April Showers... Suck.

It's cold and rainy today... therefore a perfect day to take the dog to the vet, right? Not so much. But he was a trooper, poor shaking baby that he is, and got all his shots and a clean bill of health. I love the vets office, actually, because they're all really nice in this fantastic genuine way, and it's so good to be able to trust your vet, especially when your dog is old as mine (he's a 13 year old black lab). Of course, now he's nestled on his blankets, and refusing to go for a walk, or even get his dinner. Hee. It's possible he's afraid of going back.

As for me, I've been exploring Doctor Who fandom... haven't started Season 2 yet (waiting on Netflix!), but there's SO much fic and stuff, it's overwhelming. Truly a prolific fandom. But I have a couple of questions, if any of my enlightened flist can answer for me...

Is it a fanon thing that Jack ever called Rose "Rosie"? And that he taught her some self-defense moves? Because that seems prevalent in fics, but I didn't notice it in season 1.

Also, there's a lot of anti-Martha bashers which I understand because character-bashing is one of the great tenents of fandom, sadly... but I haven't seen any Martha bashing. In fact, I see whole lots of Rose-bashing, calling her a Mary-Sue (Wtf?) and such, and it's weird. Not that I want to see Martha bashing, but I'm just wondering why there's all this companion bashing? It's kind of irritating because so much of the glee seems to be reserved for the Doctor, and that makes me sad. Because I actually watch for Rose, and her interactions with the Doctor. I find them together much more interesting than the Doctor alone.

And I'm sad that there aren't more repercussions about Rose and the Bad Wolf thing. Because honestly, there SHOULD be.