Sick Me Update and My Thoughts on That Thing...

[amberfocus]

I went to the doctor and I have walking pneumonia. Chris is home now for the next twelve days and I'm going to crawl under a rock and die. Erm...I mean, I'm going to sleep for a week.

I may write while confined to bed for the next few days. I may not. I've written very little in the past few days, feel more like I'm on zombie status.

Meanwhile, I finished The Stone Rose and watched all of season one of Supernatural and have started on season two. I like it. I've watched Jensen Ackles since his soap opera days (Sami's twin brother on Days of Our Lives) and when he was on Dark Angel and Jared Padalecki since Gilmore Girls. I only ever saw most of the first season before, and then we went off cable for a year during season 2 so I have two more seasons to get through plus part of season four. Should be a lovely way to recuperate. They are extraoridinarily pretty.

 

I'm sure everyone already knows about DT by now and if not then this will be spoilery, but since I've known since it was leaked early, I imagine everyone else on my f-list already knows anyway. I am bummed about the DT on DW news a little bit but it was not unexpected for me.  I felt it coming.  He's at the top of his career and can write his own ticket in Britain.  Why wouldn't he want to? And Who is exhausting.  But I wish they'd just gone ahead and done it in The Stolen Earth/Journey's End with Ten2 still forming from the hand. It would have been a brilliant and unexpected place to do it at and a well kept secret and we would have gotten a full fifth season in March instead of these half-assed specials. I could put up with the specials because David would be back, but now since he's not I feel cheated. I would rather he did four eps of season five and someone else took over for ep 5 instead of what they are doing here. I hope they give us a couple of long term companions, too. None of this one year business.  The only thing I can hope for is that this means the whole River Song storyline has been completely abandoned.  I can't bear to see Ten fall in love with anyone other than Rose.

With Rose gone for good and happy-ish with Ten2, I am ready to see a new Doctor.  Don't get me wrong, I will miss David almost as fiercely as I miss Chris but this is probably the best time and hopefully when he regenerates this time his heart will heal up and his love for Rose won't be so prominently placed in his mind and he can be happy, and funny, and clever and not drown in angst for the next three or four years.  You know, like the olden days.  Unless there is extraoridnary on screen chemistry between the new Doctor and a female lead, I don't want to see romance again for a long time on this show.  Not with the Doctor anyway.  Two companions that fall in love I could ship happily, but I don't want any more broken Doctor hearts.

I don't know if I will write for the new characters, but I will continue to write Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose and Ten2/Rose until I run out of stories to tell.  And that's a long time from now.  I can be happy in my own shippy universe, and still watch whatever is coming.  Hopefully with joy and not like the spectator at a train wreck.

Comments

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

And Who is exhausting.

Is it? I'm honestly curious as to why so. It's only 13 episodes a year! Lots of shows do 24.

The only thing I can hope for is that this means the whole River Song storyline has been completely abandoned.

A-frickin-greed. And I think a companion romance could be pleasant, but a Doctor one? They've worn us out on a Doctor with a love life. Fatigue is a natural symptom of violent heart removal after all; thank you, Journey's End. But more than just that, there was Martha's puppy eyes and the Astrid thing... yeah, enough.

[salimali.livejournal.com]

12 hours a day, 6 days a week for nine months, plus promo- sounds exhausting to me. Also don't forget its not filmed in DT's home town, so often he's whizzing back up to London (approx 160 miles) for a day to do promo, go home etc. And of course, he's in nearly every scene, so exhausting - def!

Don't get me wrong, I'm gutted for Who that he's going, but at this time in his career, its a brilliant move. I'll miss him terribly and I'm not sure how on Earth they are going to replace him- but then thats Moffett's problem not mine!

It has been suggested that he knew what Moffett wanted to do with the Doctor and that he disagreed- I'm not buying that one, I just think he knows if he stayed for Moffett's era, he might never leave.

River Song?!?! I could never believe that one and I'm hoping this has now died a death (as they say).

I'm with you too- no more romance - please x

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

"walking pneumonia" Oh honey! I am so sorry! That is horribly exhausting!*hands you chicken soup*

I agree with you about this. I was not surprised, and I will miss DT on the show, but I do understand the decision. The shows tend to be longer than US shows, for one thing. But by US or British standards I think DW is a cut above everything else on TV.

