#12x7* can you hear me

[rowanthestrange]

Absolutely.

And if it’s the Master running the show then we are still more or less where we left Dhawan!Master with the Thirteenth Doctor - “I am trying to tell you a story about your (our) life, who you (we) are, what you’ve (we’ve) done, and you’re not listening.”

And what is what Sutekh did, but the Flux? The Time Lords having a dead man’s handle released on their extinction/The Kids Going Wild to kill this universe for the next.

Which we may have now fixed though, so that’s good.

Could we read all or most of the civilizations this season as time lord mirrors? The bridgerton aristocrats, the dot and bubble colonialists, and the boom warmongers seem pretty obvious. The space baby society that cranks out children (for eugenicist/nationalist reasons?) but is indifferent to their wellbeing. The "most dangerous prime minister" who's obsessed with genetic purity and wants to start nuking his neighbors. Which could all tie in with Mrs. Flood being a probable time lord, Rogue-Master theory, and the Doctor trying to run from his past. "Cultural appropriation." The Empire of Death

[roseposts-stuff]

okay!! time to finally do doctor who series 12 ranking

1. The Haunting of Villa Diodati (12x8) - it's brilliant. i love the setting, i love the design of the lone cyberman, i love the atmosphere, it's just really great. love jodie in this as well

3. Fugitive of the Judoon (12x5) - i liked it, love jo martin as the fugitive doctor, the scene where she remembers who she is, literally chills, awesome. a really enjoyable episode

2. Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (12x4) - i really love whoever plays tesla, he's great. i like the story and i think it's very nice to watch

4. Spyfall (12x1/12x2) - the first part is genuinely amazing, the reveal that O is the master is great and it's just overall very enjoyable to watch. second part i feel is a bit messy and does too many things at once, also not a fan of the doctor just leaving the master to the n-zis because that's. that's not it. that's not the doctor. same as 10 with harriet jones, i don't think it's very doctor-y to just use the things people can't change, like race or gender, against them. the doctor is better than that, they're cleverer than that

5. Revolution of the Daleks (12x0) - it was pretty mid. cool to have jack in this tho. idk, it has great moments and it has bad moments, but i don't think it's very good

6. Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children (12x9/12x10) - it's a great idea and jodie and sacha dhawan are enjoyable to watch, but it's not very interesting, i mean, the timeless children is practically just the master telling the doctor every single thing and it's just. not good. this is not how you tell a great story. i like the old man whose name i forgot tho lol

7. Praxeus (12x6) - it's a good idea, but i think this episode is quite boring. there's a lot happening and at the same time, very little happens, i feel. but i'm not exactly mad about it, wouldn't rewatch tho

8. Can You Hear Me? (12x7) - again, good idea, bad execution. the beginning felt interesting to me, but it became uninteresting very quickly. i think it was great to explore the fears of our main characters, but it just wasn't very good

9. Orphan 55 (12x3) - it has a decent idea and i respect the message it's trying to send. however, it's shit. it's boring, when it's trying to send it's message about protecting earth, it's painfully on the nose, and it has completely pointless stuff that just takes away from the story. it's just not good at all

there we go then, i'll probably rank flux + specials but that's going to be more difficult because flux is technically 1 story so we'll see how that goes

[bing-bang-bingo]

- 4x3: c. 40:00 Cas comforts Dean after Mary makes a deal w/ Azazel

- 4x7: 15:50 Dean stops Sam from shooting Cas, then Sam mentions that he’s “heard a lot about him”

- 4x7: 39:00 Cas tells Dean he prayed he’d save the town, then he tells him about his doubts and Deans future troubles

- 4x10 & ???: Dean calls “last night on Earth” his best line. He uses this line on Cas

- 4x10: 27:15 “Castiel has this weakness. He likes you.”

- 4x10: 32:50 Cas looking jealous and sad when Dean kisses Anna

- 4x16: 7:30 Cas tells Dean he got in trouble for showing emotion and getting to close to Dean. 8:20 “I would give anything not to have you do this”

- 4x16: 39:00 Cas warns Dean to be careful while Dean is in the hospital, they discuss the first seal and saving Dean from hell

- 4x18: 31:30 Cas tells Dean how to save Sam from Lilith even though he’s not allowed to interfere

- 4x20: 38:00 Deans face when Cas tells him he “learned his lesson when he was in heaven”

- 4x22: 30:40 Cas considers rebelling for Dean. 33:00 He does. 35:20 He fights multiple Archangels for Dean

- 5x1: 5:45 Dean denies Cas’ death 8:25 “I learned that from my friend Cas you son of a bitch”

- 5x1: 31:00 Cas saves Sam and Dean from Zach

- 5x3: 6:10 Cas-“I need your help because your the only one who will help me”

- 5x3: 10:20 Dean fixes Cas’ tie and jacket

- 5x4: 38:50 “Don’t Ever Change”

- 5x8: 38:20 Dean makes Gabriel bring Cas back, then makes sure he’s okay

- 5x13: ?:?? Cas won’t let Dean meet with Anna because it’s not safe

- 5x17: 30:30 Cas and Dean discuss what it’s like to have a deadbeat dad

- 5x18: 25:15 Cas kicks Deans ass for trying to sacrifice himself

- 5x21: 3:50 Cas and Dean bickering like and old married couple then Cas gives Dean a heartfelt apology.

