#and contemporary brainrot

[atlas-is-busy]

Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater. Everything is a foundation for something so much greater.

[trumanblackarchmyback]

hanif abdurraqib’s first draft for his wedding vows; an erasure of virginia woolf’s suicide letter to her husband.

[cowboy-skeleton]

Honestly all the respect to my partner. Little did they know dating me would include...

Watching all 34 marvel movies

Bear obsession

So many obscure facts about various fandoms I've been in

Having to watch Starkid musicals

Having to join me in absolutely sucking at pubquizzes

Skeleton cowboys

Crippling Lord Huron addiction

Me performing the O I I AU O I I I AU cat brainrot dance at 2am, when they are barely awake and been waiting for half an hour for me to come to bed

[ilovedthestars]

every time i see a post that mentions something "not being art" or being "bad art" (or being considered so by others but not by OP) i have the biggest "huh????" moment, and i'm beginning to realize this is probably a Me Thing.

see, in my mind there is nothing you can conclusively define as Not Art. Nothing. No matter what you think is Not Real Art, someone in the world disagrees with you. This idea has been built up in my mind by everything I've ever learned about art history or modern art theory, which includes entire movements of people intentionally doing art that was broadly considered to be Not Real Art. I've kind of just accepted at this point that there is no one fully inclusive definition of art besides "well, anything could be art." Which means that even though I have my own personal tastes in what art I like, and my own judgements of whether I think a work of art is successful, I'm willing to consider that pretty much anything "counts" as Art.

which is why i'm always shocked when i see a take that's like, abstract impressionism isn't Real Art, or something. my reaction is always like, guys, we've been over this, we did the whole "does complete abstraction qualify as a valuable form of artistic expression" thing ages ago, they put Rothkos in museums so clearly some people think they count, you don't have to personally like it but obviously this has a place in the art world.

and then I remember that not everyone took like three art history classes and had their brain rewired. probably most people have a definition of art that's more narrow than "pretty much anything if you can talk me into it." somehow this is still baffling to me though. who are you to decide something Isn't Art on behalf of all of humanity.

[matthewmoorwood]

One thing that really exhausts me as reader is how a lot of books in the contemporary genre (specifically romance) absolutely murders human connection.

As in, sure for the first few chapters the MC's might have good scenes with friends/family but often those relationships are shoved into text messages and plot convenient conversations.

I love my bf so much, but I also can't sustain myself on just one person. I need to have deep and meaningful chats with my family and friends, I need to have conversations that don't involve my bf.

If my co-workers feel like chatting on our lunch break then I'm gonna chat to them and not be texting my bf. Face to face communication is so much more important to me than anything else.

Characters feel super hollow when they only chat to their family/friends over the phone or in environments that revolve around big social gatherings e.g. drinking

I'm begging for characters who also have their own circle of friends to share weird hobbies with, I want the regular D&D nights which means the MC can't go on a date bc they have to fight goblins.

I want friends doing errands together, I want silly convos about pop culture (fictional or otherwise) I want laughing convos about that one person from a shared past.

And there are ways to write that stuff without bloating the story or fucking the pacing! Showing a characters entire life gives the reader such good insight into how they function and how they approach the story conflict.

I want to be able to clearly picture that a character has a past, present, and future. I want them to have short-term goals, I want them to be nostalgic, I want them to be hopeful, I want them to be fully realized.

plz plz plz

That kind of stuff is what makes me emotionally connected to the story. I can enjoy something that just has a lust focus, but if you want me to remember a story plz plz plz have the characters be multi-dimensional.

I'm not asking for five character who each have a in text fav food, colour, band, book, movie and other facts. I'm just asking to see the platonic relationships I have in real life, exist in the fictional ones.

[floorpancakes]

finally making a ureisona

no hate to freminet the latest really cool genshin design but he had 0 influence on this im just obsessed w 60s silhouettes and designed based on a specific wota emulating oshi concept filtered thru the lens of my personal tastes LOL

[whirlwindofcomplications]

on brocedes, rosquez, and a secret third thing (sebschumi)

I’ve heard many a comparison between rosquez and brocedes, which is fair given that they’re both divorces with butterfly effects in their respective motorsport category (they're always gonna haunt the narrative). It’s also fun that both sides of each divorce has a side in the other one that they’ve taken, pre-conflict (I’m taking pre-conflict to mean pre-that presscon and pre-2016, though of course the silver war started far earlier), so Marc Marquez and Nico Rosberg vs. Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton.

