Maius Intra Qua Extra

<3 Rory. You can tell because he's one of my few non-DT userpics.

First impression: He was the stereotypical besotted pussy-whipped boyfriend to Amy.

Impression now: He's the best-constructed recurring character of the Moffat tenure, with actual character growth. He invested his love for Amy into becoming a strong person, willing to go nose-to-nose with the Doctor when he needed to, filling the role of the Doctor's conscience that Amy never did. Amy is one lucky woman to have him.

Favorite moment: I would point to my userpic here, but actually, that's not it. I'd have to point to "The Pandorica Opens" - his first appearance with the Doctor not noticing he's back, his holding Amy as she began to die, his gaping at the Doctor appearing in front of him with the mop, and especially, his drawing his sword and standing guard in front of the Pandorica.

Idea for a story: Amy and Rory's first date after Amy finally realized that he wasn't gay and was in love with her.

Unpopular opinion: Rory deserved a lot better than Amy. (Don't get me wrong. I like Amy. I just think she treated him poorly.)

Favorite relationship: Rory and the Doctor. I love that Rory is a companion who is not dazzled by the Doctor. I suppose that Rory is Eleven's Donna.

Favorite headcanon: I'm pretty satisfied with Rory's storyline, so I wouldn't change anything, but this is my favorite headcanon: There's a fanfic in which Nine, just after Rose refused to travel with him, encounters Rory during his life with Amy after "Angels Take Manhattan". Neither of them know who the other is. Trying to figure out how to entice Rose, the Doctor asks Rory where in the world he'd take his wife if he could, and Rory says that he'd take her back to the moment they first met, to tell her that everything would be all right. Nine gets the idea to tell Rose that the TARDIS travels in time from that.

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I completely agree with your unpopular opinion, so don't worry.

And I suddenly fancy finding a picture of Rory in his Roman soldier uniform.... Weird that should happen. ;)

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Yup... Rory is Eleven's Donna. Both grew tremendously during their time with the Doctor, neither one would take his nonsense! I agree, both Donna and Rory deserved better than they got....

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To return the favour, how about Kryten? (Or Holly if you'd rather. I miss Holly.)

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This is so very hard because I'm not as familiar with Red Dwarf as I'd like to be. Years ago (probably over 10 years now), a friend gave us DVDs of the whole run and we watched through 2 or 3 seasons - I know that we got to see Kryten, but only just the very beginning of that character. We enjoyed it very much and always meant to get back to watching it all, but have only seen an episode here and there.

So, I'd have to go with Holly and I can't actually answer all the questions, as I don't remember details.

I remember loving Holly's completely dry delivery and how horrible he sometimes was to Lister though it was completely in character for a computer (you know, following the rules when it was completely inappropriate). I did get the impression that somewhere deep down inside that he loved making life difficult, or at least more amusing.

I actually have listed in my document of "stories that maybe I'll write someday" an idea for the Doctor landing on Red Dwarf, and part of the idea of course has his interactions with Holly. I've just never acted on it because it's such a daunting task to get them all right.

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I would dig a DW/RD crossover!

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Oh, have a bunc - they're all amazing!

We Don't Need Another Hero by JJPOR
Light Years idontlikegravy
An Infinite Number of Roads to Dallas by Ellie LaBelle
Alone In a Godless Universe (And Out of Shake’n’Vac) by Doyle
Last of Your Species Support Group by Amy Wolf
First Contact by JJPOR.

Have fun!

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Oh -- I meant one written by

shivver13! Although I will check these out too. I know I've read the last one because it's already in my Teaspoon favorites. I don't know if I've possibly run across any of the others on AO3 or FFN (where I subscribe to the feed for this specific crossover, but there hasn't been anything new posted to it in like a year).

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ha, sorry - that would be good, too, of course! :-)

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As it turns out, the first four here were either new to me or I didn't remember reading them, so *tips hat* thanks for the recs!

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Hurrah! (I'm an incurable reccer; I'm an ex-librarian, it's in the bones...) :-)

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I'm a current cataloger (staff, though, not librarian; I don't have an MLIS), so I know that feel. My fanfic collection is actually cataloged, in the sense that I have spreadsheets by fandom with, well, you know, the assorted basic metadata. Although now that I describe it that way it might be amusing to actually knock together a MARC record for one. And the fact that I think that's "amusing" probably tells you something about my personality :P

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Jeez, I wish I were as organized as you and

lost_spook! I've always just read stuff and favorited/commented when I liked it, and then months later realized that I have NO IDEA how to find that really cool piece ever again. I really should start up a record like that. I've lost so many wonderful stories like that.

