#im waaaay too excited for this

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okay okay before i go to sleep

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goooood afternoon skysword nation

[ayyshenaynay]

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[arandomnerd810]

personal TADC character analysis

uh warning this is long lol

autism time let’s go (/not in a negative way i have autism) stretches hands * I’ll go in order of the character episodes cause why not we have it (see below) i’ll put periods but it will just be to make it more readable not to be intimidating lolll

btw im completely open to interpretations of characters changing throughout the series this is just for fun

Gooseworx has said this series is mostly focused on characters rather than lore, and from what we know, i truly believe it. I don’t think any of the current characters will abstract because of this.

(I put a version of this in the glitch inn discord theory thing so if you recognize it that’s why)

Pomni: we already know her deal pretty well, as we’ve already had her episode. uuuh if anyone’s going to do something important lore wise it will probably be her as she’s the main character but can’t rlly tell what that may be. to review ep 2 though she’s an outcast who has felt like she was nothing and is a logical thinker.

(Kinger and Zooble will there their focus episode but i put it in order of who was revealed to be the ep 3 focus first)

Zooble: From their design (the entire motif is it can be changed at any time) and the fact she doesn’t know his gender, we’re dealing with some pretty clear identity issues. Friends with Gangle seems cool excited for next episode to learn more about them!

Kinger: One of the most interesting characters so far. I feel like we will get to learn more about abstraction though Queenie, the X-ed out door that looks like a female version of him. If i had to guess, since Gooseworx said they were not siblings, they were a couple. (Also judging by his age and the fact he could have been married, he may have been a father yeowch imagine that) I can see the common theory of the insect collection implying he was a coder before getting trapped, but i could also see him being some random guy who just likes bugs lol. He seems like really sweet guy behind his constant anxiety and disassociating.

 Gangle: (My faveorite human rn) Her mask design can be interpreted in a lot of ways but it’s clear that the happy mask isn’t her real personality. My take on it rn is she doesn’t wana bother people with her stuff so she pretends she’s happy? She seems easily embarrassed and def has self esteem lower than the last circle of hell. What’s interesting though is she’s willing to stand up for herself from time to time, even though she’s easily shot down after.

Ragatha: Waaaay too nice for her own good. Also probably has self esteem lower than the last circle of hell and bases her self worth of others approval.  Though she’s been here the second longest, she seems a lot more normal than Kinger. Makes me question how long apart their introductions have been. Probably copes via escapism.

Jax: I can see why everyone is very interested in him cause me too. He seems like the only fourth wall breaky guy (unless you count Caine cause of his intro at the pilot)which is rlly interesting how did he figure out more than everyone else? what’s with the keys? i have no clue lmao. He’s an asshole who makes the best of his situation by torturing everyone else. At the end of the day though, he’s a human and was sad at kaufmo’s abstraction but he probably isolates himself so it would probably be the same for anyone

but waAitTt a moment

that’s 6 humans but Gooseworx said we would look into 7 (cause of the “other” part) in her twitter post talking about the character focus timeline so we know our fav character won’t be left behind ⁉️⁉️⁉️ I hear you not asking well my dear hypothetical person, who better to fill the 7th character than Caine?

Why you did not ask? Too bad i’m info dumping. First, he’s the main antagonist and alongside Pomni, the commercial face (or lack their of haha teeth and eye joke) of the series. he’s an important character and loved by many. (and hated equally if not more aside the point lmaooo)

Yes, gooseworx can lie about stuff but I think she’s smarter than to lead this heavy into Caine depth/ angst territory if there wasn’t going to be anything On top of that, the entire purpose of the timeline post was so we know our faveorite characters weren’t getting treated poorly. It’s unlike for a character based show to suddenly drop such a major character for some random other guy were introduced to later or smth. i mean cmon there’s three episodes after all the humans at least one of them has to be focused on my boy.

Caine: I believe he really does have good intentions and wants to help but just does not understand people at all. This means he’s like an anxiety disorder; it wants to help, solves some issues but creates 500 more. Judging by the Tumblr post, loneliness may play a big part in what’s to come? I’ve always had a feeling his front was extremely fake and his VA saying “breaks keyfable” (an act that pretends it’s true) supports that theory. Episode two gives some insecurity vibes when Zooble didn’t want to go on the adventure. I find that pretty interesting cause he didn’t care at all if people went on the gloink adventure or not. Maybe he puts some adventures over others and he could have been proud of the candy adventure cause more time and care was put into it and he made a new AI. Why did he blue screen? i feel like he could have some blockages on what he can say built in though im not sure why he was blocked then if he even was. one of the biggest questions i have ab him currently tbh. what’s with him grabbing his cane like that in ep 2? if i had to guess simply be nervous = that? His VA also knows some depth to him even though his focus episode is likely going to be at least one of the last 3 episodes, which they have not gotten to recording yet. You know what this means Caine angst solidarity club? Sad Caine so more fan angst appetizers before the main cannon feast let’s friccin go‼️‼️⁉️⁉️

(try to guess my fav impossible /j)

[callmevexx]

I realized I never posted my OC post here, so here's my first ✨official✨ OC post!!

