Anyone need a hug?
As the Angels take Manhattan, we say goodbye to poor old Rory and poor beautiful Amy. Yes, I am talking about Doctor Who again.
Yesterday I was in Northern Ireland- in Bangor for an event and in Belfast for a signing. Because of the Unionist parade, no one was quite sure how many people would actually turn up. As our car was being diverted further and further away from the shop, a thought struck me:
If no one turns up to this signing, I get to go home early and watch Doctor Who as it airs. Ooooh...
But then we got the call- there were already 150 people queuing up. Looks like my faithful Sky box will be on recording duties again.
So we leaped out of the car and sprinted through the crowded streets, barging past cops and marchers, knocking over little old ladies, and bursting through the parade lines. 30,000 marchers. Countless onlookers. Flags waving. I have to admit, I was a little humbled that they went to all this trouble just to welcome me to Belfast.
The signing was great fun. Lots of enthusiastic readers, some too excited to form coherent sentences, some actually apologising for bringing so many books to sign, some laughing at a pitch so high it does not register to human ears... And I was given things! Two glow-in-the-dark skulls! A bling skeleton necklace! A sparkly cardboard skeleton! Sweets! A tiara!
Er... anyway...
And I was given artwork, and letters, and notes, and as usual my bag began to bulge before the signing was halfway over. Just as I was finishing up, the lights in the shop dimmed, which is usually a sign that they're about to kick you out. But of course two girls, two of my regulars, Olivia and Rowan, had to come around for a SECOND time. See, here's what the lunatics do. They queue up. They stand. They wait. They're usually near the front of the queue. Then they get stuff signed, and we have a chat, and they take pictures, and they chat some more, and they don't stop chatting, and my publicist has to come over and try to gently move them on, and then she does it a little more forcefully, and they finally say goodbye and skip off, babbling amongst themselves.
And then?
Then they queue up again. They time it perfectly, so that they're always the last in line, and so they get a few more minutes of chatting as I pack up to leave. Ohhhh they're sneaky. And I'm not even going to TELL you what Rowan did when we were hugging. She is a bad, bad girl.
Then I was back on the road again, heading home. When I got back I had something to eat, laughed at my dogs, and settled down on my sofa. And I pressed play. And Doctor Who began.
We knew this was Amy and Rory's last episode. We all knew this going in. The fact was, we'd known it for months. I'm not sure how smart this is, to be honest. On one hand, I can see what the BBC are doing- they're making sure everyone tunes in. On the other hand, where's the surprise? Where's the shock?
If I'm going to get rid of a character, do I tell you before the book is even out? No. No I do not. I try my best to keep you from guessing for as long as I can... and then I snatch the character away from you as quickly and as viciously as possible.
So, all those Whovians out there, ask yourselves this: would the episode have been better, have been more shocking and more emotional, if that ending had taken you completely be surprise?
But hey... what an ending. Sad. Tragic. Romantic. Beautiful. I suppose there's something to be said for watching the thing and knowing that Amy and Rory will inevitably meet their end- it adds another layer to the experience. And just when you think it's all over and the day is saved, there is one surviving Angel...
Matt Smith was fantastic in this. When he's begging Amy not to go... heartbreaking. Rory, as a character, has grown on me so much. At the start, I viewed him as a third wheel, someone who was coming between Amy and the Doctor (a beautiful young lady and a charismatic genius centuries old... come on, how could you NOT ship that?). But thanks to great writing and the wonderful Arthur Darvill, Rory became an essential part of the show's dynamic. And Karen Gillan herself... She's been my favourite of the new companions so far, and I'll miss her pout, and her feistiness, and those skirts...
Hug? Anyone?
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I described it on the previous page of the story. At least that means they didn't read the whole thing. Just the first two paragraphs of the second chapter.
Hi Kessie!!!
EVE! *hides*
Hi Eve!
Valereno!
*has a shotgun that shoots knives*
Hey Kallista! Totally want to read the fic!
Also... DOCTOR WHO FEELS! ;ALSDFJKSAFJJFKD
Hello, smurf!
Eve, she's over there. *points to Val*
And bye!
Hey Lois. How's Superman?
Bye Eve!
Damm bye guys
Bye Eve.
Bye Robin.
Bye Robin!
Posted. Anyone who reads The Battle For Blogland.
Bye Robin!
Zath, what do you think of Kestrel Queer?
Kestrel- Superman is pretty super. :)
And Kallista my email is
arianawithabunchofnumbers@gmail.com
Queer is pretty good. I like LeStarre better, but it's pretty good.
Kallista- my email is austinkids@gmail.com
Gotta go! Bye!
