Wednesday evening and banana daiquiris...

[fajrdrako]

commodorified, auriaephiala, iclysdale, raynedaze and Anne came over this evening for a spaghetti supper, banana daiquiris in honor of the Doctor, and a viewing of "The Family of Blood". Chocolate was involved as well.

A special occasion? Yes, on several counts. Some people are going to England, others to Morocco. I am not one of the travellers, but at least I get to wave 'bon voyage'.

After watching "The Family of Blood" we had the kind of discussion I love about why John Smith and the Doctor acted as they did in various scenes. No conclusions, really - different interpretations of action and what it meant. Was Nurse Joan right or wrong to be angry with the Doctor at the end? That was an interesting one. And the poppy scene at the end...

We watched "The Idiot's Lantern" because auriaephiala had never seen it. Since it is not a favourite, I don't often watch it, and that gives it a certain spurious freshness. Some good lines in it, but I can't help thinking that it never quite manages to have a plot. I liked Tommy, but don't like Mark Gatiss' writing.

The banana daiquiri really mellowed me out. I'd never made such a thing before; it was fun. We gave one to the doorman. Now I'm happily relaxed....

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

But we know that World War I was soon going to change everything. So for the boys in the school, fighting the Family was their first taste of needed to fight anything 'for real'.

And of course, part of that impact/loss of innocence was that WWI was the first war for Britain in which there was national conscription (introduced in 1916). Only a minority of the population had served in the armed forces before then.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

WWI was the first war for Britain in which there was national conscription

Yes, so they were dealing with not just the scale of the thing but the scope - probably unimaginable before that.

When they were fighting the Family, they didn't even know what was at stake. But they knew they were being attacked.

We had a very interesting conversation last night about 'why John Smith didn't fire his gun' when the school was being attacked. Many implications, and differing opinions as to his motivation, and how conscious it was.