Well, I can hook you up with recons! I have all of the Loose Cannon ones, a few Joint Ventures, and there's a really talented guy on YouTube and DailyMotion who makes his own.
The only one of those renowned stories I've seen and you haven't is The Daemons. It was like a Good Omens crossover waiting to happen.
I have a friend who watched all of Who in order in a year, something my ship has already sailed on. (Actually, she skipped ahead to Five's serials, then watched them again in order, so she saw all of his episodes twice.) The only thing I've cheated on so far is I watched the TV movie, but I say that doesn't count because it's not part of the same run.
Some stuff I couldn't imagine watching out of order, like, The War Games hit hard because I'd been following Two and his companions, and then Spearhead from Space was almost like The War Games Part 2 for me, on an emotional level. (Apparently, the same guy was in charge of both those stories, and only those two. They share a certain...feel, which ties together what would otherwise be two different stories about two different Doctors.) Even where there isn't overt continuity, there's emotional continuity.
And actually, as for cliches...I've seen some. I've lost count of the number of Victoria fics I've seen involving her being unable to get out of her clothes without assistance. I think this is some kind of helplessness kink, or perhaps misguided feminism (in a, "See how far we've come? Women couldn't even get undressed by themselves in Victorian times!" way). I've done the research, and it is perfectly possible to get out of crinoline and a corset by yourself. Victoria being stuck in her underwear is about as probable as Amy not being able to get her own bra off because it hooks in the back and that's hard. Plus a lot of classic fic tends to be shippy, in a WAFF-y, heteronormative, foregone-conclusion sort of way. Like, this dude and this lady were totally in the same episodes, you know they got married and had babies! And that just does nothing for me. :/ (I like gen, though! Gen is good!) Not knocking classic fic, some of it's spectacular! Just saying that Sturgeon's Law applies across the board. XD
I do not have the About Time Book Collection, though this blog (http://tardiseruditorum.blogspot.com) has some very interesting meta, mostly for the Hartnell era thus far. I also watch some of the episodes with my partner and discuss it with the friend I mentioned who's seen all of them, so we get some pretty good analyses going. :D
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Date: 2011-06-15 01:03 am (UTC)The only one of those renowned stories I've seen and you haven't is The Daemons. It was like a Good Omens crossover waiting to happen.
I have a friend who watched all of Who in order in a year, something my ship has already sailed on. (Actually, she skipped ahead to Five's serials, then watched them again in order, so she saw all of his episodes twice.) The only thing I've cheated on so far is I watched the TV movie, but I say that doesn't count because it's not part of the same run.
Some stuff I couldn't imagine watching out of order, like, The War Games hit hard because I'd been following Two and his companions, and then Spearhead from Space was almost like The War Games Part 2 for me, on an emotional level. (Apparently, the same guy was in charge of both those stories, and only those two. They share a certain...feel, which ties together what would otherwise be two different stories about two different Doctors.) Even where there isn't overt continuity, there's emotional continuity.
And actually, as for cliches...I've seen some. I've lost count of the number of Victoria fics I've seen involving her being unable to get out of her clothes without assistance. I think this is some kind of helplessness kink, or perhaps misguided feminism (in a, "See how far we've come? Women couldn't even get undressed by themselves in Victorian times!" way). I've done the research, and it is perfectly possible to get out of crinoline and a corset by yourself. Victoria being stuck in her underwear is about as probable as Amy not being able to get her own bra off because it hooks in the back and that's hard. Plus a lot of classic fic tends to be shippy, in a WAFF-y, heteronormative, foregone-conclusion sort of way. Like, this dude and this lady were totally in the same episodes, you know they got married and had babies! And that just does nothing for me. :/ (I like gen, though! Gen is good!) Not knocking classic fic, some of it's spectacular! Just saying that Sturgeon's Law applies across the board. XD
I do not have the About Time Book Collection, though this blog (http://tardiseruditorum.blogspot.com) has some very interesting meta, mostly for the Hartnell era thus far. I also watch some of the episodes with my partner and discuss it with the friend I mentioned who's seen all of them, so we get some pretty good analyses going. :D