I have a feeling the intense rivalry and atomic fallout is the only thing they have in common though, since the crux of brocedes is a brutus/judas type betrayal on both sides as far as they’re concerned, with brutus/judas being someone you’ve known for more than half your life, cosigned on your dreams with, and found solace in when the rest of the sport kept their distance.

On the other hand, Valentino is Marc’s hero and idol, and Marc is the upcoming hotshot that Vale takes an interest in because of his talent, and from there they get closer. From what I’ve seen, the rosquez fallout was a one sided thing from Vale, wherein he thought Marc was doing something dubious (he wasn’t), publicly discredited his ability as a rider and said he had no respect for him, in front of Marc and the world. To hear something like that from your idol is crushing, and I would never ever want to be Marc in that press conference.

Personally, I’ve always thought of rosquez as sebschumi gone horribly wrong. Both Marc and Sebastian Vettel have publicly expressed their admiration of Vale and Michael Schumacher respectively, and everyone knows that it’s mainly because of their idols that they race (love of racing and bikes/cars aside). Now, where rosquez ‘went wrong’ and sebschumi ‘went right’, in my opinion, is that Sebastian became Michael’s specialest little boy while also not fighting him for the championship.

While I don’t think that Michael would truly pull his punches, there’s certainly a difference in the way he treated his championship rivals. Seb was on the rise when he was arguably in his decline, and so Michael was able to maintain a friendly mentor relationship with him. If Seb had been older (and therefore entered F1 earlier), or if Michael was fighting for his eighth in 2010, which is a lot of ifs I’ll admit, I have a feeling their relationship wouldn’t really be the same, and may have faced the exact same trajectory as rosquez.

Speaking of the way Michael treats championship rivals though (I’m not an expert on his rivals so I’m missing out a huge chunk of his history as a pilot, but I suppose it also makes more sense to compare Kimi to his contemporaries), we all know how he fought with Fernando, and considering the first person you always have to beat is your teammate, we all know how he treated Nico. It’s funny how his battles with Kimi never seem to reach that level of intensity or dare I say, rancidity. I often think of Nico being Mika’s protégé, and the way that might have affected his relationship with Michael, but that never seemed to influence his treatment of Kimi. Not really relevant to my original point, but I thought it was interesting.

Anyways, given my lack of expert knowledge in the rosquez lore, vs. sebschumi brainrot, forgive me if I’m making assumptions, but I also think Seb meant more to Michael than Marc ever did to Vale. The phrase ‘everyone knows Michael would pick Sebastian’ rattles around my brain more often than I’d like to admit, and what Seb is to Mick is another thing entirely, but as far as I can tell, out of the whole grid, it wouldn’t be Marc that Vale went to first. To me, it’s because fighting him for that top spot at the same time, as well as, I’ve been led to believe, certain whispers in his ear, meant Valentino couldn’t ever really be comfortable being that close with someone he ultimately wanted to destroy, and it wouldn’t have taken much to tip him the other way (the other way being suspicion and hostility).

This may be where the connection between rosquez and brocedes comes into play again. Lewis and Nico’s friendship, while technically stronger than the other two pairings combined, was deeply affected by the experiences they’d had in F1 prior to being teammates. The suspicion, paranoia, and games they’d learnt over the years destroyed what could have been one of the strongest pairings formula one has had. It’s quite easy to argue that had they become teammates earlier, say in Mclaren or Williams, they may not have met the fate they did (not having a championship winning car tends to help, though god knows what’s going on in Alpine).

Of course, the shared nationality aspect helps sebschumi in a way that doesn’t exist for rosquez, and that tension may have played a hand in rosquez’s unbecoming. Although everyone knows that being german definitely didn’t help Nico any. If rosquez were teammates, I actually don’t think they would have been very different from Michael and Nico, except that perhaps they’d be worse.

The original intention of this is getting away from me, but essentially, while rosquez and brocedes is all well and good, rosquez and sebschumi are two different paths the idol/successful fan relationship can take, so I thought the comparison obvious, and that I'd give it some attention!