- 6x17: 18:55 “No you’re confusing me with the other angel, the one in the dirty trench coat who is in love with you.”

- 6x17: 38:00 Sam: “So you killed 50,000 people for us?” Cas: *looks at Dean*

- 6x19: 25:20 Bobby reassures Cas that they’ll be back soon, Cas acts like a worried and disappointed wife.

- 6x19: 36:25 Cas yelling “Dean!” when Eve bites him

- 6x19: 40:00 Dean is the only one who doesn’t think Cas is working with Crowley (he’s wrong but it’s sweet)

- 6x20: 4:50 Dean v v worried, “But Cas you’ll call right? If you get into real trouble?”

- 6:30 Crowley implies that Cas is distracted by Dean and tells him he reeks of the Impala.

- 7:20 Cas says that Dean taught him how to care and what to care about. Then Cas saves Sam (for Dean)

- 13:15 Cas says that the worst part of working with Crowley (basically his sworn natural enemy) is that it hurt Dean and that he hated lying to him.

- 25:20 Cas refuses to ask Dean for help because he has “sacrificed too much” even though it means Cas could die.

- 26:00 Crowley tells Cas he has a way for everyone to get a happy ending “with all possible entendres intended” while Cas stares longingly at Dean.

- 33:00 Dean is close to tears when he learns that Cas is working with Crowley, Cas says he did it to protect Dean.

- 35:25 “Dammit Cas we can fix this!” “Dean it’s not broken!” He then tells the boys to run from the demon cloud and Dean gives him the saddest look in the world before being forced to leave him behind.

- 38:00 Cas watches Dean sleep. “I’m doing this for you Dean. I’m doing this because of you!”

- 6x21: 22:40 “I do everything you ask. I always come when you call and I am your friend. Still despite your lack of faith in me and now your threats I’ve just saved you yet again. Has anyone but your closest kin ever done more for you?”

- 6x22: Dean to Cas- “Don’t make me lose you, too.”

- 7x2: 5:35 Dean nearly cries on screen when he thinks Cas is dead

- 7x17: Cas says “I remember ~you~” as soon as he regains his memories.

- 7x17: Cas ask why Dean didn’t tell him all the horrible things Cas did. Parallels the conversation Karen and Dean had about telling Bobby she remembered him killing her and her telling Dean that he had never been on love before.

- 7x21: The face Dean makes when he sees Cas again plus the prolonged eye contact when Cas says Deans name.

- 7x21: Hester telling Dean that when Cas first saved him from Hell he was lost- parallels- Lucifer/Jess saying she was dead the moment she met Sam.

- 7x23: 8:50 “Go ask him. He was your boyfriend first.” Meg to Dean about Cas

- 7x23: 32:45 “I’m sorry but I’d rather have you, cursed or not.”

- 7x23: 36:50 Cas steps in to protect Dean despite spending the whole season avoiding fighting and saying he won’t fight.

- 8x2: 25:00 Cas ran away to keep the Leviathans away from Dean. Dean refuses to leave purgatory without Cas.

- 8x7: 20:30 Deans reaction to seeing Cas all cleaned up.

- 8x7: Dean convinced himself that it was his fault Cas was still in purgatory because he’s a sweet idiot boy who hates himself

- 8x7: 35:00 The whole Dean and Cas conversation about purgatory and Cas doing stuff that puts him in danger.

- 8x8: 12:30 Cas just casually going through Deans stuff and Dean not saying anything.

- 8x8: 13:00 Cas offering to watch over Dean while he slept

- 8x8: 15:15 Dean talks to Cas about feelings and heaven even though Dean hates talking about feelings.

- 8x17: Cas fights Naomi’s mind control for Dean

- 8x23: 22:50 Dean and Cas sadly discuss Cas closing the doors of heaven and say goodbye

- 9x1: Dean prays to Cas and tells him he isn’t mad about the angels falling.

- 9x1: Cas’ first instinct is to explain himself to Dean then to come help him.

- 9x1: Dean begs Cas to “for once, look out for yourself.”

- 9x3: 36:45 Dean to Cas after Cas came back from the dead “Don’t you ever do that again!”

- 9x6: Literally just Dean trying desperately the whole episode to hang out with Cas

- 9x10: 26:00 Dean and Cas talk about how Cas is doing and Dean offers him a rare sincere apology. Plus the “I prefer the term ‘trusting’. Less dumb, less ass.” dialogue

- 9x18: Cas’ little smile when Dean makes a joke about Honor Bars and Cas is just so happy to hear his voice.

- 9x18: Metatron’s illusion of Gabriel calls Cas Dean’s boy-toy

- 9x18: Cas can tell something is wrong with Dean, then Cas yells at Dean about getting the Mark of Cain

- 9x22: Cas chooses Dean over all of Heaven once again

- 9x22: The Cas and Dean conversation about the three of them being enough when an army wasn’t and Cas giving up an army all for Dean

- 9x23: “I’m blaming you for taking Cas’ grace.”

