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[magicallaw]

1. I know a few of you on my flist have had this, but why comment on a fic by saying 'well, I don't like the pairing you have written but it was good anyway'. Why do people do this? OK, so they're D/R shippers not D/M. Great, good for them. In a way it's like they're justifying reading the story to themselves. It's OK guys, you haven't cheated on anyone.

At least I didn't get flamed for posting it. That's a blessing I suppose.

I did have to bite my tongue in one response though, where the reviewer said he/she liked my portrayal of Martha because she wasn't clingy or pathetic like others had portrayed her. I dread to think what they have been reading. Or what others have been writing for that matter.

2. The prompt battle on cute_boots is up and running if you fancy a go.

3. I just read that in the next issue of SFX magazine Phil Collinson is going to be commenting on the ring on Martha's hand in those promo pics. I'd kind of forgotten about all of that what with recent spoilers and what not but this has made me curious again.

4. CAN IT BE CHRISTMAS NAO? ONCOMING STORM FTW.

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[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

3. I just read that in the next issue of SFX magazine Phil Collinson is going to be commenting on the ring on Martha's hand in those promo pics. I'd kind of forgotten about all of that what with recent spoilers and what not but this has made me curious again.

I'm glad my brother's a regular reader of SFX 'cos I'll be phoning him to DEMAND he tell me what Phil has said - I don't want to wait until I go home for Xmas to read it for myself !

Edited to add ('cos I'm an eejit)

WTF with point 1 ?!?! I mean really WTF ?! WHY do people do that ? It's completely pointless and stupid ! If you don't like the ship, don't read the fic MORONS !

(Sorry, I'll stop shouting now !)

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

I'll probably cheat and read it in the shop lol.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Good call ! Unfortunately none of my local newsagents stock it - and I'm not trekking all the way into town to read it !

Actutally the news'll probably be all over the Comms anyway within minutes of people getting their subscription copies !

[biichan.livejournal.com]

... I sort of did the same thing to a Ten/Rose fic once. *feels shame*

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Thing is, I probably wouldn't read it unless it had been rec'd to me. I suppose that it could be seen as a compliment cos they liked it despite the pairing. Unfortunately, I doubt that was their motive.

[biichan.livejournal.com]

Well, I was reading it by accident. Long story there. Usually I don't read Ten/Rose unless it's rec'd too.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

1. It's to chastise people for writing the "wrong" pairing. I usually reply with "well, I don't like it when people comment to tell me they don't like the pairing because that has nothing to do with what I choose to write, but this was a nice comment anyway". It's amazing how those types of comments trickle away if you do that.

3. Oooooh, I want to know!

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

1. I've taken my diplomacy tablets so I just said 'Glad you liked it.'

3. Yah, me too. I really don't want her to be engaged.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

Two wrongs do not make a right, but they definitely make for a good time.

That would be such a cop-out, it really would.

[ladymako71.livejournal.com]

1) Those always make me happy...and I have had a couple already.

3) Say wha...? Ohh shite...

4) Yes Please!

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

1. Yeah, I knew you had.
4. With sugar on top! Yum yum.

[londonesque.livejournal.com]

People are annoying me so much today, it's like it's a full moon or something.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Today is full of stoopid.

[temporalgrace.livejournal.com]

Err, they read it because...surely the Doctor shagging the clingy and pathetic Martha can only lead to realizing that Wose is his one true love? It's a theory. Not a sane one...

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Or they read it in the hope that it was about how Martha was plotting to break through the Void and reunite them both.

[temporalgrace.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly, that's Donna's job!

[gryffinclaw.livejournal.com]

Well...if they are commenting on Martha's ring, then it must be a big deal right? *sigh* I do not want her married. I thought I did, but now I don't.

MMMHMM Ten in a tux. However where is his bow tie. I love when his bow tie hands from round his neck all undone. I think it looks sexy....yeah, I am strange.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Or, it could be because the internets went 'Ooooh, Martha's married' when that picture came out so they're denying it. Hey, I need a little hope.

And I'm with you on the tie thing. But any sort of open necked colour works for me. *drools*

[gryffinclaw.livejournal.com]

Or, it could be because the internets went 'Ooooh, Martha's married' when that picture came out so they're denying it. Hey, I need a little hope.

*hopes with you*

[missperkigoth.livejournal.com]

I have a very close personal friend, who's a die-hard OTP. To the point where she thinks Martha's a terrible character, they should have killed her off, etc. More to the point, she has some serious sad ideas about Rose that would equal her not growing up at all. She thinks I am wrong, I think she is wrong. We're still friends. She even betas for me. I don't know why that end of the pool keeps thinking they're superior, and that liking Martha is tantamount to raping the goat. Makes no sense.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

1. Lame feedback sads me. I got "I like it when Martha-centric fics make use of her mental skills instead of just focusing on her jealousy over Rose...." the other day, which wasn't lame in and of itself but did make me scaredscaredscared of what's going on in all those fics I auto-skip.

