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Post by Aldebaran on Mar 4, 2009 4:37:09 GMT
And we all thought it would never end. But in a way, it never does. The unthinkable has happened, my beloved whovians. And I thought it unfair of me to chug onward without giving you all a word of thanks, love and gratitude. It would seem that the whovian within me has gone dormant. I do not know the circumstances of this occurrence, but I suspect the passage of time and the introduction of new interests. I still LIKE Doctor Who, the doctor and his fabulous adventures through space and time, but I cannot claim to be a whovian any longer. I no longer push aside everything else on my schedule to catch an episode on the weekends, nor do I write amusing fanfics and decorate my bedroom walls with pics of the doctor and his various associates... and I've lost track of the latest gossip, episodes and actors. So sadly, as the doctor has taken new forms time and time again, I too have taken on a new form in this omnispace we call the internet, and once I find a new pace to take root in, I shall let you all know, because I would love to cross paths with you all in another setting. The Aldy Aldebaran you know is far from dead, but has merely taken on another body. But you all. You all have been so good to me, and whovian or not, you have all been great friends. I hope that we shall cross paths again. I did not want to do this without explaining to you all first. And who knows? I may just respark the inner whovian and return one day. Wherever my life's TARDIS takes me. Thanks, much love, Aldebaran ps. If you'd like to stay in touch and see what I'm up to, my email is: bradmante@yahoo.comI'd be more than happy to message you.
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Post by Stripes on Mar 4, 2009 4:43:05 GMT
Just because you're not all that interested in Doctor Who doesn't mean you must leave. You can drop by, say hello, talk about non who stuff. Not everyday but once in a while.
But you are 15 and kids change interest every other month so I am not surprised to hear this.
Good luck! I know Clocket will be heart broken.
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Post by clocketpatch on Mar 4, 2009 4:47:01 GMT
heart... breaks...
It happens to the best of us, and I'm glad, above all, to hear that you're still alive and kicking even if you have regenerated an out-grown the fandom in the process. After all that while I was quite beginning to worry!
I wish you luck on your new pursuits across the intrawebs, though I think everyone here who knew you and giggled at your wit will mourn the passing. Perhaps one day we'll meet again?
Anyway, thanks for the good times Aldy, and the same to your sister.
(it's a pity you didn't make it to a 1000 posts though, we were *so* close to having someone listed as a Time Lord)
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Post by Stripes on Mar 4, 2009 4:49:57 GMT
It happens to the best of us, and I'm glad, above all, to hear that you're still alive and kicking even if you have regenerated an out-grown the fandom in the process. After all that while I was quite beginning to worry! I wish you luck on your new pursuits across the intrawebs, though I think everyone here who knew you and giggled at your wit will mourn the passing. Perhaps one day we'll meet again? Anyway, thanks for the good times Aldy, and the same to your sister. (it's a pity you didn't make it to a 1000 posts though, we were *so* close to having someone listed as a Time Lord) JJpor and I are having a race to see who gets 1000 posts first. Who ever loses has to do something that the winner says to do. Like write a really bad fan fiction or something.
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Post by clocketpatch on Mar 4, 2009 4:54:20 GMT
JJpor and I are having a race to see who gets 1000 posts first. Who ever loses has to do something that the winner says to do. Like write a really bad fan fiction or something. Hmmm, so what you're saying is that it's time to start placing down my bets... Is JJpor even capable of writing bad!fic???
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Post by Aldebaran on Mar 4, 2009 4:54:41 GMT
Well It's evident that when I reach 1,000 posts, It will be after the both of you. I just may. It's a foolish thing to throw away one's friendship for the sake of lost fandom, wouldn't you say?
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Post by Aldebaran on Mar 4, 2009 4:55:21 GMT
As in I'll be dropping in now and again to check up on you lot.
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Post by Stripes on Mar 4, 2009 4:57:55 GMT
JJpor and I are having a race to see who gets 1000 posts first. Who ever loses has to do something that the winner says to do. Like write a really bad fan fiction or something. Hmmm, so what you're saying is that it's time to start placing down my bets... Is JJpor even capable of writing bad!fic??? Don't palce your bids too soon. I would wait until we reach late 800s early 900s. I think he can write a bad fic. Make write some Ten/Rose fic with SMS TXT lingo slang. Oh the horror.
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Post by clocketpatch on Mar 4, 2009 4:59:02 GMT
Well It's evident that when I reach 1,000 posts, It will be after the both of you. I just may. It's a foolish thing to throw away one's friendship for the sake of lost fandom, wouldn't you say? It is. Truly. Anyway, like Rob Shearman says; "Doctor Who is a bit like the Mafia. It never lets you leave."
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Post by Aldebaran on Mar 4, 2009 5:01:31 GMT
And my areas of interest remaining to be around historical humor, (Always a history geek, me.) i'm sure I'll have no trouble swinging back into it eventually.
I'm just... really turned off right now is what I'm saying.
And I apologize for being MIA for all these months.
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Post by Stripes on Mar 4, 2009 5:02:17 GMT
And my areas of interest remaining to be around historical humor, (Always a history geek, me.) i'm sure I'll have no trouble swinging back into it eventually. I'm just... really turned off right now is what I'm saying. And I apologize for being MIA for all these months. I know what you mean. I go in an dout of things all the time.