[roleplayfinder]

hello!

f24 looking for a +21 rp partner to test out story ideas and just generally geek out with.

requirements

- semi-advanced lit

- +21 ONLY (all characters/ocs must be aged up 21+ as well)

- only interested in ccxcc or ocxoc atm

- ok w nsfw themes/scenes but i tend to write more fade the black

- preferred that you have at least some rp experience, but by no means have to be an expert

fandoms/concepts (open to suggestions)

haikyuu (real brainrot szn)

- iwaoi, daisuga, kagehina, kuroken, etc.

mha

- bokudeku

pacific rim

-oc x oc

cyberpunk

- oc x oc

arcane

-caitvi

-oc x oc

jjk

-itafushi

- oc x oc

dungeons and dragons/baldurs gate/dragon age

- oc x oc

scifi/dystopian/grimdark

fantasy

slice of life/contemporary

if this sounds like something you’re into, leave a like!

.

[mwebber]

and can i say. the contemporary assumptions that reduce multi 21 to seb being a brat or mark being betrayed or whatever--they all go back to the core issue re: the fanonization of f1, where people have bought into the mythos and fanon of multi 21 and martian without bothering to understand seb or mark or seb&mark within the context of f1 from the 2000s onwards, within the more limited context of red bull racing, within the broader context of their individual lives, or within the overarching context of technological and societal advancements through the mid 2000s and early 2010s. these are real people. they did not exist and act in a vacuum of reality.

whether this phenomenon has come about as a result of twitter echochambers, general internet brainrot culture, a societal decline in media literacy and willingness to engage critically, or some combination of all that and more, is probably something that'll be studied by audience studies academics for years to come. regardless, i remain staunch in my insistence that, especially for rpf, we should continue to treat these people with the complexity they deserve. mark is not your cringefail momager, seb is not a grid dad, or whatever the fanbase has reduced them to. they're not fanfiction tropes, and i'm so glad eve's post shed some light on that.

[fatuismooches]

hi I got hit with dottore brainrot again while doing poetry so

dottore keeping all the poems fragile reader gave them before they fell into a coma. going from akademiya zandik to il dottore, he pretty much left everything behind. everything except for them and their poetry. sometimes when he gets lonely, he reads one of their poems before going back to work. he doesn't let the segments see them at first but they were a bit too nosey so they eventually find his stash. I think this is also the time when he'd finally be able to decode their poems. in the akademita, I don't think he'd put too much time into decoding each poem. but he quickly realizes how much he took their poems for granted

and god forbid one of the harbingers find them. be it the gossip duo(pantalone and columbina) or pierro himself, he will raise hell if they get even the slightest bit damaged.

he probably keeps them all in a controlled environment. like, the same humidity and temperature archives and museums use to keep old documents.

and similar with language, old poetry!! imagine shakespearean-esque poetry in the contemporary era. some might think it's outdated but it's the only poetry dottore knows so he loves it.

When Zandik became Il Dottore, he discarded much of his old self behind. Especially since you weren't there to stop him, having now fallen into a deep sleep leaving him only with your few items that still resided in the dorm, haunting him of what used to be. Your poems were most notable, the things he never cared much about, never understanding the point of them as he thought such things were a waste of time. Why would you waste your time on that while you could be doing far more productive things? Though you always rolled his eyes at his words and only said he'd understand one day.

Well, it seems you were right. It's been hundreds of years and he's finally decided to try and understand - perhaps he's finally reached the point where he needs to get closer to you in some way to cope with your absence for so long. So he reads, reads, reads, them all until every exact stroke of your pen is imprinted into his brain. He's always been very careful about how he treats him, these papers are hundreds of years old after all, one wrong move and they'll be damaged. And he can't have the only things that remain of you to be destroyed. It's funny really, to think a person such as he is taking such lengths to preserve not ancient documents and the like, but... poems of a simple person who loved a man like him.

(Trying to keep anything about you from the segments will always ultimately result in a failure. They're him after all - if they desire info about their beloved... well, they're going to get it.)

The gossip duo (😭😭) finds out about them when they barge into his office once again without any notice. Unfortunately for poor Dottore he can't just shove these fragile poems into a draw unless he wants them to get damaged. Pierro definitely knows about them already... I like to think when he recruited Zandik in the desert, he probably got a tiny bit of info about you (very tiny. he was not willing to discuss the love of his life with some random guy) but he also noticed how tenderly he treated your items... (he's not dumb, even a sinner like him knows love when he sees it.)

Old poetry ;)) <33 Reader perhaps being a bit self-conscious with their poetry since it's so different and old compared to the newer kind, but after finding Dottore's stash of your old poems, your heart is thoroughly warmed. You didn't think he'd grow to love your poetry so much but, you'll continue writing... for yourself, and to see him continue to scratch his head as he tries to decipher it.

