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#397176 Crowfall Tue, 10th Sep '13 7:25:29 PM

Pretty sure we've had some thumpings more recently than that, though the only ones I can think of right now were troll posts.

edited 10th Sep '13 7:25:48 PM by Crowfall

#397177 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 7:29:08 PM from Appleloosa

Hey guys, what's going on?

Well I'm busy reading that Psyche crossover fanfic.

Back when Ginger was still here I'd hazard to guess. I'm probably mistaken though. I'm not often here except for the evenings after all.

There have been thumpings since then, though they may have been self-thumps.

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#397178 Japanese Teeth Tue, 10th Sep '13 7:53:46 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Crow: I'm not counting people who come to the thread just to troll; I'm talking about back in the days when discussions used to get heated enough that mods got called in.

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#397179 Sydxelia Tue, 10th Sep '13 7:54:36 PM from Cranberry World

This post has been Thumped by the hand of good taste.

Twilight says you're a motherf***er.

#397180 Sixthhokage 1 Tue, 10th Sep '13 7:57:17 PM from Fort Worth

On second thought, nevermind, using that markup isn't such a good idea

edited 10th Sep '13 7:57:41 PM by Sixthhokage1

#397181 darkabomination Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:01:19 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

It's true that old DW had very decompressed serials, the special effects were Narm Charm at best, and some docs were better than others, but the revival series often treats the Doctor as a messiah figure with piles of angst.

There was never any doubt that he could get out of that week's scrape, but they at least tried to make the escapes and solutions work according to the rules of that particular serial rather than pulling out a blatant Daosix Machina. Not to mention the revival is guilty of gratuitous fanservice, Pandering to the Base, and needless melodrama.

Sorry, rant over.

edited 10th Sep '13 8:01:52 PM by darkabomination

Roses are red, violets are blue.

I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.

#397182 Sydxelia Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:02:29 PM from Cranberry World

Since I hate to let anything go to waste, here's an alternate version

◊ of tonight's tumblr post.

Twilight says you're a motherf***er.

#397183 Japanese Teeth Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:10:54 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Dark: My desire to not be one of those fans is one of the reasons I haven't gotten into Doctor Who. I'd want to get the whole thing, and that's just too much of a backlog for me to cover.

Just a friendly reminder to add quotes to the tumblr doc.

edited 10th Sep '13 8:13:28 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#397184 Sydxelia Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:15:30 PM from Cranberry World

Yep, I add quotes regularly.

Twilight says you're a motherf***er.

#397185 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:18:36 PM from Appleloosa

I was really expecting that pony he met in the hedge maze to secretly be Celestia. I guess it was just some random pony after all. Probably still going to be important though.

Sorry, rant over.

At least the episodes aren't three times as long as they should be.

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#397186 Japanese Teeth Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:19:48 PM from Meinong's jungle

This IPT post has some great comments.

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#397187 Sydxelia Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:29:41 PM from Cranberry World

Wow. I seldom check That Place anymore. "Adventure in the comments" is right.

I was on an image macro-making spree earlier today. I'll PM them to CDRW when I'm less tired.

Twilight says you're a motherf***er.

#397188 Seraphem Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:30:31 PM from Delamare

Hence why so many just start with the new series. Because there is SO much behind it, it takes so long to get through most stories, and it's so damn hard to actually find most of them.

None of which makes it bad Dark. It's still a freking amazing show all around.

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#397189 Crowfall Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:31:36 PM

@dark: Yeah, that's one of my biggest problems with New Who. Way too often the ending of an episode relies on a bunch of technobabel The Doctor just pulls out of his ass at the last minute.

@JT: Seriously, no one gets into Doctor Who by watching all the old series. You don't need to worry about that at all. Just start with Nine and keep going until you catch up or decide you don't like it.

edited 10th Sep '13 8:32:52 PM by Crowfall

#397190 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:40:44 PM from Appleloosa

Reminds me a little of how my sister asked me whether she should start with G1 when getting into MLP.

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#397191 darkabomination Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:47:12 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Yeah, DW is one of the few shows to have a ton of continuity and rarely makes it plot-critical. In the old series at least. The revival is pretty plot-based and more or less stands on it's own as a separate section of the universe. You'll miss some nods and a few semicritical stuff like why planets ingulfed in flames is the Doctor's biggest fear, but you can start Nine just fine.

Though if there was any classic Doctor I'd recommend on their own merits, I'd say Three and Seven.

Roses are red, violets are blue.

I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.

#397192 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 8:59:15 PM from Appleloosa

Hah, I knew it. That was Celestia in the garden. I don't get why Shawn didn't recognize the voice then though.

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#397193 Wryte Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:14:01 PM

That's a damn cute human!Lightning Dust.

Oooh, a dA link sig, how original!

#397194 Japanese Teeth Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:20:25 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Crow: Not all of them, obviously, but enough that I can get the references in the later series.

Indeed.

Okay, I really should get some sleep now.

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#397195 Blissey 1 Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:23:48 PM from a random Pokècenter

I really like the artstyle on this Celestia

and Luna

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#397196 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:29:35 PM from Appleloosa

What if you dont' feel like watching the whole thing? Is there a particular list of best DW episodes?

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#397197 Crowfall Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:36:08 PM

I'd suggest just picking a particular Doctor/companion combo and watching all their episodes. That keeps things at an easy to watch one or two seasons, and if you enjoy it you can continue from there.

#397198 the Librarian Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:46:52 PM from his own little world

I was introduced to Doctor Who on Smith and Jones, myself.

That is the face of a man who just ate a kitten. Raw.

#397199 storyyeller Tue, 10th Sep '13 9:59:12 PM from Appleloosa

The episodes I've seen so far are Midnight, Closing Time, and Blink. Closing Time was a bit problematic since it relied a lot on continuity.

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#397200 Applelight Limited Tue, 10th Sep '13 11:43:07 PM from In the skies above.

Ahoy.

@ keg

I think what happened with Posey demonstrates why that is never acceptable (because some people are in such a fragile state they might actually take up your 'suggestion'). As someone who lost a family member to sucide I don't think highly of those who suggest it, but kudos to you for trying at least to take a conciliary approach. Educate rather than punish might be enough...maybe.

Although I have wished death on people from the headlines in other threads. Child killers mostly. So maybe I'm a hypocrite.

And that op goes ok Thirk.

edited 10th Sep '13 11:47:27 PM by ApplelightLimited

My fanfic outline.

RIP Posey