Vanishing Point

[Original blog post on Tumblr: February 19th, 2017]

Some highlights of the last EDA I’ve read (Vanishing Point).

I took these screens while reading, along with my reactions. As usual, this is full of spoilers.

I don’t really know what to think of this book.

The story isn’t bad but not particularly memorable either, its message is heavy-handed, there’s too many chases involved and the ending is a cop-out. But the regulars are great and the extras are pretty good too. You actually care about them. You want most of them to be okay.

It has a lot of good scenes, too. And a few good laughs. And something amazing which immediately went on my “to draw later” list.

So at this point, I can only compare it to some previous average-good books in the range to give it a proper score. Did I enjoy it more than Coldheart? No. But was it better than Shadows of Avalon? Definitely not either. So there. 6,5/10

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Hmmmmm nope. Nope.

Doctor you really have a sixth sense to detect problems and run right into them haven’t you? Also there’s only him and Anji here, where’s Fitz

Apparently Fitz has managed to hurt himself before this adventure actually started, this might be a new record!

SCREAMING

FITZ FELL FROM AN ACTUAL CLIFF EDGE AND HURT HIMSELF JUST BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS EIGHT

[insert joke about classic who companions and twisted ankles]

I have no words

Fitz nO

Good job, Fitz, you’ve actually killed a guy. Holy shit.

[sounds of Sydney Newman mumbling “no bug-eyed monsters” in the background]

They put him in the tiniest bed in the whole house omg

This scene is way too cute oh no

ROLL CREDITS

If we don’t get to see what’s in these mountains by the end of the story I’ll be disappointed

Well I don’t know about that, but I do know what I’m going to listen to for the rest of the book.

Oh my god Fitz

I laughed way too hard

Still laughing by the way

Eight please try to focus

EIGHT YOU IDIOT

Friendly reminder that the Doctor is juuuust a little bit uncanny

Nice try.

Concern for Fitz Kreiner intensifies

Take me there

Well this isn’t ominous at all

Uh. That’s interesting.

Also I bet someone was expecting me to make a trigger joke but those have never been particularly funny so I’ll pass my turn

Concern for Fitz Kreiner reaches alarming levels

Oh! So he wasn’t brainwashed after all? Or did it fail? I bet it failed.

Well to be fair he’s technically Remote, so this might also explain it.

This terribly ableist moment was brought to you by Fitz’s 60s education

Thank you Anji

Hello Vettul I like you

My, my, how the tables have turned!

Breaking News: local alien cannot stop thinking about his dorky friend

Well obviously someone gets it. Probably a villain we haven’t met yet.

I love this recurring joke tbh

Oh Eight you idiot

CONCERN FOR FITZ KREINER REACHES CRITICAL LEVELS

Ouch. Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Well this society is pretty f█cked up isn’t it

Was this whole planet originally colonised by eugenists or what

Haha now that’s what I call a transparent villain name. It's French for “nightmare”. And to think I thought naming a nice guy “Dark” was a fun trope inversion.

Okay I laughed like an idiot

Anji come on, the guy is wounded, give him a break

asfgjjkgkgk cute stop it you two

Fitz you know exactly what this is about but you’re just not used to it happening to you & you didn’t consider Vettul as a potential girlfriend because you think she looks weird, so shame on you

“I met someone special”

Also this went from “embarrassing” to “sweet” in record time

Well well well

I guess that makes Vettul Fitz’s girlfriend number... number... damn I think it’s number ten or something. Also that means the chances of her dying in this story have suddenly skyrocketed.

Anji making a conscious effort not to hug Eight, everybody

Do you think he still remembers the part when he had no shadow, on some unconscious level?

This week, on “Eight finds interesting new ways to hurt himself”

Omg Fitz

Actually Fitz the best course of action now would be to shut up

And also pull your pants up

Father Time references!

I shouldn’t have laughed but I definitely did

Fitz NO

Fitz you little shit admit it you’re absolutely terrified

You’re all going to get yourselves killed

This is cute though

Friendly reminder that Eight can be accidentally terrifying

Holy shit Doctor

Again, this is funnier than it should be

I’m not gonna lie, this is very interesting and I like where this is going.

Eight your “accidentally terrifying” moment has passed, stop trying to scare this guy it’s hopeless now

Okay this is the best scene so far and I doubt anything will top this

ASFGSJKDLLMDMGHKDGHSD

I TAKE IT BACK

I TAKE IT ALL BACK

OH MY ACTUAL F█CKING GOD

“ALMOST ROMANTICALLY” THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

“LIKE A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS” I AM NOW OFFICIALLY DEAD

I NEED TO DRAW THIS

You are a bunch of idiots, all of you, and I love you with all my heart

Anji criticising the plot, everybody

Interesting.

Wait, so it means the whole TARDIS team AND Vettul are all technically invisible to the “Creator”. That’s a real advantage.

Ooooooooh okay.

Don’t make me say it

Damn it

[insert flashbacks from Natural History of Fear here]

Well this is a good way to sum it up

Okay so last time their plan to protect Etty was a disaster, I hope they’ve found something better because I’m concerned

...........are you kidding me oh my god

1) This plan might be even worse than the first one

2) I love how nothing has been able to cure Eight of his primal fear of hospitals and everything related to them

You don’t say

Doctor no

Or maybe yes

idk

Doctor no²

Hey would you look at that, a villain who really really wants to tell you all his plans! (Well this one has a good motivation but still, cliché)

So all the abled inhabitants of the planet carry literal alien convicts in their dna. They are prison cells. That’s pretty original.

A good explanation but I’m still a bit disappointed.

And Cauchemar is external to this system and plans to destroy “god”. Still disappointed. Oh well.

“The Doctor fell in an undignified pile on the floor”

Also take a shot if you’re playing a certain drinking game

Wow it’s almost as if he was a villain or something

Okay so at this point, either there’s going to be a deus ex machina, or the Doctor is going to do something ridiculous in 3, 2, 1

This is exactly the kind of ridiculous shit I wanted him to do

Stop making me laugh with things that shouldn’t even be funny

Guys I don’t want to alarm you but the shit hasn’t hit the fan yet

GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN CAR

The “tapping his feet anxiously & biting his lip” bit is extremely relatable

Well what a fucKING SURPRISE, TAKE A SHOT

This is a trainwreck

This is a fun little twist, I like it!

Oh Eight

Cool landscape.

That’s the best you could come up with, eh?

Holy shit Doctor

Holy shit Doctor

Eight, your One is showing

When all else fails, you can always throw rocks, I guess

Doctor, this is all well and good but you do know Cauchemar is a million miles away from changing his mind at this point, right

Holy shIT

Well I hope so because this is getting kinda long

Anyone playing that drinking game is probably more than a bit tipsy at this point

Woah literal deus ex machina!

Also congratulations, this is horrible!

Aaaaah you little idiots I love each and every one of you

Oh nooooo

Everything’s okay and nothing hurts, the end

SPOKE TOO SOON

FITZ COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE DONE

Story of my life.