Bye V!
*glomps miisao* me too, buddy.
Bye Val.
Msd.
I still can't access it, Kal...
http://www.allthetests.com/quiz29/quiz/1310722922/Skulduggery-Pleasant-Very-Hard-Dark-Days-Quiz
Is this as easy for you guys as it was for me? I got 20/20 on this supposedly very hard quiz.
And Kal, it still won't let me in.
Nevemind, I THINK I got it.
Kes- I managed to get 4 wrong. I've only read the book three times...
I got it! Thanks! And can someone take the quiz I put a link to up there and tell me if it actually IS as easy as I thought it was?
Yay! Thanks, Kal! going to read now~
Lois, yeah but it wasn't THAT hard. 'Twas easy
Aah, it won't let me read it! :(
ooooh, right, check the email... sorry, my bad!
Kal, I'll read it tomorrow on my laptop, ok? My iPod won't load it.
I took the quiz Kes. I got 18 of 20.
I'm now feeling really insane. I'm on a blog with Skulduggery addicts and I STILL Got the best score? There's something wrong with me.
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Can any of you guess the answer?
I'm so ashamed, I'll have to do it again :)
Ana, I was just checking my insanity levels. I was hoping that I wasn't COMPLETELY bonkers. Don't be ashamed. I just reread DD about a week ago for the 500th time.
19 out of 20.
No idea, Kes...
eboy?
Awesome Zath! Which ones did you guys miss?
Zath, the man wrote 'your exact weight' on the paper.
Ah. Oh! You were talking about the riddle. I get it now.
I missed question nine, correct answer: Grafton street
and
question fifteen, correct answer: A lot more singing and dancing.
Really? You missed those but not "On page 15 what did Valkyrie's family have for dinner?" Hmm.
Ah well. I am l am lpoking at riddles now.
:D I didn't even guess on that one. I remembered* it. Strange?
I can see that. I was thinking that too when I saw the question. Here's another riddle-
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
And another one.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking
Is it air? Water? Sunlight maybe?
Kal, he was more angry at Solomon than with her, if I remember correctly. It didn't specify WHO the emotions were felt towards.
Tanith gets possessed at the end of MC.
Ana, fir which one?
The first one but it was split in two comments.
Nope, Kal, that's fine.
Ana, no they are three different riddles.
And here's one of the most epic poems of time( excluding The Raven and Tyger)
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And wither then? I cannot say.
Oh, the first one then.
And this one's just as good. (last one, I promise)
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.
Aah, just finished your story, Kallista- it's great! (I don't know the people, though, but that's just due to my own failure to pay attention.) Also, the first riddle seems to be water, but I don't know.
Ana, that is incorrect. Would you like to try again, or do you want the answer?
Answer!
Lois, that is also incorrect. Would you like to try again?
DONTLOOK IF YOU WANT TO TRY AGAIN!
Ana, the first one is Time.
What is it?
And one of my favourite poems:
The Man Who Lived in Leeds
There was a man who lived in leeds,
He filled his garden full of seeds.
And when those seeds began to grow,
It was like a garden filled with snow.
But when the snow began to melt,
It was like a ship without a belt.
And when the ship began to sail,
It was like a bird without a tail.
And when the bird began to fly,
It was like an Eagle in the sky.
And when the sky began to roar,
It was like a lion at my door.
And when the door began to crack,
It was like a pen knife in my back.
And when my back began to bleed,
I was dead,dead,dead indeed!
Aaahh.
Who wrote The Man Who Lived in Leeds?
Cool.
Lois, look up.
My favorite poem is The Tyger by William Blake. Derek, being the absolute genius that he is, put the first verse in the beginning of KotW.
Kal, my 2 are from Lord of the Rings, and the riddles are from The Hobbit
Tom O' Brien wrote it.
Thanks!
I've gotta go. Good night, everyone! (or morning, I guess?)
Never heard of him. Odd. Do you guys read Poe?
Bye Lois!
Kal, can you send me another invitation please? It says mine is no longer valid :(
That's...strange.
Goodnight Lois!
And I LOVE Poe!
Kay, Kal!
Hmm. That looks funny. I have go too, sadly. Bye!
Bye Kal! But don't forget the invitation thing!
bYe Kes!
And then there was one....
Ana, as in "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Black Cat"?
God, The black cat and the fall of the house of usher were CREEPY.
Ana, how about Agatha Christie?
Never heard of it...
Thanks Kalli :) (If you don't mind)
She's a murder mystery author. Simply amazing. Completely unguessable, yet the murderers make perfect sense after all is revealed.
