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A Theory About the Doctor’s Species of Origin
So usually in NuWho, whenever anyone asks if they have a name other than “The Doctor” or “Doctor,” the Doctor replies something along the lines of “nope, just the Doctor.” However, Fifteen has broken that pattern: when Ruby asked him about that, he responded that “the species that took me in uses titles like [rattles off a bunch]. Use ‘The Doctor’ for a thousand years and that becomes your name.”
The thing about RTD’s writing is that you can sometimes tell when something has extra emphasis, like the thing about the Bees in Donna’s season. And the Doctor repeats this bit of information twice, once completely devoid of context, making absolutely certain that you understand that “Time Lords use titles.”
Who else uses titles? Specifically, who in this season is big on titles?
Well, the Pantheon.
The Toymaker. The Maestro.
Hell, in Classic Who, the Toymaker was originally supposed to be part of the Doctor’s as-yet-unnamed species before Michael Gough died and became unable to reprise the role. The Maestro even gives the Doctor another title! “The Lord Temporal.”
The Toymaker uses doors to step from one end of history to another. The Maestro uses pianos. In both cases, they’re bigger on the inside—doors to extradimensional spaces. What if it wasn’t just Regeneration the Time Lords engineered from the Timeless Child—what if it was all of their tech? What if that’s why nobody can reproduce TARDISes properly—it’s not science, it’s play?
Last bit of evidence: the Maestro is aware of the background music and the fourth wall. They open the episode by playing the Doctor Who theme, intentionally triggering the opening credits. The Doctor is the only other character so far who’s proven to be aware of the fourth wall (the Beethoven’s Fifth rant in Before the Flood, for example), to the point that he even mentions during The Devil’s Chord that he thought the background music was non-diegetic—as in, he can hear the background music. He knows he’s in a show.
The Doctor, the Lord Temporal, might very well be one of the Pantheon.
#doctor who#doctor who spoilers#the devil’s chord#the timeless child#the toymaker#the maestro#original content#doctor who meta#doctor who theory#doctor who the giggle#fifteenth doctor
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Love the eyebrow thing! It just shows how connected they already are! Lucy knows Flynn's nature, and realizes that it might help them out in this situation.. which it does.
(in which Lucy and Garcia communicate via eyebrows) – 2.04
#tv | timeless#ep | the salem witch hunt#timeless#the Timeless writers are gods in this episode#garcy#lucy preston x garcia flynn#timeless 2x04#timeless meta#eyebrow chemistry
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Interesting that the Doctor says his adopted family is the reason he uses a title. Except thats not quite true is it?
Sure they are stuffy aristocrats who love ranks and titles but Tecteun, Rassilon, Borusa, Romana, Pandad, Andred, Rodan, Darkel, Flavia, and practically every other non-renegade timelord (and even some renegades like Drax) still use regular (if not human) names.
But you know who does often use titles? THE GODS. Those from before or beyond the universe's constraints. The Toymaker, The Guardians, The Maestro, The Trickster, The The Beast, The One Who Waits, The Gods of Ragnarok, The Entity, etc. Even those with 'names' often have descriptive ones like Time or Swarm.
Is it really the Doctor's adopted family that made them identify with titles? Or is it perhaps traces of their 'birth family' peaking through?
More than anything I just want to know if RTD is going anywhere with this. Did he just need a quick way to get new audiences on board with calling the main character the Doctor? Or does it mean something.
