Top Five Meme

[amberfocus]

Okay, today is going very slowly, so thought I'd procrastinate participate in the Top Five Meme that's going around right now. Stolen from who_in_whoville and kilodalton.

Give me a top five topic that is fandom-related, personal, random, whatever, and I'll list my top 5 for whatever you listed and will explain my choices. Top five of right now or top five of all time! For example, top 5 books, top 5 otps, top 5 colors, anything!

Since I'm leaving this entry unlocked, comments will be screened until I answer them.

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[yavie-namarie.livejournal.com]

Top 5 articles of clothing

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

1. My fuzzy socks. They are bold. They are bright. They clash with everything. But oh, are they warm. (And yes, this is why Rose in Leap of Faith has them).

2. My Cacique Barely There bras. They do not make these anymore. I will wear them until they die. Nothing is more comfortable.

3. My Disneyland 2009 zip up sweater with pockets. I wear this pretty constantly in spring and fall when I go outside. It's the perfect thickness and does well for anything but rain. If it's cold enough in the winter I will wear it under my coat, too.

4. My new, black, sensible shoes (which replaced my old, black, sensible shoes). They fit well, have great arch support, and I can spread my toes in them without touching the sides. This is very important for wide feet (thanks, Dad).

5. My dark red chenille duster (mid-thigh length sweater). It is warm and soft and totally pettable. I wear this around the house on cold days or sometimes just throw it over my lap watching tv. It is like comfort food, only for wearing instead of eating.

[who-in-whoville.livejournal.com]

I am quite sure I know all of your Who-related answers, so I am going in a different direction. Top five vacation spots, either visited or hope to visit some day.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Really? You might be surprised with my top five favorite fics.

1. Disneyland. Disneyland was, is, and probably always will be my favorite place to go. I love the atmosphere, I love the rides, I love the characters and the brightness and how clean it is. (The only thing I would change is to make it illegal to smoke inside the grounds, or at the very least confining it to very limited areas within the park.)

2. The Grand Canyon. Mind-bogglingly beautiful, vast, and full of Native American ruins.

3. Canyon de Shelley (pronounced da shay). The archeological remnants of Native American cliff dwellers, the desolate beauty of the canyon itself, and the wonderful local guides who spin vivid stories as they tour us around.

4. The South Dakota Badlands. An amazing natural phenomenon and a wonderful place to go if you have even the smallest interest in geology. The way the land folds around itself and the colors it produces makes it one of the most beautiful places I've ever gone.

5. The Ocean. Yeah, not specific, but I don't care. Anywhere along the ocean where it is clean and beautiful and you can squish sand between your toes and smell the fresh sea air.

[who-in-whoville.livejournal.com]

Wonderful answers. I love geology. Bruce Canyon in southern Utah almost appears alien in its beauty. Cannon Beach, Oregon is my favorite seaside community.

Oh dear, now I am very curious to know your favie fics. Care to spill? I have a night to kill, and no desire whatsoever to write.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay.

1. Never Quite Normal by Pairadox_Timeline (which is really jessalrynn and olfactory_ventriliquism writing together): http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=29448&warning=Adult A wonderful human Nine/Rose AU story.

2. The Silver Dollar Paradigm by ladychi: http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=30376 A haunting Ten/Rose ghost story set in the deep south.

3. 18 Seconds to Make Old Things New Again by amberwind: http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=12965 --The first, and still one of the best, DW fanfics I've ever read. It's wonderfully Timey Whimey and adventury.

4. Reunion, in the Key of Crack by azriona: http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=24612 Did I ever mention she writes the best crack ever? I love this because it takes and makes fun of the Doctor/Rose reunion, by poking at the things we best like writing about in this fandom. And not just for the shout out, either.

