#big ball of wibbly wobbly

[colubrina]

Wait, Thoros Nott is also around in Wibbly Wobbly and has a son Hermione’s age. I’m choosing to imagine Theo mentions that Draco has this friend named Hermione who is somehow a distant Malfoy cousin, and Thoros calls every Death Eater that was in the past (barring Dolohov and Abraxas) to talk about the fact that that one girl they knew for a few weeks and who Tom was weirdly interested in is back now but she’s legit 11 years old, and who had “she’s a weird time traveler” as their bet because they just won? They all talk about it on and off throughout the years, the way that one woman who they all saw attack Dolohov numerous times throughout her stay and who she literally killed is now a child and so utterly different from the woman they knew that they wouldn’t believe it’s her if it weren’t for her appearance and name. She’s then totally different when she marries Tom and this is the lady they all remember

I love how weird this all was to everyone except Tom and Hermione and how you keep pointing out how REALLY WEIRD it would be. I wonder if they were relieved or even more freaked out when "sweet child from non-trauma universe" Hermione was replaced by "I will murder all of you in your beds, just give me a reason" Hermione. LIke, yes, she's objectively worse from their perspective, but at least she makes sense again.

(also, ack! I'm sorry I missed this one. I was on vacation with my mother and daughter and then I got sick, probably generic Disney crud but possibly something something red tide because that was a problem where I was, and I'm still mostly choking on mucus but I am regaining functionality bit by bit.)

[fandomfairyuniverse]

So we got one timeline where dome does die and tonkla possibly starts committing some felonies (fair) and another timeline where dome doesn’t die because great intervened and great keeps intervening and changing things so these timelines are going to keep moving in tandem until….. something happens idk what but something’s gotta give eventually

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@devilsmenu | Starter for Anyone..

“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” the doctor pointed out. "being a boring old adult is just, well, boring."

[timidxtempted]

how is january 752 years long but the ten days i was on holidays lasted point six seconds

[thevalleyisjolly]

It's very funny to me whenever people complain about continuity or changes to the "canon" in Doctor Who because there's the whole UNIT dating controversy, which is hilarious peak long-running TV series with multiple writers shenanigans, and which still has not and probably never will be definitively resolved.

[elstrumva]

1:00 is basically 2:00 two is basically 3:00, 3:00 might as well be 5:00. 5:00 is halfway to 10:00, 10:00 is basically twelve and now half the fucking day is gone and I hate that I think like this sometimes

[sacred-algae]

People assume queer platonic relationships are on a straight line from friendship to romance, but actually from a non-linear, non subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, feelingsy weelingsly… stuff.

[stupidphototricks]

Nobody's doing it like Otto Chriek. He's a vampire who has sworn off drinking b-word. He likes hanging out in cellars and hanging from chandeliers. Photography is his passion, and his passion is painful and comes with a high risk of discorporation. He experiments with dark light and philosophizes about the nature of time. He figures out how to create photo plates with hardly any effort. He invents the three-color printing process. He designs a method to auto-reanimate himself. He lays down his life for the team (but then picks it up again*).

*(yes this is a joke from the book, all credit to Sir Terry)

William caught Sacharissa's gaze. Her look said it all: We've hired him. Have we got the heart to fire him now? And don't make fun of his accent unless your Uberwaldean is really good, okay? -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"Vell?" he said sternly. "Vot you all looking at? It is just a normal reaction, zat is all. I am vorking on it. Light in all itz forms is mine passion. Light is my canvas, shadows are my brush." "But strong light hurts you!" said Sacharissa. "It hurts vampires!" "Yes. It iss a bit of a bugger, but zere you go." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

William vaguely remembered something someone had once said: the only thing more dangerous than a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom door open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency. -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"Good mornink," said Otto. "Do not movink, please, you are making a good pattern of light and shade." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"I cannot promise an absolutely vunderful job first cat out of zer bag, off course." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"Bodrozvachski zhaltziet! …oh, sorry, Miss Sacharissa! Zere has been a minor pothole on zer road to progress…" -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"Zer philosopher Heidehollen tells us zat the universe is just a cold soup of time, all time mixed up together, and vot we call zer passage of time is merely qvantum fluctuations in zer fabric of space-time." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

(Sounds kind of like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff...)

