And now for my next trick: Fannish babblings as usual! Proceed with caution
Whaaaaaat! That's right. Here I am. Again. Even though I said back in October that I was going to start writing more. Well, this time I mean it. Really.
So I went over to Mitsuwa and picked up volume 16 of Holic. I'm actually ahead in chapters, since I've, ahem, been following it online. I know. I'm horrible, since I really do disapprove of the whole scanslation thing, never mind the fact reading it in English drives me nuts (this is not to discredit the abilities of the translators, I just want to know what's really being said. That, and on occasion the translators use slang that just sounds ridiculous both in English and in English-as-a-translation-of-Japanese. That's a problem for any translator, though. I realize it has nothing to do with scanslator v. paid-for-it-legally translator), but on the other hand, I really, really want to know what's going on, so there you go. So while I'm ahead in chapters, thus know what happens after this, reading this volume was somewhat hard for me. The way fifteen ended was so incredibly emotional, and much of that emotion -while subdued- is carried over into this one...it's simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful. Plus I'm a total sucker for the Watanuki/Yuuko relationship I'm not a shipper....exactly? I just think they're relationship is so outstanding and awesome (a la Doctor Who and the Doctor/Donna dynamic) to the point I can't express it properly in words. But the fact that 16 just ends with Watanuki looking forlorn and saying Yuuko's name...pulls pretty hard on my heartstrings. Forget Tsubasa, this is the series I care about a "happy ending" for (though what form a happy ending for this series should take, I'm not entirely sure).
I'm going to miss the hell out of David Tennant as the Doctor, there's no doubt about that. On the other hand, we've known about his departure for so long now that I'd kind of come to a "Well, let's get on with it" place. That being said, the second half of The End of Time special kind of killed me (though not necessarily in a totally positive "blew me away" kind of...way). There were a lot of things I really liked. David Tennant's acting was fantastic and everything between him and Wilf was wonderful (I could have watched the Doctor and Wilf talking the whole time and it would have made me happy), but as someone who loved, loved, loved Donna (and consider her my favorite Companion, at least for now, when and until I see more old Doctors and Companions) the ending of EoT left me sad. At least at the end of season four, as angry and sad as I was at the outcome, I could at least sort of understand it, even if it left me feeling somewhat forlorn. But for Donna to be in this special and for such huge bone to be thrown to the audience that just maybe she could be "fixed" and then nothing? It makes things worse than before for me. Granted, I think she's as on her way to possibly becoming who she became by traveling with the Doctor again as she can be, but it just seemed pointless. Like RTD was sort of rubbing her unhappiness in our faces. It might be somewhat true to life, I suppose, but that's not good enough for me, and I don't think it's good enough for Donna. I'm just even sadder about how season four ended. Still, I got an enormously warm glow from hearing the Doctor calling her his best friend. His best friend. That's so wonderful I can't even use words.
Also, after watching the trailer for series five, I'm looking forward to it a lot. Despite what ubersaurus says about how "goofy" Matt Smith looks or how dubious he is about the choice in general, I'm choosing a glass-half-full view at this point. I'm just really ready to see where the Tardis goes next, with as much of the baggage of 10 left behind as possible (while of course not totally ignoring it), and spring cannot come quickly enough. 楽しみ～♪
So I went over to Mitsuwa and picked up volume 16 of Holic. I'm actually ahead in chapters, since I've, ahem, been following it online. I know. I'm horrible, since I really do disapprove of the whole scanslation thing, never mind the fact reading it in English drives me nuts (this is not to discredit the abilities of the translators, I just want to know what's really being said. That, and on occasion the translators use slang that just sounds ridiculous both in English and in English-as-a-translation-of-Japanese. That's a problem for any translator, though. I realize it has nothing to do with scanslator v. paid-for-it-legally translator), but on the other hand, I really, really want to know what's going on, so there you go. So while I'm ahead in chapters, thus know what happens after this, reading this volume was somewhat hard for me. The way fifteen ended was so incredibly emotional, and much of that emotion -while subdued- is carried over into this one...it's simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful. Plus I'm a total sucker for the Watanuki/Yuuko relationship I'm not a shipper....exactly? I just think they're relationship is so outstanding and awesome (a la Doctor Who and the Doctor/Donna dynamic) to the point I can't express it properly in words. But the fact that 16 just ends with Watanuki looking forlorn and saying Yuuko's name...pulls pretty hard on my heartstrings. Forget Tsubasa, this is the series I care about a "happy ending" for (though what form a happy ending for this series should take, I'm not entirely sure).
I'm going to miss the hell out of David Tennant as the Doctor, there's no doubt about that. On the other hand, we've known about his departure for so long now that I'd kind of come to a "Well, let's get on with it" place. That being said, the second half of The End of Time special kind of killed me (though not necessarily in a totally positive "blew me away" kind of...way). There were a lot of things I really liked. David Tennant's acting was fantastic and everything between him and Wilf was wonderful (I could have watched the Doctor and Wilf talking the whole time and it would have made me happy), but as someone who loved, loved, loved Donna (and consider her my favorite Companion, at least for now, when and until I see more old Doctors and Companions) the ending of EoT left me sad. At least at the end of season four, as angry and sad as I was at the outcome, I could at least sort of understand it, even if it left me feeling somewhat forlorn. But for Donna to be in this special and for such huge bone to be thrown to the audience that just maybe she could be "fixed" and then nothing? It makes things worse than before for me. Granted, I think she's as on her way to possibly becoming who she became by traveling with the Doctor again as she can be, but it just seemed pointless. Like RTD was sort of rubbing her unhappiness in our faces. It might be somewhat true to life, I suppose, but that's not good enough for me, and I don't think it's good enough for Donna. I'm just even sadder about how season four ended. Still, I got an enormously warm glow from hearing the Doctor calling her his best friend. His best friend. That's so wonderful I can't even use words.
Also, after watching the trailer for series five, I'm looking forward to it a lot. Despite what ubersaurus says about how "goofy" Matt Smith looks or how dubious he is about the choice in general, I'm choosing a glass-half-full view at this point. I'm just really ready to see where the Tardis goes next, with as much of the baggage of 10 left behind as possible (while of course not totally ignoring it), and spring cannot come quickly enough. 楽しみ～♪