#Singed as The Doctor

[epitaph-for-a-good-girl]

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Had she had a name, The Doctor, would have known how to deal with her. How to call her. After all, even "doctor" was something; a position, a qualification, a juncture to a past life he kept carrying around stuffed in his tools' bag. A distant echo, something more than just "girl". The girl, however, was just that.

Avesse avuto un nome, Il dottore, avrebbe saputo come far fronte a lei. Come chiamarla. In fondo anche “dottore” era qualcosa, una carica, una qualifica, un frangente della vita passata che si portava appresso incastrato a forza nella sacca degli strumenti antichi ormai inutili. Un eco lontano, qualcosa che fosse di più di solo “ragazza”. La ragazza però, per l’appunto, era solo quello.

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Dividers from @saradika-graphics an absolute institution for those in search of aesthetic dividers here on tumblr; specifically from their The Last of Us dividers set <3

[inkskinned]

so one of the things that's so horrifying about birth control is that you have to, like, navigate this incredibly personal choice about your body and yet also face the epitome of misogyny. like, someone in the comments will say it wasn't that bad for me, and you'll be utterly silenced. like, everyone treats birth control like something that's super dirty. like, you have no fucking information or control over this thing because certain powerful people find it icky.

first it was the oral contraceptives. you went on those young, mostly for reasons unrelated to birth control - even your dermatologist suggested them to control your acne. the list of side effects was longer than your arm, and you just stared at it, horrified.

it made you so mentally ill, but you just heard that this was adulthood. that, yes, there are of course side effects, what did you expect. one day you looked up yasmin makes me depressed because surely this was far too intense, and you discovered that over 12,000 lawsuits had been successfully filed against the brand. it remains commonly prescribed on the open market. you switched brands a few times before oral contraceptives stopped being in any way effective. your doctor just, like, shrugged and said you could try a different brand again.

and the thing is that you're a feminist. you know from your own experience that birth control can be lifesaving, and that even when used for birth control - it is necessary healthcare. you have seen it save so many people from such bad situations, yourself included. it is critical that any person has access to birth control, and you would never suggest that we just get rid of all of it.

you were a little skeeved out by the implant (heard too many bad stories about it) and figured - okay, iud. it was some of the worst pain you've ever fucking experienced, and you did it with a small number of tylenol in your system (3), like you were getting your bikini line waxed instead of something practically sewn into your body.

and what's wild is that because sometimes it isn't a painful insertion process, it is vanishingly rare to find a doctor that will actually numb the area. while your doctor was talking to you about which brand to choose, you were thinking about the other ways you've been injured in your life. you thought about how you had a suspicious mole frozen off - something so small and easy - and how they'd numbed a huge area. you thought about when you broke your wrist and didn't actually notice, because you'd thought it was a sprain.

your understanding of pain is that how the human body responds to injury doesn't always relate to the actual pain tolerance of the person - it's more about how lucky that person is physically. maybe they broke it in a perfect way. maybe they happened to get hurt in a place without a lot of nerve endings. some people can handle a broken femur but crumble under a sore tooth. there's no true way to predict how "much" something actually hurts.

in no other situation would it be appropriate for doctors to ignore pain. just because someone can break their wrist and not feel it doesn't mean no one should receive pain meds for a broken wrist. it just means that particular person was lucky about it. it should not define treatment.

in the comments of videos about IUDs, literally thousands of people report agony. blinding, nauseating, soul-crushing agony. they say things like i had 2 kids and this was the worst thing i ever experienced or i literally have a tattoo on my ribs and it felt like a tickle. this thing almost killed me or would rather run into traffic than ever feel that again.

so it's either true that every single person who reports severe pain is exaggerating. or it's true that it's far more likely you will experience pain, rather than "just a pinch." and yet - there's nothing fucking been done about it. it kind of feels like a shrug is layered on top of everything - since technically it's elective, isn't it kind of your fault for agreeing to select it? stop being fearmongering. stop being defensive.

you fucking needed yours. you are almost weirdly protective of it. yours was so important for your physical and mental health. it helped you off hormonal birth control and even started helping some of your symptoms. it still fucking hurt for no fucking reason.

once while recovering from surgery, they offered you like 15 days of vicodin. you only took 2 of them. you've been offered oxy for tonsillitis. you turned down opioids while recovering from your wisdom tooth extraction. everything else has the option. you fucking drove yourself home after it, shocked and quietly weeping, feeling like something very bad had just happened. the nurse that held your hand during the experience looked down at you, tears in her eyes, and said - i know. this is cruelty in action.

and it's fucked up because the conversation is never just "hey, so the way we are doing this is fucking barbaric and doctors should be required to offer serious pain meds" - it's usually something around the lines of "well, it didn't kill you, did it?"

you just found out that removing that little bitch will hurt just as bad. a little pinch like how oral contraceptives have "some" serious symptoms. like your life and pain are expendable or not really important. like maybe we are all hysterical about it?

hysteria comes from the latin word for uterus, which is great!

you stand here at a crossroads. like - this thing is so important. did they really have to make it so fucking dangerous. and why is it that if you make a complaint, you're told - i didn't even want you to have this in the first place. we're told be careful what you wish for. we're told that it's our fault for wanting something so illict; we could simply choose not to need medication. that maybe if we don't like the scraps, we should get ready to starve.

we have been saying for so long - "i'm not asking you to remove the option, i'm asking you to reconsider the risk." this entire time we hear: well, this is what you wanted, isn't it?

