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nonelvisFandom has been making me a little cranky lately. Doctor Who has never been a perfect show, and there have been good and bad things about this most recent series.
But sometimes, you just want to spend time in a bubble of squee and think about the hard stuff later. And today, with the finale airing, I feel like squeeing.
My reaction: I have not seen such a glorious mess since TPO/TBB, and I loved every minute of it. I literally squeed (yes, I'll admit it) at the reveal of how the Doctor survived, and apparently loud enough to startle![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
columbina, who came downstairs to check to make sure everything was fine. "It's okay," I said. "Steven Moffat is a fucking genius."
One of the things I loved most about this episode was the way it was crammed full with beautiful eye candy: trains cutting through the Gherkin and the pyramids; hot-air balloon-cars; Amy's drawings. And could Karen Gillan have been more gorgeous in this episode? I don't know how.
But really, all I wanted was to be entertained, and I was, ridiculously so, for forty-five minutes. I realize this isn't a deeply considered reaction, but you know what? I'm going to do that later.
Anyway, as part of the official squee facilitation process, I made cupcakes. Pretty cupcakes. Vegan cupcakes, because why not?
They're Post-Punk Kitchen's vanilla bean cupcakes filled with vegan lemon curd and frosted with vegan buttercream in a festive mix of white and pink with silver and pink sugar sprinkles, because how can you have a squeeful cupcake without sprinkles? Okay, I suppose maybe all cupcakes are squeeful, but sprinkles add that little bit of extra squee.
Hmm, the word "squee" is starting to look funny. But who cares? I HAVE CUPCAKES. And anyone who wants to join me in the squee bubble is welcome to share.
But sometimes, you just want to spend time in a bubble of squee and think about the hard stuff later. And today, with the finale airing, I feel like squeeing.
My reaction: I have not seen such a glorious mess since TPO/TBB, and I loved every minute of it. I literally squeed (yes, I'll admit it) at the reveal of how the Doctor survived, and apparently loud enough to startle
columbina, who came downstairs to check to make sure everything was fine. "It's okay," I said. "Steven Moffat is a fucking genius."One of the things I loved most about this episode was the way it was crammed full with beautiful eye candy: trains cutting through the Gherkin and the pyramids; hot-air balloon-cars; Amy's drawings. And could Karen Gillan have been more gorgeous in this episode? I don't know how.
But really, all I wanted was to be entertained, and I was, ridiculously so, for forty-five minutes. I realize this isn't a deeply considered reaction, but you know what? I'm going to do that later.
Anyway, as part of the official squee facilitation process, I made cupcakes. Pretty cupcakes. Vegan cupcakes, because why not?
They're Post-Punk Kitchen's vanilla bean cupcakes filled with vegan lemon curd and frosted with vegan buttercream in a festive mix of white and pink with silver and pink sugar sprinkles, because how can you have a squeeful cupcake without sprinkles? Okay, I suppose maybe all cupcakes are squeeful, but sprinkles add that little bit of extra squee.
Hmm, the word "squee" is starting to look funny. But who cares? I HAVE CUPCAKES. And anyone who wants to join me in the squee bubble is welcome to share.
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on 2011-10-01 09:09 pm (UTC)(If you had asked me about The Doctor/River post Forest of the Dead, I would have been annoyed, but Eleven/River is excellent. They can flirt/make-out/get married all they like.)
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on 2011-10-01 09:38 pm (UTC)Thanks for the vegan buttercream link! If my meringues fail due to lack of whisk (HOW IS IT THAT OUR ELECTRIC BEATER BROKE TWO YEARS AGO AND NO ONE TOLD ME?) I'll have enough ingredients leftover to make that instead.
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on 2011-10-01 09:47 pm (UTC)If you do make this vegan buttercream, whomp the hell out of the shortening and liquid. My frosting still has some points where it's starting to break a little bit, probably because I was impatient with the initial whomping.
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on 2011-10-01 09:58 pm (UTC)Since I also forgot to get baking paper yesterday, I plan to venture out of the house after I leave the dairy-free condensed milk to cool. Hopefully one of the local dollar stores will have a $10 beater that won't burn the house down.
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on 2011-10-05 01:23 am (UTC)ETA: Actually, now that I look at the ingredients for Buttery Sticks, there may be too much soy for you. But you could still make the original vegan ganache to frost the cupcakes, or just slather them with the vegan lemon curd.