3. OMG, I'd completely forgotten about the ring too. (Is it entirely batshit to say that she's married to the Doctor? Maybe an earlier incarnation she met doing UNIT work? Seven was still involved with the Brig in contemporary-ish times according to the PDAs. Or maybe it could be Eight.)

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

1. LMAO. Mental skills? That sounds so funny.

3. We can has Batshit for Martha club nao?

[evilgeniuslady.livejournal.com]

3. We can has Batshit for Martha club nao?

*joins*

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

3. We can has Batshit for Martha club nao?

Shall we start making outrageous claims on the not-OG-any-more and just keep repeating them with different wording when people use Earth Logic on them?

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Completely OT question about the not-OG-anymore. Where have all my posts gone? It says I have made, like, 5.

I don't like looking like a n00b :(

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

From what I read on the tech support bit, it's a clone of the last month of the old one plus the new stuff, and the post counts started again from 0 at that point, because it apparently would have been too hard to hack or something (but they say they're going to keep archiving old threads at the new one to keep it from crufting up for half an hour every day like it used to, so I don't know whether our counts are going to be some sort of weird rolling thing based entirely on recent activity). They have provided a new field in the profile to put your old count in if you want to, as a sop.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

They have provided a new field in the profile to put your old count in if you want to, as a sop.

Reading more carefully, filling this in will then make it appear under your name on your posts, thus avoiding newb-appearance. Yay!

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

I just had a guess cos I couldn't remember exactly. Thanks for that.

[temporalgrace.livejournal.com]

1. ...what's going on in all those fics I auto-skip

Usually, the Doctor becomes the mouthpiece for the author's hatred of Martha. I read a story recently in which Martha looks away as the Doctor and Rose kiss. This naturally enrages the Doctor, who accuses her of pettiness and says he won't tolerate "backstabbing or catfights or any other childish behavior." WTF?

[evilgeniuslady.livejournal.com]

*blink*

I am sooooooooooooooooooo happy I automatically skip any fic that has Rose in it these days. Unless it's recced by someone I trust, and even then I think twice before reading.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

Argh! The brain bleach, pass the brain bleach ...

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

1. Is this necessarily a bad thing? I've had a lot of comments like that on my HP fic (DW not so much) and I always assumed it was a compliment. It's harder to impress someone with a fic that's about a ship they don't like than a fic about their OTP, so I'd take 'don't like the ship but liked the fic' as meaning it was extra-good.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

I have actually said that up thread so I do see where you're coming from.

Personally, I think that it's a case of both me being slightly sensitive and wary of certain sections of fandom. As I said, I could have been flamed I suppose so I should see the positive side, you're right.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

why comment on a fic by saying 'well, I don't like the pairing you have written but it was good anyway'.

I got a lot of variations on that for me Rose/One, but I was expecting "EW! Yuck!" so it was actually a pleasant surprise, ahem.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

I can see the potential for 'WTF?' with that one, certainly.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Heh! It was a beautiful love story of beauty! :p

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I get a lot of comments like, "I love Rose, but I really loved this fic!", usually on my parodies that end with Rose being left behind because the Doctor got distracted and forgot about her.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised he didn't do that in canon, with anyone actually, not just Rose.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I see your point, and raise you a Sarah Jane Smith and a Madame de Pompadour.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

Bah! Get away with you and your remembering skills.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

It's there a bit in old school canon with Tegan (end of Time Flight; she came back in Arc of Infinity) and arguably Dodo (she does get mentioned at the end of War Machines but One is very accepting of the idea that she's OK off in the country).

[malaleen.livejournal.com]

Yes, be glad you weren't flamed for daring to write a Martha/Another DT character story. Cause you know, some people apparently get upset over that kind of things.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

*gasps* Who would have the audacity to do that? All DT characters are meant to be with . . .someone else.

Besides, judging by the other things that upset said person, I wouldn't be too offended.

[malaleen.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm not. I actually feel a lot better having a good idea of who sent the flame. I'll have to write more Martha/Peter to piss her off.

[magicallaw.livejournal.com]

YES PLS? Not just to piss her off, but for the great hotness.

[stoplookingup.livejournal.com]

Don't know what flame you got -- sorry you did -- but do write more Martha/Peter. Yes. Mmm hmmm. Please do.

[jadekirk.livejournal.com]

Yay! More Peter/Martha!!

Ha! Now I'm tempted to write a Martha/Barty fic... *puts plot bunny aside for a rainy day*