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[doverstar]

hello! about the fanfic writer asks — I'm curious about number 10! and also 18 about the Doctor or anything Doctor Who related :D 🤲

10. If you could banish a single trope to live at the bottom of the ocean, never to be seen again by any human eyes (or at least your own), which trope would that be?

*lights the Only One Bed trope on fire like rotisserie*

18. Share a headcanon relating to Doctor Who!

I HAVE SO MANY. But I’ll just give a lil one! It is my personal belief that Rose Tyler wanted real genuine love, not adventure in the great wide somewhere, and that she found it. I guess that counts as a headcanon? I have tons about the Doctor, about other characters, about the show in general, but I’ll just leave this one here for now! Maybe I’ll get more opportunities to share later, or else post really long text posts later. Thank you SO much, I love Asks!

[doverstar]

Me again here to scream about how much I love this-- I was so happy to wake up to the new chapter and an hour later you have me here SOBBING (positively, that was good, just AHHH)

Rose finally connecting all the dots!! all the little signs that were there from the start, beating herself up about the fact that she didn’t recognize him, even with all those little “coincidences”-- Reading that whole thought process makes me happy in a way while also ouch, it was truly right there in front of you all along.

And oh I wasn’t expecting her to, I didn’t really think about it. But being worried and sad about the Angels suffering and slowly withering away for the rest of their existence is so… Rose.

“The Doctor's hands came up and straightened the blue bow tie, and Rose caught an echo of Will tugging at his shirt collar.” you have no idea how happy it made me to read this,,, I had been waiting for this moment ever since I saw Will doing that the first time 🤲

But everything else about it is making my heart crumble. The realization that not only did he change but also the Tardis, a place that used to be so dear and familiar to her, all the time that has passed for him and all the people that were there after her to fill her place. And the fact that he didn’t even mention her to them- as if she didn’t mean anything, as if he didn’t even think about her anymore (which isn’t true. every day, every day. he's just trying so hard to carry on too.)

When she asked about Will, and thought about him, and cried— I ended up sobbing too. One just can’t help but miss him. Man, he's such a dear thing

PLEASEEE I NEED THEM TO BE HAPPY AND TOGETHER :((( Doverstar don’t do this to me (I will take any ending actually, the joy I get from simply reading your stuff is worth it, but the temporary stress from that cliffhanger is here right now and I'm shaking you by the shoulders for it /lh)

I want you to know that your in-depth, detailed comments on my writing makes me very, very happy. I get a little jolt of excitement every time I see feedback like this. You are appreciated! Poor Will! It's okay! He's a facet! Shut up Doctor

If I were Rose, I think I'd feel super weird about the Tardis changing but then I'd get used to it and like it a lot because Eleven's Tardis is very me- Anyway! Thank you for this! I loved reading your thoughts.

[doverstar]

Usually I'm not one to comment on fics I read but- you said you liked reading opinions, and I have many thoughts about it in my head right now |･･๑)

I discovered LAR from a fanart here on tumblr few days ago- I must say the idea of Rose and Eleven never crossed my mind before, and this fic opened that window in my head XD

I got to reading it then and have been reading it all through the few bits of free time I've had, past few days. I reached and finished chapter 11 yesterday, and god. I'm in love with all of it

I want to start by saying your characterization of all the characters is marvellous. Rose with Jackie and Pete at the mansion, Rory and Amy living in the apartment with Will. You make all of it feel very familiar and lovely, very domestic in their own flavour— and I love domestic. There's also the way the narrator voice plays along with that, with the characters and their own dynamics. It kept feeling like Jackie's very own characteristic voice pitch was there written in those words, or the way Amy's scot-ness fills the room, and also how Will's frequent awkwardness dripped through the sentences and pauses themselves. It felt like everything was a tad bit funnier whenever Rory was present, a feeling I also got from the show, and I am immeasurably happy to see that essence expressed so well again 🤲

Secondly. Will. You made him so easy to love I can almost miss him already— and I admittedly can't stop thinking about the people he knew in this universe that will miss him too :(. I seemingly fell in love with him very early on and ended up sympathising with him quite a bit. He is truly just a little bean, and I'm still not recovering from the confusion and pain he had to go through there in the last few chapters (amazingly written, made my heart crumble a lil.)

