#THASMIN IS BACK

[thetorturedlovergirl]

YAZ AND 13 ARE COMING BACK LAJDKAJDKAJDKSJS I CANT FORMULATE A THOUGHT OH MY GOD THASMIN IS BACK AAA HOW ARE WE FEELING THASMIN NATION ???

[rosenkranz-does-things]

so I forced @nightmanatee to watch txf at gunpoint, and she came up with an idea for a thasmin x files AU, so naturally I had to sketch this

[oreo102]

See I think yaz and ruby meeting would be beautifully chaotic.

Yaz would show her a picture of 13 and Ruby would contemplate every single decision that lead her to having a crush on her bestie’s old body (fight me, Ruby would think 13 is hot)

Ruby would casually mention something about the doctor’s past (smth tame) and yaz would stare in barely disguised jealousy

By the end of it they’re besties and Ruby has convinced yaz to meet 15

[pookachuka]

a lovers meeting point

[thespianwordnerd]

'Cause you love who you love

And you can't help how you're made

You don't have no say

Your heart decides

It's that simple, I'm afraid

Thasmin//You Love Who You Love

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

do you think that what the doctor usually feels for companions, rather than romantic or sexual attraction, might just be idolisation?

[sapphicyazzy]

“not a bad date am i” 💙💙

[thereweresunflowers]

i miss thasmin i miss episodes coming out and us all going batshit crazy over lesbianism i miss the night of eve of the daleks :((

[dreadfuldevotee]

Its just me, and 4 bitches who still actively blog about thasmin against the world

[eriadu-in-the-wildwood]

Space opera is back!

Three months after the Indomitable returned home, Theo’s cybernetic body is failing. Yaz will take any job, perform any task, to save her. But Theo’s mission lies beyond herself—Division is still pulling the galaxy’s strings, pushing the Alliance and Gallifrey toward war, and she’s determined to stop them. And keep her work secret from Yaz.

[smallblueandloud]

i keep feeling like. there's something parallel between rose and yaz's endings. maybe parallel isn't the right word -- but i keep wanting to draw comparisons, i think because they're two characters who really defined specific doctors and for whom it's basically confirmed the doctor returned their (romantic) feelings

(they're not the ONLY ones who fit this description, but i'm in no way qualified to talk about clara or even river, so bear with me)

it just feels. i don't know. rose never leaves on purpose. she is separated from the doctor, forcibly, every single time. the doctor sends her home, or she gets stuck in an alternate universe, or the doctor leaves her in the same alternate universe. every single time, she fights to get back to the doctor. the writers had to create a perfect happy ending for her (half-human version of her doctor who'll age along with her, in the alternate universe where her father is alive) because otherwise she wouldn't stop fighting to get back to the doctor, and the show can't have that. the show needs to move on. we need rose to fade into the past.

i haven't seen all of yaz's episodes, but her arc seems very similar from the limited amount i've seen. she keeps fighting to get back to the doctor. she's in love with the doctor, and the doctor basically confirms returning her feelings, albeit in a very stilted, hesitant, doctor-y way (compare "imagine that happening to someone you--" with "and if i was going to, believe me, it would be with you").

but when yasmin's doctor regenerates... yaz is just expected to. step away, go back to living her life, never see the doctor again. kinda like the abandonment that most companions have ever experienced -- getting dropped off once and then goodbye forever! -- except with more of the onus on her. the show has to move on from rose's era, so she gets dumped on a beach. the show has to move on from yasmin's era, so yaz has to accept that the doctor is going off to die alone. she has to make her peace with that information.

i don't know. i think yaz's ending is trying to go hand-in-hand with graham and ryan's purposeful exit -- it seems like the chibnall era tried really hard to have Not Terrible endings for companions. which is very admirable! but honestly? yasmin's ending feels crueler than most, including rose's. yaz was in love with the doctor. the doctor reciprocated those feelings. they should've gotten their equivalent of s2-era 10rose! she should've gotten a chance to stay with the doctor through their regeneration, the way other love interests have been able to (s/o to river and clara!).

i know this is because of the limitations of the show. bad ratings meant chibnall left after only one regeneration, and new incarnations of the show rarely bring in characters from other eras.

but i'm still very sad for yaz :( like yes, she wasn't just dumped on the curb without warning. but she was still expected to say goodbye to someone she loved, knowing that person was dying, and not say a word of protest. if the previous history of the show is any indication, she's never going to see the doctor again. she doesn't get a half-human version of the doctor to live out her days with, and she's not "allowed" to fight to get back to the doctor, either, due to the way the show's structured (but also the way the doctor talked about them saying goodbye). she has to live the rest of her life knowing that the doctor is out there, perfectly capable of visiting, and the only reason they won't visit is because yaz is from a specific time of their life that they've moved on from.

i know she has the companion support group. and i know she'll move on! she's yaz. she's strong and self-actualized. she'll be okay, eventually. but she has to be okay, you know? she has to learn to live without the doctor. rose never had to do that.

it just makes me sad :(

[thetorturedlovergirl]

THEY LOOK SO GORGEOUS AND SO HAPPY WELCOME BACK THASMIN WE MISSED U SM

[nightmanatee]

she saw him in yaz's eyes and couldn't bear the thought of yaz going through the same pain of watching your loved one die in front of you

[dandelionjack]

ohbhh my god the. stuff belonging to all of nick’s exes the. baggage in the self storage. literal baggage about to get blown up. past companions. ‘everyone was grieving and then i sort of stepped in to help, family obligation. sort of became my life, really, while i wasn’t looking’ i don’t know what i’m saying anymore.

[timespacegirls]

thinking about yaz post potd being thrown back into her normal life... how she finds it hard to adjust, knowing she'll never see the doctor again or get to go on any of these adventures, wishing she never met her.

and sonya noticing, because she's always been the one to notice when yaz feels like running away. so she spends time with her; ropes her into watching love island, takes her to the national videogame museum, begs her to tell her about her travels. and when yaz's birthday rolls around, she takes her out for dinner.

but when the waitress is drawn in by the silly paper hats sonya made them wear and decides to ask what birthday they're celebrating, yaz and sonya give two different ages. yaz was 19 when she met the doctor, 26 when her doctor died. she never told sonya about the three years she was lost in time, the three sad birthdays she spent wondering whether she would ever see her family again as dan and jericho tried to console her. how could she explain that without her family thinking she finally lost her mind?

sonya begs yaz for answers. pleads for her to explain why she's three years older than she should be. and over the course of their dinner, yaz tells her everything. about the doctor, about graham and ryan and dan and jericho and jack and ruth and their adventures across the universe. and by the time dessert rolls around, they're both crying.

a weight lifts from yaz's chest. sonya hugs her and makes her blow out the candles before they drip onto her sticky toffee pudding. and they leave the restaurant with a new understanding of each other, and the secret knowledge that this is yaz's 27th birthday, not her 24th.

[cryptidjeepers]

But you know what? I’m coming back for you, baby. I’m coming back for you