#doctor who kinda

[socialistexan]

[just-a-twinge-of-cosmic-angst]

Doctor Who: Kinda (Parts 3&4)

[lets-call-it-gayllifrey]

I'm having a weird moment and tried to vent to Mod Sullivan. Realized how it was sounding and embraced it

[timelordian-disaster-126]

!!!BODY HORROR ART TW!!!

I have taken it upon myself to add more interesting headcanon lore to one of my favorite Villains in all of Doctor Who, the Mara 🐍🔮

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The Mara is an unforgiving and relentless being that pushes one's deepest desires to the surface when possessing its host, it often takes possession of the host's mind and subjects them to harsh psychological/mental abuse through their subconscious mind. It presents itself through that of the host's dreams through terrible nightmares and terrors, often this makes the host unable to sleep normally, thus weakening them further to the grasp of the Maras's delight.

Here, the Mara often takes over the host body, feeding on their fears and emotions as the host body slowly becomes that of a second skin to the Mara. Over a long enough period, the host's body will eventually become scaly, and hard to move, the eyes will become yellow with sinister slits in the middle of them. Once the Mara is done feeding on the host, and when they have conformed to the serpent figure fully and is unable to live any longer due to the snake's inability to let the body care for itself, the Mara will discard the body by "shedding its skin" in which the Mara will exit the body through the mouth, leaving a husk of what was once typically a manussan local. From then it will go into a state of temporary dormancy until it is ready for its next feeding. From there it will scatter itself across all of manussa, planting itself in everyone, until one fool starts to give in to their desires, and from then; The Mara will strike when the next host is most vulnerable.

Of course, the Mara is also able to jump from host to host, as long as they are within reach, it can also spread itself to multiple people at one time, although this often leaves it confused and unable to keep an eye on all its prey. As we see with Tegan, the Mara can remain dormant in the mind of a host for however long it needs, either until the host gives into their desires, or until the Mara grows weak and needs another host. However, with Tegan, she deeply desires something she cannot have due to distance, and so, the Mara lays dormant, waiting to strike once again, its only a matter of time before it can feast once more.

Of course, the Mara does have one weakness, and that is of its own reflection, for the Mara wants you to give into your desires, and not confront them, facing itself in the mirror means to go against its own purpose, a fate in which is can't stand. Of course, if these desires strongly linger, sometimes, it can latch on longer than anticipated, waiting dormantly to strike once again.

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The Mara on Manussa is seen as a powerful creature, one not to be messed with, the locals often put on an annual festival each year celebrate the supposed banishment of the Mara, there's often a ceremony held at the end of each festival, in which a person much overcome the Maras temptation and retrieve the great crystal and banish the Mara once and for all.

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So I actually did redesign Lons outfit he wore during the ceremony of the Mara, I just thought his looked so goofy in the show and I had a "I can fix it 👹" moment, and so I did! :D I hope you guys enjoyed my lore idea! Let me know what you guys think!

(He looks like he wants to take a bath fully clothed in the original)

[rassilon-imprimatur]

Best classic non-Dalek monster and I'm not even joking, god bless.

[sachani]

they just mentioned rivers and conduits in doctor who and i was like omg like from minecraft

help me

[thelesbianthespianposts]

imagine: you get your memories back after years of amnesia to find out your whole species is dead and earth doesn’t exist anymore. that the only thing left of your culture is your weird ex and his busted honda civic that barely even works that he stole from the government when he was 13. And he’s been taking members of an alien species for trips in his honda civic and they’re all like “woah it’s so cool” and you get upset because it’s NOT COOL it’s a honda civic, the turn signals don’t even work “wow it can go up hills” yeah OF COURSE IT CAN GO UP HILLS EVERY CAR COULD DO THAT. but they’ve never seen a car before so everything it does is the coolest thing ever. And your ex’s only tool is a fucking screwdriver which is somehow also cool to this dumbass alien species even though it’s a fucking screwdriver so you just look like an idiot screaming about how none of this is even cool it’s actually really shitty but your whole planet is gone so you can’t even prove it but also you’ve had a constant drumming sounding in your head since you were 10 slowly driving you insane. I would become evil too.

[notyoujamie]

For the god of all gods has returned.

[anthonygaycrowley]

did y'all know that donna's husband in forest of the dead was meant to be a trans man, and they just couldn't find a way to make it explicit in-text

donna noble manages to get herself a trans family in every version of reality huh

[claraoswalds]

The Giggle // The Legend of Ruby Sunday

[spoopdeedoop]

eleven please this is not proper workplace ergonomics (still image + ref under cut !)

[just-a-twinge-of-cosmic-angst]

Doctor Who: Kinda (Parts 1&2)

[joeyartstuff]

i couldn't resist

[valc0]

Rogue is Jack

Rogue is the Master

Rogue is a pre-Hartnell doctor

[hobgoblinns]

russell is truly doing whatever the fuck atp

[j4y-k4y]

chilling on da sofa 💤