[rmu-vincent]

actually, "rizz" is already in the oxford dictionary, and "sigma" is in the urban dictionary! They're many more examples too, like "skibidi" or "brainrot"

Dear Anon,

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. After having received this message, I feel the need to clarify the points I made in my previous response.

First of all, I take full accountability for the misunderstanding. I should have mentioned that while expressing my opinion on contemporary vocabulary, I was mostly focused on its presence in international academic and professional spheres, as I consider them to be the ones worth paying attention to. Slang terms differ from region to region, and despite being documented and defined, they are not expected to become common knowledge that runs through generations. On the contrary, most slang terms tend to be forgotten after a few months pass; this sets them apart from concepts that are present and understood all around the world.

Secondly, I have always found the presence of slang in dictionaries fascinating. A significant part of the English language used to be jargon and colloquialisms, yet now they are widely recognised as well-known, everyday figures of speech. This is the case with the word "okay," which first appeared as an abbreviation ("O.K.") for "all correct," as well as "cute," which was a contracted version of "acute" in the meaning of "clever" before becoming its own separate word. However, other terms have grown into anachronisms or forgotten alltogether.

In case you have any other information you are willing to share on this subject, please do not hesitate to message me at any time; I value input from people that are a pleasure to have conversations with.

Best regards,

Vincent Edgeworth

[animaxvi]

*slides this across the table* Here *waves hands like a magician* my current brainrot in the form of a sketch page of contemporary dance student Sora ;D

(also Happy 21st anniversary Kingdom Hearts and Happy Birthday Sora uwu) 

[ravenconspirac3]

Fable SMP AU brainrot: Dancer AU Edition

Yall I've been thinking of AU things with @demidruid, it's been a delight. I want to show it here, even tho I sent it in fable-misc

Keep in mind the brainrot between me and Demi on this started because I saw dance outfits on Pinterest

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Rae would be Ballet dancer did ballet for a long time because Isla did ballet but Enderian was his coach so it stopped being fun for him for a long time (Demi's idea)

basically fun ballet turned competitive

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Aax would be an ex-cirrcus dancer for 'Telcan Cirrcus' but escaped, now with Ocie as a mer performer (Mix of Me and Demi's ideas)

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Ocie would be one of those mer performing people, mermaid name would be Kai (Demi's idea)

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Caspian would be in contemporary dance, like the group dances that mix different styles and such (Demi's idea)

[superconductivebean]

UM YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IMELDA/CONSTANCE FLASHBACK IN YOUR TAGS AND NOT SHARE *makes grabby fists*

hee hee i think i can call this

imelda reyes headcanons post - 8

Imelda Reyes: >>>1 || >>>2 (nsfw) || >>>3 || >>>4 || >>>5 || >>>6 || >>>7

Once again raising my head from the Brainrot fog to share some character headcanons with the world. Brainrot is a fic I’m working on.

This one is incredibly Brainrotted though, so no fandom tags.

And it's a bit messy I think.

I'll start from a tad far away.

A few months ago, while working on Julia's 6th year and its events, I began working on Hogwarts Quidditch Teams' compositions. To be frank but also to keep it short, Julia's 6th year covers the aftermath of the Rookwood's downfall; it caused an international scandal.

So, in order To Repair And Strengthen Bonds between The Magical Communities Of The Western Europe, the Triwizard Tournament has been announced to be taking place at Hogwarts during the school year of the 1891/92. It evidently holds Lots Of Politics, therefore has very little to do with any kind of tradition lest it assumed to be a fist in the British Ministry's face from the French and the Northerners joint effort to, well, regulate the trade more effectively unless anyone likes a magical sea warfare under the noses of muggles internationally.

Anyway, Julia wasn't chosen to participate in the Tournament. The Tournament is Natmara's moment to shine (apparently Amara made her way in Julia's story as a rival character many months ago but then uh, she and Natty were having a blast to the best of their abilities; Ancient Magic that, Sebastian this, no and no, Natty will slay).

Instead, Julia was suggested to try out for the Quidditch Team.

This bit is very important because Quidditch is Imelda's domain. And because of the Tournament, Hogwarts needed an entirely new team to represent itself in the interlude event of the interschool Quidditch matches. I'm convinced the schools would totally do that when they have a chance. Imelda was naturally hyped up -- but it meant she has to meet her disaster lesbian past of Constance (and Charlotte, too!).

