all your love is just a dream, dream, dream

[beingfacetious]

Hi, my name is Catey and I need more icons realbadlike. (I replaced my only Nine/Rose icon with this Amy/Rory icon...? Ilovethemsomuch.)

I decided to do an Amy's Choice thoughts post separate from a Hungry Earth/Cold Blood post, because I can just sense that that will be pleeenty long enough on its own, and also, I absolutely freaking loved Amy's Choice.


Ummm, how much do I love married!Amy/Rory. A LOT. Even with the kind of gross ponytail. I actually thought right away that this might be some dreamworld of Rory's, but it's exciting to me that I came to that conclusion; it means they've been doing Rory right! And d'awwww Doctor popping in for a visit. His speech about how he doesn't just abandon people was much more Doctor than Eleven. I liked that. In fact this whole episode was just, ahh, gold. Falling asleep in one world and waking up in another! Not knowing which one is real! Not knowing which one you want to be real! Not knowing who and what to hang onto in either world! AND music that sounds like Jon Brion's Eternal Sunshine score! The whole thing had an Eternal Sunshine vibe for me. Which I loved, obviously. I'm all about intense, emotionally taxing decisions that can change/end your life as you know it. ♥

I'm not sure how much I'm buying the whole Dreamlord-is-actually-the-Doctor thing, mostly because of all the ~intense plot twists~ in this series, but if that really is the answer, then that kind of hurts. "There's only one person in the universe who hates me as much as you do." I mean, ow...really? I've never thought of the Doctor as really self-loathing. I mean during the specials, especially EoT, I can see that, and the Dreamlord's taunting Amy about old companions etc. fits with that I suppose. But it hadn't crossed my mind that he might still feel that way. Eleven is kind of happy-go-lucky about things, faaaar from my beloved emo!Ten, and while I can see that as a coping mechanism type thing it still seems to come out of left field. I mean, I loved all of that introspection, if Dreamlord=Doctor; it was the kind of tragic poignancy I really do love. I just don't know if I love it for the Doctor.

The best part of this episode, though, was of course the Amy/Rory development. I felt like in this episode, more than in any before this one, these two especially came alive as people more than characters. I actually got a little teary about him cutting off his absurd ponytail, just because of the way Arthur did it. Arthur's a freakin' champ you guys. He's so good at handling the tension of the Amy/Rory love story. I was so glad he got something to work with this episode. And KAREN!!! as always; I hate that Rory had to, like, die for Amy to realize how she feels about him, but that moment is so beautiful to watch. Her faaaaace. And of course she decided it didn't matter anymore whether that world was the real one. Perfect. And the end scene!!! Oh my gosh, Arthur and Karen together, you guys, why are they soooo incredible. I just KNEW this was going to be so much different and better than the corresponding Mickey bits of Series 1 and 2. The face touching! The awkward dialogue! The looks on their little faces! One question, though: when Amy says "I love Rory and I never told him," does she mean never as in not frequently, or never as in literally never, in which case, holy God, it's really huge that he wanted to marry her. What is it with people on this show being so afraid to say "I love you" ALL OF YOU SHOULD JUST SAY IT ALL THE TIME.

Seriously, I'm in love with this episode. Beautiful television. I can't wait to watch it again. My only real complaint is that I don't really understand why this episode happened. I mean if Dreamlord=Doctor, then...why did the Doctor do all this? Is he really so dark and devious that he would scar Amy that way just for the sake of making a point? And what was the deal with them both being fake?...I might have just missed the answers there so I'll reserve that judgment for a second watching. Overall this is absoluuuutely my favorite of the series so far.

...and now I'll stop before discussing how much what came next does not make any sense.



Also, here's a comment meme!

If you comment on this entry, I shall...

1. Respond with something random about you.
2. Tell you which color you remind me of.
3. Tell you my first memory of you.
4. Tell you what animal you remind me of.
5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you.
6. Tell you my favorite thing about you.
7. Tell you my least favorite thing about you.
8. Challenge you to post this on your journal.

Comments

[professor-spork.livejournal.com]

My only real complaint is that I don't really understand why this episode happened. I mean if Dreamlord=Doctor, then...why did the Doctor do all this?

