I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

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Doctor Who 7x13: Nightmare in Silver

(Yes, I forgot to review The Crimson Horror. Too bad.)

I'm still tense from this one.
Not as good as "The Doctor's Wife", but you have to admit, that one is hard to beat, even if you're the author of it.
Still, this was good.
( spoilers will be upgraded )

Which would be worse, a galaxy ruled by Cybermen, or by Daleks? Daleks, probably. They want to be cruel and cause misery. The Cybermen want to eliminate misery (along with joy, love, happiness...)

Half-a-dozen Stargate keys
Invention of a new disease
Daniel Jackson on his knees
That's what Apophis wants.

Harry Potter on his knees
Imperius the Ministries
Life for all eternities
That's what Voldemort wants.

Fluffy socks with honeybees
A cooling western summer breeze
Several thank-yous and a please
That's what Dumbledore wants.

Swinging freely through the trees
No more itches, nits, or fleas
Lovely Jane as his best squeeze
That's what Tarzan wants.

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There's something that's been bugging me for a while: why is Harry Potter famous? No, I don't mean "what is he famous for?" I mean "who told the press"? Actually, I don't care so much who told the press (I mean, it was probably Dumbledore); the thing is, it's terribly unlikely for Harry Potter to be famous, not unless someone deliberately set out to make him famous (whether that be Dumbledore or the Minister of Magic or whoever...). There were no witnesses to what happened that night. Nobody apart from Harry himself, and it's not like a traumatized toddler is going to be talking to the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter is famous for something he didn't do: defeating Voldemort. It was Lily who did that. Yet it is Harry who gets all the credit.

Given that... why hasn't anyone written a story in which nobody invented the concept of "The Boy Who Lived"? A story in which Lily did get the credit, and Harry isn't famous; just one orphan among many?
Now, I've seen a story or two where someone else other than Harry is called "The Boy Who Lived", but I haven't seen any stories where there isn't a boy who got the fame. And it kind of bugs me that nobody has questioned the famousness of Harry, when, as I said, it isn't actually that likely. It's not as if someone needed to suppress the story; there was no news-story until someone made it up.

Or am I wrong? Has there been fanfic which has dealt with this?

In "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe", the Doctor introduces himself as the "Caretaker", since he's trying to keep a low profile, seeing as he's supposed to be dead.

I can't remember - in later episodes, does he fall back into his old habit of introducing himself as the Doctor, or does he just not introduce himself?

I know that in "Hide", he didn't introduce himself, because my brother D, who hadn't seen Doctor Who in ten years, spent the first ten minutes of the episode thinking that the ghost-hunting professor was the Doctor, and the Doctor was the villain. (Strange but true)
So... for other episodes, do any of you recall whether or not the Doctor introduced himself as "the Doctor"?

Hey, I remembered! Happy birthday vilakins!

(I am pretty random at the birthday thing, folks. Just accept it.)

I just realized that Hermione is brilliant at everything except what Harry is brilliant at: flying and DADA. And chess, which Ron is brilliant at.

I have finished it!



I intended this to be a necklace, but it ended up so long that I made it into a belt. Could still be worn as a necklace, though.

How: Chainmaille and beads.
( cutting technical details )

There are eleven sections of yellow beads, and each section has eleven beads.

Symbolism:
Yes, this has symbolism! Else it would not be titled as it is.
Idris is Idris "Sexy" TARDIS (as named in the DW episode "The Doctor's Wife"). The blue beads represent her; varying shapes as she is variable, blue with stars and chatoyancy as she is a space-time ship, and Very Blue.
Her Thief is, of course, the Doctor. The yellow beads represent all his regenerations so far, eleven sections of eleven beads. Also, eleven represents duality and thresholds; there is no Threshold like stepping into the TARDIS with the Doctor.
The spiral is the time vortex that they travel in.

I am quite pleased with it. 8-)

In anticipation of the anti-theist trainwreck that is apparently this week's Doctor Who, I would like someone to cheer me up by writing a thoughtful fic in which Teal'c has a deep and meaningful conversation about false gods, with a devout monotheist.
Please?

I did as I had promised myself, and set aside Good Friday and Easter Saturday to read rj_anderson's ULTRAVIOLET. I finished it sooner than I expected, possibly because I woke up at 5am this morning and continued reading.

Spoiler-free review here.

( spoilery discussion )