He's Fire And Ice And Rage

Recently, I have acquired a new roommate, best_served_hot. While our living arrangements are unusual due to our muses, it is certainly fun. And we've been playing a lot of chess.
Chess Matches: Doctor VS Master
Winner indicated by:
= ➙ draw
X ➙ checkmate
+ ➙ concession

Game	rude_not_ginger	best_served_hot
1	X
2		+
3	X
4		+
5		+
6	X
7		X
8	X
9		X
10		X
11	X
12		X
Total Won:	5	7

The BBC has recently released archived documents by Sydney Newman surrounding the creation of Doctor Who, including a few of the "secrets" of the Doctor and how the characters were supposed to originally act and draw in the audience.

Personally, the best bit I found was that Barbara's name was originally supposed to be Lola. I think you know what's coming.

AT THE TARDIS (THE DOCTOR'S TARDIS!)

Her name was Barbara, she was a teacher
With a beehive for her hair and her dress cut up to there
She would be nosy and follow Susan
To the junkyard on Totter's Lane, she brought Ian tall and plain
They drove in Ian's car, watched Susan from afar
And when they got in they found a policebox
And went to the stars!

In the TARDIS! The Doctor's TARDIS!
It looks like a policebox but isn't!
(Time!) In the TARDIS! (Space!) The Doctor's TARDIS!
Try to go one place, you'll end up in E-Space
In the TARDIS!

His name was Alydon, he was from Skaro
He punched Ian in the face, went on to save the Thal race
And he wore leather, flirted with Barbara
But when the time came to split, Barbara wasn't having it
Alydon said "Stay with me," but Barbara chose to flee
And off she went into the TARDIS
On to episode three!

In the TARDIS! The Doctor's TARDIS!
It looks like a policebox but isn't!
(Time!) In the TARDIS! (Space!) The Doctor's TARDIS!
Try to go one place, you'll end up in E-Space
In the TARDIS! They went to Rome

((Intermezzo))

Her name was Barbara, she was a teacher
But that was in 1963 (year of the death of Kennedy)
Now she's in Mexico, saving some Aztecs
Saying sacrifice isn't fair, lots of feathers in her hair!
"History is mine!" She thinks it'll be fine!
But the Doctor, he knows better!
"No, not one line!"

In the TARDIS! The Doctor's TARDIS!
It looks like a policebox but isn't!
(Time!) In the TARDIS! (Space!) The Doctor's TARDIS!
Try to go one place, vanish without a trace!
In the TARDIS!

Don't change the past...

So about a month ago I made a wonderfully cryptic post about doing a prompt-plot idea to last the summer that a bunch of people replied to or IMed or emailed me about. The idea was to have a topic (I had thought of the athlete's feet turning up on the beaches of British Columbia ETA: Thanks for pointing my geographical error, not_from_mars!) pop up in muses' prompts, very like Bad Wolf or Torchwood did in S1 and S2 of Doctor Who. The idea was that by the end of the summer our muses could discover the "source" of the feet and have a great big boss battle and it could be a blast. Unfortunately, due to my RL being a pain I haven't had a chance to flesh anything really solid out.

But, since I lack the ability to form coherent thoughts on that idea, my brain formed new ones. Thus, I have New Ideas™ that may or may not be rockin'. I'm great(ish) at ideas but terrible at execution (especially lately with the sick). Anyone who might be interested in plot-formation or community creation, drop me an email or a message here?

[Poll #1234447]

In which I get sentimental...so SHHH. I'm allowed my sentimental moments.

It's not often one can actually trace back the beginnings of a friendship. Especially when you're obnoxious like me and go "HAI THAR" to everyone you meet and only eventually realize that you've become amazing friends with someone. Like, I'm still not sure where this spouse of mine came from. He insists we met at a theater, but I just don't remember. Maybe I have a squid in my brain.

As it is, two years ago today (er, yesterday, as stupid RL made me unable to post this yesterday) I first chatted with the now-mun for ambitious_woman in this thread here. At the time I had only been playing the Doctor for two weeks and she was established as the resident TM Fred.

Her and I ended up chatting a lot, and eventually I introduced her to Doctor Who and, well, as they say, everything went downhill from there.

So! My list.

The Things I Have Learned As A Roleplayer (And A Person) From Being Friends With ambitious_woman

- One should always roleplay for themselves and for fun. Sometimes that means doing things other people don't get. Sometimes that means locking a thread until you're 100% finished with it. Sometimes it means locking a thread and never unlocking it. But as long as you and your RP partner(s) are having fun, that's all that matters.

- "One more tag before bed" is hardly ever one more tag.

- Sometimes saying that the pups won't become romantically involved at the beginning of the RP doesn't mean that they won't start talking Shakespeare to each other and the word "platonic" sort of gets thrown out the window.

- The most romantic stories don't always involve sex. Sometimes they don't even involve pleasant emotions.

- You are not always right. You're not always wrong, either. Thus, you should accept what you're right about and what you're wrong about and move on. Dwelling only leads to tummyaches.

- Christmas as a retailer sucks. RP Christmas parties are awesome distractions.

- BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.

- RP is a shared experience. RP threads should be written by both partners, invented worlds should be co-created. Because unless you're walking into your muse's bedroom, there's no way they can expect absolutely everything they see or everything that happens. And that's usually the best part.

- Corsets kill people. Okay, maybe only my muse figured that one out.

- Quantity is only better than quality in the case of bottles of Diet Coke. Sometimes the best threads are the ones that take three months to complete.

- A sexually driven thread should always be different. If you can remove the names from an adult thread/story and still be able to tell which pups are involved, you're doing it right.

- Ferrets like Ipod cases.

- Angel was actually a good show after the Darla fiasco. Also, So You Think You Can Dance is not a horrific show. I refuse to say it's good. But I do like the contemporaries.

- Sophia Myles is a mini-goddess.

- Sometimes threads/storylines/plotlines don't work out. That doesn't mean you won't get upset, it doesn't mean you won't wish they worked, but sometimes they just don't. In which case, you work around it and move on.

- To err is human. To really fuck up requires that your name is "the Doctor".

- Replacing the "E" key on a keyboard is expensive.

- The best threads are the ones that are re-readable, especially on days when the muse is quiet and you think it's about time you said "TO FUCKING HELL WITH THIS". The best threads are the ones where you read it and go "But...I don't want to lose something like this." In case you were wondering, this one is mine.

- Being a friend doesn't mean you won't disagree. It doesn't mean you won't fight. It also doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. Being a friend means that you bring it up, talk it out, and things work out in the end.

Muse: The Doctor
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 683

Having an absolute blast. Steven Moffat is staying in the room across the hall from me, I've met Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy and did I mention that Steven Moffat is staying in the room across the hall from me? OMFG.

More later.

I've snagged a few buttons and such, would anybody like a Gallifrey One souvenir? I have tons!

There's far too much unhappiness going around. We need some love! Here's a fun love meme.

Reply to this post with anything you'd like and I'll tell you why I friended you and two things I love about how you play your muse. The only catch? You have to repost this as well.

<3<3

Discussions on character development that come out of conversations like this result in IM conversations like this...

ninewho: You know. Deep down, Nine really likes Ten.
Me: Ten: =D?
ninewho: Nine: X(
Me: Ten: =D?
ninewho: Nine: ......... XI
Me: Ten absolutely likes Nine. He's just not very good at showing. He gets distracted by shiny things.
ninewho: Yeah. Nine gets distracted by being Nine.
Me: So if Nine were in a shiny suit they'd both be distracted by him!
ninewho: It's true!