Snowflake Challenge 2025 - 3
Jan. 6th, 2025 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveChallenge #3
In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I had meant to answer this yesterday but my focus has kinda been off yesterday and I couldn’t really think of anything.
One that has come to mind since is Doctor Who related, specifically classic Who.
I came into classic Who in a rather haphazard way, s I mentioned in one of the other days my first one was The Five Doctors and then I went from there. I ended up getting all the dvds but the trouble with them was that (bar a rare few boxsets with episodes following each other) they came out in a completely random order so that’s how I got them in a random order. That made for a strange watching experience, one time you’d get a third doctor ep with Jo the next could be a seventh doctor and Mel or a Fourth and Leela. Thankfully most stories are self contained (and ones that weren’t were released together in boxsets). And speaking of boxsets some of them made sense, being interconnected episodes or ones about specific things (the Silurian or sontaran boxsets) whereas others were completely random (I’m looking at you Earth Story).
Anyway! My point is that you’d be dropped in randomly and it wasn’t exactly the rest way to watch. It also meant I quickly came to dislike certain doctors and companions.
A few years ago Doctor Who decided that it was gonna release classic who as blu ray boxsets, so instead of being random releases these would be full seasons. Of course there’s still a random element to it, as the boxsets are released in random orders but at least you get full context on things. (And the boxsets are made with such love there’s so many amazing and fun special features as well as some truly touching documentaries about people involved in the show.)
But watching the show like this has made my opinions on certain doctors and companions change. I’ve found I like the ones I didn’t more and I do feel that some have been kinda… screwed over by their episodes or behind the scenes stuff (im looking at you Sixth Doctor).
Wow that ended up being a longer ramble than I expected I was gonna try and think of another thing but that kinda feels enough?
***
Lil bit of non-snowflake stuff (cause I don’t feel like making a separate post).
I ended up listening to some Magnus Protocol stuff the other morning and then it had the first episode of Selene on the playlist so now I’m intrigued by that. Ie died up listening to the second ep this morning and it’s all about the mystery of a black pond and a body that’s been found in it. Of course it’s being intentionally vague right now about the identity of said body. Is it from someone that fell in? A ladies missing peacock? Or has it been there for awhile? But I’m definitely intruiged and wanna know. It helps that the narrrator for it has a nice voice too.
Mum’s friend came Saturday and thankfully it wasn’t stressful. She did bring us belated presents and usually she’s not great at getting me stuff (tothe point she now gives mum money towards Lego) but this time, as well as some stuff that was eh, there was actually a nice thing! She went to Agatha Christie’s house and got me a book from there, a copy of Hallowe’en Party and the cover is so nice and pretty. Here’s a pic and the gold leaves are so shiny which isn’t picked up in it.
I found out there was an Agatha Christie reading challenge thing on her website cause it’s 100 years since her first story was published. There’s one book a month and the list is here. I’ve got three of the stories so I’m gonna try and read them and see if I can get the others as I go. Hopefully this encourages me to actually read at least one book a month!
Mum had got two new years things (I think on impulse and cause of the biopsy) and one of them was Sleep Token’s album Sundowning (yipee!) and the other was an Agatha Christie collection that has one of those three stories, which came today.
Biopsy is still a bit painful when I move, stretch or laugh. The dressing has been taken off now and the scar is about four inches which is bigger than I expected so not wonder it hurts.
I’ve been trying to finish some in game events to mixed success. Dead By Daylight has gone well (and given me an excuse to play as Steve some more) but Elder Scrolls Online has been annoying (cause some challenges are hard and the level one doesn’t work for those at max level) and Marvel Rivals seems odd (there doesn’t seem to be a mission with the last reward you need). I gave up on ESO which is annoying cause the final reward is cool but I hope to finish Dead By Daylight’s tonight.
This week I’m also hoping to get back to watching stuff. I wanna start the second seaon of The Rig (I’d have done it sooner but the events distracted me), start the third season of Stranger Things and watch Tarot at last. And get back to the DS9 run I was doing too, though I have to fully Netflix that now.
Will we be going to see Better Man this week like mum wanted? I dunno, mostly cause the weather has turned and we’ve had rain and snow so we’re a bit wary (and also mum seems to constantly going back and forth on it anyway) so I guess we’ll see.
Anyway I’m gonna bundle with Midna, have lunch, maybe Lego build and hopefully fic some.
In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I had meant to answer this yesterday but my focus has kinda been off yesterday and I couldn’t really think of anything.
One that has come to mind since is Doctor Who related, specifically classic Who.
I came into classic Who in a rather haphazard way, s I mentioned in one of the other days my first one was The Five Doctors and then I went from there. I ended up getting all the dvds but the trouble with them was that (bar a rare few boxsets with episodes following each other) they came out in a completely random order so that’s how I got them in a random order. That made for a strange watching experience, one time you’d get a third doctor ep with Jo the next could be a seventh doctor and Mel or a Fourth and Leela. Thankfully most stories are self contained (and ones that weren’t were released together in boxsets). And speaking of boxsets some of them made sense, being interconnected episodes or ones about specific things (the Silurian or sontaran boxsets) whereas others were completely random (I’m looking at you Earth Story).
Anyway! My point is that you’d be dropped in randomly and it wasn’t exactly the rest way to watch. It also meant I quickly came to dislike certain doctors and companions.