5. Belonging by never_more_cat: http://never-more-fics.livejournal.com/2428.html --It's Ten/Jack/Ianto. I don't read slash. This one I had to do a review of for the Children of Time Awards a few years ago. The writing was amazing. The depth and the emotion of it was incredible and the characterization was spot on. The author has a genuine gift.

Dang, I can't spell tonight. Five edits later...

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

How about Top Five Moments from Doctor Who? Keep it to the new series, or even just RTD-era, if that makes it easier :)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

This is way harder than it seems.

1. "I could save the world, but lose you." "Do it." Oh, my heart. That moment, that precise moment, I fell in love with the Doctor and Rose as the beginning of a couple. The looks that passed between them were magical. And people can call Rose selfish all they want, but she was willing to give up her life to save her planet in that moment. She's not selfish on the big things.

2. His hand. Her hand. The word, "Run." And then the running. That first moment of meeting the Doctor again after such a long, long hiatus, couldn't have been more perfect and came to symbolize the rest of the series of the RTD era so perfectly.

3. Doomsday, when the Doctor and Rose each have their face pressed against opposite sides of the wall like they can still feel each other. I know that's a weird favorite moment, but it breaks my heart and does more than just about anything else that has come before it (other than Parting of the Ways) to show how much they love each other.

4. The kiss. Which one, you ask? Parting of the Ways. The purity of it, the love of it, the surety of it.

5. The Stolen Earth when Rose and the Doctor see each other again for the first time. The sheer joy and love they radiate as they run for each other.

Honorable mentions: The "Turn of the Earth" speech. Jack and Rose dancing on an invisible space ship beside Big Ben. Donna and the Tenth Doctor seeing each other again in Partners in Crime and having that whole mimed conversation through the windows before getting noticed. The Doctor seeing Bad Wolf written everywhere at the end of Turn Left. Martha telling the Doctor she was getting out and why.

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

I really don't know how you kept it to five! Because I'm nodding at each one of those, but then wanting to add the I killed her moment in Dalek, Jack's farewell in POTW, the tell me you're sorry moment in Father's Day, the whole radiation room scene in Utopia, the there's me moment in EOTW, Donna laying her hands beside the Doctor's on the destruct handle in FoP... and so many more.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I know. A top twenty list would have been far easier to come up with.

[tracy-lousia.livejournal.com]

Top 5 books, unless someone has asked that already, top 5 films?

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I'll do both. Books first:

1. Watership Down by Richard Adams.

2. Vatta's War series by Elizabeth Moon (Yes, I know that's cheating).

3. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey.

4. Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear.

5. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

And movies:

1. Terminator

2. Ladyhawke

3. Labyrinth

4. Bring it On (shut up)

5. The Princess Bride

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Top Five Rose episodes and/or Top Five People who would have made awesome companions (but were never companions to the Doctor)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

1. Parting of the Ways--Rose opening the heart of the TARDIS and taking it into her, virtually sacrificing her life, to go back and save the Doctor's life.

2. Rose--Rose Tyler swinging on the chain to save the Doctor from the Autons.

3. Doomsday--Rose Tyler taunting the Daleks and telling them how she wiped out their Emperor.

4. Dalek--Rose turning from the closed door to face her fate at the hands of the Dalek. Her bravery in that moment.

5. Satan Pit--When Rose uses the bolt gun (or whatever it was) to shoot out the window of the space craft so Toby goes flying out into the vacuum of space. Total badass moment.

[kilodalton]

Top 5 gadgets you own

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

1. Edison the V. Which is my laptop. It goes almost everywhere with me.

2. My brain. Technically it's a portable hard drive, but I call it my brain. Which can lead to some odd conversations.

"Honey, have you seen my brain?"

"Did you check in the dresser drawer?"

3. Salad Shooter. Who needs a food processor? And much easier to clean.

4. Garlic press. It just makes cooking so much easier, and garlic is the stickiest thing to deal with.

5. George Foreman grill. Makes cooking meats so much faster, with no oil and drains the fat. Easy to clean, as well.