Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Angry At Moffat

Is there anything you loved that changed and now you are grieving over it? Well I am. I don't like change. One thing you won't know about me is that I am autistic, and autistic people don't like change at all. So heres one of the things that's been stressing me out.

I'm really angry at Steven Moffat, the current script writer of Doctor Who. I have been for a while now. And in my quest to show the level of unhappiness I'm likely to use what I would call timelord insults, and I just want to check that this reader would hopefully understand these insults. So , if you don't watch Doctor Who, then I would advise you to stop reading right now. Go and have your lovely beans on toast.





So here's why I am angry at Steven Moffat.
You see, when Matt Smith came in , I never really liked it. It wasn't the same as Russell T. Davies (the previous writer, who does indeed have a his photo on my Doctor Who Shrine) . Russell gave it fun, and curiosity , and it was just great . I felt welcome in the show of Doctor Who, partly because David Tennant was my Doctor(The current Doctor at that time), and partly because the writing was just so brilliant.

But then, Moffat had to change the opening titles and music. And that's another thing. The title music at the beginning of the theme , during the dum-de-dum's...What was that? It sounded like death music! It sounded awful. And then they had to keep it for years and it was just awful. But that isn't the reason.

And THEN, Moffat got rid of his Doctor Who godson, no not the crack in time, but Matt Smith's eleventh Doctor! Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for Peter Capaldi, he's already coming up to being one of my favourites just from the trailers. But as soon as I got used to Matt, he had to leave. I remember watching his regeneration of Christmas eve, and afterwards no tears came out so I just stared into space feeling my heart crack into pieces. But that isn't why I'm angry at him either.

Here is why I'm angry at him.
On December 4th, I read in Radiotimes that Matt Smith was suddenly the thirteenth Doctor. WHAT? Sorry , but in MY version of Doctor Who on YouTube (Comment , rate , and subscribe) I portray The Thirteenth Life Of The Timelord. I'm sorry, Mr Moffat , but what gives you the right to mess with my show? Will you be using YouTube Video Downloader , and editing out whole scenes of my episodes?!I think I ought to write him a letter:

Dear Steven Moffat,(or should I say Idiot Moffat)
Why on earth have you made the eleventh the thirteenth?
It's all about You You You , isn't it?
Axing Matt Smith's Doctor and his stupid floppy hair.
You Suck ! You Suck! YOU REALLY REALLY REALLY SUCK!
Yours sincerely, Mr .J. Peoplelikemeactuallyexist

Okay. That was a bit scary. Lets just say that I forgot to take my anti-Depressant today. That was a bit off. Just so you know I may be like this a lot. I'm very sorry , Mr Moffat. If I meet you one day this will be very awkward . Please don't stop me from being in Doctor Who as ManShotByDalek. Thank you whovians.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

A Different Day, A Different Costume

I don't know if anyone else in the world does this, but I have realized that I do some very weird things when it comes to clothing. I am quite into fashion (Ha! Gayyy!My friend Will Storer will know what I mean!) But I'm more into costume design. I have said in my blog before, I am a bit of an individual. I wear very different clothes to a lot of other people. Sometimes, I wake up and decide "I think I'll be a Goth today" or "I think I'll be The Thirteenth Doctor today" or "I'll be a Hipster".

I do this nearly every day. Because of home-schooling I have many choices in what I want to wear (no uniform!), and I have many looks. Here is a list of looks I have sported for the last year:









-Hippy
-Steampunk
-Hipster (fake glasses, bow tie)
-50s Dude
-Surfer
-Emo
-Scene Guy (Google it!)
-Kiss Band Member
-Grandad
-Victorian Gentleman (complete with fob watch)
-Sam Jackson (Just to clarify, a t-shirt with a checked shirt over it)
-Songwriter (beany, white t-shirt, guitar)
-Billionaire (sunglasses, iron man chest!)
-James Bond
-Female Cleaner (Don't ask)

I don't really know why I've suddenly started doing this. I guess I just feel comfortable in everything I wear. I think it comes down to creativity, but I'm really not sure.

