turn left into warren ellis's brain to find out where the British Museum is

[intrikate88]

So I have little to say about "Turn Left" except that it was fucking amazing and I can't wait to see what Rusty is going to do to blow out the rest of this series.

Everybody was so incredible in this episode, so purely THEMSELVES, and I loved it. I didn't even realize it was a Doctor-lite episode, because he was SO present in his absence, and in the way that the Doctor had taken some of Rose's traits into himself, she had taken some of his traits as well. Those are always my favorite fics- where Rose becomes the Doctor while staying herself. It was very cool to see onscreen, and I can't wait for next Saturday.

In the meantime, Freakangels (a marvelous comic you should be reading) is taking a weeklong hiatus, so Warren Ellis wrote a letter about his convention plans and Where He Gets His Ideas From:

I still get asked with appalling regularity “where my ideas come from.”

Here’s the deal. I flood my poor ageing head with information. Any information. Lots of it. And I let it all slosh around in the back of my brain, in the part normal people use for remembering bills, thinking about sex and making appointments to wash the dishes.

Eventually, you get a critical mass of information. Datum 1 plugs into Datum 2 which connects to Datum 3 and Data 4 and 5 stick to it and you’ve got a chain reaction. A bunch of stuff knits together and lights up and you’ve got what’s called “an idea”.

And for that brief moment where it’s all flaring and welding together, you are Holy. You can’t be touched. Something impossible and brilliant has happened and suddenly you understand what it would be like if Einstein’s brain was placed into the body of a young tyrannosaur, stuffed full of amphetamines and suffused with Sex Radiation.

That is what has happened to me tonight. I am beaming Sex Rays across the world and my brain is all lit up with Holy Fire. If I felt like it, I could shag a million nuns and destroy their faith in Christ.

From my chair.

See, this is the good bit about writing. It’s what keeps you going. It’s the wild rush of “shit, did I think of that?” with all kinds of weird chemicals shunting around your brain and ideas and images and moments and storyforms all opening up snapsnapsnap in your mind, a mass of new and unrealised possibilities.

It’s ten past two in the morning, and I’m completely wired, caught up in the new thing, shivering and laughing and glowing in the dark. Just as well it’s the middle of the night. No-one would be safe from me right now. I could read their minds and take over their heartbeats with a glare.

Faster than the speed of anyone.

That’s how it works.

 

Amen, Warren. That's exactly how it works for me, too.

So I'm about to head out to Tesco and see what there is in the way of dinner, and I definitely need to look up where the British Museum is and where I can get a muffin pan and a small towel for my kitchen. Side note: Fruit vendors on the sidewalk are AWESOME.

Comments

[eyliena.livejournal.com]

Ahh. So right on the comments about Rose being like the Doctor. I squeed. Lots. My brothers and boyfriend are now actually used to my squeeing every time I see Rose (it is a new thing for this season).

And right on Warren! I really hate questions about where ideas come from. If we knew, would it really be inspiration?

Its like a lightening bolt. Not always, but when it is, that's the best type :)

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, Rose. I'm really torn about going to the TV room in the dorm to watch the ep this Saturday... I do not know if I will be able to enjoy it quietly but I think I have maxed out on my geekiness allowance around my classmates. Hmm.

Warren Ellis is fucking brilliant. And kind of a bastard, but mostly brilliant. :P

[ninamazing.livejournal.com]

Re: "Turn Left" -- AGREED. SO WONDERFUL. :D :D :D I am happily impressed and satisfied!

Re: Freakangels -- Clearly I will have to start reading this! That quote from Warren was fantastic ... that's exactly how I feel, too, except with a lot less confidence. I've been working on getting some.

You continue with your awesome London adventures. <3 So much fun to read about!

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Freakangels (http://www.freakangels.com) is a lot of fun. Weekly six-page webcomic about a post-apocalyptic-flood London, with a lot of cool steampunkiness and some sort of psychic mystery. I'm looking forward to seeing where it's going.