#this is not particularly researched btw i am just grasping at straws because rtd BESTIE what are you on about with this#i am on board with eldritch horror doctor tho :)#doctor who#dw spoilers#spoilers#dr who#season 14#series 14#fifteenth doctor#15th doctor#dw meta#dw speculation#the timeless child#timelords#space babies#also the doctor started of the renegade title game by calling themself the other. i said what i said
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the ninth doctor trusted rose enough to believe she would stay with him after his face changed. and twelve took some convincing but towards the end of deep breath accepted that clara would stay by his side no matter how old he looked. but thirteen was so used to losing people. her previous self had loved clara and lost her, he had looked after bill and failed to save her, he had tried to redeem missy and (to his knowledge) lost that cause too. no wonder she wouldn’t trust yaz to stay for her fourteenth face. no wonder she believed she ‘had to do this next part alone’. she had grown quietly distant with the new knowledge that she was no longer even an ordinary gallifreyan, not something of this universe, but outside of it, alien even to the aliens. isolated and inaccessible, standing on an invisible pedestal her ancestors placed her on — a pedestal that more resembled a cage. glass walls on all sides like the forced regeneration chamber. thin glass wall between her and yaz now, transparent but too solid to break through. harder than azbantium when there’s no solid footing to stand on.
of course yaz would run when she saw her new self. of course she would leave. companions would never stay now, they would never fully understand. when thirteen said that she would need to do ‘this next part’ alone, by ‘next part’ she meant ‘the rest of her (potentially eternal) life’. it’s the classic gambit: push the one you love away before they get the chance to reject you. because they always will, now. either that or they die in horrible circumstances. better to flee like you’ve always done.
this is why the bigeneration was a narrative necessity, why the giggle was the perfect vision of a positive finale. the original version of the doctor gets to settle down with people that he won’t lose. people that he won’t turn away from. people whose hearts he won’t inevitably break. he’s sitting there in the back yard and he’s not going anywhere…
…yet somewhere out there in sheffield lives a police officer named yazmin khan. she’s not all sunshine and rainbows — all cops are bastards, after all. sometimes she takes her nameless rage out on a shoplifting suspect. sometimes she hands a parking ticket to a kid that didn’t deserve it. and sometimes she does genuine good for the community, sometimes she goes to the club and dances with strangers, sometimes she sits on the sofa and watches a documentary about space exploration and laughs at the painful inaccuracies. and many miles south, the doctor spends time with his family, but he’ll never get the courage to visit her. because she’d want to run away with him again. and he could never give her that, not anymore. anything but running.
yazmin khan loved the universe in the eyes of her doctor. oh, that doctor in the garden? the stay-at-home-doctor? he’s brilliant, but he would never be enough for her. his presence would never replace the cosmic vistas and myriads of stars thirteen gave her. and she’s never coming back
#this is somewhere between a drabble and a meta and a scene analysis… whatever. hands you this mess#i saw through the veil and glimpsed the secret good version of chibnall who that thassies have been talking about#this is the result. yeah i get it now#woe 100 tags be upon ye#jamie.txt#dw#doctor who#doctor who fic#doctor who meta#thasmin#thirteen#thirteenth doctor#yazmin khan#jodie whittaker#mandip gill#fourteenth doctor#david tennant#thasmin meta#the power of the doctor#twelfth doctor#bill potts#clara oswald#ninth doctor#rose tyler#the timeless child#russell t davies#ncuti gatwa#the giggle
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I can't help but draw a connection between The Dot deciding the people of Finetime needed to die and The Master learning about the Timeless Child from the Matrix and deciding that the people of Gallifrey needed to die.
Domed cities full of the safe and entitled being executed systematically.
#doctor who#Doctor who spoilers#Timeless child#The master#Dot and bubble#Fifteenth doctor#Thirteenth doctor#spy master#Doctor who theories#doctor who speculation#Doctor who Meta#Certified banger
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‘I’m here, Ed; I’m here.’
Lighthouses are symbolically significant to Stede’s characterisation, and part of that is as a representation of toxic masculinity and patriarchy. One is highlighted during Stede and Mary’s wedding ceremony standing for the ideals of heteronormative marriage which is often steeped in traditional masculine norms. We see a lighthouse also as the setting for Ned Low’s torture. And of course, Ed fails to heed the warning of the lighthouse, cracking upon Stede’s rocks as he returns to a white patriarchal hegemonic society in which Ed cannot follow.
