First of all, thank you for the lovely compliment of knitting and a cuppa! I'm really touched and pleased. It's nice to be sat down with, if you know what I mean ♥
And Annie as a strong character who happens to be a female not a Moffatised strong (= superhuman) female character was great to see.
It's true! Annie is properly awesome in this ep. I really do love how Ashley Pharoah (damn I always have trouble spelling his surname) writes women. Did you watch the late lamented series Eternal Law BTW?
I remember thinking how 'childish' Sam was seen as in this ep
Hmm, funny you should mention that! One of many bits I chopped out (because, length) was a ramble about Sam's memory gap. It's like he formed NO lasting emotional connections between the age of 4 and his days as a DCI. All the people he ever says he cares about are either remembered from his early childhood (parents, Heather) or from his recent police career (Glen, Maya). Remember 1x06, when Sam literally can think of no happy memories between the day of his fourth birthday and the day he made DCI? It's like the lost years of Jesus or something! (Or maybe it's just another argument for Sam 'really' being Sam Williams. Hmm, again.)
*cough* Sorry, there. There's something about this episode, it keeps making me go off on strange tangents!
Interesting point about Sam's lifeguard outfit in 1x02! He did seem strangely exhilarated after the chase, though. Maybe all that adrenaline drove the existential angst out of his system for a wee bit. But only for a little while because, you know, Sam.
(Wish I'd got into this fandom! Sadly I didn't even know there were such things as fandoms at the time.)
I discovered the lifein1973 comm in 2009 and only really started posting to it in 2010, so I'm a latecomer to the fandom myself. It's still active, though! (Much more so than the Ashes to Ashes fandom, interestingly, even though A2A is much more recent.) Anyway, this was cross-posted to lifein1973, so that's why you may see some comments here from people who aren't normally on my LJ.
penelope grassle is the daughter of a lady who really made hedgehogs out of melons and stuck things on sticks on them for parties. And had a Soda Stream. And a Breville.
Awww ♥ It's a little terrifying how many elements of the 2x04 cocktail party I actually recognise from my childhood. Hostessy hors d'oeuvres! Clever sculptures made from celery sticks! Good God, yes. *shudders appreciatively*
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And Annie as a strong character who happens to be a female not a Moffatised strong (= superhuman) female character was great to see.
It's true! Annie is properly awesome in this ep. I really do love how Ashley Pharoah (damn I always have trouble spelling his surname) writes women. Did you watch the late lamented series Eternal Law BTW?
I remember thinking how 'childish' Sam was seen as in this ep
Hmm, funny you should mention that! One of many bits I chopped out (because, length) was a ramble about Sam's memory gap. It's like he formed NO lasting emotional connections between the age of 4 and his days as a DCI. All the people he ever says he cares about are either remembered from his early childhood (parents, Heather) or from his recent police career (Glen, Maya). Remember 1x06, when Sam literally can think of no happy memories between the day of his fourth birthday and the day he made DCI? It's like the lost years of Jesus or something! (Or maybe it's just another argument for Sam 'really' being Sam Williams. Hmm, again.)
*cough* Sorry, there. There's something about this episode, it keeps making me go off on strange tangents!
Interesting point about Sam's lifeguard outfit in 1x02! He did seem strangely exhilarated after the chase, though. Maybe all that adrenaline drove the existential angst out of his system for a wee bit. But only for a little while because, you know, Sam.
(Wish I'd got into this fandom! Sadly I didn't even know there were such things as fandoms at the time.)
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penelope grassle is the daughter of a lady who really made hedgehogs out of melons and stuck things on sticks on them for parties. And had a Soda Stream. And a Breville.
Awww ♥ It's a little terrifying how many elements of the 2x04 cocktail party I actually recognise from my childhood. Hostessy hors d'oeuvres! Clever sculptures made from celery sticks! Good God, yes. *shudders appreciatively*
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