Are you any good with a lawn mower?

Well today has been a day.

I spent the morning downstairs, since I knew we had a delivery coming I just slept there. I finished watching The Clone Wars film since I started it last night and it’s pretty good in its own way. I wonder what happened to Rotta though. And, although I liked Ziro, his inclusion felt like it was added just to get Padme in there.

Anyway, the gas run out on the boiler which meant another long walk to get it topped up. Ugh. We decided we’d go after the redelivery and, since Naryu seemed to be more lively, we’d walk her as well. That was a relief, that she’s back to her usual self.

The delivery was, as expected, for Doctor Who Season 26. I sat down and read the booklet after lunch, which was pretty fascinating as always and I put on the first disc toaster. But that’ll come later.

We head down to Wryley in hopes of topping up the card at the place I did last time and... the machine was broken. I went to the post office and they still hadn’t got there’s. So I just went in the bigger co-op and then came home, it was frustrating to be honest and I vented about it on twitter to them about it. While finding the name of the place with the broken machine Though, I found a bit of luck. The Nisa just up the road came up in the store finder so I went up and paid there. It’s the same distance as the co-op so that’s good and it didn’t show up before because they just got it, problem solved.

After lunch I finished a fic, which was based on an idea that came into my head and wouldn’t leave. Then I read the aforementioned booklet, waited for the food shop and dozed.

The rest of the the night has been borderline irritating. I was watching my usual tv and my friend got harassed on twitter for posting about waycest which became a whole thing and I blocked a load of people. It made the waycest tag active again, but full of hate. It just pisses me off that people are, like that. Not only that but they attacked me as well, using posts from over a year which was irritating as hell. Ugh

Then Silent Witness had dementia which, well, it brings back bad memories, of my nan like that. It’s a horrible thing and I’ve vowed never to go like that. I’d rather die.

After that I put on the last Who ep because mum missed the start Sunday. She ended up dozing before the end though.

I then decided to put on the first of the season 26 episodes which was Battlefield.

I’ve not watched a 7th Doctor episode in awhile, in fact I can’t remember which was the last I watched. That’s a good thing I think for these rewatches. The blu ray has, for some reason, three different versions of battlefield. I went for the special edition one which is it all edited into one thing with updated effects.

It seems appropriate to watch this episode now in a way. The 7th Doctor was a period where episodes would try and add extra mystery to the Doctor. In this episode that came in the form of the Doctor being apparently, Merlin. It’s not been a thread picked up elsewhere yet (even in the audios according to the wiki) so I guess we’ll see if that ever happens.

The story is notable for bringing back the Brigadier after not appearing since the 5th Doctor. However he spends much of the early part of the story getting there so isn’t really part of the action. Instead we get a new Brigadier who seems a bit... well she doesn’t know the doctor for one, which you think would be essential knowledge for someone in her position. It was nice though to see UNIT being more multinational and old references, like Liz Shaw and Bessie.

As to the story it’s... well, parts are interesting but it’s not the best. Morgaine is a great performance but some of the others seem a bit... I dunno. The destroyer has great make up, but is only shown at the end and doesn’t really do anything other than look menacing got most of the time.

The booklet mentions it was meant to be three episodes but was padded out to four, which means it probably would’ve worked better that way. As it is, there were a few good parts but for the most part it’s just not terribly..l memorable I guess.

I’m gonna watch the special features disc tomorrow and, next week, watch eps on Monday nights as before. For now though I’m gonna snuggle then tomorrow fic.

Snowflake challenge 2020 15

Challenge #15

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Awhile ago I started bandomkinkmeme which I guess qualifies, though it’s not got much traffic yet. So if you’re into bandom feel free to have a look and leave a prompt or two.

As for a specific challenge I say two things.

First, do something nice for a friend, be it a fic or art or something else. One good thing back in the old lj days was that we would write fic for each other which is something that feels like it’s kinda gotten lost. Alternatively write what you want to see in the world. Whatever pairing, trope or kink that would be, show it love and screw the haters!

Secondly, leave a comment on a fic. Comments are an amazing thing for a writer to get and yet with ao3 it seems people just leave kudos instead. So go to your fav fic, or whatever fic you read next and leave someone a comment. Don’t be intimidated! Just say as much as you want, even a simple ‘I loved this!’ Is enough to make a writer smile.

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Today’s plan is gonna be attempting to write, in hopes of finishing fic. And watching the Battlefield special features tonight.

This morning mum yelled from downstairs as I did Uni work. I expected something bad, or maybe she’d fell but it turned out that there’s a new Queen and Adam Lambert date in Birmingham with tickets on sale. She wanted me to try and get cheap tickets but, alas, her refund hadn’t gone through yet. She even considered calling her brother but the number is awol so...

That means I guess I’m waiting to see if the refund goes through soon to get some, though I suspect it means I can’t even attempt getting an MCR ticket tomorrow. Ugh.

Also this morning the Doctor Who season 19 blu ray came, which is earlier than it was supposed to. It means if I watch episodes of 26 and it weekly I’ll be almost done by the time 14 comes. While walking Naryu we found an illness is going round so mum’s gonna be keeping her in for now.

This afternoon there’s a new mcr video in about two hours. Will it be new music? I hope so

A summoning

So MCR posted a video here Almost an hour ago now. It’s about 13 minutes long.

It follows a boy doing a summoning and then going through doors that lead to the different MCR eras. A vampire club (for Bullets), a Helena style church (for Revenge), a hospital (for Black Parade) and the desert of the zones (Danger Days). There’s lots of references to various music videos scattered throughout, most notably a trio of Dracs which chase the guy through the doors, through the last door is a pentagram and people holding candles and then... the video froze for me so I had to go back and reopen it.

Turns out that the video, and all the build up within, was leading up to the announcement of American tour dates (US and Canada) which seems a bit... I kinda hoped that it would be new music, but the guys didn’t even make an appearance in it.

It’s interesting to note, though, that Brain is credited on the youtube video. And it pretty much confirms that the new ‘era’ is a witchy one. (Ok we already knew that but you know.) also how does this relate to the earlier offering video. Is the guy on the the cloaked cultists from it?

How long until we get a vampire club au?