"It [dark light] is a light without time. Vot it illuminates, you see . . . is not necessarily now." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

"You vanted color, I gif you color," said Otto sulkily. "You never said qvick." -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

A couple of bits that are more spoilerish under the cut:

That thing where Otto screams and (sometimes) turns to ash when he takes a picture is particularly funny if you imagine it from the point of view of the unwitting photographic subject, in this case Cheery Littlebottom:

"Ah, a vonderful framing effect!" said Otto, who'd been on the other side of the door. Click! William shut his eyes. WHOOMPH. "Ohhbuggerrrrr . . ." This time William caught the little piece of paper before it hit the ground. The dwarf stood open-mouthed. Then she closed her mouth. Then she opened it again to say: "What the hell just happened?" "I suppose you could call it a sort of industrial injury," said William. -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

And the scene where Otto goes up against William's father is just a thing of beauty.

"Ve have people like you back home," he said. "Zey are the ones that tell the mob vot to do. I come here to Ankh-Morpork, zey tell me things are different, but really it is alvays the same. Always zere are damn people like you! And now, vot shall I do with you?" [...] "You think I bite him? Shall I bite you, Mister Lordship? Vell, maybe not, because Villiam here thinks I am a good person." He pulled Lord de Worde close, so their faces were a few inches apart. "Now, maybe I have to ask myself, how good am I? Or maybe I just have to ask myself… am I better zan you?" He hesitated for a second or two, and then in a sudden movement jerked the man towards him. With great delicacy, he planted a kiss on Lord de Worde's forehead. Then he put the trembling man back down on the floor and patted him on the head. -- Terry Pratchett, The Truth

[myarmsaretoolong]

tumblr is like a big ball of wibbly wobbly boopy woopy... stuff

[badwolveses]

People assume that autism is a strict progression of less autistic to more autistic, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, autisticy-wisticy stuff

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#02 → BLINK (71 votes)

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey… stuff.

[weebatron9000]

Just gonna put it out there that I am both FURIOUS and ACCEPTING of the Ruby mum reveal.

Like this whole season has been about beliefs and dreams and stories all birthing Monsters and wars and hope and Gods.

So it MAKES SENSE that Ruby’s mum follows the same theme, and whilst I don’t know how that caused the Snow and Music. I ASSUME there’s some weird Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey reason (or some Flipsy Flopsy fantasy reason). So, I can accept it and i understand that it obviously makes things easier because making Ruby’s mum some complicated being would kinda overshadow a finale.

HOWEVER.

Gotta say that I also have my ISSUES. Like c’mon? Belief and hope and mystery is what made all that shit happen? And you’re telling me that Sutekh was powerful enough to Thanos the universe but not figure that out? The stories being theorised by like 10 people gave her THAT MUCH POWER?.

(Also? Are you telling me that a NURSE doesn’t have ANY DNA records to connect with Ruby? Like yeah the NHS is underfunded so I understand them fumbling the ball but UNIT COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING?? That the Doctor, who is a bazillion years old, doesn’t have DNA tech in the Tardis after openly saying that he was even THERE during the Future Earth DNA thingy??)

Part of me feels like there’s some Big Brain thing I’m missing, but part of me also thinks we’ve been BAMBOOZLED.

I’m gonna accept it because I love you Dr Who. But just know that WE ALL FEEL A LITTLE CHEATED and anyone who claims they figured this out beforehand is a LIAR BECAUSE WE ALL THOUGHT SHE’D BE SOME TRICKSTER/TIMELORD/COSMIC CREATURE.

Anywho! Can’t wait for 10/14 to call the Tardis phone and ask why the FUCK HE GOT TURNED TO DUST DURING COUNTDOWN. (He definitely watches it, he’s so old).

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@youllalwaysbemyporcelain [ Twelve ]

❛ so, what brings you here today ? ❜ the doctor asked curiously. "bored or getting your daily fix?"

[torturedpoetskywalker]

"time: it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff."

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[littlegaybean1]

I have created the ultimate explanation of gender, relatively short and covers most bases. Here it is:

People don't understand gender, it's not what you think it is. People assume that gender is a strict progression of male to female but actually from a non-linear non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, gendery-wendery stuff.

[lovelyinspiration1463]

Loki S2 E5 Be Like:

Loki: People don't understand time; it's not what you think it is.

OB: Then what is it?

Loki: Complicated.

OB: Tell me.

Loki: Very complicated.

OB: I'm clever and I'm listening, and don't patronize me because people have died and I'm not happy. Tell me!

Loki: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.