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It's always sooooo funny when English people or Americans are like "Why are Irish names so hard to pronounce?? Why are these Welsh words so insane???" that's because it is a different language that you do not speak hope this helps ❤️

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Been thinking about this character again and how it would end.

Would they go home, having never asked for an exciting life but being handed one on a silver platter? Would they be content with that?

Would they stay because they realised they were missing the best years of the younger family members’ lives? Would they stay to spend an older relative’s last years with them? Would they stay because they found a sweetheart they couldn’t part with?

Would they be called back for one final adventure with a new companion once they’re a bit older? Would they grow old and tell their kids about their adventures? Would they be visited in their twilight years and be whisked away one last time to die among the stars?

Or would it end differently in tragedy or sacrifice?

Would the adventure prove too dangerous for them after all, and they die tragically young? Or would they burn themselves out in a blaze of glory and selflessness knowing the most significant thing they could ever do in life was die? Would the doctor have to return to their mother in the way she had prayed would never happen after the war ended?

In either scenario they would die with a smile on their face knowing they experienced more in the precious little time they got than they would if they lived to 100.

Anyway yeah. Post-war cockney companion filled with joyous awe. Hire me BBC.

Post-War London Dr. Who companion

They don’t even know what a banana is, nevermind the aliens. All they know is smog and cans of spam.

They have the exact same reaction to outer space/universes beyond our comprehension as they do to like… Brazil. They form a conspiracy theory that the Americans are descended from aliens and refuse to drop it because the notion of America as a country is just so strange to them they struggle to comprehend it. They ask all the aliens they meet if they know the Americans much to the doctor’s embarrassment.

They go to London in the modern day and they’re like “Okay… not much has changed.”

But they’re taken to a slightly different part of England in the same year, same everything and they’re like

“Wow, Doctor! What planet is this?!”

“………..this is Coventry.”

They will eat literally anything from any era or planet. I mean it beats rationing, amarite? And plus, people came up with some weird recipes during rationing. (Or just. Y’know. Use carrots for everything.)

They go back home for an episode and tell all these colourful stories to the people they know, their family, their football mates, and everyone thinks they’ve gone mad but they’re so intrigued! And it brings some light into the lives of people that really, really need it.

They’re bright and cheery and resilient in the face of danger because they grew up in the aftermath of ‘blitz spirit’ where people had to keep calm and carry on otherwise the stress of the situation would completely break them. Maybe sometimes they share little tidbits of their home life and the doctor is just stunned by how thrilled they are about such small things that seem so pathetic and trivial to a nigh-immortal alien.

They talk about playing football in the smog when you couldn’t even see the other side of the pitch and how it made playground games much more exciting as a kid (The doctor is very concerned for their health). They talk about how much fun they used to have playing on old bomb ruins with their friends. They talk about the pranks they pulled at school and how their education was completely useless but they had a jolly good time being educated, despite the beatings. They know how to find joy in difficult places and situations.

Maybe every once in a while they drop a short sad bit like “Oh, I never saw my parents’ wedding photos myself. Their best friends had them in their house during the war, you see, and I’m afraid the bombs took the photos with them.” or “My mother cried when I turned eighteen because I was old enough now to be sent away to war if things turned sour with Russia.” but they say it cheerily and almost seem not to realise the tone of the conversation has gone down because everyone has stories like that, don’t they?

They take home souvenirs from every adventure they go on with the doctor and in episodes where they go home they slowly build up a display for them in their family home.

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You know now I’m older I realise that my character design wasn’t actually that bad when I was a kid. I mean it LOOKS terrible, like that’s undeniable, but I realise now that it’s because it’s accurate to what 8-10 year olds were wearing in like 2017 which also looked utterly terrible.

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Your regular reminder that this is the world's sixth largest economy and there are 165 billionaires in the UK.

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There really are two options for dying and becoming Jack Frost huh

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The ‘British realism’ genre had a death grip on me as a kid and judging by how many times I’ve rewatched Supacell it still does lol.

Respect for my g Zach Parker getting older siblinged into saving multiple worlds in the same way my little sister gets my paranoid shitbrain to walk half a mile to come pick her up at like 9pm.

The author must have been evil rubbing his hands together waiting for his target audience of like 10 year olds to hit 16 and go “Oh.” lmao. Goals.

Ramble as much as you like I think I post stupid shit like this so exactly 2 people somewhere around my age bracket will see it and go “So true bestie.”

Man, I dunno how many of you read My Brother Is A Superhero as a kid because they were definitely popular in my area but like, thinking back, that series is SO much funnier post-GCSEs oh my god.

Tl/dr for anyone who didn’t read it, the narrator is the little brother of a guy who got a load of superhero powers to save the world from an asteroid. Also it’s set in Bromley (South London). I’m also pretty sure at some point in the books his older brother is like fifteen or sixteen and crucially the main character is all “Ooh look at my stupid neek of a brother who’s more worried about exams than the fact he has telekinesis.” the entire time.

