Dept. of End of the Weekend

[kaffy_r]

Very Quick Things

• Cold on the way out, back spasm threatening. I will threaten it back, and frighten it way the hell out away from my muscles.
• BB's thyroid biopsy came back negative for cancer. Since the tests indicate some thyroid problems, there may still be a connection to his ongoing fever, etc. We will find out when we talk to his doctor later this month. In the meantime, we are glad it isn't cancer. If that sounds less than ecstatic, it's only because we still don't have an answer to what is making his life miserable. Sometimes you can get so desperate to find out the reason for an illness that you begin to eye something definite with something uncomfortably close to approbation.
• Saw the first half of the Who finale, Dark Water. I am willing to wait to see what the second half brings; I enjoyed it more than BB did, and he didn't not enjoy it. Was not surprised by the reveal, since I (and practically everyone else) had spotted that one from, oh, the first episode of S08. I'm reasonably pleased by it although I have never had the great affection for the character in question that others have. (Fascination and appreciation, yes, and some thoughts on the character's evolution, but not affection.) Why am I being this obtuse when everyone on my list who wants to see it has seen it? Because some of them may not have, so I'm trying not to be spoilerific.
• And, out of nowhere, and thanks to posts elsewhere, all the scattered thoughts I've been having, the "I know there's a meta inside me waiting to get out" thoughts, the ones that have been swimming around aimlessly and without direction throughout this season (one I've regarded as extremely variable in quality, one I've been surprised to see viewed as a near masterwork by a lot of people I respect), have finally started coalescing. Mind you, that could be a mistake on my part. I thought they were coalescing around episode 3 and they didn't. So I shouldn't promise anything ....
• Tomorrow, I get to go down to the legendary and fearsome Tribune Tower, to meet my new owners. Yes, it's on a deadline day, but they did at least apologize for making the mass meeting a last minute thing. More, after that happens.

Comments

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

Thank you for not spoiling anything! I won't see Dark Water until tomorrow at the soonest.

Hope your back feels better soon, and that BB finds out the issues with his thyroid--with luck, something easily treatable.

[kaffy_r]

I won't see Dark Water until tomorrow at the soonest.

I'll be looking forward to what you think about it!

With regard to the thyroid, there's a possibility of some other things that could be quite treatable, so we're crossing fingers, although we're trying not do so as we walk. Heh.

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Dark Water. Partly because of your post back circa Deep Breath, I was expecting the Big Reveal, but I still got a kick out of it. I'm sure certain segments of the fandom are imploding over this, for various reasons. I personally enjoy that Moff is willing to tweak canon (and I think said character is not going to change all that much in a female body, though the sexual subtext might shift around in interesting ways). I love how Moff likes to take things established by RTD and put his own spin on them. The whole thing with the skeletons in the tanks was a direct steal from a similar thing in Army of Ghosts, only IMO infinitely more creepy. I was simultaneously LOLing and shuddering at the throwaway line, "Oh, there's one who donated to science."

Also, poor Danny. I hope he's able to escape from wherever he's currently stuck.

I really hope the thyroid thing is treatable. I have family history of thyroid problems on both sides, and I suspect it's just a matter of time before mine blows out in one way or another and I end up on thyroid medication for the rest of my life. My father did, and so did a couple of my aunts, and I'm sure there are far-flung family members I've never met who have also had issues. As I understand it, thyroid problems are a huge thing among people of English/ Irish/ Scottish descent, and "Hello!" ***waves hand***

[kaffy_r]

Partly because of your post back circa Deep Breath, I was expecting the Big Reveal,

Heh; sort of chuffed to know that my guess turned out to be right!

I love how Moff likes to take things established by RTD and put his own spin on them. The whole thing with the skeletons in the tanks was a direct steal from a similar thing in Army of Ghosts, only IMO infinitely more creepy.

Yup - and I think Rusty probably is sitting back in gleeful anticipation of what his colleague is going to do next. They may not always agree on things, but they respect each other and, most importantly, they both loving pranking the fandom from which they sprang.

And if the BBC hadn't frakkin' spoiled us on the Cybermen, that reveal would have been mindblowing, instead of only pretty cool.

I was simultaneously LOLing and shuddering at the throwaway line, "Oh, there's one who donated to science."

Dear lord, yes!!! I'm amazed that I haven't run across more discussion of that particular little bit of Masterish horror, right up there with some of his worst past efforts. She's outdoing herself now. I truly hope that Danny gets out of the nethersphere, and I'm wondering if Seb is going to turn on Missy, enabling at least some of the dead to return to their bodies, if that's healthy or possible ... speculating, speculating ....

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