#blue ruby

[hippieuncle]

been drawing a lot of gems since i started mucking around in gem galaxies... u kno how it is..

[shewolfofvilnius]

Doctor Who since the 2023, specials

(Edit: Note i posted this originally before the finale)

[dandelionjack]

We Invest Things With Significance, or: Why Sutekh Isn’t Sutekh, But Death Itself. alternative title: Fear Is the Mind Killer.

the Doctor Who Series 14/1 thesis statement

i don’t think that sutekh has literally been attached to the TARDIS since Pyramids of Mars. i think that the salt at the edge of the universe — the grievous mistake that caused all myths to become a reality — was what made him appear. and he’s not the same character as sutekh the osiran, a powerful alien that delusionally believed himself to be a god. he *is* a god. nuwho-Sutekh is Death Incarnate.

ergo, this version of Sutekh is the literal psychic manifestation of the Doctor’s deep-seated, guilt-motivated fear of the idea that his arrival brings death wherever he treads. this death-anxiety was turned into a physical presence, haunting the TARDIS all through the Doctor’s timestream, because of the salt. that’s the reason why the Doctor didn’t spot any Susan Twists before Wild Blue Yonder…

there are two timelines in Doctor Who — relative time and universal time. universal time is the history of the universe. relative time is how the Doctor experiences it. in universal time, Sutekh has supposedly been hitchhiking through the vortex for millenia. in relative time, he has only been doing so since Fourteen accidentally invited myths back into the world.

the Doctor was insecure and afraid and believed the above quote (from the very first episode!! spoken by the very first named character in nuwho to die on screen, no less!) to be true. but until WBY it had only been true on a symbolic, metaphorical level. myths, legends, concepts and stories becoming real after the salt caused the Doctor’s anxiety about being a death-bringer to take the shape of a black dog — a universally recognised symbol of death — wearing the name and voice of his most formidable enemy, Sutekh.

in a way, this plotline mirrors The Woman from 73 Yards similarly being a manifestation of Ruby’s worst fear — that of being abandoned by everyone she loves for something intrinsic and incorrigible inside her that she cannot change. Ruby fears being left completely alone, so “The Woman” causes everyone in her life to leave her. the Doctor fears that his coming always heralds mass destruction (“maybe i’m the bad luck”), so “Sutekh” makes sure that the TARDIS literally becomes an altar of death.

ever since Wild Blue Yonder, stories in doctor who have become sources of immense power. the worst, most potent stories we tell ourselves are the lies that our sick brains whisper to us — secret anxieties that we’re not good enough, that all our loved ones will inevitably leave, that we carry nothing but bad luck in our wake. what better clay to mould a monster from than the protagonists’ own neuroses?

and if anybody’s still in doubt, here’s the plain text, all laid out below:

we invest things with significance. that’s what the salt at the edge of the universe really meant. that’s what almost every episode this series has been about, thematically — the imaginary kastarions, the cosplaying chuldur, the bogeyman written into life because kids need a scary story. myths become real to us because we believe in them, love and death and monsters too.

[lovertm]

character keychains, part 4 by winterrkatt

[chudochudes]

Steven Universe doodles ⭐️

[rubystims]

mutsu water looper !! they’re like a mix of a virtual pet and a water toy, they are shy at first like a real pet, but when you keep playing with them they will warm up to you !!!

source | source | source | source

[claraoswalds]

Uh, no, that was a different— uh, sorry, could you help me?

[draculavian]

First 9 days of birdtober 2024 [list by @/aholmesartstudio on Instagram]

Blue Jay ☆ American Robin ☆ Eastern Bluebird

Belted Kingfisher ☆ Northern Mockingbird ☆ Red Winged Blackbird

Northern Cardinal ☆ Great Blue Heron ☆ Ruby Crowned Kinglet

[c-ollie]

𒁍⠀⠀﹕⠀⠀𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐⠀ 𝗆𝖾⠀ 𝐖𝐇𝐎⠀ 𝗒𝗈𝗎⠀ 𝖺𝗋𝖾...

[goosefries]

nether wart

[friesitas]

𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝑦 ⠀⠀⠀𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐ռ ⠀⠀⠀𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 ⠀⠀⠀𝖺𝗇𝖽 ⠀⠀⠀𝖺 ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᴍɪɴᴅ ⠀⠀⠀𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 ⠀⠀⠀𝑜𝑓 ⠀⠀⠀ɬ𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌

[pintobeann]

✨Blue diamond art 💎✨

[nabwastaken]

Spin this wheel of every *FULLY EVOLVED* Pokemon

Tell me what you got in the replies! And reblog for sample size!

[syncstones]

more

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[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Steven Universe

Sample Size: 12,189 stories

Source: AO3