So like. What got me thinking. If an alien appeared to me 4 months ago before my exams and was like “Hey I’m gonna give you magic cos the apocalypse is coming lol.” my first response would also be “But I have GCSEs :(“

Like yeah Luke Parker your Year 7 ass might think that developing the ability to fly is more important than your grades but you have not been subjected to the absolute nightmare that is being chronically GCSE-brained. I was totally on his side as a kid but now I’m 16 I’m like “No that’s just the GCSE student response to everything.”

When I was a kid I read Zack Parker going “I have to put my school uniform on to get me to do my homework because it puts me in the right frame of mind.” as chronic neek behaviour. NOW I’M 16 I’M LIKE OH BABE. OH BABE. I UNDERSTAND. WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. WHATEVER WORKS. YOU GET THROUGH THIS HOWEVER YOU NEED TO MY COMRADE IN ARMS 🫡🫡🫡

Zack Parker the ten year olds were not ready for your GCSE student behaviour. I understand you now I am 16. Oh god.

Why is the funniest and ngl most accurate GCSE student rep in a book aimed at 9 year olds. That all just hit me like a punch to the skull.

Sorry for the utter incoherency you just experienced but I fear I am a man ruined (British education system strikes again 😔).

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Yeah I didn’t put this in the main post but my family being split between London and Yorkshire actually puts me in a funny position here because I have heard London relatives drop slurs before and there’s one bloke we have down here who we’re explicitly not allowed to talk politics with because he reads the Sun. Meanwhile my Northern grandma spent all of her working life that she wasn’t trying to make ends meet helping disabled kids pass university, makes a conscious effort to understand where her biases come from and got super excited when she found out in the newspaper about an autism cafe opening in Wales the other week. My (Nothern) aunt and uncle are also so nonjudgemental with their kid that it makes me a little bit sick with jealousy.

And I mean obviously my lived experience isn’t universal and I’m not Northern myself but my god. I am incredibly pissed off on your collective behalves.

Queer Northerners you guys are some of this country’s strongest soldiers because I (Londoner) have recently moved to a sixth form where it’s like ~90% gay and man. Bros will believe in aliens before gay Northerners.

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Queer Northerners you guys are some of this country’s strongest soldiers because I (Londoner) have recently moved to a sixth form where it’s like ~90% gay and man. Bros will believe in aliens before gay Northerners.

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Had a dream involving Dr. Who where it was Jodi Whittaker but with the voice of David Tennant pretending to be English.

I’ve never even seen an episode with Jodi Whittaker.

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Everybody say “Thank you, Ekko.”

You did it buddy.

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All I’ll say before the finale drops is that everyone in my school has started saying “Ekko fix this.” or “Ekko beat his ass.” or “Ekko, you can change this.” in response to any sort of negative theorising about Act 3.

We’re coping so hard but come on buddy you can do it!

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some one just put a cup over me and they’re looking for a paper to slide under me LOL gonna break out from this cup while they’re distracted

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The only correct soundtrack for Jekyll and Hyde is Darkside by Madison Mars followed directly by Begging by Måneskin as depicted by my head of Drama for our school’s original musical production of the book to avoid copyright.

Other excellent changes to the source material include Dr. Jekyll holding a rave at his house.

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You know a lot of Star Wars AUs with the twins are just the plot of the old She-Ra show from the 80s.

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Watching the Matrix which was made in the 90s, long before I was born, made me nostalgic because that’s literally how everything looked on British kids’ tv circa like 2011. Humiliating and frankly hilarious discovery.

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Caeneus’ positivity is done so well in Kaos and I need to talk about it again. Sorry.

Caeneus is meant to represent the concept of living life for yourself and y’know, to its fullest and all, despite the gods. We get a bit of that with his transition but it’s reflected best in his attitude.

Caeneus isn’t an optimist, he isn’t innocent or naive, he’s sarcastic and dry frequently and his life experiences are nothing short of depressing and brutal. But he stays positive about everything, not because he thinks things will get better because god do they not, he stays positive for himself. Caeneus stays positive because it’s better to enjoy your shitty miserable life despite what it’s trying to put you through than to be miserable all the time. And I love this so so much.

There’s a lot to be said for how him and Riddy are opposites there - had a life where nothing much happened and he died forgotten with barely any positive experiences but still lived his short boring life to the fullest vs had a life full of excitement and adventure that she wasted most of being miserable.

I just think this is a refreshing take on positive characters because the poor man is clearly fighting tooth and nail to remain cheery. Like it’s not quite an act but it’s clearly an active decision he’s making. It’s such an interesting take on a character who represents the idea of living life to its fullest.

(Plus y’know the theme comes full circle with him being able to renew souls. I love him so much you can pry his arc from my cold dead hands).

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Yeah I saw this image while I was drawing Rodney and couldn’t resist.