But Stede’s truer characterisation is not so much the lighthouse structure itself, which keeps him trapped in behaviours to which he is not suited and grows to abhor, but the lamp within. He brings light to Ed’s purgatory in season two, both physically with the lantern, and through love, shining into the darkness of Ed’s subconscious.
With all of this in mind, I’m a little obsessed with the lighthouse in Ed’s Kraken recollection. Is the lighthouse part of a true memory, or is something else going on here? I like to think this scene is not only symbolic in its use of Kraken imagery, but also that of the lighthouse.
The lighthouse is certainly a symbol of toxic masculinity here, forming the backdrop for Ed’s stumbling, drunken father. But I also feel the shining lamp represents Stede. Ed is reconstructing the memory as he speaks; and we learn later it’s a fictional recollection insofar as the suggested realism of a literal Kraken is a psychological protection mechanism. Ed’s recreating a version of events he can just about cope with in the retelling. And as Ed tells the story to Stede and the crew, it could be Stede ends up inadvertently and symbolically in the memory as the lighthouse’s lamp.
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We know a motif throughout the show is the subjectivity of memory and storytelling. It could be that a version of Stede is inserted here by Ed’s mind as a comfort. It’s only recently the pair fused their collective imaginations into the lighthouse fuckery, an ingenious moment of skill and playfulness which Ed later says was more fun than he’s had in ages. What if Ed’s best and worst memories begin to collide as his identity enters a state of flux?
It might also reflect the beginnings of Stede shining a light into the dark crevices of Ed’s mind. Helping Ed to begin to explore the unacknowledged parts of himself. Stede, even at this early stage, is starting to have a psychological impact upon Ed. Later, in the bathtub scene, Stede really does reach those hidden corners. Not through force or interrogation, but by simply bringing his bright self to Ed’s side, ready to listen impartially to whatever Ed wants to bring from the shadows, allowing Ed to speak his truth aloud for the first time without fear of judgement.
But, I have another twist on the lighthouse lamp, and it’s an abstract one. Because I love metaphysical readings of this show, such as Chauncey being a partial manifestation of Stede’s mind, or mirrors, which weren’t there before, appearing suddenly on the Revenge alongside Ed.
In this reading, the lighthouse and its lamp do exist as reality within the show’s metaphysical setting, and are part of a true-ish memory. There is a timeless quality to Ed and Stede’s relationship. They’re children currently, unknown to each and unmet. But they already belong one to the other. The universe knows it. Time knows it. Physics knows it.
In his darkest childhood moment, Ed was never truly alone. The lighthouse lamp is Stede, and the future promise of Stede.
#stede bonnet#ed teach#the lighthouse#lamp#hope#timeless#love as physics#metaphysical#every universe#I’m here ed#they belong to each other#ofmd meta#ofmd
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I don't know if I'm excited or frustrated at the 'future children' angle for Susan's origin. On one hand... I'm very interested in the possible links to the likes of Miranda, the Other etc.
On the other hand... ok confession time: This may make me a minority in the fandom, but I actually really dislike the 80s-90s retcons of Susan's origin. (Birth of a Renegade, Lungbarrow etc.)
I kinda just like her and the Doctor being some of the last surviving members of what was once a family on Gallifrey. I find the mystery and tragedy of what happened on Gallifrey, with implied student uprisings and political assassinations, far more intriguing than any twists saying "actually she's not really his granddaughter". Fortunately, some things can be canonwelded into that (eg. Susan really could be also related to the president / descended from Rassilon), but stuff that actually gives her an origin elsewhere is always a pain.
Idk. I just see once being a parent (and losing it all tragically) as such a crucial part of the Doctor's background and Susan fits very well into that as far as I'm concerned. Anything disconnecting her from that, or worse erasing it completely, ultimately damages what I find to be one of the most compelling things about the Doctor and Susan. :/
The few posts I've already seen talking about this suggests this is an unpopular opinion, but I'd be interested to know what people think, and if they agree or disagree...