Constance and Charlotte were fierce beaters, they were enlisted to Hogwarts School Team; on a side note, Julia, too, she was a reserve Seeker in case Danny -- also made his way into all this! -- wouldn't be available due to the extensive studying regimen for NEWTs.

So about that.

Imelda's 3d and 4th years were the time of her accepting she 1) liked girls 2) but not many girls, if any, liked her back 3) and if she tried to meet their expectations, the rejection felt sharp and heartwrecking.

I mentioned it somewhere, that I imagine Hogwarts to view clothes and other contemporary things very differently from muggles. If to retell it shortly, Imelda wasn't judged for her attire. But everyone had noticed it, and all inherited notions from the muggle world sipped through the speech. Her girlkissing ambition stopped being a some kind of rumour, she had basically said, no men allowed to court her.

Was 4th year Imelda comfortable with it? No.

But had she received attention she began to crave? Yes.

Had she been told not to date a Quidditch player from the opposite team, for her own team? Multiple times. She didn't listen.

Constance was a challenge and anything but a first love; something Imelda perhaps wanted, but Constance, being also a year older than her, realised Imelda needed something she didn't have. Their volatile relationship -- much the same of Beater-Chaser dynamic on the Pitch -- ended in a heated argument after Imelda's query for going further with this or not, to which Constance replied with a rhetorical bladger; decidedly so, as she wanted Imelda to feel alienated and left with an impression she was only asking for minute things, nothing more, nothing less. it hurt Imelda of course. She was young and very impressionable.

Years later she understood the message, though. She needed to state everything she could want from the beginning. But she was yet to understand what it was, and asking Constance about it felt incredibly wrong; she only knew the expectation of another could be met within reasonable limits of her own, anything beyond that meant a goodbye.

With an idea of a concept of a gist of the wish for something in a relationship that grants butterflies in the stomach but doesn't require any consummations or sacrifices for bits of crumples of shards of love and appreciation, Imelda crashed into Charlotte Morrison in her 6th year (an important detail).

The Hufflepuff Quidditch Team Captain, also a beater, and far less forgiving and playful than Constance, Charlotte was demanding.

She had certain expectations of the kind Imelda felt one could've been only born with. It alone was exhausting, and realisation people of her liking actually existed made Imelda jealous of them. Yet, she was only beginning to realise while there were limits, sometimes, that limit didn't have sense because nobody measures density with rulers.

The only similarity between them was competitiveness. Anything else could've been described as Badgers Eat Snakes; Eagles Hunt Snakes, by the way.

But unlike Eagles, Budgers leave the carcass.

Imelda was rejected again, and it felt horrible. Instead of a journey Charlotte required someone… ready for commitments, their own character, someone equal. It'd be incorrect to call Imelda inferior, but Imelda certainly felt that of herself when Charlotte left her around the final of the Quidditch season, in April'92.

I don't know how to tell it short, but uh

Imelda exploded with her pent up feelings at Julia, accused her of many things, all on Julia's birthday, and only stopped, realised she just told her bestie to fuck off and go seek out her Peculiar Special.

Julia, under a lot of stress due to being a less trained player and told mean things near constantly, didn't have it in herself to calm Imelda down or her what else she had to say, and just left.

It's important because after Julia left and was later found half-alive because A Certain Someone Mr De Vries Attack Her, Imelda had a mental breakdown because 1) she was accused of causing all of this 2) Julia told everyone to shut the fuck up and leave Imelda alone 3) Julia never rejected her but called out on calling Poppy a name , it was rude, Poppy was their mutual friend 4) The Lesbian Tragedy ensued because neither has left her stranded and offered a company understanding Imelda didn't mean all of this, made mistakes, it was alright, she was safe, she could stay for as long as she needed -- and the rest was history.

Somehow it became The OT3 Origin Story but Constance and Charlotte were important in Imelda's character development.

They shaped Imelda's understanding of what she should want from a person and a relationship as a whole. But she never knew she'd end up in a coven??? (wizworld's legal system would probably call it that and in the press, will be OMG LOOK THIS FORM OF LIVING HADN'T DIED OUT? GO GIRLS SHOW 'EM TELL 'EM TRADITION OF OUR WORLD HAS BEEN REVIVED!!!)

[roxannepolice]

So I was thinking of the answer for one of the ask games (which is coming!) but soon realised my reflections are both too long and slightly too salty to include in a fun ask, so here we are.