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I used to be like that - I had lots of things favourited on Teaspoon, which was okay up to a point, but no use for elsewhere. So I just signed up for a bookmarking site (delicious at the time, but we all know how that ended; diigo now) & it is very useful - especially for reccing on Calufrax or anything like that!

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I do also favorite things site by site, but one of the columns in the spreadsheet is "what site was this from" so if I can't remember, it'll tell me. I also tend to save local copies as Word docs and put the URL at the top, since people are prone to deleting journals after they're no longer in a fandom, etc.

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LOL, I wouldn't know how to put together a MARC record, (but I just about know one when I see one). And I do keep my non-fiction in rough Dewey Decimal order on my bookshelves! (I don't know how you would find stuff any other way.) :-D

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uh oh.

(I saw this originally on tumblr but couldn't find it, and it was just faster to remake it. you get the idea)

I don't do tons of original cataloging in my position, but I stare at premade MARC day after day, so.

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LOL! When I was at uni, the main library on campus went by Library of Congress, while the Information & library campus library used extreme Dewey Decimal. I never could get my head around library of congress. I'm sure it makes sense to someone, somewhere. Possibly in the Library of Congress. ;-)

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Funny, I feel the same way about Dewey ;)... I'm actually taking an online intro to Dewey and LC course right now, and while I've used Dewey as a patron in libraries, I never had any clue how the numbers were constructed. I'm not sure I have gained much of one.. it's baffling!

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Not only do I get how Dewey is constructed, I once learned to glue my own Dewey Decimal numbers together while doing my library degree, so, hand on heart, there is a logic in there! (Like, you can work out the history number for a country if you know its geography number, for instance.)

(Er, sorry, Shivver. Did you want random library classification talk here? We're just about to start a Dewey vs Library of Congress war...)

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There are mnemonic parallels like that in LC too. It's just that I've worked with LC for 8 years whereas this was basically an infodump on Dewey over what amounted to a few hours - and not even face to face instruction, so it was a bit being thrown in at the deep end. But yeah, I figure

shivver13 is getting pretty sick of this by now, heh.

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Not at all! I don't understand a word of it, but I'm enjoying watching the discussion! Please continue.

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Yes, and the only way to get your head around a classification system is to use it, anyway. I have only used LoC as a rather mystifying way of finding books in one solitary library that used it, whereas I've used and worked in libraries using Dewey all my life, in addition to some basic study. (As I was a children's librarian, I never did serious in-depth classification stuff anyway. But it was useful, when people would look at me and ask, "What do you do in Information and Library Studies?" and (and when it wasn't an excuse for them to go, "Learn to say shh?") I could say, poker face, "We learn how to glue Dewey Decimal numbers together." :-D

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I'm good with it! I'm learning stuff! Not well, and not anything I'll ever use, but it's still stuff!

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Ah, I'm sorry - I was misled by you choosing Rimmer! I hope you do find the time at some point - it sounds as if you'd only got to S2, and I think S3-6 is pretty much the high point of RD. Plus, Kryten. (There's nothing he loves so much as laundry! Unless it's doing the hoovering. :-D) And much as I love original Holly, I do very much enjoy Hattie's Holly too.

I did get the impression that somewhere deep down inside that he loved making life difficult, or at least more amusing.

Haha, yes. I think so. Gotta amuse yourself somehow after 3 million years alone in deep space, even when you are only a computer with an IQ of 6000.

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Tegan!

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First impression: Lavender. :) Actually, by the time I watched my first Tegan episode ("Logopolis"), I'd already heard that she was the "mouth on legs". The thing I remember most, though, was that she didn't let the Doctor sway her from her goal of getting to her job. I remember that because I thought at the time that the classic female companions were pretty much damsels in distress.

Impression now: While she's not as strong as, say, Ace, Tegan was a go-getter. She didsn't just sit by and let events sweep her along like Nyssa did. And she talked back.

Favorite moment: For possibly the only time in her travels, in "Black Orchid", Tegan has the upper hand on everyone else in terms of understanding where they are. She gets to enjoy watching the Doctor playing cricket and making friends at the cocktail party, while Nyssa and Adric spend the whole time very confused.

Idea for a story: Five once commented about how Tegan was a good leader and organizer, and I've always wanted to write a story demonstrating that. I did do one, but it wasn't very good and I'd like to try again.

Unpopular opinion: I really prefer Tegan to Nyssa. I know that everyone loves Nyssa, but honestly, Tegan had more personality, and she was down-to-earth and loyal.

Favorite relationship: Tegan and Turlough make the best siblings.

Favorite headcanon: I like to think that Tegan led a good life after leaving the TARDIS. I know she didn't due to her traveling experiences, or at least she went through some really hard times, but she's better now.

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Alec Hardy!

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