- 10x1: 5:00 Cas about Dean- “I miss him.”

- 10x2: 9:00 Cas’ reaction to learning that Dean is a demon

- 10x3: The conversation between Dean and Cas at the end of the episode. “You look terrible” “You on the other hand, your looking good.”

- 10x5: Deans reaction to Cas and Dean actors hugging and holding hands

- 10x5: “Put as much sub into that text as you possibly can.” *looks directly at fake Cas*

- 10x9: 15:00 Cas tells Dean he’s a good role model. Then asks him if he’s okay and when Dean lies and says he is he pushes it further. Dean makes Cas promise to kill him if he goes Dark

- 10x22: Dean and Cas fight and parallel Cain and his Wife.

- 10x23: Dean sees Cas’ bloody face in the mirror

- 11x1: Cas being more worried about Dean than himself even though Cas is under a spell that will kill him.

- 11x2: Dean calling Cas and stressing out when he doesn’t answer

- 11x3: Dean trying to coax Cas out of the attack dog spell, refusing to fight back when Cas was attacking, freaking out when Cas took a minute to wake up, refusing to let Cas heal him (because he “had it coming”), and refusing to let Cas apologize (because “there’s nothing to apologize for”).

- 11x10: “Dean, I came as soon as you called.” Also: “Stick your tongue out.” Dean-*does*

- 11x11: Dean realizing that something is wrong with Cas (while he is possessed by Lucifer)

- 11x11: Mildred says that Dean is pining for someone else(probably meant to be a reference to Amara, but she told him this after he had seen Cas for the first time in a few days.)

- 11x14: The sadness on Deans face when he realizes Cas is Lucifer and then his determination to save Cas

- 11x15: Dean getting kinda dark when he talks about what he’s willing to do to save Cas and he prioritizes saving Cas over bearing Amara.

- 11x17: Dean once again prioritizing saving Cas over saving the world. Sam reassuring Dean that they’ll save Cas (even though Dean didn’t say anything about what was upsetting him)

- 11x17: The camera zooming in on Dean after Michelle says that there is no normal after losing the man you love.

- 11x18: Dean refuses to put Lucifer in the cage or let him fight Amara while using Cas as his vessel.

- 11x18: The difference in the way Dean looks at Lucifer vs at Cas

- 11x18: Dean about Cas: “Lets go find that idiot and bring him home.”

- 11x19: Dean has been looking for leads non stop for a week since Amara took Cas

- 11x21: Amara uses Cas’s heart to find Dean, then shows Dean images of Cas beaten and bloodied to convince him to turn against Chuck

- 11x23: Dean’s face when he realizes Cas is back and Lucifer is gone.

- 11x23: Dean tells Cas he isn’t stupid and that he always helps

- 11x23: Cas: “Dean are you okay? How do you feel?”

- 11x23: Cas hugging Dean super tight before he goes off to die. Dean entrusting his life’s purpose (look after Sam) then thanking him for everything.

- 12x1: Cas seeing that Dean is alive and hugging him while his voice breaks.

- 12x1: Cas taking the job Dean have him very seriously

- 12x2: Dean adorably venting to Cas about his mommy-issues

- 12x3: Dean- “Morning sunshine want some coffee.” Cas- “No thank you.”

- 12x7: “Well at least I don’t look like a lumberjack.” They are such husbands

- 12x7: “Engaged in what Cas? killing you?”

- 12x8: Cas being so worried about what happened to Sam and DEAN that Kelly escaped.

- 12x9: Mary-“You left them!” Cas- *voice breaking* “Dean told me to go!” Also, just Cas looking so hard for them.

- 12x9: Cas blaming himself for Sam and Dean being taken

- 12x9 Cas knowing how long the boys have been gone down to the hour.

- 12x9: Cas’s voice and eyes when he hears Dean’s voice on the phone.

- 12x9: Cas killing Billie because “You mean too much to me” and “The world needs as many Winchesters as it can get.”

- 12x10: Poor Sam having to deal with Cas and Dean while they fight like an old married couple.

- 12x10: Dean immediately telling Ishim to go to hell when he insults Cas

- 12x10: Sam telling Dean to go to Cas when Dean thought Cas was in trouble

- 12x10: Cas immediately believing Dean about Ishim even though they’re mad at each other. Dean about to let Ishim kill him to save Cas.

- 12x10: Ishim comparing Dean and Cas’s relationship to Ishims relationship with his human lover, then saying he was going to cut Cas’s human weakness

- 12x11: “And Cas is my best friend.”

- 12x12: Dean about Cas- “My shy but devastatingly handsome friend here...”

- 12x12: Dean stressing out and voice breaking as he tries to comfort poisoned Cas

- 12x12: LITERALLY TOLD DEAN THAT HE LOVED HIM WHILE CAS WAS DYING

- 12x12: *looking at Dean* “I love you.” Then adds “I love all of you”

- 12x12: Cas- “Run.” Dean- “Cas, no.”

- 12x12: The look Dean gives Cas when he won’t stop staring at him after he’s healed.

- 12x14: Dean says some very harsh stuff to Mary after finding out the reason they Cas almost died at the lake house was because Mary was working for the British Men of Letters

- 12x15: Dean could tell something was up with Cas after talking to him for less than a minute, over the phone.

