Headcanon #1

I don't think I had too many headcanons--probably none, actually. Except the slightly meta one in which Nine regenerated into Ten with the intent to impress Rose, and Ten regenerated into Eleven with the intent of not impressing anyone (female-wise), but instead being more like the absent minded professor in Voyage of the Damned and being very much like Wilfred Mott.

but I just came up with another one.

While trying to figure out if I should watch Firefly or not I came across a sentence that says Joss Whedon said in a commentary, "bad guys wear hats, good guys don't."

And it seems to make an awful lot of sense if you think about it.

Then I thought of the Eleventh Doctor and how he loves his hats and I started thinking, "Well, that disproves that notion."

And then I recalled his darker moments--

And then I remembered every time River Song shot his hats off.

Headcanon: she's making him a good guy.

(though the First/Last Night minisodes kind of ruin this, as he appears to frequently wear a top hat and it seems sparklingly intact. And the first time River saw him he was wearing it. Maybe she lets him have the top hat because the top hat is okay and reminds her of just how far he'll go to save those he cares about.)

(or maybe she just found something fun to do to keep him on his toes. Far more likely.)

An Anniversary

Well, yesterday was the six-year anniversary of my introduction (friendship?) to Bryan Davis. (via Dragons in our Midst.)

See, six years ago on my thirteenth birthday my mom got me the first two books in the series.

 

 

My life was never the same. I devoured them both that night--I think I even got to the end of the second before midnight.

 



I can remember scrutinizing both covers, trying to figure out what they were about from the images I could see. (It's a dragon--it appears to be about dragons--but why is it modern? Is that some high-tech lab? WHAT'S GOING ON?)
Then I dove in and was blown away. I've always had a fondness for fantasy, but reading those "modern teen finds out something in his life is because of a whole other world" books were usually kind of odd. Not so here. These were seamless, masterfully told. They say the fantastical King Arthur legends are because each scribe added to what was before him, spinning his own tale and growing the legends until we get where we are now. The same thing happened here.

Dragons! And realistic dragons and--I'm not even sure how to start. These characters are wonderful. (Walter is the best best friend ever. Just sayin') The villains are marvelous. (And each series adds another, better and badder one.) The plots are intricately woven.

And I don't care if you're an adult or a teen or a pre-teen, these books are wonderful. Bryan Davis doesn't (ever) fall into the old rut of thinking that if you're writing for a younger audience, it doesn't have to be as good, they won't notice. Oh, we notice. We notice much more than you think. Actually, it's harder than writing for an adult because you have to keep our attention.

And he does. Still does, actually. And, now that I'm 19, I suppose I can't be put in the kids' section anymore. But these are still good. I feel like I've grown up with these guys (when it starts they're 12, I was 13) Their spiritual journey is one I can emulate.

And the writing has been educational for me as well. Being an aspiring writer, seeing someone put so much spiritual truth into fiction is extremely inspirational.

Bascially, if you're above the age of...like 6...possibly 4...then these books are good. No matter what you do or who you are, I highly recommend these. Here's a little thing written by the author himself:

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Do you enjoy fantasy/adventure novels? I recommend that you try out books by Bryan Davis. Here are links to his web pages:



His website - http://www.daviscrossing.com/

His book buying page - http://www.daviscrossing.com/shopping.htm

His Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/BryanDavis.Fans

If you order a book from his shopping page, please let him know that you heard about it from me. I get a better chance to win a contest if you do.

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Oh yeah, forgot to mention. This was sort of kind of pulled into being because there's a contest in which we need to put the above in. But I've been wanting to do one of these anyway. Now just seems like a better time. Now, especially, because it's been 6 years. And a day. Happy Anniversary!