And then- the way it's empathised all of the carrying on Rose had to do since the Doctor left her here, all of the mental backflips she's been going through, and all of the carrying on she continues to do, even with Will, even with all of it. But, the way she looks at him now that she knows (it was worth it, perhaps), and how she realizes how much new information she's gonna have to take in of him— and vice versa. Honorary mention to his "Your hair is different. Is it longer?", because it still does make me smile xD

My friend has been listening to me ramble about this almost nonstop, our DMs are filled with screenshots and quotes (and keysmashes as frantic screaming from me, very frequently). Even I am surprised at the amount of things I've annotated and all the quotes I've written down. Seriously, it's delightful.

Thank you immensely for bringing this story to us 🤍

The way a slow smile just came right up on my face and kept getting bigger until my eyes hurt, reading this -

That fanart you're talking about is by @milkbanjo and everyone should follow that account and applaud all of @milkbanjo's art! Not just LAR-related pieces. Because it's so good and I love it and I will be watching for more. I'm so pleased you decided to Ask me and tell me all of this! I would encourage you to comment whenever you like something you're reading; it's such an inspiration and this made my day to read. I was going for a domestic feel without making it an intentionally-domestic fanfic, so I'm relieved you can feel the domesticity. I tried to give it the same sensation watching any scene on Earth in RTD's era (specifically scenes with Jackie Tyler herself in them) of the show gave me. There's something in all the low-budget, early-2000's of it that is really comforting to me. I wanted to try to put in the same comfort without making it that well-loved "oh and now they're cooking together and don't you feel cozy?" contrivance. (No shame in that, just not the point of my story! Didn't want to drown it in that warm milk. Too much warm milk makes me nauseous.) They're just people living lives, I wanted to show that in between the adventure scenes. Doctor Who really needs that sometimes! In my Nobody opinion.

I too think everything is funnier when Rory is in the room! I too find Amy the sort of personality to fill a space. And you just have no idea how much I loved writing for Will. I almost neglected the other characters in favor of the human version of the eleventh incarnation of that man. I have so much insane (new this year?) affection for Eleven. I hope it wasn't too obvious that I think he's the sweetest and want to hug him (I have actually met Matt Smith and got to hug him and let me tell you, he gives good hugs! but I admit Peter Capaldi's hug was even better-). Will is the second-closest I've gotten to hugging the eleventh. What a doll. I could go on about Eleven but I will cap the gushing by saying he is the Doctor every quiz has ever said I would get along with best and I scoffed at that till this past year, oh how time and age changes our taste buds - Your thoughts on Rose and her perspective in my fic and your enjoyment of the Doctor's "your hair is different" line makes me grin ever wider. You get it! *big sigh of relief* I love that you and your friend get to enjoy it like that! Would be interested to know which quotes you favor most, but this comment alone is more than enough for me to draw upon when in need of motivation; thank you for it! You are so welcome, and thank you for taking the time to read what I wrote and let me know what you thought. <3

[doverstar]

Oh, Doverstar. I'm bawling my eyes out. My brain is conflicted between how beautiful that was and how devastating all of it is and oh dear they kissed but even that fact feels so equally crushing right now :(. And, also, very importantly, how special and lovely Rory is, thank you for all the appreciation shown to him in this fic and this chapter, he deserves it all so much. But ALSO, MY HEART IS COMPLETELY CRUMBLED, WRECKED AND WEEPING.

Oh, and yes, the eleventh doctor is really too huggable. I will be seated waiting for that epilogue, but in the meantime, I think need to rewatch some of his episodes to heal 😭

Thank you, thank you! Hope you don't weep for too long. And yes, Rory deserves all the adulation! Epilogue is out, by the way. Thank you so much for all your feedback!

[doverstar]

hello Doverstar! I first sent you an ask here around two months ago, and I said then that I didn't usually comment on the stuff I liked- I wanted to let you know and thank you because you helped me a lot with kickstarting a change in that mindset with your reply then. Whatever made me hesitant to show my appreciation to people for their creations online before, I'm not sure, but lately I've found I don't really hesitate to do so anymore, and I think that's a great change :]

So, thank you :D

That is a great change! Look at you, being all thoughtful and excellent and stuff. You're so good at feedback, I'm glad to hear other people get to enjoy hearing your thoughts!

I need to be more like that!