Does she write books or poems?
Ok I got it Kalli!
Alright, now I REALLY have to go. Bye!
Bye again Kes!
*hugs* bye!
*eats confetti*
at least they lived happily at the end, I'm gonna miss them
*waves*
hey!
May as well come on
hi Nix!
wbd
I nearly cried when I saw that Episode...
hi Mangoo-the-Monkey!!
*sighs*
I have to go now, bye!
Hi guys I will only be on for a brief moment.
What's all this about a quiz.
Oh wait no one on goodbye.
It's all so quiet... Shush shush
OH LOOK A LINK!!!!!!!!!!!
http://book9minionparty.blogspot.ie/
Ah. I need a hug, Derek. And yes - good point. It would have been all the more tragic if we had no clue of what was to happen. Sigh.
They promoted this one too much in advance.
And the Doctor's last words to Amy was the major breaking point for me. Because the way that his voice broke, his face, his stature.
Dear god, that was some ridiculously good acting.
I'll be back on later, if anyone's lingering around.
Derek you HAVE to write an episode for Doctor Who, it would fit perfectly and of course be AWESOME.
The Doctor and Skulduggery seem to fit side by side to me
I'm too scared to read the post, for fear of spoilers...
Hello?
Hi?
TRELLIS!
Hello?
AMITY! *hugs*
Zath!
Hello Mist!
http://book9minionparty.blogspot.ie/
Look at this. Now.
Hi Cal!
Okay, Kes...
Nix tried this earlier... I'm not sure if that's still on or not.
Nooo!!! Amy, YOU CAN'T LEAVE!!! DOCTOR WHO HAS A SIGNFICANT LACK OF REDHEADS, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE. YOU CAN'T LEAVE!!!
*significant...
And I have to go to SCHOOL. Crap.
haha
See you later, Phoenix!
Bye GANDALF!
I have to go too, Bye AMITY!
Bye Trellis!
Hi everyone!
Hi calamity! have we met?
I don't think so! Hi nice to meat u! *shakes hand*
Hey Future! Good to meet you too.
Good to meat u to!!!
so how are u?
I'm good, thanks. You?
Hey Nix!
Hi Nix! how r u?
Annoyed
... ok
why are u annoyed?
"Minion Party for Skulduggery Pleasant Book 9"
... but that's know were near being relesed? so why is there a party?
I wouldn't expect you to understand. A handful of other people would, but I wouldn't expect you to understand
... ok then
do u want to explain it to me?
I can't
I wouldn't bother trying to understand, Future.
Don't worry about it, Nix.
Little hard Mist
... ok
that's fine i asked if u wanted to on perpose
any way how are u Zath?
I'm meh. You?
I am ONLY commenting on this post because it's about Doctor Who.
i'm good!
Hi Hell how r u?
I'm good Tickle, thanks very much.
ur welcome!
so what's happaning with everyone?
Ummm... Nothing right now.
meh same i'm just talking to u guys and i'm talking to my friend ... but that's it for me!
EVE!!!
Okay...
Okay, I've calmed down slightly
Hi Hel
Hi Eve
*smiles* Hey Nix.
Damnit!
Hi Eve! how r u?
no worries Hell ur not a loner!!!
Good. But *whines* I need ideas for a ded.
... did i spell that corectly?
i dono, i'm a bad speller!
Loner? Yes, you did.
what's 'ded' ?
YAY I SPELT IT CORRECTLY!!!!!! HAZA!!!!
Dedication, the person that comments first on each page gets to dedicate to something.
... Doctor who? um dedication to Amy and Rory? i dono something like that?
Possibly, but I think that I always come up with creative deds and I want to continue that tradition... Don't worry, I'll think of something.
I've got to go and if I don't return, Tickle, you get the dedication.
well i gtg to its bead for me but if u don't return the dedication will be to Red Pandas!
here are some fun facts!
there red like Amy Pond and there cute and Awesome!!! and there name transleted means Fire Fox!!! and yes the internetg brouser Fire Fox named ther brouser thing after red pandas! and apparentlay it's a red panda wrapped around world as there simble!!!
... i ment bed not bead
ok bye ... if ther is anyone to say good bye to!!!
Anyone here?
Kinda
I'm here. :)
my bros name is rowan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DEREK LANDY
Sorry I realise it's not strictly the done thing to actually talk about the content of the blog but...
Derek I think you're right in that had you not known they were leaving the show it would have come as a big shock, especially considering how it was done in that it seemed like danger had been averted.