YES, THIS. I obsessed over that for aaaaages. "But WHY is it Amy's choice?!"

Eventually I decided it was just DW... being DW... and not to question it xD

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, sounds fair enough. After all, it's not as though series two was without it's "...uh?" moments. (Only series two was perfect!)


1. I stole this meme from you, sorreh. Also I'm super jealous of all your paid account icons.

2. Blue. Because your journal is all shades of blue like mine, and we became friends within days of me blue-ing my layout.

3. I fell in loooove with one of your fics - "The First Time," maybe? I loved how you obviously got Ten/Rose and especially the way you wrote Rose's character.

4. Pff, starwhale.

5. I'll give you two and you can pick one or answer both:
a) What's your absolute most favorite series two episode?
b) Are you one of those people who felt betrayed by the end of series four and think Rose and TenII had to deal with angst and issues before being happy (or never ending up happy), or one of those people who loved the end of series four and willingly accept the fact that Rose and TenII went on to have a lovely fluffy life of joy? (How's that for a nice, neutral, non-leading question...)

6. Your attitude about Rose ♥ Also I've agreed with about every single one of your series 5 opinions, so that makes me feel validated in that I'm not just dying to dislike things about this series, which really I swear I'm not. Also you leave really kind fic comments.

7. You like Legend of Zelda, but you apparently DON'T ship Link/Zelda (Ocarina of Time era). Of course for all I know Tetra could, like, be Zelda. I haven't kept up.

[professor-spork.livejournal.com]

a) JEEZ YOU DO NOT BACK DOWN WITH THE QUESTIONS. Um, my absolute first instinct was to go with Satan Pit, and so I'm going to go with that rather than second-guess myself, because then I'll just obsess over it all day. It has the most epic hug ever recorded on film, and "I believe in her," and Rose completely taking charge and rocking all over the damn place, and I just love it.

b) At first I was a bit neurotically peeved at Journey's End because I WANTED to love it and I couldn't, because Cloen and Rose didn't smile at each other (yes, I realize this is crazy; I even did a picspam about it) but I've since gotten over myself and luff it as it should be luffed.

LOL actually yes, Tetra is Zelda. In the same way that Sheik is Zelda, only in Wind Waker Tetra is the base personality and ZELDA is the disguise, and not the other way around. I ship all Links with all Zeldas (much like how I ship all Doctors with Rose, even the ones who never met her) but Tetra is just... the awesomest. Easily one of my top five favorite female characters ever. (The others being Ginny Weasley, Rose Tyler, Cordelia Chase, and Kitty Pryde.) But I see your point and will add Link/Zelda to my interests post-haste.

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

a) Good choice. Cookies for you.

b) Ahh, your picspam makes a good point. By the time I watched JE I was kind of so angry at how often this fandom turns into a bunch of naysayers that I think I was pretty much blind to those initial complaints, and in future watchings I had really honestly fallen in love with the idea of Rose/TenII, so I never thought of those objections. I do wish there'd been a few extra seconds of that scene, though. Truly.

Also, ahahahaha, of course she is. Oh Legend of Zelda. My brother keeps trying to make me play Wind Waker. It's a graphic thing for me. I have attachment issues with Ocarina of Time, as well... And I've never heard of your last two female characters, how sad is that.

[professor-spork.livejournal.com]

Oh my god SADDEST ICON EVER.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY WIND WAKER. IT IS SO GOOD. It was the first Zelda game I ever played on my own, so I think I imprinted on it a little, but honestly, it's so good. And I promise that the cartoony graphics grow on you. bbLink's face is so expressive. And if you honestly can't handle it, at least play Twilight Princess (you can get a gamecube version). It's like a more beautiful version of Ocarina. Hyrule is *huge,* man. You can ride Epona for HOURS. It's more than one field! So nice.

Cordelia is from Buffy/Angel; Kitty is from the X-Men.