- 12x18: Sam trying to make Dean feel better about not hearing from Cas.

- 12x19: Dean literally always acting like a scorned wife when Cas comes back after long periods of time

- 12x19: Dean made Cas a mixtape

- 12x19: Cas- “I ~needed~ to came back here with a win for you.”

- 12x19: Cas- *gesturing between Dean and himself* “You mean... we?” Dean- “Yes, dumbass, we.”

- 12x23: Dean screaming for Cas when he attacks Lucifer and trying to chase after him forcing Sam to drag Dean back through the rift. A direct parallel to Dean pulling Sam away from Jess and the fire in Pilot

- 12x23: Dean kneeling next to Cas’s dead body looking up at the sky completely devastated.

- 13x1: Dean couldn’t bring himself to say dead when referring to Cas

- 13x1: Dean PRAYED to GOD to bring Cas back

- 13x1: “We just lost ~everything~. And now you’re gonna bring ~him~ back.”

- 13x1: Dean personally wrapping Cas’s body and giving him a hunters funeral.

- 13x1: The look of complete devastation on Dean’s face when he burns Cas’s body.

- 13x3: Dean refusing to help save Jack because he blames him for manipulating Cas and getting him killed.

- 13x4: The Empty to Cas: “I know what you love, what you fear. There is nothing for you back there.” He loves Dean and Cas fears that Dean doesn’t love him back.

- 13x5: Sam being worried about Dean who has given up all hope since Cas died.

- 13x5: Dean being so distressed thinking Cas is gone forever that he tries to kill himself

- 13x5: Dean seeing Cas alive again and they both have tears in their eyes.

- 13x6: Dean hugging Cas and saying he’s been gone for “too damn long”

- 13x6: Dean being immediately happier and nicer to everyone once Cas is back

- 13x6: Cas saying “Yes. Yes, he does” (in response to Jack saying Dean really likes cowboys) with the tone of an exhausted spouse.

- 13x6: “I told you, he’s an angry sleeper. Like a bear.”

- 13x6: Dean made Cas watch Tombstone with him.

- 13x6: Dean and Cas dresses like cowboy husbands.

- 13x6: Cas saying “I’m your huckleberry” to Dean in a deep accent and Dean looking away.

- 13x6: Their undercover names are Russel and Kilmer

- 13x14: The whole scene where Cas and Dean fight Gog/Magog and act like an old married couple.

- 13x14: The angry, dark look Cas gives Donatello when he tries to kill Dean

- 13x16: “Dean has him by the thigh!” Cas, jealously: “He ~what~?”

- 13x16: “and that includes the Cartwright twins.” Cas, again jealously: “what did you do with the Cartwright twins?”

- 13x19: Cas angrily confronting Naomi about forcing him to kill a bunch of Dean clones.

- 13x21: Cas secretly sliding Dean more pizza when Mary and Sam left the room.

- 13x21: Cas having to hold Dean back from going after Sam. Dean would have beat the shit out of anyone else who tried to stop him.

- 13x23: Cas trying to stop Dean from giving himself to Michael even if it meant losing Sam AND Jack

- 13x23: Cas sitting alone in the bum jet with tears in his eyes after Dean left

- 14x1: Demon: “How is it you lost Dean. I thought you two were joined at the... everything.”

- 14x1: Dean trying to save Cas from Lucifer then vs Cas trying to save Dean from Michael now

- 14x3: The look that Dean and Cas give each other when Dean comes home.

- 14x9: Cas almost being happy seeing Dean happy. And then having to force himself to not be happy so he doesn’t die.

- 14x12: Cas being phased at Dean for wanting to put himself in the box with Michael forever

- 14x14: Cas is the only Dean will let talk to him about Michael and be honest about how Dean feels

- 14x14: “No, it’s on us.”

- 14x14: Cas’s voice breaking when he talks about the possibility of Dean dying one day.

- 14x18: The pure self loathing in Cas’s eyes when he feels like he failed Dean by not telling him about Jack’s soul.

- 15x2: “You asked ‘what about all of this is real?’ We are.” THE MOST ROMANTIC LINE EVER. (Plus later Eileen and Sam have the same conversation but they get to kiss because homophobia)

- 15x9- 20:00 Dean said that they lost everyone they cared about, then added Cas specifically. Then he says “I had to bury him��� not “we”

- 15x9- 23:00 Dean cries when he can’t find Cas. Then he prays to him and apologizes for letting him go. He falls to his knees praying to him and fully crying

- 15x12: “I created the world.” *shows Destiel*

- 15x15: This time when Dean sees Cas leaving the bunker, he stops him. (In reference to Cas saying “you didn’t stop me” when Dean got mad at him for leaving)

- 15x16: This is the the only version of Cas that rebelled for Dean. This universe is literally being saved repeatedly because of Cas’s love for Dean