On the other hand because of how it was done and you never knowing HOW a companion will leave, you still didn't really see it coming. It is an odd tradition they have though of announcing departures in advance. Maybe they figure it will get out via other sources anyway.
Y'know when Derek was taking about 'Amy and the Doctor (a beautiful young lady and a charismatic genius centuries old... come on, how could you NOT ship that?)'.
And the rest of us are just thinking 'Valduggery much?'
*talking
Yes, Ieni, I was. Sadly.
Yo!
...Hello?
DEREK, LORD LANDY, MR. GOLDEN GOD, SIR,
I am rather confuddled about something...
Can your taken name be exactly the same as your given name? Or are there rules about this? Please explain! c:
L., it would probably have to be different, if only by 1 or 2 letters.
Yeah, I think that too. But I was having an argument with someone about it and I want to ask Derekkkkkkkkkkk. c:
I reckon my true name's probably Leni (yeah, it's a fail of a true name) seeing as everyone keeps calling me it, even by accident.
Well if your true name was Leni this would work.
Leni sit down.
Luckily, I already am sitting down, because I'm at a computer ;P
Ah well. At least I'm not dying, eh? :)
STAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR *hugs*
DAMZIT. MY LONG COMMENT DISAPPEARED! NEEDA REPOST IT IN TWO PARTS!
Huh? I didn't repost it and yet it just appeared? :/
LUCIANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! *hugs back*
How's you?
And then it disappeared . . . :/
I'm ill. Again. D:
SO I AM HERE AGAIN FOR TODAY.
MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD QUESTIONS FOR DEREK AND I MISSED YOU.
C:
How're you?
I am hating my hand, but otherwise fine. :)
Being ill is horrible. :(
Star? You know your hand thing? I think it might be similar to what my brother got when he hurt is hand from playing the cello too much. And like you've been writing lots and I don't know where this is going, but yeah his hand was like all weird...
And Luciana, I hope you get well soon :)
Thanks, Ieni.
But it's unlikely I'll get better soon. :P
GOTTA SEE A COUNCILLORRRRRRRRRRRRR. D:
Scapegrace could probably do with seeing a councillor...
*eyebrows shoot up* OMGG. You could be onto something there, Ieni. Seeing as I play the cello and all. I'm hardly say I play it too much though. *laughs*
Bbs, you reminded me I need to practise said cello . .
Haha, you just reminded me I have to go do my violin practice, which I want to do, but I can't be bothered to and I'm on this.
Which reminds me to do my IT homework which I got on the computer 30 mins ago to do, but it hasn't happened so far..
Okay. Okay. I'm going off for a few mins to do it.
Councilors sound scary :O
That reminds me I have to practice piano.
Back!
*laughs* So many reminders . . .
I'm meant to do 20 mins cello practice every day. I've done ten minutes total this week. :/
That's ten minutes better than last week, however . . .
Gtg, bye!
I'll be back properly by October break. My therapist advises I face my problems and stuff.
E-mail me if you need me - lucianascath@gmail.com
Keep reading my blog?
Love you all! *hugs everyone that reads this comment*
Sparky, if you read this, I want to talk to you. But at the weekend. It's more likely that I'll be online at the same time as you, then...
Zath, don't die.
HB, don't lose hope. (':
Star, bubbles.
Hel, they're all confudling;3
Lynxia, you're beautiful.
Kallista, you're fantastic.
Nix, you're hilarious.
Cain, you're just amazing!
Cal, you're brilliant.
Val V., you're incredibly talented and amazingly brilliant.
Ieni, I LOVE your name!
Zaf, don't blow anything up. And, may the odds be ever in your favour;3
Willow, I'm glad you're alive!
If I missed anyone out, I'm so incredibly sorry! I love you all, even those of you that I don't particularly like. You're most certainly the most amazing and perfect people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I can't wait until we can talk again. *waves* (':
See you all soon!
Don't die. Don't lose hope. Stay alive. Keep fighting. And, be brave. I'll always be here for those who need me. :3
le cyber hugs
FOURS SEQUINTIAL! :)
Wow, Luciana. What you write is really inspiring in life, because even what you've been through you always look for the light in things and I feel priveliged to talk to you on here :)
IT homework completed so I can come back on now without murdering myself.
And I had to return KOTW to the library today, because I've hogged it for a month and there's 20 other people in my county waiting to read it, which means I probably won't see it until after Christmas :( but on the bright side I got the next Timeriders book :)
hi guys!!!!
i just read the blog, and i sure will miss amy and rory (but mostly amy)
we all knew they were gonna die, but still that was emotionally shocking, i am so gonna miss amy...
lets see if jenna louise coleman does any better...
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