, that's it. Dearly wish I had more time...

Also, often I don't have anything constructive or interesting to say.
Hee.
Heh. I fell like that way too often. Or I go off an write my own post, because my thoughts would be way too long for a comment...

Oh, I also loved your link to that article. Quite timely, and not necessarily in regards to just tv shows or Doctor Who.
It contains eternal truths! Which, as you say, are rather timely. :)