A few years ago Doctor Who decided that it was gonna release classic who as blu ray boxsets, so instead of being random releases these would be full seasons. Of course there’s still a random element to it, as the boxsets are released in random orders but at least you get full context on things. (And the boxsets are made with such love there’s so many amazing and fun special features as well as some truly touching documentaries about people involved in the show.)
But watching the show like this has made my opinions on certain doctors and companions change. I’ve found I like the ones I didn’t more and I do feel that some have been kinda… screwed over by their episodes or behind the scenes stuff (im looking at you Sixth Doctor).
Wow that ended up being a longer ramble than I expected I was gonna try and think of another thing but that kinda feels enough?
***
Lil bit of non-snowflake stuff (cause I don’t feel like making a separate post).
I ended up listening to some Magnus Protocol stuff the other morning and then it had the first episode of Selene on the playlist so now I’m intrigued by that. Ie died up listening to the second ep this morning and it’s all about the mystery of a black pond and a body that’s been found in it. Of course it’s being intentionally vague right now about the identity of said body. Is it from someone that fell in? A ladies missing peacock? Or has it been there for awhile? But I’m definitely intruiged and wanna know. It helps that the narrrator for it has a nice voice too.
Mum’s friend came Saturday and thankfully it wasn’t stressful. She did bring us belated presents and usually she’s not great at getting me stuff (tothe point she now gives mum money towards Lego) but this time, as well as some stuff that was eh, there was actually a nice thing! She went to Agatha Christie’s house and got me a book from there, a copy of Hallowe’en Party and the cover is so nice and pretty. Here’s a pic and the gold leaves are so shiny which isn’t picked up in it.
I found out there was an Agatha Christie reading challenge thing on her website cause it’s 100 years since her first story was published. There’s one book a month and the list is here. I’ve got three of the stories so I’m gonna try and read them and see if I can get the others as I go. Hopefully this encourages me to actually read at least one book a month!
Mum had got two new years things (I think on impulse and cause of the biopsy) and one of them was Sleep Token’s album Sundowning (yipee!) and the other was an Agatha Christie collection that has one of those three stories, which came today.
Biopsy is still a bit painful when I move, stretch or laugh. The dressing has been taken off now and the scar is about four inches which is bigger than I expected so not wonder it hurts.
I’ve been trying to finish some in game events to mixed success. Dead By Daylight has gone well (and given me an excuse to play as Steve some more) but Elder Scrolls Online has been annoying (cause some challenges are hard and the level one doesn’t work for those at max level) and Marvel Rivals seems odd (there doesn’t seem to be a mission with the last reward you need). I gave up on ESO which is annoying cause the final reward is cool but I hope to finish Dead By Daylight’s tonight.
This week I’m also hoping to get back to watching stuff. I wanna start the second seaon of The Rig (I’d have done it sooner but the events distracted me), start the third season of Stranger Things and watch Tarot at last. And get back to the DS9 run I was doing too, though I have to fully Netflix that now.
Will we be going to see Better Man this week like mum wanted? I dunno, mostly cause the weather has turned and we’ve had rain and snow so we’re a bit wary (and also mum seems to constantly going back and forth on it anyway) so I guess we’ll see.
Anyway I’m gonna bundle with Midna, have lunch, maybe Lego build and hopefully fic some.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 09:55 pm (UTC)If you want you can lemme know the names and I can tell you if they’re first eps in the relationships.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 12:24 pm (UTC)ETA: What I'd really like to do is figure out where I should start with Tom Baker, since he's the one with the largest number of episodes during the classic era.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 04:24 pm (UTC)That’s good thinking! I’d say there’s three episodes that are good places to start with the 4th doctor.
Robot - This is the very first 4th Doctor episode, so he’s newly regenerated. His current companion is Sarah Jane (so that’s always a good companion to start with) and there’s also a new companion Harry who is introduced this ep
The Face Of Evil - This ep is right after Sarah Jane has left (there’s a solo Doctor ep in between) and it’s his first adventure with Leela
The Ribos Operation - This ep is the start of a season long arc (so you’d need the other eps, thankfully it was in a boxset called key to time) but is the first ep with a new K9 and new companion Romana
Those are good points cause of being first eps with companions, so you can follow them on from there. I can also offer some recs to standalone eps too if you want as well!)
no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 06:16 pm (UTC)I actually really enjoyed Paradise Towers, but I have a thing for abandoned/haunted/cursed buildings, especially hotels, so I was kind of fine with that. I'd like to see more of Ace though.
Thanks for these! I will look them up!
no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 06:41 pm (UTC)That’s ok! 💚 I hope you can find them/like them!
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 02:42 pm (UTC)I am going to check out the Agatha Christie Challenge. I went on a binge last year, listening to as many of of her novels as were available through our library system.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 09:41 pm (UTC)Oh nice! I’m glad I linked it! That sounds like it was fun!
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 04:01 pm (UTC)dbd steve my beloved 🩷
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 10:26 pm (UTC)I love him he’s so **** it’s so sad there’s not a bloody version of the outfit
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 05:34 pm (UTC)I hope the biopsy healing goes well and that the pain recedes soon.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 09:32 pm (UTC)I hope so too! I know this’ll take longer than last time due to the size and stitches so it’ll be a bit of a pain for awhile yet.