[expelliarmus]

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

From Mickey Ralph's (the Good Omens Graphic Designer) website :) <3

[ajax0404]

[danielsarmand]

television drastically shortening the amount of episodes for shows really is ruining what would otherwise be Good stories because i feel like most of the complaints this new season of doctor who is receiving are due to things that could've been fixed by articulation and lengthier build-up

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

🎶🎼twist and shout🎼🎶

[ovenproofowl]

it was a really charming surprise to find out that the song ncuti and millie performed wasn't pre-recorded and that they literally just had to sing it on the fly while dancing around. most sequences like that would have just been lip-synced with the done up vocals being played in the background which always feels a bit inauthentic, but this just adds to the chaos of the scene and makes the stakes feel a bit more genuine, that ruby and the doctor are actually struggling to come up with this song to offer a proper distraction.

I know we talk a lot about how doctor who will always pick practical effects and costume over 'cgi-ed to a buggery', so I feel like this also deserved some acknowledgement

[ktstrophic]

Spider-Man 2 but instead of getting hit with suncharged shrapnel Alfred Molina gets hit with some cosmic blue jizz

[bingqiv]

it’s just the way that the doctor still tragically loves the master despite everything.

the master has destroyed their planet and violated their people in the worst way possible and yet they’re still intrinsically entwined for eternity.

the master is who he thinks about when there’s a chance he may die and the master is who he thinks about when he survives.

missy said “my heart is maintained by the doctor” and i do think that’s mutual. the doctor’s hearts are maintained by the master, they always have been and always will be.

[thepetitepiper]

I really enjoyed Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker in the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special!

Then, it got me thinking... Neil Patrick Harris plays a lot a musically inclined villains, doesn't he? I can name four just off the top of my head:

1. Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

2. Music Meister in Batman: The Brave and the Bold

3. Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events

4. The Toymaker in Doctor Who

Guess that's what happens when you can sing, dance, and play fun, campy villains.

Any others that I'm missing?

[epitaph-for-a-good-girl]

Snippet pt.2

A loud wail echoes through the tiled walls of the shed, the Doctor emerges from the secondary building adjoining his hideout, blood splattered on his lab clothes and glasses hanging low on the bandages on his nose.

The figure is whistling a mirthless lullaby, arms crossed behind his head and his back propped to the stump of a tree the Doctor uses to chop wood on, rifle on his lap, and eye almost completely closed. Not all the way through; a silver of cerulean blu peeking its way under the lid that he’s still able to close. «Good afternoon Doc.» The Doctor doesn’t have time to indulge in the man’s playful nature, not with the detestable mess still clinging to his skin.

«I'm in no mood for trouble Industrialist.» «Nor am I!» he yaps, jumping into motion and swiftly shouldering the rifle on his back, the doctor is already walking toward the house, with a calm gait that extends a hand to the other man: “you are free to follow if you want” «And yet they seem to follow me Doc.» the man’s quick to fall into his steps, hands shoved in the pockets of his leather jacket, rifle pointing downward in easy access mode.

«Like a good little animal, always close by, never wandering away from me…»

FIRST CHAPTER HERE and on AO3

[blairamok]

belated dragoncon post!! happy to say that i finally finished my aziraphale cosplay, it only took me over a year lol…. and if it weren’t for the kindness of this fandom i probably wouldn’t have been able to go. i had such a rough couple months leading up to the con i was sort of preparing myself to have to cancel, but things worked out in the end. dragoncon is that one big thing i look forward to every year so im really glad i was able to see it through!! on to next year!

and my crowley here is my lovely friend Everi, who you can find on instagram at everi.wear

[expelliarmus]

[hottestthingalive]

ughhhhh literally who is doing it like rose tyler is doing it. she meets a dude, goes traveling through time and space with him for a bit, turns into a goddess, turns back into a human who is now traveling with the same dude but in a new form that is literally custom made for her, gets lost in an alternate universe and immediately starts rising the ranks of the alternate universe version of the organization who caused her to get sent there in the first place, convinces them to build a device designed to literally tear holes in the universe so she can get her dude back & ends up spending more time going on adventures alone than she ever spent with him, finally finds him again only for him to get shot in the chest except then he survives AND gets to keep the face she knows, gets sent back to the alternate universe but this time with a third version of the same dude who is human now & so she makes out passionately with him on a beach, they go and grow their own tardis and raise a daughter together and meanwhile rose as a goddess’ name echoes so far through time and space that it is later revealed that the consciousness of the choice that made the doctor the man who he was when she met him used her name. iconic.

[guardianspirits13]

Utterly OBSESSED with the new direction of Doctor Who. Like I know it's RTD again but the vibes are IMMACULATE.

Ncuti Gatwa plays the Doctor as someone who just loves the world and is in awe of everything while simultaneously feeling terrified and inexperienced.

Ruby really started off on the right foot as a companion because she's excited to explore the universe and genuinely enjoys the Doctor's company, but she goes with the flow and isn't too caught up on the logistics of time travel.

Again Ncuti Gatwa the man that you are... he is literally stunning and just brings such a new refreshing take to the role. Lowkey obsessed with him.

Also they're battling a pantheon of unhinged powerful god-adjacent beings who are both terrifying and also hot in a queer way??? I wish 2014 tumblr could see where we are now. This is incredible.