Because yeah what is below is hands down my favourite Delgado!Master quote, and one of my favourites from any regenerations. Hell, it may be one of my favourites in the entire show.

Gifs by cleowho and I'm sorry I ended up including them this way but I gave up trying to find the exact moment via gif searcher when my phone started smelling of burnt plastic.

So why do I love this so much and why should this result in saltiness? Because this is a very clear statement: there's actual philosophical outlook on the universe behind the Master's villainy. A deeply nietzschean one, but ironically enough underlying much of contemporary critical theories, usually of the progressive vibe. The Master apparently sees power relations as the inherent, fundamental aspect of all sentient relations, and acts accordingly, doing onto others before they do onto them (And that [a self-defence in advance] is how the Master started). And I don't even see it as a neurotic reaction to direct abuse! No, this is something much more intellectual, frozen and abstract. The salt lies therein that there is nothing "just..." to the outlook the Master presents here. Those aren't daddy issues, or the drums (which I love and think can be reconciled with classic Who canon with a bit of timey wimey cause and effect grandfather paradox shenanigans, but fundamentally don't see as the source of Master's villainy, unless they are a metaphor of permanent unsatisfaction and indeed neurotic need for more which is on the one hand awfully difficult for one and everyone around them but on the other perhaps underlie everything you are and you don't know what you'd be without it but you actually like at least a bit of what you are and this is very narcissistic and yes I have OCD), or getaway of insanity, there is no cheap psychologizing, no never heard the music, no Doctor complex that just needs to be talked through, only actual outlook presumably built on decades if not centuries of experience. That is not to say those psychological elements aren't essential to the Master's choices, just that there is no simple obstacle to overcome, no freudian complex to solve for them to see the light. This is something much more conscious.

And I can't express how fitting it is that this nietzscheanism should be the "dark twin" of the Doctor's philosophy of fixing everything they can - in its extreme taking on the form of prometheanism. Frankly, probably the reason Thoschei gives me such a brainrot is the idea of two people with very similar backgrounds (compare and contrast with Professor X and Magneto's backgrounds) arriving at universal outlooks that are at the same time so morally opposing yet in a way fundamentally similar. Because is not overcoming all possible pains of the universe an expression of will?

And the best part? The Doctor does not refute the Master's philosophy! He rejects it morally, but does not point to any single fallacy, does not overthrow it intellectually! And then...

... And then there's the reason I see Tensimm as Goethe's Faust to Threegado Marlowe's (that is not in terms of one being superior or sth only one being a logical development and discussion with the other). At a first glance, Ten is simply repeating what Three said all those episodes ago. But there's more, and there's no way I'm risking my phone again, so a quote will have to suffice.

To have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space. That's ownership enough.

Ownership. As in having discretion to dispose of something as pleased? As in a very simple power relation?

Like. Wow. This here is indeed a Prometheus whose desire to make people better and literal knowledge of all possible pasts and futures pushed him to call some people more important than others and superimpose his will and knowledge of good and evil disregarding anyone else's choices. This here is indeed the Time Lord Victorious. And yes, knowing when to stop was much easier when there was an external shadow to judge.

The thing is, the Doctor here concedes to the Master's outlook on the universe. Indeed, power relations are unavoidable in sentient life. This is a moment of deep understanding between them because the Doctor now knows what it feels like to wield all that knowledge and perceive no powers saying no. Except, regardless of what poststructuralism might say, there is a fundamental moral difference between power imbalance of seeing vs being seen and y'know, forcing people to build you statues and conquering all other civivlizations and humiliating them in the process. As such, the difference becomes much harder to delineate, forcing one to always reflect instead of following a set of simple guidelines.

The question is, would it still be remembered if the walking counterpoint ceased to exist not physically but intellectually and morally?

[eerna]

There's a lesser known genre of spy school and spies and heists era back then too which I enjoyed immensely, it was a brainrot, did you have that era?and I feel like, since I'm thinking back on them in my 20s now, the books really did feel like YAs in that they fit the genre and age of readers they're intended for

I think the genre is still around, just whirring around in the background like cpu fan, scattered smaller fandoms

Maybe they'll have a renaissance next?maybe we'll have massive clandestine, spy school fiction YAs in the circle of renaissance of YAs 😆 it'd be cool

I remember that era! But I was never intersted in it, I was devouring fantasy and contemporary YA back then... Fingers crossed for youu!