Open gathering and chat post!

[capri0mni]

(Consider this journal entry properly bedecked).

This "Christmas season" is hard on everyone -- even those who enjoy & celebrate it can find it exhausting. And for those of us who don't -- or can't -- celebrate it (for whatever reason) it can be especially isolating -- particularly for those of us whose primary social connections happen through these here Interwebs.

So:

I'm posting this entry as an open discussion/chat thread, so that we have a place to chat and commune through the comment threads.

Come sip a warm (or cool, depending on your season) spiced beverage of your choosing, and grab a plate full of virtual goodies.

I'll be checking back in frequently over the next 72 hours or so.

Welcome! Welcome!

Edited to add:

I also can't forget (or, rather, I can, but should not) that today is also the first day of Hanukkah. So have a video that ysabetwordsmith posted a couple of years ago:

Watch on YouTube

Because I also know many are over saturated with Christmas songs, by now...

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhh. Now I see. I hope the next exec producer is very different from Mr Moffat, who I don't trust as a participant in Sherlock fandom. He seems overfond of the "reboot," Aka "I don't care about n decades of canon.

[capri0mni]

Yeah, Sherlock is problematic (especially last year's Abominable Bride).

But so far, Modern Who has been in a strict binary between Davies and Moffat. And, in Who at least, I prefer Moffat (I perceived Davies not only betraying Doctor Who canon, but the ethics of the storyteller/audience sacred contract -- especially in the Donna Noble story arc).

So for (nearly) every "reboot" Moffat did from Davies era, I cheered (Except for Clara's storyline).

Um... Do you follow Doctor Who? Or were the paragraphs above a rant in gibberish?

[jesse_the_k]

Your rants are always eloquent!

I was a tight follower of old Who, and I've seen random bits of new Who. The next time I need a new fandom, I keep promising myself I'll trend Tardiswise. and then shiny new things (Orphan Black!) distract me.

Still I always learn something from your perspective. So, what do you see as the terms of this sacred contract? (Feel free to link me to a post you've already made, cause I suspect this is a longstanding philosophical issue with you)

[capri0mni]

I keep promising myself I'll trend Tardiswise. and then shiny new things (Orphan Black!) distract me.

See -- I have the advantage (?) over you, there, as I don't do cable or Netflix...

I suspect this is a longstanding philosophical issue with you

Boy, howdy -- is it ever!

Here's the most recent post I made where I describe the Storytelling contract using precisely those words:

http://capriuni.dreamwidth.org/761732.html

... I thought I'd gone into greater depth, but apparently not. Though I'd be happy to do so, here

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks for the link -- will contemplate and reply later. (My internet is metered: off at 7:20 and back on at 9:07am, so it won't be for a while).

How do you Who? Actuall DVDs?

[capri0mni]

Until Capaldi came on, I'd been Who'ing vicariously through friends, and their comments, following synopses of different episodes, watching fanvids, etc.. Starting with Series 8, though, I've been buying the seasons for streaming through Amazon Video (which is only delayed one day, so...