#Doctor Who#The Legend of Ruby Sunday#Susan Foreman#Doctor Who Spoilers#DW Spoilers#DW Meta#DW Theory#and I guess....#(light)#DW Negativity#like... as much as I love the pseudocanonicity of looms this is one issue I've always had with them#and is part of the reason I much prefer stuff like Penelope and Ulysses#It's just like the Doctor tbh#I love having many different possible origins and mysteries#but the second we start 'canonically' going one way or another you kinda lose me#this is also my issue with the Timeless Child as you're probably tired of hearing from me by now#as a 'possible' origin for the Doctor: genuinely delightful; stunning#as “THE” origin of the Doctor:...nah.#I also never hand an issue with the question of 'where did she come from' 'where are her parents' etc.#they're dead obviously#why they're dead and who they were is the interesting quesion#and part of what makes the Doctor 'Who'
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Empire of Death and Adoption: A RANT
You know what? I'm not over it. I don't think I'm ever gonna be over it.
I (semi-jokingly) said after Yaz was ignored and the complicated relationship Thirteen had with gender was boiled down and ignored to two or three flippant mentions of it in The Star Beast where the Doctor seemed to have NO understanding of the complexities of gender that it seemed that Rusty had not seen Thirteen's era. That he had read a summary of events and rolled with it.
Now, after the way that adoption was treated in Empire Death, I'm dead fucking certain that he didn't. And that if he did, he didn't understand the emotional core of those stories.
As someone who is adopted, I'm gonna be honest. I'm pissed with the way that it was handled in Empire of Death after how it was handled in the Timeless Child arc. Now, I'm not some consummate Timeless Child defender or anything, I still have mixed feelings about the twist, but the way that it was handled by the Doctor I really did like. The way that the Doctor had questions and wanted to know the truth about herself and was furious that she had been lied to but that after thinking about it and figuring herself out a bit, put aside the fob watch with her memories aside because what mattered, what had always mattered, was what she made of herself. What the Doctor had always made of themself, the family that they built, patchwork and broken but still so desperately, fiercely loved.
And then in Empire of Death it's all about Ruby finding her "real mom." Not her bio mom. Her real mom. And it fucking spat in the face of not just the Timeless Child arc but every found family theme echoed throughout Doctor Who before it. Sarah Jane telling the Doctor that he had the biggest family in the world. The Doctor's "fam." Every moment where the Doctor's family became these humans and their short, beautiful lives and the family that they made for themself.
You can have multiple real parents. I have an adoptive parent and step-parents and a mom who both birthed and raised me and all of these people are real parents. All of them matter because they all make me me.
Get the fuck out of here with that reductive "real parent is bio parent" bullshit, AND CALLING CARLA HER FOSTER MUM INSTEAD OF HER ADOPTIVE MOM EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ADOPTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT REDUCES HER BLACK ADOPTIVE MOTHER BENEATH HER WHITE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, TELL ME YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE THEMES OF THE DOT AND BUBBLE EPISODE YOU SAID YOU CARED ABOUT RUSTY.
#anti rtd#i'll calm down later but for now#rant#doctor who#empire of death#thirteenth doctor#chris chibnall#tw racism#the timeless child#ruby sunday#carla sunday#meta#adoption
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The society in Dot and Bubble as a mirror to Gallifrey. They could have saved themselves from destruction, but they were too invested in saving a 'utopian' society built on colonisation. As a mirror of The Doctor's incredibly one-sided relationship with the society which literally took everything from them and then remade him in their image. They spent 12 incarnations as a white man, learned hard truths about themselves the first time they were a woman and now he's experiencing racism (again) but they have no memory of the previous times. I need to go to sleep.but my god, what a way to take the baton that was handed to you and run with it
#dot and bubble#doctor who spoilers#the timeless child#Gallifrey#doctor who meta#what the actual fuck time to rewatch the timeless child reveal and this episode several times in a row#rtd#chris chibnall#Dot and Bubble spoilers#additional spoiler tags available upon request
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So I've had an interesting revelation irt the Timeless Children and one of the critiques I see thrown at it a lot. And I think I've had a bit of a lightbulb moment about it.