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

IKR. The person I saw using this icon, when I rambled about how sad and awesome it was and asked who made it and if I could steal it, said something like "oh, you know that's funny, I had never thought of it that way. Interesting theory." INTERESTING THEORY? SOMEWHERE HARDENED CRIMINALS ARE WEEPING ABOUT THE UNDENIABLE SADNESS. so, um, thanks for appreciatin'. :p

Little brother actually gave me a copy of Twilight Princess that I have yet to play! I'll so that this summer while I'm not really doing anything else. Haaa. It does look gorgeous.

One of these days I'm going to have to try Buffy, since most of my friends who like the shows I like also like Buffy. Wow, good sentence.

[professor-spork.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch Buffy until last summer; I'm glad I waited. I feel like I can appreciate it more now. However, you have the unfortunate handicap of having seen Doctor Who first. And unfortunately, most other shows just can't compare xD

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

Unfortunate, that. And my Doctor-Who-is-better-than-everything belief is solidified every time I hear Julia Gardner open her mouth, and today I've been watching series two with commentary...maybe I'll save Buffy for a later date. xD

[bytheshoreline.livejournal.com]

I really, really loved this episode. Definitely the best of the series so far. (Though I do have rather a soft spot for "The Eleventh Hour".) Of course, I'm still holding out for "Vincent and the Doctor" this weekend ;) Seeing as I am a bit of an art history geek, I feel I am going to enjoy it immensely. But really, "Amy's Choice" was brilliant on a different level. And it did feel very Eternal Sunshine, which I watched again per your suggestion, and loved. (Also, Elizabethtown, which I had not seen but also loved.)

I don't buy that he's the Dreamlord either; I feel like the Doctor must be hiding the truth from Amy and Rory.

Rory's death was so tragic :( Karen absolutely killed me in that bit. I love them so much. I had no idea I would care at all about them at the beginning of the series.

You don't have to do the comment meme for me, because I'll probably be too lame to do it myself :P

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, "Vincent" does look excellent. :-) As mentioned sometime previously, I'm a big sucker for the history episodes. And there's never been an artist one! Hee.

Yaaaay for rewatching Eternal Sunshine! I might do that myself in the near future. And I'm so glad you loved Elizabethtown! I would really have felt bad if you'd hated it.

At the beginning of the series I kind of felt like their relationship would be one of everlasting untapped potential because, even though I am absolutely willing to admit that there are wonderful things about Moffat's writing, emotional ties is not really one of those wonderful things. But look at these two go, being awesome anyway! (Not mentioning Moffat didn't write this episode...)

Pssh I'm doing it. I'll get three people commenting on this and I'm definitely doing it for all three! :-p No re-post really necessary.


1. When we watched the lovely movie I just blanked on at Jasa's, I was pretty sure I'd met you a couple times already but I couldn't remember when or where or under what circumstances, which is one of my alltime worst things to feel, so I was kind of awkward and didn't make much of an effort to get to know you, because I couldn't be sure that I hadn't already done so. Biiiig fail, because you're cool. Lucky there's ElJay.
2. Green. Like a nice green, minty but not the pale gross minty.
3. See #1 for fail on this subject.
4. Jasa is a lot better at the animal thing than I am, but...gonna say an owl.
5. What's something you've written that you're most proud of? i/e have you written a novel-length work or a particularly kickbutt short story? (And how hesitant are you to share writing?)
6. You have an ElJay! You found me on ElJay! You're really interesting and open on ElJay so I get to find out how interesting so far! In the future I'd probably have a better answer for this.
7. I have a suspicion that you don't like Rose. If this is true let's not discuss. Haaa.

[bytheshoreline.livejournal.com]

1. You know, I had the same feeling. Go figure ;) And I'm glad, too! Not least of all because you won't even be at App next year :(
5. I am an absolute failure as a Writer. I cannot finish a single thing, I assure you. If I could, I would probably share. (Oh, actually, I am probably most proud of a movie script I wrote a few years back. It's only about half finished, but I quite like it. It's about Degas. See? Art history nerd.)
7. FALSE. (Too forceful? Haha.) I might give off that impression, though, as I don't talk about her much anymore. I have loved all the new companions and all the Doctors, and I love giving them their time as they come and go from the show. But if I need prove my love, how's saying I memorised the entire beach scene from "Doomsday" and spent a lot of hours drawing this for a friend?