I hope you never stop writing. Your wonderful fics help keep Nine and Ten alive no matter what is broadcast on the BBC.

Get well soon! *hugs*

[wiggiemomsi.livejournal.com]

Walking pneumonia? Oh, please DO rest! My husband had that, and when recuperating, it was the only time I've seen him "sleep in." Very weak & tired. So, take care of yourself!! Maybe you need to move from that cold, wet climate to my warm, smoggy Los Angeles? (Cough, choke) Lucky that Chris is home for 12 days, and can help you.

Now, as to this: "I don't know if I will write for the new characters, but I will continue to write Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose and Ten2/Rose until I run out of stories to tell. And that's a long time from now. I can be happy in my own shippy universe, and still watch whatever is coming. Hopefully with joy and not like the spectator at a train wreck."

Hooray, hooray for you! I see stories still being posted about the first & third Doctors, so most certainly you should continue writing what you excel in -- smut! Oops, I mean, writing Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose and Ten2/Rose -- smut!

I'm not interested in any other Doctor/female companion "pairings" either. It was always Doctor/Rose for me, and that's all I really want to ship.

*Get Well Hugs*

[katecarter.livejournal.com]

I just don't know...technically, my first Doctor was Nine, but then I started seeing stuff with Ten - and SHIP! - so quickly that I got really attached.

It kind of feels like Captain Picard doesn't want to command the Enterprise anymore...

[katecarter.livejournal.com]

Oh...and poor little Kathryn Shadow is about ready to give up on the show altogether. She has DT painted on the wall of her room.

Do rest with the pneumonia. I had double pneumonia when I was 15 and it was the most miserable three weeks of my life, so feel lucky at least that you don't have that!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Poor girl. But the next guy may be brilliant. We'll just have to wait and see.

Thanks.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

A bit, yeah. I wish he'd stay.

[ehmi.livejournal.com]

I said this exact same thing yesterday in a forum on Gaia!!! I feel cheated out a complete season of Doctor Who because of David! Damn him. And I can't just hate him, can I? Because I adore him. *sigh*

I completely agree about the anti-doctor/romance thing, too. Keep it away, thanks. It takes so much away from the adventures! (Says the 9/Rose smut addict.)

It definitely would be cool if he had some companions falling for each other. I like that idea. Like those two teachers from the original series that were chasing after Susan. They were so cute!

[othermewriter.livejournal.com]

Well what ever you DON'T be stupid like I was and ignore it. Trust me on this starting your every morning coffing so much you somtime puke is no way to live! I did a lot of lung damage with that royally brainless move and am still paying for it now years later. Would wish that on anyone short of the Master or Lucifer himself. Take extra good care of yourself and don't push yourself use the next 12 wisely by getting lots of rest before you have to go back to 'single' mom status. *HUGS*

[amyo67.livejournal.com]

OMG. I am so sorry. I am glad you finally went to the dr. Get plenty of rest and I am glad to hear you still have plenty of Rose/Nine,Ten,Ten2 swimming around in that brilliant imagination of your.
Hope you feel better soon.
*HUGS*

[corusca.livejournal.com]

Random health advice: drink the Power-C flavor of Naked Juice. Beyond being illness-kryptonite, it's very tasty. I always grab two or three bottles when I get sick and I swear, a day or two later and it's like I was never feeling anything less than perfect.

...this might not work on pneumonia, but it's the best I've got. Anyway, I hope you feel better soon and get as much rest as you can! Good vibes headin' your way...

[madeelly.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better. I have a cold, but that's nothing compared to pneumonia... >_<

Also, I'm completely bummed and should definitely be taking the series 5 news a lot more maturely than I am xDD.

*superflyingtacklehug*

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

Aw, hon, that's awful and nothing at all to fool around with! Take excellent care of yourself and get well soon! :( *send hugs and nourishing soup* ♥!