I'm also very into coats. Its a generational thing. My Granddad (although I call him Dapper, clue in the name) has about a thousand coats, shoes, and suits. In the sixties he was a Mod, but his mum wouldn't let him have a scooter. He wraps his shirts in tissue, keeps his coats locked up, but lets me see them when he's in a good mood or feeling hyper (which is most of the time). Because of him I know that when I'm a granddad, I'll be called Dapper too, and I'll be a cross between my Dapper and John Hurt.

Because I'm an aspiring actor I am used to being in costume, for plays, film-making, and also just for fun. And yes, I enjoy it a lot. It makes me feel like a kid again. And that's another rule :

Make sure you're always feeling younger. 

Being little is just great. Watch a video of Kerry Ingram acting as Matilda on YouTube, as her portrayal of Matilda is just stunning and the whole meaning of it is that it's great being little. So do that for me. Go to your wardrobe, dress up a bit, be daring and go out in the worst colour clashes, odd socks and the most ridiculous shirts. Have a laugh, because God loves everyone and doesn't judge anyone for what they wear. What he cares about is your heart. So do that for me. Have a laugh.



Labels

Labels. What are labels? Labels to you and me can look like little pieces of card or plastic that are stuck onto bits of clothing from H&M or Superdry (Yep, that's right, I'm a Goth that shops at Superdry ;) ) . But I'm talking metaphorically. About 60% of you will groan and go, "Oh great , metaphors, the one thing that I had to slave over in English class". For the other 40% , I'm not too sure what the reaction would be. But let's get down to business.

The labels I'm talking about are the ones which seem to define our personality, but that's not always the case. When I say labels , I would take a look at a teenager, for instance. When people think of teenagers, they think usually about five things:

 
 
 
 

-Messy Rooms
-Raging Hormones
-Greasy Hair
-Grunting
-"Am I Bothered?"




This is never the case. Well, maybe some of the time. Most of the time. Okay, 99% of the time. But still, the point stands. These are all labels on teenagers. What about a label on a teacher? What would that say? Maybe something like this:

-Thinks they know everything
-PERFECT clothing
-Cardigans
-Immaculate Hair
-"No chewing gum!"

But that's not the case either. I'm home-schooled, and even though she can drive me mad , I wouldn't have anyone else but my mum teach me, as she is never like this and used to be a secondary school teacher.

Some labels are true, and some aren't. My labels are:

-Whovian
-Stroppy Teenager
-Semi-Goth
-Singer
-Filmmaker
-Actor
- Nerd
-Individual

Yep. A lot of labels, I know. But some of those are totally true. We have labels as soon as we are born many of which are entirely true: Girl, Boy, Baby, Brother, Sister, Son ,Daughter, Love-bringer, Laugher, Biter, Smiler (No, not the one from Doctor Who), etc. etc.. 

But many aren't true. When you look at a person dressed like I was yesterday (when I woke up and decided "I'll be a Goth today." I'll write a blog post about that soon) you might get a certain reaction.  You might get a lot of questions like :

-Do you worship Satan?
-Why do you wear dog collars?
-What's with the spikes? They look dangerous! If you shake someone's hand they'll never get it back!

They're all random questions, but they can also take the form of labels. They can be seen as 'Yob, chav, Satanist, graveyard walker, show off, spiked weirdo or scary '. I see these as untrue labels. I just don't believe in them. They're not right, they make you feel bad, and they're just altogether rubbish, because I am not a Satanist, I am, in fact, a Christian! I'm not a yob, I've actually got good manners. I'm not scary, I'm actually really friendly and a bit of a softie. And yeah, a complete show off.

So here are two of my golden rules:

Never automatically believe a label, it might not be true.

Never judge someone from their label, you can't see what's inside.

So I will finish with a question for you. What's your label? What's your True Label?