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

5. Uh, awesome! I'm actually terrified by the idea of script writing. Which I'm really sad about, because I think it's such a cool genre, and I'd especially love to try writing for television, but I just...can't. I can't put away prose enough. Ha.

7. !!!!!!!!!!!!! LIZ! That is INCREDIBLE! Okay, all is forgiven. (I think I got that idea from your interests, like maybe you have all the companion names except Rose's or something?)

[bytheshoreline.livejournal.com]

5. It's quite freeing, truth be told, because you really have to focus in on the gut of the story. I was pretty into it for a while, (and wanted to study screenwriting at UNCW, actually), but then I missed being all flowery and deep. So now I'm back to being a hopeless, wannabe novel writer :P

7. Eep, I didn't even know that she wasn't there! (Well, I do have Nine/Rose, the pairing for which I have a deep fondness.) Haha, but totally understandable, considering ;D

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

Ahh, see, lately I've been really second-guessing myself on my actual story abilities. I'm way too fond of myself to consider that I'm not a good writer (ouch, that's arrogant, but ah well, ElJay is for honesty) but plot has been a stumbling block for me lately. I'd be terrified to take away everything else. Which is probably an indication that I should try screenwriting for a while...

My interests are all outdated and screwed up so I can't even talk, hahaha. But aww, Nine/Rose! I tend to forget about Nine a tiny bit in my overwhelming love for David Tennant (really platonic, I swear, I just think he's an incredible actor) but then I watch series one again and remember how much I do love Nine.

[bytheshoreline.livejournal.com]

Girl, I am the same way. I know I can write well, but I am useless when it comes to plotting. I mean, I managed it with the scripting, but that was probably because I was writing episodes of TV shows that already existed, and it's a lot easier to think of a story when the world is already established for you. (I guess I was basically writing fanfics in script form, only they have a fancy title: spec scripts.) And my film script didn't really have much of a plot, to be honest.

Another thing I learned from script writing: I can actually be quite funny. So it's definitely an experiment :D You should give it a casual go when/if you ever feel burned out from other kinds of writing, or you just want to stretch yourself.

I ♥ Ten. He is probably my bestest Doctor. (I do like Matt a very lot, but he's only had less than a full season, so I can't make any definitive judgments.) However, I just really liked Nine's relationship with Rose.

[miracleofmercy.livejournal.com]

(I replaced my only Nine/Rose icon with this Amy/Rory icon...? Ilovethemsomuch.)
I chucked my 'i bet you're going to have a really great year' Rose icon to make room for Rory. WHAT?!

I found the idea of the Dreamlord absolutely fascinating (and scary!). It was a WOAH moment at the reveal, but I actually slightly like that there is that dark side of the Doctor that we see other than emo!Ten and his angst, because it was different. I don't want the Dreamlord to be some series-arc-plot-whatever, but for that one particular episode, it was marvellous. And frankly, I thought it was just the parasitic psychic pollen screwing with his mind that made him screw with Amy and Rory, so I didn't really think too much about other reasons the Dreamlord came to life.

Amy/Rory is the best thing in this series by far! Arthur and Karen are soooooooooooo fantastic, I just want to squish them for being so marvellous and so adorable while doing it.

Have you seen the Confidential? Karen did a baby bump dance which scared Matty away. Arthur was saying that he thought his ponytail was rather cool, and that no one seemed to have any complaint about it. And then immediately cut to Karen who thought it was hideous. Gosh, THESE THREE.

Now you've got to give me answers to the meme. I'll do it for you. But you only. xD

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

I think I was the only one really bothered by the "why?" of this episode, hahaha, so no worries. And I've put it aside because truly, genuinely, I adore this episode. Sooo much.

YES, I LOVE ARTHUR AND KAREN TOGETHER. I have a problem with Amy in this episode flowing into Amy of the next two-parter, but once again I am probably the only one. Ha.

I haven't been watching confidentials at all, but people keep talking about how precious and fun they are and I've seen some clips (smoochy smoochy time!) so maybe I'll look some up. :D

[beingfacetious.livejournal.com]

SYL!!! Why did you let me forget this!?