- 15x18: CAS CONFESSES HIS LOVE TO DEAN then goes to mega hell for being gay

Anyway, Cas loves Dean and Dean LOVES HIM BACK, OKAY?!?!? Feel free to add more

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

i still think there was no real reason for 12x7 to be titled can you hear me and i still think the only reason for that was to tie that phrase to yaz's mental health stuff which in turn gets tied to 13's mental health stuff and the only reason the episode was called that was for 13 to ask yaz in 12x9 "can you hear me" over the radio

[handdrawnfantasma]

thoughts abt space hobo show s12 under the readmore (eps 12x3-12x7 because i already know im going to need a separate post for my thoughts for villa of diodati thru the timeless children and then another one for my s12 thoughts as a whole LMAO)

orphan 55, nikola tesla’s night of terror, fugitive of the judoon, praxeus, can you hear me

first off i have heard that some people didn’t like orphan 55 or praxeus very much because of how anvilicious the climate change message was........ my argument is that Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped and tbh i don’t think either episode was less fun or enjoyable to watch regardless?? i would say that orphan 55 probably carried the concept of it off BETTER, Praxeus featured a LOT of science-speak for a 50-minute episode that kind of threw me out of the story a little bit at times, but there was still a lot to like about both episodes. (if i’m being honest, Praxeus was mostly saved by the one-shot characters. the storyline between Jake and his astronaut boyfriend Got Me and also?? Gabriella?? what a GOOD single-episode character. more of this please)

the writing in 13′s era sure does remain Committed to its themes and to using those themes to foreshadow and support where its overall arc is heading too, huh. like, orphan 55 WORKED because it was the episode that came immediately after spyfall pt 2, where 13 discovers that the Master razed Gallifrey and you get that shot of the destroyed citadel. you then have an episode dealing with a potential future of Earth where it’s a wasteland populated by the mutated remnants of humanity, you have that moment where 13 sees the russian sign in the tunnels and realises what planet this is and then tries to hide that painful truth from the fam (and they of course are having none of it)............ i can’t put into words how and why that Works so well but like, something something the Doctor won’t let herself deal with having lost Gallifrey again and doesn’t want her fam to have to deal with even a POTENTIAL future where they see the truth of Orphan 55 for what it is something something........ OH even the theme of family!! the Fam declaring themselves as 13′s family in spite of how she’s been keeping herself at arms’ length from them, the contrast between THIS found family (and like. the Doctor is always picking up found family, it’s kind of their thing, but if we’re just focusing on THIS particular series), and their original very bad no good quote unquote found family that we are only going to find out about in the series finale, like................... s12 is feeding me all parallels all the time and i’m a sucker for that, i eat it up

what was i talking about. OH YEAH THEMES, the themes of identity and outcasts and people contributing to the progress of society but going unrecognised and unrewarded for it present in Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror............ (the whole. part where he insists he’s an American citizen despite how much vitriol he’s getting, the anecdote Edison tells about him promising a rich reward to the person who fixed that machine and then when Tesla did it only offering him a $10 raise, the fact that the Doctor IMMEDIATELY sees Tesla as a kindred spirit like........ knowing what i know about where the series is going This Was All Very Deliberate)........ the way the identity and the “how much of what we do or don’t know about our own history affects ourselves and our identity and our own perception of that?” themes raised for Yaz in Demons of the Punjab in s11 come back in a very personal way for Thirteen in Fugitive of the Judoon.............. the lies our loved ones tell to us now becoming a very personal and sore point that’s opening up a chasm between 13 and the fam but also affecting the companions’ relationships with their own lives on Earth.......... you really can’t engage with 13′s era unless you are fully on board with the themes it’s been putting down huh. i enjoy this

i also enjoy how the Timeless Child arc has been unfolding??? it’s felt like something very natural and organic and i honestly love how little it’s relied on Arc Words in the way that past doctor who Series Arcs(tm) have. like Spyfall sets it up and then it continues to thread its way throughout s12, sometimes in ways that are more subtle (13′s mood in Orphan 55, Suki and the development of the praxeus cure in Praxeus acting as a thematic callback/call-forward to stuff that will be picked up later), sometimes in ways that are more blatant (the entirety of Fugitive of the Judoon, 13′s nightmare in Can You Hear Me?). like. sometimes you don’t HAVE to hit your audience over the head with your plot arc and wave it around while making big speeches about it, sometimes it can just be a thing that’s more subtly pervasive, and it’s okay if that’s not your bag when it comes to storytelling but that doesn’t mean that it’s bad storytelling lmao. Chibs told you literally in the SECOND EPISODE of s11 that the Timeless Child was gonna be a thing and that it is connected to the Doctor (the ribbon thingies peering into 13′s head and announcing “we see further back! the timeless child [...] we see what’s hidden even from yourself, the outcast, abandoned and unknown”) LIKE. IT’S NOT HIS FAULT IF YOU’RE NOT PICKING UP WHAT HE’S PUTTING DOWN, HE WAS PRETTY BLATANT ABOUT IT LMAOOOOO this is part of the reason why 13′s series definitely work better when viewed as a whole, Chibs is playing SUCH a long game here

