Thoughts on shipping in Torchwood and DW (contains Miracle Day spoilers)

I love Donna. I also love Rose, and back in the day I was pretty cool with Martha. It got me into all kinds of trouble. It seemed that I had to pick my ship and hate all the other ones. I even got banned from a couple of communities for writing very gentle fics about how the Doctor could have deep feelings for more than one person.

Ship wars are very interesting. One reason I'm not all that active in the Donna-centric communities is that you come up against so much Rose hate. It's spoiled a lot of otherwise brilliant fics for me, and it seems to be getting worse as time goes on. I've even heard it suggested in some quarters that in some way Rose was responsible for what happened to Donna, which I can only interpret as a way the writers deal with their entirely understandable feelings of disgust at RTD. Rose was special to RTD, RTD shafted Donna, therefore it was Rose's fault.

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(Apologies for formatting problems, I don't get this 'cut wizard' business at all, I'm afraid.)

Oncoming Storms

I feel very relieved not to be living on the East Coast of America tonight.

May all of you awaiting the Big Storm keep safe. It was Dr Johnson who once said that when a man knows he is to be hanged tomorrow it concentrates the mind wonderfully. Times like this do, indeed, help us figure out what matters most.

My thoughts and prayers, such as they are, are very much with you. Good night, and may your God go with you.