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Post by clocketpatch on Mar 4, 2009 5:05:46 GMT
I'm just... really turned off right now is what I'm saying. that's okay, as it stands I'm not overly impressed with certain decisions the show is making at the moment either (I don't know if that's what's turning you off, or if it's just boredom, or something else entirely, but... yeah) Were this any other fandom I'd probably be gone by now. Except this is where my online friends are. The Who!Mafia
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Post by Aldebaran on Mar 4, 2009 5:12:57 GMT
Well it's one of the reasons that attracted me to the site to begin with. The fact that this was a more-or-less friendly Whovian anarchy. The site is unruly, but at the same time has basic structure. And the people aren' creepy internet stalker-types, or text-crazy fangirls. I can actually speak with you intelligently.
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Post by IMForeman on Mar 4, 2009 5:57:26 GMT
I'm afraid I never really got to know you that well, other than browsing through old threads, as I joined around the time you were MIA, but I'll be sorry to see you leave. Go forward in all your beliefs etc. etc.
I can definitely sympathize with the lack of Whovian-ness as something similar is happening to me now. I still visit the sites, occupy my mind with it, find myself making unconscious references to it, and of course still come here to increase my post count, but my heart's not really in it. I attribute a big part of it to a in-between series slump - this is the usual time we'd be waiting for a new series but we're not even getting a full one this year and I'm just getting into things which are probably objectively better than Doctor Who. In my case, at least, I've also finished watching all of the classic series, so there isn't really anywhere new I can go with that.
There was one time period when I was really into the show and had all these great episodes to discover and I do miss that a bit. Wish I'd found this board then!
Also, just to add, the fact that I keep misreading this topic as "Time-Flight" means that this show will always continue to take over my brain.
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Post by merrythemad on Mar 4, 2009 14:18:57 GMT
WAIT!!!!! Aldy...I...I don't know what to say...I will definitely be emailing, you, JJ and Clocket are really the first people I felt at home with here at DbA, and Magnus was the first (to my knowledge) that I accidentally offended.
I do sympathise with your decision, though this place won't be the same without you, I can assure you. I still log in at 1 am(ish) hoping to find you and Spats going batty in the cb, *sigh* "hey ain't it strange how some things never change, ain't it strange how nothin' stays the same"
Having been "whovian" for the better part of my life I know how the fire wanes and flares,and must agree it is like the mafia. Something about the Doctor and his travels puts a hook in your heart. I was done after my first bout with the TVM, it had gone too far become too strange, wasn 't what it used to be. Then came Nine, who, for all his faults, danced with joy when "everybody lived"...so yeah, hooks.
Anyway, you will be sorely missed, and I will keep in contact with you, where else can I exorcise my history-nerd? Good luck and good journey, may we meet again before the clearing at the end of the path.
p.s. Foreman, don't you get any ideas from that lay about, lol, I'm kidding, of course...i think
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Post by clocketpatch on Mar 4, 2009 14:24:24 GMT
I attribute a big part of it to a in-between series slump - this is the usual time we'd be waiting for a new series but we're not even getting a full one this year and I'm just getting into things which are probably objectively better than Doctor Who. In my case, at least, I've also finished watching all of the classic series, so there isn't really anywhere new I can go with that. This rather frightens me, because if we, the obsessive core, are beginning to wander off during this Who-less interlude, then I think its safe to say that most of casual viewers and fickle flailing fangirl have already, or soon will, be gone. I both look forward to and sort of dread the changes that the next series (whenever it gets here) will bring. I also wonder; will anyone be left to watch it...?
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Post by Stripes on Mar 4, 2009 21:50:47 GMT
I attribute a big part of it to a in-between series slump - this is the usual time we'd be waiting for a new series but we're not even getting a full one this year and I'm just getting into things which are probably objectively better than Doctor Who. In my case, at least, I've also finished watching all of the classic series, so there isn't really anywhere new I can go with that. This rather frightens me, because if we, the obsessive core, are beginning to wander off during this Who-less interlude, then I think its safe to say that most of casual viewers and fickle flailing fangirl have already, or soon will, be gone. I both look forward to and sort of dread the changes that the next series (whenever it gets here) will bring. I also wonder; will anyone be left to watch it...? Yes, I agree. I am not sure if I will watch when Eleven is around. I will watch a couple of episodes to give him a chance. Problem is, if he really bothers me I won't be able to sit through an episode. I kind of feel like I should get into something else. I am thinking a more active interest.
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Post by magnusgreel on Mar 4, 2009 22:01:31 GMT
My being here has absolutely nothing to do with the RTD series. All the other programs I'm interested in have been off the air for years or decades. I certainly don't run out of things to say about older DW stories, after a first viewing. I guess I'll just wait for the casual fans to drift off, and see who's left after the dust settles. I don't mean I'll leave, but as of now I guess I'm more cautious as to how much I'm willing to invest of myself.
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Post by jjpor on Mar 4, 2009 22:29:53 GMT
Ah, well, Aldy, it's one of those things, isn't it? Once you fall out of love with something, sometimes it's just as well to call it a day. I'd only really started to become a proper Who fan when it was snatched away from me, for a decade and a half, and I had to make do with reruns and videos and novels to fill that gap, but it never left me; here's hoping that at some point in the future that spark rekindles for you. Until then, the best of luck, and, as they say, don't be a stranger; I hope you find the time to drop in from time to time, reminisce about the good times and the bad (and some of those times were good!), and generally pass comment on whatever foolishness we might be getting up to without your guiding light to keep us on the straight and narrow.
See you around, Aldy; hopefully sooner rather than later.
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Post by magnusgreel on Mar 4, 2009 23:24:07 GMT
Yes, I hope you find your way back, Aldy. You're busy forming the foundations for a life for yourself right now.
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