But I wish they'd just gone ahead and done it in The Stolen Earth/Journey's End with Ten2 still forming from the hand. It would have been a brilliant and unexpected place to do it at and a well kept secret and we would have gotten a full fifth season in March instead of these half-assed specials. I could put up with the specials because David would be back, but now since he's not I feel cheated. I would rather he did four eps of season five and someone else took over for ep 5 instead of what they are doing here. I hope they give us a couple of long term companions, too. None of this one year business. The only thing I can hope for is that this means the whole River Song storyline has been completely abandoned. I can't bear to see Ten fall in love with anyone other than Rose.

Sorry for the looooooong quote but you just hit SO many things square on the head for me! I'm wondering if David was kinda doing the denial thing: "I'm ready to leave but I don't really want to leave yet...so maybe if we do less next year, I won't feel like leaving anymore if I don't have to go right into another series because I'm kinda at the end of my rope yet I'm still really not ready to commit to leaving" (yes, I know that feeling :S ;) ). Then after they made those arrangements, he decided that he really was ready to leave before s5, so here we ended up with this weird gap of time between series.

Or it might not really have had anything to do with him and they're kinda just letting him take the blame for the specials/extra year between series thing. 'Cause Torchwood is doing the same deal and not because of anything to do with DT... ;)

I'll be singing in the streets (okay, maybe not in the streets but at least in my chair ;) ) if we can escape a Ten/River romance. Do we know for sure whether Alex Kingston isn't going to be in one of these specials? Anyway, the problem is that it was SO established that River knows Ten (not just the Doctor but his Tenth incarnation) that I can't see that they're going to drop it without ever wrapping it up. :S But I'm hoping that if we DO see her again before DT's time is done, they'll make it a platonic relationship instead of a romantic one. I can't stand to see Ten fall in love with anybody other than Rose, either! o_O (Rose or Donna... :P *adjusts halo* ;) What? You still like me despite my Ten/Donna shipping habits, right? ;) Lol! :D )

So sorry for the long-winded reply. I'm apparently still processing my feelings over his announcement. I've really been expecting it for a while but it was still kind of a shock to hear it made official, I guess! :( Anyway, I'm very glad to hear that your Nine, Ten and Ten2 muses will still be around! Fanfic will definitely remain some of the very best medicine for us all! ;)

Anyway, again, so sorry to hear about the pneumonia but I'm glad you've caught it now and at least can be on the road to recovery! Take care of yourself and feel much better sooner than soon! *hugs* ♥♥♥!!!

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

*looks askance at the giant brick of a reply she just wrote*

*shakes head sadly*

Oy. I must be starting on my 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo early! o_O So sorry! *slinks away* ;) ♥!

[salimali.livejournal.com]

*Sends you lots of hugs and love*

I hope you start to feel better really soon. x x

[svanderslice.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're going to keep writing. I would sorely miss your stories if they suddenly disappeared.

I hope you feel better soon. Everyone seems to be sick this time of year, myself included.

Did you like The Stone Rose? It's my favorite Doctor Who Book, and the audio version is wonderful too because it's read by David Tennant. If you're looking for shippy Doctor/Rose books, I strongly recommend The Art of Destruction by Stephen Cole. :)

[nattieb.livejournal.com]

Take care of yourself. That is most important.

And, I completely agree with you about the casting.

[lady-dree.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I'm SO sorry that you're still sickly. Get lots of beadrest and drink all that soup people are metaphorically throwing your way.

I'm attaching a link to the announcement from the Daily Mail, just for those that wanted to hear DT's official statement. He basically said "If I don't give up the TARDIS key now, they'll be prying me off the console years from now, beause I won't leave.

Feel better!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1081637/Dr-No-David-Tennant-wins-TV-award-confirms-hes-leaving-Tardis-good.html

[adriana-is.livejournal.com]

I am sorry to hear that you've got walking pneumonia. I hope you're able to get lots of rest for the next 12 days.

ITA with you on Ten leaving. This seems like a good time for him to leave for all the reasons you stated and we can get a new Doctor with Moffatt and start fresh. And, I really do hope that the whole River Song arc is put away. I will never be able to picture Ten without Rose so this works for me.

[crimedoc1.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear about the pneumonia. I can send chicken soup if you like? Jewish pennicilin. ;-) Glad you can spend some time in bed recovering though... and catching up on your dvds!

[melnay13.livejournal.com]

I've had the joy of pneumonia, and yeah, I know you feel like you're gonna croak, but it gets better:) Rest up, don't try and take on too much, and avoid smokers like the plague.

