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[spindle_ella]

Name: Dibs, Ella, whatever
Age: 37
Location: UK
Social Media: spindle-ella on Ravelry, if you ever catch me there; inkbandits.etsy on instagram, but that's mostly business stuff

Describe yourself in five sentences or less: I make things; all the things; did I mention I make things? I have chronic pain issues but try not to bitch about them too much. Just got married in January (although we got hitched for our twentieth anniversary, so I'm not sure how 'new' that is). I like to read, and am trying to get my finger out and do some original writing. Also I have an etsy shop, which can take up a lot of time when it's busy.

Top 5 fandoms: I'm not fannish in the sense of creating fanworks, but I'll always love Leverage, Diana Wynne Jones, Classic Who, Trek, and many other things that have completely left my head because I've been asked for a list. I'm also very into folklore and mythology, and gardening and tea and stationery, if they count as fandoms.

I mostly post about: Crafts and real-life.

My last three posts were about: Two bingo cards and pokemon hunting in Newcastle.

How often do you post? Not often enough; I'm going to renew my attempts at once a week.

How about commenting? Could be better, but again, I'm trying to be better about it. I just feel awkward sometimes. Okay, all the time.

Comments

[solarbird]

Tea is centuries of fandom.

Also ♥ to the classic Who even if I didn't say it in my post. I thought I could mention either it or my Sylvia Anderson fandom (seriously, none of those shows were any good at all after she and Gerry split up) so I went with Sylvia. "My Doctor" is Patrick Troughton despite the fact that I found Doctor Who in the 1990s, because our local station which was showing Doctor Who in a continuous loop was on him when I came in, and I love my weird little space hobo. Also Zoe. ♥

[spindle_ella]

This is true XD

Troughton ♥ . Peter Davison is my doctor; I tried with the new one but something just didn't click right.

[solarbird]

I love Christopher Eccleston's doctor. I like early Tennant, though he stayed well too long; his first series was brilliant, and Martha is one of the underrated/mistreated companions. Matt Smith wasn't bad but I've really disliked Moffat as a showrunner, which was a huge letdown because I loved his RTD-era scripts.

(RTD, for all his many faults, could write an evocative character in three lines of dialogue; Moffat can't mange it across three years, mostly because he yanks his characters around at whim like little action figures to do whatever random-ass thing he's decided his oh-so-clever-but-not-half-as-clever-as-he-thinks scripts require. Hate it.)

And then there's Peter Capaldi, who is the most wasted, most misused, most ill-served-by-script doctor since Colin Baker. At least his most recent series improved - I couldn't make it through the previous. ("Kill the Moon," from the previous series... ugh. about 80% through the episode, I just went, "Why am I sitting here letting myself be insulted like this?" and never went back all series. Just wretched.)

I'm so glad Moffat is moving on. Can't happen soon enough for me.

[spindle_ella]

I like Eccleston in retrospect; I think at the time I couldn't invest because we knew almost straightaway that he was going. I really liked Martha and hated what the show did with her - tbh, I think a part of what put me off the new Who is the 'my companion is the most special to the Doctor ever' that both the new showrunners had going on; it was so off-putting when I've loved so many of the previous companions.

I did try again when Capaldi took over, because he seemed like what it needed, but it just didn't take. Moffat going might actually get me to try again. I just wish Capaldi was staying with a new show-runner, so we'd have a chance at seeing what his doctor should be.

[hitokage]

Hopping in to also say Troughton is love, though "my" Doctor is probably always going to be 4 because sentiment and scarf. And K9. And Sarah Jane. Though now I want to watch the Troughton eps again....

[solarbird]

Oh there's a lot to love about Scarf Doctor.

Have you been listening to the Big Finish audioplays with Tom Baker? They've done a couple of series with Leela (Louise Jameson), and one with Romana I (before Mary Tamm died, obviously, since they don't recast), and one with Romana II, though what they had to do to get Lalla Ward to work with Tom Baker again I can't even imagine. XD

I'm really enjoying the series Louise Jameson. One of my favourite Doctor Who stories of all time is now a Big Finish episode, The Wrath of the Iceni - Scarf Doctor, Leela, Boudica's rebellion against the Roman Empire in ancient Britain - just wonderful. ♥

(The tail end of series 4, the four-part "The Fate of Krelos / Return to Telos," is also quite good, quite up there.)

[hitokage]

I've been told I really need to give them a listen, but finding the time (and the ability to focus on them) has been a thing. Gah, now I want to watch 4 again, too. Well, I keep saying I'm going to make my wife watch the Classic Who with me one of these days.....

[earthspirits]

Looks like we have several things in common (especially the arts and books, crafting, etc.).

Would you like to mutually add each other? Thank you and best wishes.

[spindle_ella]

I would :)

[earthspirits]

Thanks, and added you back. : )

[spindle_ella]

FWIW, I'd have added access too, but I don't actually have anything under friends-lock; it felt weirdly like a trick, like I'd be handing you an empty bag and you might feel obligated to hand over a full one, if that makes sense?

[earthspirits]

Sure, makes sense, and no problem! : )

Anyway, my own journal is pretty much open to the public, as you can see.

[killing_rose]

Crafts! Knitting/crocheting! If you don't mind, I'll be adding you.

[spindle_ella]

Sounds good :)

[hitokage]

Who and tea and crafting and gardening AND awkward? Interest is piqued! I am also often an awkward potato about commenting, so I can relate~

[spindle_ella]

I never know what to say! I've added back :)