i also want to talk about the character development because it’s still so good. Graham and Ryan got the bulk of their character development done already in s11 + Resolution and this means you get to see them really shining with that in s12, but also continuing it?? the difference and development in Ryan especially is so lovely, i love how he’s kind of taken on a sort of role in the adventures that Rose would often take back in 9 and 10′s day, connecting with the people the Fam run into on their adventures, being the most human element and the most in tune with their emotions and the way in which the adventures affect everyone on the TARDIS....... he’s matured so much, i love how positive his character development has been and how much growth is there. i also think it’s really telling how as of 12x7, RYAN is the one worrying the most about how his absence affects his loved ones on Earth. like you can tell he gets so much out of travelling with the Doctor but the fact that he SEES the effect it’s having on his best friend and that this worries him, enough that it shows up in his nightmares?? the fact that the Dregs from Orphan 55 also showed up in his nightmares, showcasing how his travels have affected him but also showing with that simple fact how much he cares about what happens to his own planet now??? GOD i love Ryan Sinclair sooooo much

i don’t have much to say about Graham bc i think his arc was more or less complete in s11, but like, the results of that arc are so great. i love how Graham is more out of his shell and like Ryan does, brings that human element, and is also just. so supportive?? whether it’s talking back to Thomas Edison or offering emotional support and grandad advice to Jake, he’s just. im love him. he can join Wilf in the cool old man companions club

i also LOVE how you can now see Yaz’s character arc properly taking off, like, she got some development back in s11 with seeing her family in Arachnids in the UK, the story about her bullying and depression she shared with Willa in the Witchfinders, and of course with Demons of the Punjab, but in s12 you can really start to see how travelling with the Doctor has given Yaz the sense of purpose that she was looking for when she went into the police (but never quite got), and how she’s become more confident and is taking the lead on adventures, picking up temporary companions of her own, becoming good enough at this that 13 trusts her to handle parts of their adventures alone if Yaz says she can......................... i have meta brewing in my head comparing and contrasting Clara and Yaz because while Yaz is definitely having a bit of a “companion becomes the Doctor” arc, Yaz’s arc feels very very different to Clara’s??? if i had to summarise it as it stands now in my head i would say that Clara becomes the Doctor but in the Worst way possible, because 12 and Clara were wrapped up in each other’s flaws and pushed one another to extremes, whereas because 13 keeps her fam at arm’s length, Yaz kind of has to teach herself how to be more Doctor-like and she does it in her own way....... Yaz embodying more of the ideal of what it means to Be The Doctor whereas Clara ends up being more of the messy reality??? i have no idea what im talking about but i think i have something here

speaking of the Doctor, ALSO still loving 13′s character development this series. love how she’s still trying really REALLY hard to run from her past and to Be The Doctor (she’s REALLY trying so hard) but that is becoming increasingly difficult for her as her past keeps coming back to haunt her, including the bits of it she has literally no idea about. love how you can see the strain of it affecting her relationship with the fam. i’m losing my mind a little bit over a LOT of 13 in Can You Hear Me?, like......... leaving the Fam at home and then seriously considering just taking the TARDIS straight to the time she agreed to pick them up so that she doesn’t have to be alone with herself and her thoughts??? talking to herself when she ends up being places alone??? and yet STILL keeping the fam physically and emotionally at arm’s length and refusing to let them in even though she’s Struggling and they can See she’s Struggling (like?? she’s still keeping her scanners open looking for the Master?? when she’s not with the Fam on adventures she goes back to the ruins of Gallifrey???????? DOCTOR!!!!) this stuff is so telling like....... Doctor Please Seek Help Challenge. (also love how we’re seeing more of the Doctor’s ruthlessness, the way she dealt with the antagonists in NTNOT and CYHM was........ Wow Doctor. love to see that mask continuing to peel off. i think the entire sequence with the Fugitive Doctor tricking Gat into blowing herself up with the laser rifle (while genuinely begging her not to shoot, of course) also gets lumped in here. the Doctor really doesn’t like being confronted with their own “i got clever, started tricking people into taking their own [lives]” part of their M.O huh)

SPEAKING OF GAT, SHE WAS GREAT, i hope Big Finish does stuff with her when they’re allowed to do stuff with things from 13′s era. LOVE seeing examples of Peak Gallifrey Time Lord Bullshit. i want to know EVERYTHING about her history with the Doctor and with Division. (i also laughed when she realised that 13 and ruth!doctor were the same person and she was like EW NO TWO OF THE SAME TIME LORD CAN’T BE IN THE SAME PLACE THAT’S AN ABOMINATION like........ for starters the Doctor has broken the first law of time more times than we can count, for second, how’s that broken web of time treating you)