One of the critiques I see about the episode Timeless Children is that the Doctor doesn't actually... do anything with it, she just has to witness and listen to being told about the tragedy that happened to her.
And I was thinking about how that reflects what happens to a lot of people who are learning about tragedies in their own pasts.
I couldn't do anything about the antisemitism my dad experienced, I couldn't do anything about the abuse my mother suffered. I can't change the abuse that I experienced before I can even remember it happening. Sometime the horror of finding out your history is that it's what it is - it's HISTORY, and you can't change it. You can't redo it, you can't fix it, you have to just deal with the repercussions of it.
So much of what I love about 13's era and the way Chibnall has done Doctor Who is the fact that it feels like it deals with the REALITY of stuff. No, you can't save the man who was going to die because that'll change history. No, you can't get rid of the horrible racists even though they're a blight, because that has to happen for history to happen. No, you can't go back in time and save yourself.
You have to live with it and you have to process it and you have to pick up the pieces, because sometimes you can't fix it, no matter how much you want it.
But you can keep going. You can find things that are terrifying that unseat your whole reality and sense of self, but you can still keep going. And I really love seeing that reflected with the Doctor.
#doctor who#timeless child#timeless children#meta#i just have so many feelings about the doctor and the timeless children
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does anyone understand what im saying w this
#doctor who#dr who#14th doctor#the doctor#the timeless children#fourteenth doctor#doctor who meta#doctor who theory#meta#wild blue yonder#midnight#midnight entity#thinking of making another one of these w the parrallels btw the doctor and the pantheon of discord#cos thats gotta be leading up to something surely#14#☆ i am talking
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Dandan x Asivia
Dubbed dansivia. Confused as to who either of these are? Here’s a Dandan comp and Asivia wise this post is close enough for now
There is a brave visionary on ao3 and they’re so right
Ok first of all let’s address the theory:
Dandan is indeed the only Laios party member not pictured here (besides Chilchuck himself but we saw he didn’t like her which would contradict this anyways). I keep wanting to add "that we know of" or some other caveat but honestly not even no, it’s never implied or mentioned they had yet another party member and that makes sense since we saw the party’s inception right up to its current party composition.
… So… Mystery solved right out of the gate? I dunno, it feels weird to me to claim Dandan hates Laios, but if he kept it under wraps enough or reasoned with himself about it I could see it. Laios and Dandan were coworkers from their gold peeling days, and so when Laios left to try a career in dungeon diving Dandan joined him.
They seem very standard coworkers that get along well enough to me, far from skulls emoji energy, but yeah there is a case to be made on both overt strong dislike and repressed strong dislike ends. But maybe the true beef started after he left the party even, especially if he fancies Asivia and kept up with the party’s drama that went down with her, though the chart does imply it was the work dynamic while he was still in the party because of context. But, believing that Dandan likes her and Asivia considered getting with him like the other men of the party, Asivia would have literally sidelined Dandan to pursue Laios. And Laios doesn’t even realize her attempts at seduction? Ok yeah the hate is plausible nvm. Also we can keep in mind that this is Chilchuck’s chart and he could have more insight on Dandan’s feelings than the average coworker since he’s his friend. It def fleshes him more out with implications. He’s professional he keeps unnecessary shit to himself. It’d be weird to me if the relationship chart was made without Kui thinking it through, or retconning it, it is the canon we get so it’s interesting to ponder. Kui giving us secret romantic drama for free <3
Speaking of what’s not free. Ok maybe Dan does dislike Laios, do business introductions really cost money… I mean I respect the hustle but. So Dandan is heavily implied to be the one to introduce Asivia to the party. The only other mage was Marcille and well we know how that went. "A real cutie". Yeah. I bet. 👀
This is the most interesting dansivia part to me, they did meet previously to the party, both doing what they do best, networking. Dan helped Asivia find a job, how did they meet and how did that go? What if she had an infamous reputation already, how much did they get acquainted… There’s a lot of leeway for fun here
