I've posted at least weekly on this blog for more than four years now. Sometimes the posts come to me easily, and sometimes I struggle, but I've been consistent. Lately, though, it's become more and more difficult to keep up as the low-hanging fruit have mostly been plucked, and the pressures of "real life" impinge on my mental space.
So I'm afraid it's time for me to quote one-time Doctor Who writer and script editor Douglas Adams and say, "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
While Confessions of a Neowhovian is not a high-traffic blog, I seem to have a small but loyal readership. I truly appreciate all of you, and hope you've enjoyed reading as much as I've enjoyed sharing.
Maybe it's past time I stepped out anyway—this whole fandom is bonkers. Seems practically everyone has a love/hate relationship with the show, and I just can't handle that kind of uncertainty. I've got enough to worry about back here on Planet Me. All the discussion and examination of the same ol' stuff over and over has gotten old. I probably won't even bother re-watching old episodes any more; been there, seen that.
All that is to say, this whole blog thing isn't my cup of tea any more. So today's post is the last one I'll be making. See y'all around the Internet.
Brave Heart, Marcia
Well, I’m sorry to see you go, however I understand only too well how blogging and real life can sometimes be incompatible, which is why my blogging is incredibly infrequent. Blogging about DW isn’t as fun as it used to be for the reasons you describe, so perhaps writing about something else you like is the way forward? I rarely post about DW these days on goldfishandparacetamol.com, and focus on our things.
Regardless, I hope that online fandom hasn’t spoiled your love for the show. It’s about how it appeals to you on a personal level more than anything else. As long as you enjoy it, fandom is completely irrelevant.
Now I Feel Bad…
Umm… Thank you, Paul! (Please check today’s date.)
Whew
Ah, the date. You had me going too. If you left I would miss you because there aren’t a lot of people for me to discuss Dr Who with.
But I too would understand if writing a weekly blog was getting old, particurlarly between seasons.
Yeah, a love/hate relationship. That about sums it up. There are many things to love about the show, but the scripts have been so hit and miss. It’s strange.
I’ve been thinking about the Dr Who as fairy tale thing and I think that many of the script issues that vex us stem from that. I would rate Kill the Moon as my least favorite episode of the season, in fact I think it sucked. The anti science it contains is so stupid that I find it actively offensive. As science fiction it is a complete failure. But looked at as a fairy tale it makes complete sense. Many fairy tales focus on a choice that the hero has to make. If you make the correct choice you live hapily ever after. If you make the wrong choice it’s a complete disaster. So Clara had a choice between doing the practical thing and the compassionate thing. She chose to do the compassionate thing despite the fact that the entire population of the Earth urged her to make the practical choice. She allowed the giant space butterfly to hatch and as a reward the Earth was saved and the moon was restored to it’s proper place and gravity.
The problem is, I don’t want to watch a fairy tale. I want science fiction. I want logically constructed stories that make sense and at least make a stab at presenting plausible science.
🙂
“Many a truth hath been uttered in jest.”
I have sometimes thought about cashing it in, especially when I struggle to find a topic about which to write. But I love doing it too much, and I love interacting with the few folks who do comment.
Don’t worry—the week’s “for real” post should be up tomorrow. 🙂
Ah…
Now, you see, this is where time difference comes in. Over here in th UK, midday is the accepted cutoff for Aprill Fool jokes. It’s 3:25pm now. Also, the kind of burnout you describe happens quite a lot. And you were very convincing. And I’ve had a lot going on lately and hadn’t even noticed it was April 1st!
Well played though, I fell for it 😉
Realism
Well, there’s certainly a great deal of truth to what I said up front! 🙂 Sorry I didn’t get my tongue embedded quite thoroughly enough in my cheek by the end. (Interesting about the noon cutoff; I’d never heard of that before today when I saw another Brit bemoaning the fact that the practice seems to be falling by the wayside…)