Ain't no party like a Doctor Who party...

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'cause a Doctor Who party don't stop. (It just takes a f*ing hiatus after seven episodes for NO GOOD REASON. :P)

So, I want to hang out on the internets and flail about the mid-series finale of Doctor Who, but social obligations dictate I must leave the house. (Why must people inconveniently schedule their grad school celebration parties on the days of epic Who episodes???)



*OMG, River is Amy and Rory's BABY! ...on second thought, that theory's been around forever. I'm glad that's the one they went with, but still: DAMN YOU Who fans and your ability to correctly predict major plot twists!

*Rory and Amy's reunion! ♥ ♥ ♥ "I was going to be cool." Oh, Rory darling: you will never be cool, and that's why we love you! (I was going to rewatch this scene over and over and over again, but now I'm afraid the whole thing will be slightly spoiled knowing that cuddling a Flesh!baby. *shakes fist* DAMN YOU gooey Flesh!baby!

*Moffat: PLEASE stop hitting us over the head with your Big Important Points. We are not idiots. You had River say "He'll rise higher than he ever has." We heard it! We know what it means! We do NOT need a character to come out and say THE SAME EXACT THING again in order to 'get it'. WE GOT IT! Now: NO MORE ANVILS, please, our heads are rather tender! (And while I have your attention: the name of the episode is allowed to be spoken out loud ONCE per episode! No exceptions!)

*Centurion!Rory! And Amy as a mum is SO CUTE...I cried. (Fortunately, this time I was alone, and no one came upstairs all concerned to see what was wrong with me.)

Ok, I gotta get going now! But here's some questions I have:
*How did Eyepatch Lady get away from Rory?
*Where did the Doctor go at the end?
*Was that whole scene where they had the Doctor pinpoint exactly when the Pondling was conceived really necessary? (It was cute, but just a little long!)
*When can we expect the spin-off series with the Victorian Silurian Lady Detective and her lesbian lover sidekick to air?

Ok, I gotta go: please leave me some squee and/or griping and/or thinky thoughts! I will be spending the evening with people who've never even heard of Doctor Who, and it's inevitable that I am going to get a bit tipsy, forget this fact, and then spend a good 20 minutes trying to explain the show to people who COULD NOT CARE LESS and/or are just humoring me.

Go! :P

Comments

[plumeriandeity.livejournal.com]

LOVE THIS SHOW SO SO MUCH! I wrote a squee post too but failed to elaborate because I'm still wrapping my head around the AWESOME.

I cried too when Amy and Rory reunited. I knew I would cry at some point in the episode and had my tissue ready. Oh show, I love you.

River = Amy and Rory's daughter. I keep away from the speculation so I had no idea that theory was even floating around. I love it. It's a bit weird, but I absolutely loved the big reveal.

This show = so much awesome. Sigh.

Hope you're having a fun evening!

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Just think, when we finish the second half of the season we'll have that many fewer weeks to wait until the next season. (This is the only thought that will make me feel better. WTF AM I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF THIS SUMMER, THERE IS NOTHING ON TV!)

KISSING AND CRYING! :DDDDDDDDDD

I keep far far away from most of Whodom so I had no idea Amy's baby!River was even a theory. I do really like it, though, it... makes a lot of things about River more okay with me.

[lemniciate.livejournal.com]

I REALLY WANT THAT LESBIAN SPIN OFF OH MY GOD

[stick-poker.livejournal.com]

THE PONDLING. Excellent.

[ravelled-ribbon.livejournal.com]

I want that spin off so bad! Also I loved the doctor speaking baby. You should call her mummy not big milk thing!

I really don't like that she is their baby. I figured it out at the start of the episode and I really don't like it. Also I now suspect she killed Rory and that's why she's in prison and I hate it. I think this because they keep doing the bait and switch thing where you think they're talking about the doctor but its him and I had theorised she killed the doctor. Also she does kill the doctor. Also we know she dies and that's not fair because she is Amy and Rory's baby. I am very cross. It was an awesome episode though.

[inkdancer.livejournal.com]

1. Hooraaay space lesbians! I love the Silurian and Jenny.

2. OMGWTFBBQYAY I love that they went there with River Song. It really makes me quite happy. My mom and I were chatting about it and we realized that River is SO MUCH like her mother in a lot of ways (the sassiness and sexy comments, etc).

3. This was maybe my favorite Rory episode. Between the badass "Where is my wife?" and "Would you like me to repeat the question?" and then the "I was gonna be cool" I just fell in love with his character all over again. He's so excellent.

4. Amy as a mommy made me extremely happy. I wasn't sure it would suit her, but it so totally does.

5. SQUEE.

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

RORY POND YOU PRECIOUS BRILLIANT MAN YOU ARE GETTING A HUG EVEN IF I HAVE TO BECOME FICTIONAL TO GIVE IT TO YOU. ♥ ♥ ♥ I loved him right from the very beginning but this episode, from "where is my wife?" to "I was gonna be cool", just reminded me of why I think he is so great. Snaps for you, Arthur Darvill!

I'm...not sure how I feel about River being superhuman as well as Amy and Rory's daughter. I had heard all the speculation about it before. And I figured it out myself within the first five minutes of the show...my brain went "Melody Pond, that's such a pretty name. Moffat seems to pick a lot of pretty names for female characters...Sally Sparrow, Kathy Nightingale, Amelia Pond, River Song...wait hold on, Pond, River OMIGOD RIVER'S MELODY POND." I had been expecting it to be something nobody had thought of, so to find out that most of fandom had already guessed it was a bit of a letdown.

The Silurian Lady Detective and her BFF were awesome. I would totally watch a spinoff of the two of them. Someone better be writing fic!

So, does this mean River = regenerating child from DOTM? If it is her, why didn't she remember any of the events of TIA/DOTM? That makes Amy shooting her even more horrifying - I mean, she just shot HER DAUGHTER. IN THE FACE. Mother of the Year award right there.

RTD, I love you, but Moffat is just so much better at writing amazing one-off characters. The Silurian Lady Detective and Jenny, the big blue guy (I'm so bad with names it's ridiculous), the Sontaran nurse...WIN.

Y'know, I wouldn't really say that the Doctor "fell further than ever before" in this episode. Seriously? This was worse than the Time War? The Master dying (well, the first time)? Saving the base on Mars? I don't buy it.

I will be spending the evening with people who've never even heard of Doctor Who, and it's inevitable that I am going to get a bit tipsy, forget this fact, and then spend a good 20 minutes trying to explain the show to people who COULD NOT CARE LESS and/or are just humoring me.

You just described my LIFE, haha!