i think the only other thing i wanted to talk about was Can You Hear Me? and specifically the ending of it because apparently the BBC had to issue an apology about 13 and Graham’s conversation at the end and now that i’ve seen it i’m like................ Annoyed?? like, yeah, 13 didn’t handle it with oodles of emotional intelligence, but when has ANY doctor been good at that. like honestly 10, 11 (ESPECIALLY 11) and 12 have brushed off/treated their companions coming to them with stuff like that much worse than 13 did????? where was the outcry about them??????? 13 was actively listening, she let him talk without interrupting, and then when she was sure he’d said everything he wanted to say she admitted that she KNEW she should be saying something reassuring but that she didn’t know what she SHOULD say, narrating her movements and what was going through her head so that Graham knew she’d been paying attention and just couldn’t handle it well, like................... honestly i liked that a lot. it made sense for the Doctor as a character and especially THIS doctor who isn’t good with anything below surface level but also cares so deeply about her companions?? (13 tries really hard with her companions. like. she keeps them at arm’s length but she REALLY wants them to be safe and to enjoy their travels with her, and not all of that stems from her desire for them to like her) and like on a personal level, i also liked it bc it’s so rare to see a depiction of a character in fiction who Cares but isn’t good at reassuring words. there’s so much pressure to Talk about things these days and like....... some people just aren’t good at Talking, some people deal with things differently, and some people offer support in a way that isn’t Words? like one of my best friends is USELESS with words but she’s still the person i sobbed down the phone to when i was having relationship issues, bc i knew she would listen and she cared and that mattered more than having someone who would Say all the Right(tm) things........................................... i dunno i am just Annoyed at people bc that conversation and that moment really hit different for me in a way that touched me

WHY DO THESE KEEP GETTING SO LONG. chris chibnall i am sueing you for damages, ie making me care about doctor who again

[okimargarvez]

Shades- Luke is obsessed (more than me)

This time I want to focus your attention on a simple detail: in season 12 Luke always, I mean always, looks at Penelope. Not just in the main moments, when they are together, alone (like in 12x1, 12x4 with Roxy, 12x5, 12x14, 12x17). No, I mean really really always. And he is, often, the only one who smirk or laughs at one of her jokes.

I’ll show the moments I found. If you have noticed another that I forgot, please, tell me.

N.B. : if you are not crazy as me, maybe it would be better if you didn’t read this.

1- 12x3

Ok, Luke. You have just met Emily, but you can’t take your eyes off Penelope? Seriously? Maybe you’re a little jealous that someone else could hug her? Your time will come. Be patient (really patient).

2- 12x3

This time Penelope doesn’t make a really joke… but her rant is enough to make Luke smirks. You notice, he’s the only one.

3- 12x3

He can’t see her but still smiles when he hears “Fire when ready”.

4- 12x4

Even if Luke is out of focus, can you see his smile? And he also shakes his head for a moment.

5- 12x6

Every time he feels just a little sign of weakness in her voice… he must look at her.

6- 12x6

And how many times he turns his head to follow her while she goes away?

7- 12x6

A little smirk.

8- 12x7

Luke has the habit to look in the direction where she came out, and staring off for a while (he does the same in 13x5).

9- 12x8

Can someone just smile in this way? With tiny eyes and open mouth.

10- 12x8

He is so obsessed and stills think about “Especially you, newbie” that he looks at her without a pause and also takes her remote control, just to get her attention; but she puts the folder for Luke on the table, instead of passes it directly. It’s the only time that he looks away in this micro sequence.

11- 12x8

Open mouth like a fish. Luke, are you not used to Garcia’ ways yet?

Or maybe you’re thinking about another couple of… strawsberries.

12- 12x10

Ok, Newbie McNewberson it’s not your favorite nickname… but it still came out from her lips, so you just love it, don’t you?

13- 12x12

My favorite micro-scene of Garvez ever. Ok, Luke turns around without reason, he feels, senses her presence. And, obviously, he smiles.

Then he notices her expression.

And this changes his expression too and also his mood.

He is just so sad.

And he follows her with his eyes and whole body as long as possible. Ok, Garcia is a ray of sunshine but her mood shouldn’t change yours, if you two are just co-workers. Walker is not so sad, so worried as Luke.

14- 12x14

I’ve talked about this enough. No, it’s not true. I will never tired of it. Short version: Luke is the only one who looks at her from the beginning (if you want to deepen, see my other rants).

15- 12x14

Smile with closed eyes. 

16- 12x14

“Yes, he can, Newbie” = smirk.

17- 12x14

Open mouth.

18- 12x14

Even about this frame I’ve talked enough, no? The others are desperate too, but just two look at each other (Luke first).

19- 12x16

Ok, just see the difference between Walker and Luke reactions before Penelope’ joke/flirt. And the subject it’s Walker, this time. But he looks at Luke. They all know that she did it for make Luke upset?

20- 12x21

Weird gaze.

21-12x21

That moment when he sees her.

22-12x22

Welcome to the green-eyed monster. Nice to meet you, Luke!

Bonus (I know I said I would have analysed just Season 12, but I can’t stop. You can, just do it):

23- 13x2

Old habits die hard.

24- 13x3

The gazes of a man proud of his woman.

25- 13x3

When you are thinking how could be to rub her lamp with your cool hand…

26- 13x5

When she is sad and you can’t do anything, you can just keeping think about it.

27- 13x5

When she apologizes for no reason.

28- 13x10

So rarely you don’t laugh at one of her joke, don’t you, buddy? And, try to hide better your feelings. JJ is watching you (as always).

29- 13x11

Flirting with her isn’t enough for you, right?

30- 13x19

Can’t stop to be surprised at her jokes.

30- 13x21

And again, and again, and again.

31- 14x1

She is just a miracle, come down to earth. (Sorry for the number of the pics, but you know I can’t do otherwhise).