Hope you feel better soon:)

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

Oh man...I've had walking pneumonia and it's not at all fun. Rest, rest, rest, lots of fluids and chicken soup.

I like your Supernatural plan. Sounds like a fine way to pass the time (I remember JA from DooL, too!). They are definitely pretty, pretty boys. ;)

As for DT...I feel pretty much the same way. These specials better be pretty damn spectacular. I think the vague original plan was for JE to be the last, but when they offered DT the opportunity to do the specials, he took them as one last DW hurrah. Oh well. We'll just have to see what they do with them.

And my GOD I hope the whole River Song storyline doesn't happen. I am totally willing to go with it having been an alternative universe due to whatever the hell was going on with Donna. No no no to River Song, please, Mr. Moffatt.

Time to start speculating on the new Doctor. I've been watching DW for 25 years, so although I'll miss DT, the transition won't be as shocking for me as it might be for the many folks for whom Ten (or Nine) is their first Doctor. It's just part and parcel of the franchise. And I agree with you...no more romance with companions. I *so* enjoyed this past year with Donna because it was light and fun and NOT romantic. Rose was a very unique case, so lets not go back there...

[heather916.livejournal.com]

You get healthy!! If ideas percolate and you get some writing done, all the better, but definitely focus on getting healthy! (Like I have any right to boss you around but... you know....)

I agree completely with you on your feelings about David's departure. I just wrote about it in my own journal, actually. I was hoping to get one more full season, or at least a half-season, but I'm also not terribly surprised that we're not. This show is utterly exhausting and he is at the pinnacle of his career. I'm convinced the NTA's tabled the Most Favorite Actor this year because they knew he'd win it for the third straight year.

I'll keep watching, but I have no idea how they're going to fill his shoes. Oh, and I'm going to miss the Chucks.

[angel932.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry to hear you are sick - feel better quick, okay?

I'm just going with the flow and hanging on to DT as long as possible (seeing as how I'm still in denial about Chris leaving, I imagine I have a while to go before it really hits me!)

Just keep writing - we'll keep reading!

[doctorsdiva.livejournal.com]

Just got back from a singing trip and saw your post. Please look after yourself. Walking pneumonia is no joke. Drink lots of fluids and rest. Sending you lots of big brit hugs.

[sammie28.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better! I got pneumonia a couple years ago during my senior year and it knocked me out something terrible. I hope you get well soon!

I definitely agree about "JE" and "Stolen Earth". That would have been a perfect time for a new Doctor, including giving Rose human 10 while 11 left with Donna. The visual difference would have made the scene much easier to take, I believe (just as many FF made the human Doc 9 to contrast with Time Lord 10). Plus, I was so mad about the faux regeneration - to me it was a major, major and unnecessary cop-out, akin to the endless American cop shows that do the "so and so is quitting/being disciplined/finding themselves/going on a spiritual retreat/taking up full-time country dancing" storylines when the actor is clearly returning. (Yes, that's my teeth grinding.)

Hope you enjoy your TV time. (Every time I see "Jared Padalecki" I think of the speculation a few years ago of him headlining a "MacGyver" revival!) Please get well!

[ehmi.livejournal.com]

*misses you and your stories a lot*

I hope you're starting to feel better!

[txoktober.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you are not well, rest up and get better!

I agree completely, JE would have the place to put to bed (heh-heh) the whole Rose/Doctor love affair with the 10.5 Doctor and a new Doctor with new perspective could have made his peace with that. 'Yes, I still love you Rose, but not like HE loves you.' To me the specials are going to be rather anti-clamatic knowing the Doctor is going to regenerate at the end, and no real reason for him to stop pining for Rose until he does.

But honestly, I still have not been able to make my peace with the Doctor/Donna mind rape thing. I hate RT put me in this place, but when I look at Ten, the first thing that pops in my head is how could he do that? I know, I know he did it to save her life, but we are the sum of memories and experiencs. It seemed like such a violation, it seemed like death. Points to Catherine Tate, I suppose.

No River, not ever. If there is any silver lining to all this is we don't have to deal with that...Unless RT gets a wild hair and makes her be a part of the specials...Please, please no.