La Perdida...

[fajrdrako]

La Perdida by Jessica Abel is a riveting graphic novel about a young American woman named Carla who goes to live in Mexico. Aimless and undirected in her life, she wants only to learn about the country and be accepted by the Mexicans. Naive and gullible, she traps herself into a situation she could never have imagined. ...Some of the first third of the story dragged in the set-up, this isn't a quick-to-the-point action story. But it was hypnotically convicing.

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Okay, so, here's another one of those totally unrelated comments about Doctor Who: I love this show's use of music. Love, love, love. I loved "Song for Ten", in The Christmas Invasion, and I loved "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in Rise of the Cybermen (more than I can say-- one of my favorite non-character moments in the whole series) and I'm loving Ravel's "Bolero" in The Impossible Planet.

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This is obviously speculation, since I'm not through yet, but if we're talking Satan, Rose seems like she'd be the one to save the day. She's practically got a degree in protecting the Doctor from false gods... right? Right?

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I love this show's use of music.

Definitely. Watching a second and a third time, I more and more notice the use of theme music for certain characters, situations, and mood. I don't want to be too specific if you haven't seen Doomsday, but they do some amazing things with music. The first time through I was too caught up in the story to really notice.

I don't think there's any use of music that is inappropriate or which misses the mark - I love the joke of Cassandra's "iPod" in "The End of the Universe", for example.

They're putting out the music on CD sometime soon, too. Yay!

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She's practically got a degree in protecting the Doctor from false gods... right? Right?

And she's good at protecting the Doctor from himself.

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Ha, I love their little discussion of sharing the same house. Rose is all, "Could be the same one," and the Doctor's face has, "WHOA NOW!" written all over it, when, dude, that shark has jumped. You gave her a key to the Tardis, an entire season ago. You have been living together, in a time ship. Your time ship. Why not just get an enormous heart-shaped pendant, wear it all the time, have a lock installed in the front and give Rose the key? It'd be comparable. The ship, she is sailed.

But no, of course not. They can roam around space-time together all they like, but Gods forbid he could ever handle sharing a flat with her. That's very Doctor.

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OMG IT'S THE SONG! In "Love and Monsters"! The one the hippie sings! "I gave my love a chicken; it had no bones... I gave my love a cherry; it had no stone..." It's the one from Pawn in Frankincense! *head explodes*

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Ha, I love their little discussion of sharing the same house.

I love that too. Their reactions to the ideas in there heads are so perfect, so clear, so in character for each.

when, dude, that shark has jumped.

Sort of... they are absolutely committed to each other. They can/will be together "forever". But the Doctor wants it on his terms - no compromise; he wants the Tardis, he wants to travel in space and time, he doesn't want to stop.

And she, being human, and seeing things in terms of her culture - owning houses and mortgages, living together - that's life as her people know it. And couples share the lifestyle. That's her world.

So they're face to face with contrasting cultural expectations, and both taking it personally.

The really nice thing... the romantic thing... is that they don't let this become a stumbling block. He gives her all the comfort he can. (That great hug!) She doesn't argue the mortgage point. They both set out to cope as best they can. And she is focussing on her fears of losing him, while he is focussing on his fear that he will be forced to stop exploring, stop moving.

I love his line about windows and doors.

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Ah, you've got as far as "Love and Monsters" now. That's precisely where I am on our Wednesday-evening get-togethers with Pat and Sandi. (Though we have to skip this week because I'll be out of town.)

Yes, it is The Song. Yes, there are just more and more and more good things here. Really.

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Their reactions to the ideas in there heads are so perfect, so clear, so in character for each.

I sympathize with the Doctor on mortgages, one hundred percent. I like carpets, though. A lot. Clearly he has never had carpets in the Tardis, because once you get used to them you're spoiled forever. (Come to that, we've never seen the Doctor in bare feet, either. You'd think he'd like bare feet. So much more interesting when you can feel what you're walking on.)

But the Doctor wants it on his terms - no compromise; he wants the Tardis, he wants to travel in space and time, he doesn't want to stop.

And I'm definitely not laughing at him for that! That's actually something I'm dealing with, on a much smaller scale, in my own relationship right now, so it really hits home. But what makes me giggle is the idea that he can accept their committment to each other in the Tardis-- but he seems to be a little afraid of it outside the cushion of the "space travel" thing. I can definitely see him, especially at first, making feeble excuses about, "We have to live together! It's not like she can get her own Tardis!" Without the adventure, that buffer is gone.

They both set out to cope as best they can.

They understand one another very, very well, which is rare and pleasing to watch. I love that hug. Because: a.) I love watching the Doctor hug anyone, but especially Rose (and the captain, ha!), and b.) I love the look he gives the black hole out the ceiling... he's looking at it like it personally offended him, which is hilarious.

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Allow me just to say...... Jackie?

ROFL.

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Jackie! I love her so. She was great in "Love and Monsters" - chasing after Elton, then getting all serious when she was worried about Rose, then Elton realizes Jackie might be a good friend, then she gets angry with him for his deception - I love that whole chain of events. And the revelation Elton has life and friendships and Ursula.

And then Rose comes thundering down on Elton on Jackie's behalf. I loved her for it!

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I sympathize with the Doctor on mortgages, one hundred percent.

Well, me too. I've had or wanted one. I'm a bit of the rolling stone type like the Doctor myself. More interested in exploration than settling, though I settle just fine.

he can accept their committment to each other in the Tardis-- but he seems to be a little afraid of it outside the cushion of the "space travel" thing.

is this new territory for him? If so, in what way? I'd be rather disappointed to learn that his family on Gallifrey had involved life with houses with windows and doors. But I'm certainly not sure what I should be picturing.

I love watching the Doctor hug anyone, but especially Rose (and the captain, ha!),

I love the scene where he hugs the captain. Partly because I really like Shaun Parkes (did I get his name right?) and partly because it's the Doctor at his cutest.

And the Rose hug is magnificent, and a symptom, I think, of how close they have become. Comfort can be overt. Put alongside the travel/settle dichotomy, it's as if they've spent a lot of time running, and here can stop and just be together for a few minutes. I also like the way in that episode (or The Satan Pit) when the Doctor does down to the planet and they keep wanted to speak to each other, to be linked by communication.