32- 14x3

That time when you didn’t measure up and broken your promise…

33- 14x6

And when you did your worst mistake, and even after, doing nothing to fix it.

34- 14x8

And that time when you remembered how much you loved when she was the queen of ice with you.

35- 14x8

You want to be upset, but you can’t. Welcome back, smirk!

36- 14x8

Really you believe that you two are just perfect together in workplace?

37- 14x8

The wait is over.

38- 14x11

You do remember that you are talking about your girlfriend, don’t you?

39-

As above.

40- 14x14

When you finally say the truth. and the fact you are not alone can’t stop you to flirt with her.

41- 14x15

You always need to put her in the middle.

42- 14x15

When she has just said “we were waiting for you” but in your mind it sounded more like “I was waiting for you”.

43- 14x15

And finally, you hold the miracle in your arms.

44- 15x1

The ease with which you agree. The proud you feel while she is talking, like it was in part your responsibility.

45- 15x2

Typical day’s work at BAU. There are two other people in the room, do you remember, Luke?

All my ramblings

[spearywritesstuff]

My Season 12 Spn Coda’s: All in one place

Kiss You Back to Life (12x1 speculation)

Summary:  Dean was dead, and Cas had promised to keep watch over Sam. It didn't matter that he wanted to go with him, that he wanted to end at his side.

Waking Life (12x1)

Summary: They were back to hunting, back together, back to being a team, plus one. They fought hard together, Mary perhaps harder than all of them combined, but that wasn't enough to keep Dean from noticing that Cas was gone. It wasn't enough to keep him from praying for that to change. It wasn't enough to keep him from dreaming a world of lies in which he was there, right there to stay.Then he woke up, and he wasn't alone.

I Failed You (12x1)

Summary:  Dean, Mary, and Cas are on the road, searching for Sam. They stop for a night at a dingy motel to rest before the next fight.

Leaving (12x3)

Summary: It was quiet, except in his head. The night was pushing him down into the mattress, and all the noise pouring into his head via the headphones did nothing to clear out the words. Here he was alone again, and yet not. Sam was still here. It wasn’t the same though.

Magda (12x4)

Summary: She stayed as still as she could. The cold tile floor was nothing compared to the cold stone of her mother’s basement. There was blood on her chest. The red bloom of it was making her shirt sticky. Why? She kept her eyes closed and barely breathed at all.

I Choose This (12x7 Christmas, Holiday Mixtape challenge)

Summary:  They almost kissed, but he had to open his mouth and ruin it all. Dean wanted to fix it, and Christmas seemed like just the time to set things right. Hopefully, Cas can stop hunting Lucifer for long enough to join them at Jody's house for the holiday season.

42 Days (12x8)

Summary:  They say that one can lose their sanity in 19 days of solitary confinement. Dean has seen nothing but these walls for 42 days, that and the face he imagines when he feels like he might never be free again. When he closes his eyes, there's nothing but blue eyes and a warm smile to fill him with thoughts of what might have been.

You, You’re Everything (12x10)

Summary: Castiel tells Dean about his last days in his female vessel. Ishim said that humans were dangerous and that being close to them made one weak, but twice now Castiel has tested that theory, once in 1901 and now with Dean.

Understanding (12x11)

Summary: Dean put his hand on Cas' knee and left it there for a few seconds, a few minutes, a few hours, maybe forever. He could explain the action away, but he maybe didn't want to do that anymore. He had his memories back now, and with their return came a bit more understanding.

All I Want, All You Can Give (12x12)

Summary: Somehow, some way, Dean stopped caring about how long the hugs lasted. They were a regular occurrence now and so necessary. He'd hold Cas and forget what was weighing him down. He'd hold Cas and let himself almost do more. He was warm and solid, an anchor that kept him from getting tossed out to sea. Dean knew he needed this. He hoped Cas needed it. Dean thought that maybe Cas did. And in the end it felt like something good, something to hold onto.

A Love, A Fear (General Season 12)

Summary: His hands rested at his sides on the truck seat until he brought them up to pray. He remembered though, that God was gone, and no one that cared could hear him. Castiel sighed and just pressed his palms together anyway and rested his fingers against his lips. He loved Dean, and that was the most frightening thing in the universe.

13 Best Traxx (12x19)

Summary: He walked up to the truck like he was a bit nervous. Cas watched him as he approached. He was already in the driver’s seat, ready to go. Dean didn’t think the watching was making it any easier. He had thought before about just leaving the tape in the truck for him to find the next time he was away. He changed his mind though and made it more personal.

Come Back to Me (12x23)

Summary: And what if he just stayed there forever, knees slowly becoming one with the earth? He could only glance at him and then look away. He couldn’t focus on him too much, or it would be real. He couldn’t touch him, because that would be a proof too physical of all that he lost, all that he never even gained.

So Dean tipped his head back and stared into the vast expanse of the stars and prayed. He had no clear recipient in mind as the words formed in his head, half nonsense, half clear begging.

Their First Kiss (12x23)

Summary: Their first kiss is not like it should have been. It wasn’t something that came about after a hard won battle, bodies flung back against stone walls, lips bruised from the rush to taste each other fully.