Gorgeous hustling but lazy manipulator that seeks a fortunate husband x slight womanizer hustling & hardworking poor guy that’s been around in business for too long to be played… Both work a lot but like to take it easy when they can. Tavern flirtations and having met while networking and "I can hook you with a job" (staring and smiling too much) and "Oh Dandan, you’re so capable and knowledgeable about the Island, could you help me out~"
Manipulator hustler seductress x laidback hustler flirt… Social butterflies, streets smarts in different yet similar ways… Observant x observant………. She’s very harsh and drops people/her damsel act at the first second she can’t get something out of it anymore and I think he’d be so into that. Dandan liking strongminded women. Women who kinda play dirty. Makes him respect them and want to pursue them help…
And like, takes on Asivia differ nowadays but I do need her to mean this shit for this, this is what she's unabashedly about. She is just a woman trying to make it in this world but working people’s the name of her game. Whatever reason you give her, she was taking advantage of Laios and trying to get a marriage with any decent profitable guy she could. She knows what she’s doing and she doesn’t look the least bit remorseful. A girl who knows what she wants and chases it, rawr ⬅️ Dandan voice
They both fall for each other but neither can admit it because they know it’s just temporary, she’ll go look for a well-off tallman husband eventually. Messy situationship go. Can they even have a good ending together. It’s all only ever nice in the present moments… She’ll leave he can’t offer her anything but himself and a very humble lifestyle, she’ll leave she can’t settle for that she won’t, he knows that and it’s part of why he liked her in the first place. Oughhhhh
Ohhh to be underdogs, settling for a humble life & being content with that vs unapologetically ambitious and chases that life and comfort she seeks, which in turn makes him admire her…….. But even if she inspires him to chase what he wants, she can’t give it to him…………..
Putting this on blast bc they’re great thoughts
Because I’m me I’m trying to make them reach a happy long term ending together and it’s not working… Which is more fun tbh. I shall ponder this puzzle…
Casanova Dandan is so important to me now. Chilchuck’s in a separation slump & faithfulness oath to the wind but Dandan, good friend dandan? He’s living he’s thriving he’s pulling
I want fics of them meeting & networking. He’s very up to the news in the dungeon goer community… All I’m saying is I can see Dandan bartering for a shot with her in exhange for information or helping her out find jobs, knowing she’s after guys to marry too 🤭 I think they should flirt in a tavern. I think they should make eyes at each other over glasses and exchanging business convos and leaving it all in the implied and unspoken
Dansivia is getting too real to me
The fics are fun go read ‘em
#Dungeon meshi#meta#dandan#asivia#People make Chil Mick’s role model/mentor figure a lot but I think Mick would like and admire Dan more#I think whereas Chil has the subtlety of a brick Dan is very social and chill and imo well adjusted with his shit together#But also Chil’s had like 3 houses at least so nevermind Mickbell wants to learn his secrets and walk his path#I should do an asivia analysis one o’ these days#Yes another halffoot/tallman ship sue meeeeee#For once i was converted i did not think this ship up myself!!!!!! I am innocent!!#Ship the golddigger with the broke guy yes this always goes well. Timeless love story#Dandan seeing a maneater driven by self-interest and going well you have to respect the grind ⬅️ smitten#There’s strength and willpower there in a way… fic writer was so right#Dunmeshi rarepairs#Fumi rambles#Liar by Jake Daniels starts playing….. oh god i can’t make a playlist for them i can’t i’ll go mad
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ruby at the end of series 15: i finally realized that even though finding louise was great- i love my adoptive mom more than anything in the world. carla was caring and loving and i had the best adoption ever. #no regrets. 15: that's great babe :) (crying inside)
#in this post initially i was gonna be like#'ohhh ok so if they are doing this 'ruby realizes how important carla's always been' thing that's probably#gonna be a parallel to 15 about their 'post fugitive lives#'bc 13 *said* that she realized that but. lbh it clearly wasn't genuine'#but then i thought this post was funnier sdlkfjdskl#(and maybe truer. ... ~ tecteun+ rassilon issues ~ )#(also omg just realized that if we follow the 'the doctor imprints on the first face' theory)#(what does that make of timeless bb seeing tecteun's 3248290 time as they get murdered#and also grown up division!child w/ the timelords in general)#15#is SO sos ososo happy for#ruby sunday#like so happy guys#dw meta
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Why did the cartoon never show us Danny's Birthday? It would be so funny if Vlad comes whatever he is invited or not. While everyone else made a little gift to Danny, Vlad could give a truck of sweets, cheese, toys and flowers.
