The dance of the snake
Sep. 28th, 2023 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveThe past few days I’ve felt kinda strange, but mostly it’s been me being annoyed that my focus is off and being creatively drained. I’ve wanted to work on things but then either time has gotten away from me or my mind is just… blank and can’t find words. Which is so annoying.
I’m thinking maybe it’s partly because of the phone appointment later today, which is starting to stress me out a bit and I’ll be glad when it’s done with and I’m left alone for another three months. They just feel pointless and not exactly helpful and just… ugh.
But onto better things.
Monday night I continued the Who ray run with Snakedance. I probably should’ve rewatched Kinda beforehand for a refresh, since this is a sequel to it and since season 19 was one of the first box sets that came out I’m a little fuzzy on it. However even without that, it works well enough on its own I think.
They do a pretty good job of establishing the world of Manussa, with all its traditions and customs and history, which feels kinda rare for a one off planet. It also helps that all of the guest cast are great too (including Martin Clunes as Lon and I know they pull up his outfit to laugh at but I like it). Also one of the guy’s looks so much like Owen that I wonder if he’s a relative.
I like that it was something different to the usual eps. And that it gave everyone stuff to do (and that the people of the world thought the doctor was crazy, even though what he was saying would happen was so ingrained in their culture that there were festivals about it). If anything I felt it could’ve been a little long, maybe not a full ep but a few more minutes with possessed Tegan would’ve been nice.
On Tuesday I finally got around to watching Spiral as part of the Saw run and damn. I went in blind and I’m not gonna say much in case anyone else is but those lost 10 or so minutes really made me want a sequel some other follow up. Who do I have to bribe for one?
Speaking of Saw, it seems I’m seeing Saw X tomorrow (unless there’s bad weather or I feel sick). Walsall has better showing’s than the Birmingham Odeon so I’m gonna head there. It’ll give me a chance to look in the few places there (the big Tesco and Asda, as well as Smyths) which aren’t in other places. And I might have a look in the art gallery as well.
But damn they’re really putting a lot of promo into Saw X. They did a Saw Xbox stream last night that ended up being two hours long (probably overlong) and it had the interactivity that Generation Loss did so I’m wondering if someone saw it.
Ahsoka was Wednesday and it continues to be strong. I love Leia covering for Hera so much (Senator Xiono is a dick) and I love that we finally get live action nightsisters (I hate the Thrawn is overshadowing them though). There’s only one ep left and I know it’ll be left on a cliffhanger, but I just hope that some things do get resolved. (And again, it sucks that Thrawn has pulled focus from the other villains but not as much as I feared)
Ahsoka also got added to Fortnite and I’m glad the quest to get her was easy to do. In fact all the quest for her stuff seem straightforward, with only the loading screen being hardest. I’m baffled there’s no glider for her though. They can’t say they couldn’t do one as they made an emote with her ship so…
Also Tuesday I had an ad for Christmas food shops from M and S pop up, so if anyone does Christmas food deliveries you might wanna see about booking now. (Sainsburys has theirs up too I dunno about anyone else.)
Now I’m gonna have noms, do some magic arena and maybe see if I can fic after the call (ugh)
Christmas stuff
I’m thinking maybe it’s partly because of the phone appointment later today, which is starting to stress me out a bit and I’ll be glad when it’s done with and I’m left alone for another three months. They just feel pointless and not exactly helpful and just… ugh.
But onto better things.
Monday night I continued the Who ray run with Snakedance. I probably should’ve rewatched Kinda beforehand for a refresh, since this is a sequel to it and since season 19 was one of the first box sets that came out I’m a little fuzzy on it. However even without that, it works well enough on its own I think.
They do a pretty good job of establishing the world of Manussa, with all its traditions and customs and history, which feels kinda rare for a one off planet. It also helps that all of the guest cast are great too (including Martin Clunes as Lon and I know they pull up his outfit to laugh at but I like it). Also one of the guy’s looks so much like Owen that I wonder if he’s a relative.
I like that it was something different to the usual eps. And that it gave everyone stuff to do (and that the people of the world thought the doctor was crazy, even though what he was saying would happen was so ingrained in their culture that there were festivals about it). If anything I felt it could’ve been a little long, maybe not a full ep but a few more minutes with possessed Tegan would’ve been nice.
On Tuesday I finally got around to watching Spiral as part of the Saw run and damn. I went in blind and I’m not gonna say much in case anyone else is but those lost 10 or so minutes really made me want a sequel some other follow up. Who do I have to bribe for one?
Speaking of Saw, it seems I’m seeing Saw X tomorrow (unless there’s bad weather or I feel sick). Walsall has better showing’s than the Birmingham Odeon so I’m gonna head there. It’ll give me a chance to look in the few places there (the big Tesco and Asda, as well as Smyths) which aren’t in other places. And I might have a look in the art gallery as well.
But damn they’re really putting a lot of promo into Saw X. They did a Saw Xbox stream last night that ended up being two hours long (probably overlong) and it had the interactivity that Generation Loss did so I’m wondering if someone saw it.
Ahsoka was Wednesday and it continues to be strong. I love Leia covering for Hera so much (Senator Xiono is a dick) and I love that we finally get live action nightsisters (I hate the Thrawn is overshadowing them though). There’s only one ep left and I know it’ll be left on a cliffhanger, but I just hope that some things do get resolved. (And again, it sucks that Thrawn has pulled focus from the other villains but not as much as I feared)
Ahsoka also got added to Fortnite and I’m glad the quest to get her was easy to do. In fact all the quest for her stuff seem straightforward, with only the loading screen being hardest. I’m baffled there’s no glider for her though. They can’t say they couldn’t do one as they made an emote with her ship so…
Also Tuesday I had an ad for Christmas food shops from M and S pop up, so if anyone does Christmas food deliveries you might wanna see about booking now. (Sainsburys has theirs up too I dunno about anyone else.)
Now I’m gonna have noms, do some magic arena and maybe see if I can fic after the call (ugh)
Christmas stuff
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Date: 2023-09-28 02:01 pm (UTC)I like looking at all the Christmas food, even though I won't buy the vast majority of it.
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:53 pm (UTC)Yeah I usually have a quick scan, but there’s not much of it I can eat bleh
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Date: 2023-09-28 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-29 04:55 pm (UTC)It’s funny you mention that, it’s included on the boxset on the snakedance disc so I watched it last night. They were so wonderful together after so long (though it made me feel so sad it was a trick by the Mara). I’m looking forward to seeing some of the other special features with them Janet and Sarah together, they’re always so fun
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Date: 2023-09-30 06:25 pm (UTC)Janet Fielding is great in both Snakedance and Kinda. I often think they're her best adventures. Nyssa isn't in Kinda at all so I like that she gets to be quite active in Snakedance. (But her outfit is HORRIBLE! Probably the worst ever in Classic Who.) And yes, the guest actors are all wonderful! I've always been particularly fond of Lon's mum.
I still think it's too early to start thinking of Christmas but I guess food shops need to start planning early.
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Date: 2023-10-03 11:11 am (UTC)She really is so good in this! It’s good she had a chance to shine. I’m glad Nyssa is more active in this one! But I agree what an awful outfit for her. Oh his mum was so good too
Yeah same here. Usually they came up later but….