1. Your passion is one of my favorite things about you. For Who or God or football...you give your heart to things, the same way I do, and I love that. Let people laugh! To me it's a sign you're vibrantly alive. :)
2. Red, actually. Man U, perhaps?
3. JAMESIEEEEEEEEE.
4. A stag. xD
5. How did you become a Christian? And is it hard/lonely being one in Malaysia/Singapore? (And so so sorry if that's really uninformed and offensive. I'm stupid.)
6. Oh dear, I guess #1 could have gone here. Let's try harder for random. Uh...every time I talk about you the first things I mention are "she loves Doctor Who!" and then "she's got this great love for Jesus" and then "she speaks the most beautiful English! Better than I do!" xD
7. I don't even know what to say man. Actually, I'll put this on hold until you decide to put s5 images in your journal layout. :-p
8. Now that I've finally done this you have to repost! Hahahaha.

[miracleofmercy.livejournal.com]

1. Awwwww. :)

2. Yes! Okay, my liking for red came before Man U, but hey, great answer. I had a serious penchant for pink when I was younger, and still do in fact, but it's now red >>> pink.

3. LOLOLOLOLOL

4. Equally, LOLOLOLOLOL

5. Vaguest memory, church since I was five or six; our neighbours were Christians so I think that had something to do with it. If I remember correctly, a proper concious decision of my own was when I was 8 or 9. Still a wee child!

And don't worry about sounding stupid. :) I shall try to explain. It is not lonely because there is about a 10% Christian population in Malaysia and a bigger percent (I think) in Singapore.It is 'easier' in Singapore because Singapore is very much 'globalised'. It is not hard to be a Christian in Malaysia as it would be, say, in China. There are many laws and restrictions, like not being allowed to distribute Christian publications to Muslims, and about overt Christian messages in public, etc etc etc. I use China as a comparison because for one thing, by God's grace, we have churches and places of worship and home gatherings that do not have to be underground, and we still are able to get Christian resources in the market, although that's a bit harder now since the federal government got a bit more radical. There are mission schools still running which are allowed to welcome students from every race and faith, and during Christmas we are usually allowed to get permits to do massive carol-singing/parade around the city and stuff. So I guess it's still pretty okay. My viewpoint is like this maybe it's because my home state has the biggest Christian population because of the indigenous people majority (okay, 'indigenous people' doesn't sound as tribal as it seems, it's just the native races other than the Chinese and Malays and Indians!) who are mostly Catholics and Anglicans so there's a higher level of religious freedom. I'm not sure what the other states are like, especially those that have a Muslim-based parties running it's government. It can probably be gauged based on the racial relations; in the East, where my home state is, on Borneo island, racial relation is still okay. It's just that in the West, the Peninsula side, that so many radicals come up with extremist propaganda that fracture the ties between the many races. So probably religious freedom-wise it's like that.

WOW THAT WAS LONNNNNG.

6. "she's got this great love for Jesus" Ohhh Padsie. I have to confess I try really really really hard, and sometimes I fail spectacularly. I do. But the amazing thing is the grace that follows! :D

"she speaks the most beautiful English! Better than I do!
YOU DID NOT JUST WRITE THAT. :p You are dreaming, Ms. English major. If I speak the most beautiful English, then I swear, you're an even cooler version of Julie Andrews. LOLOLOLOL. You haven't heard me talking to my school friends and we lapse into local Sing-lish with the weirdest slangs. (Some people think you're snobby if you speak too good English!). It's a little odd, but I usually adapt my speaking of manner depending on who I talk to. I find that I can slip into that quite easily, I think. I talk to my Indian and German teaching assistants in smooth neutral-accented English, and then to the Chinese nationals I lapse into a mix of Chinese with English words spoken with a Chinese accent like they do (because my Mandarin is a bit rubbish!), and with locals I can lapse into local-slang if they do. I'm odd that way. xD

7. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm thinking of making a banner of Karen, Matty, David, and Billie...on the same banner. Will that distress you, O great Catey? xD

8. OKAY I WILL DO THIS.