This would be especially insidious if Danny and Vlad still considered themselves enemies—and if Vlad happened to be mayor at this time.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY... DANNY FENTON."
Because now everyone sees Mayor Masters as being so kind and generous and thoughtful to Danny, and if Danny so much as makes a snide comment against Vlad's character, the whole of Amity Park will rise up against him. What an ungrateful brat! What's his problem? I can't believe he'd be so rude! The other kids at school would make Danny's life a living hell (well, worse than it already is), not to mention the verbal lashing he'd get from his parents.
"Danny, honey, I know you and Vlad aren't the best of friends, but can't you at least send him a thank you card? Some of these gifts are so expensive."
"Yeah, Danny, you can't just snub Vladdie like that. He puts on a tough front, but he's really got a soft heart. He's probably wondering why you haven't called yet."
And thus Danny is forced to interact with Vlad and smile and be nice and thank him him while suppressing the urge to phantom punch him into the middle of next week.
Definitely the worst birthday ever.
#asks#danny phantom#danny fenton#vlad masters#meta#just dp thoughts#hjbendergifs#i too wonder why we never got a birthday episode#i believe it has something to do with the nature of kids cartoons#they don't want to show the characters aging because then they have to keep following the rules they laid down and it complicates things#it's easier to allow the show to exist in a timeless bubble
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it really does all go back to ARE YOU MY MUMMY. meme phrase earworm do what you want with it, but through the empty child/the doctor dances, steven moffat created a microcosm of every theme and character motif explored in all of subsequent nuwho, everything the show would become.the original. the prototype. nothing will ever be that two parter nothing will ever measure up to it. defined the show. instant KO
#dw#the empty child#the doctor dances#sutekh#ruby sunday#susan foreman#doctor who meta#russell t davies#steven moffat#dw meta#the timeless child#tecteun#thirteenth doctor#ninth doctor#rose tyler#jack harkness#fifteenth doctor#kitty.txt
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Ruby learns what she isn't meant to know. A dark future in her own lifetime! She could prevent that from coming to pass if she was willing to be completely alone.
In the end, she stops herself from doing that and the web of time (fairy circle) is preserved.
She would never be able share what she's doing. It would drive everyone away. Who would believe her? When the woman shares why, people are frightened and leave. She's thrust into The Doctor's shoes. He helps but at what cost? He sees the bigger picture. The web. The fairy circle.
I think we just saw a magic version of the web of time healing. The Doctor knows many horrible futures. He could prevent them from coming to pass. However, he doesn't do that. He mostly works to preserve the web of time. He was going to trample a butterfly and Ruby stopped him.
Heavy emphasis on "watching where you step" this season! The butterfly in Space Babies. The mine in BOOM. The circle in 73 Yards. Don't go trampling the web of time. There are consequences.
I strongly suspect Ruby will leave herself on the doorstep of the church to preserve causality and the web of time.
She might even kidnap herself so that she is raised by her adoptive mother rather than her birth parents.
I also strongly suspect The Doctor will do something very similar!
#doctor who#ruby sunday#73 yards#doctor who spoilers#Fifteenth doctor#Doctor who parallels#RTD2#Bad wolf era#doctor who meta#Doctor who theories#Timeless child#Doctor who speculation
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