Kai’ra Jinn Kryze – daughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Duchess Satine Kryze. Im so excited to finally properly share my obitine kid OC with you guys!!🥰

A (somewhat) brief summary of her backstory:

Kai was born in 25 BBY on Kalevala. She’s a happy, inquisitive, determined and energetic girl who easily gets distracted, so Satine always makes sure to keep a close eye on her once she learns to walk. Her and Satine have a strange forcebond in which one can feel the other’s emotion. Satine, and eventually Kai too, does learn how to ‘block’ it so the other won’t feel two emotions at the same time, but this can be very tiring and can’t be done for too long.

Obi-Wan was there when Kai’ra was born, though no one besides two trusted guards know that he is the father. The people of Mandalore believe Satine decided to have a child by herself which is what she had told them when she was pregnant. Obi-wan can rarely visit them unfortunately, but he does leave holorecordings and video’s for Kai to see and listen to.

Kai is 6 when Maul takes over Mandalore. Satine is critically injured, but survives the attack and is taken to Coruscant where she and Kai stay until Order 66. When order 66 happens, Satine and Kai join Obi-Wan on Tatooine where they live until Kai is an adult.

There's more backstory but thats waaaay too long hahaha I might make another post one day, but I'll definitely make more Kai content!!

I'd love to know what you think of her and if you've made it this far, thank you for reading🥰❤️

[andrwgarfields]

The homophobia (internalized and otherwise) has been jumping out in some of the melodramatic negative reactions to literally a single gay gasp. It’s giving “it’s okay for you to be gay, just don’t be in my face about it.” 🙄 I’m not a Marvel comics expert but from what I’ve seen, Billy being a bit camp doesn’t seem OOC at all, and I know part of his backstory is that everyone could tell he was gay before he came out and he was bullied for it… Domino_792 on Twitter (a huuuge Billy stan and the moderator of the Agatha subreddit) just posted a clip from one of the comic writers where he talks about how Billy doesn’t pass as straight and that’s important to the story, that that isn’t “sneered at.” So ironic to see supposed comic fans doing just that and complaining about him being too feminine or gay or whatever.

ANYWAY setting aside the noise the trailer looks amazing and I’m sure Joe killed it. So excited to see him and Kathryn today!

I WAS SOOO SURPRISED TO SEE COMMENTS BEING LIKE uhhh why does he sound so gay??? and im like huhhhh didnt you guys want the representation in the first place but now its…too gay?? like i was so confused like ok i get some ppl saying that oh not all gay ppl act like this but from the little i’ve seen abt the character he seems to simply meet the so called stereotypes thats meant to be seen as gay?? And yes i think i’ve seen abt domino as well! apparently the character is someone you can already tell is gay without coming out so idk whats with the ppl opposing it 🤣 blows my mind and ppl being like oh so he can just play one character like….wow way to box the gays up while saying…not to restrict characterization of gay ppl (in which yes both charlie and billy are gay bt oh so different and very much telling that you can highlight their sexuality without it being the focus cause theres other characteristics involved) idk man haters are just funny to me cause they never make sense. they judge waaaay too fast everytime

Ppl in the industry, casting directors have their job for a reason cause they know what they’re doing if we’re going to depend on publics plain old fancasting we’re gonna see the same 5 ppl acting for every role and them thinking they know better makes me laugh! Anyways joes still winning and the one in the show. I just know haters are still gonna watch just so they can have material to hate on which is again funny bt i have to remind myself that they’re mostly just loud and obnoxious but does not represent the majority! I hope and believe that there’ll be ppl out there who will watch without any preconceived notions and love it!

[webslingingslasher]

is the break up because trouble got sick of peter stringing her along and felt like he’s just using her? cause reading all of these posts and putting myself in her place is making me very 😀 because it hurts so bad to think he is living his life knowing that she’ll be there whenever he wants for whatever he wants but he won’t do the same for her. like id get sick of it one day and be like ‘ok you ran out of time there’s other options’ i have waaaay too much respect for myself n i hope trouble does too. anyway ur a god at writing and you’ve developed this story in such a captivating way that it really stuck with me as a reader and made me psychologically analyze each and every character. i’m very excited to see where you go with this darling. you are amazing 😊

FORST OFF- THANK YOU IM????? IN LOVE???

second- ding, ding, ding. you guessed correctly!

[theconfusedartist]

( @zero-saito ) Lol I’m happy that Alex is amused by overprotective ancestors! But also, your making a game out of this?! 😲🙌🏻 that’s awesome!!! How are Aveline and Connor immortal? They had the mind/spirit apple right? Also if Connor is in charge of the main brotherhood and Bill is in charge of an offshoot then they probs butt heads allot. Which might explain why Bill is such an asshole. His position has never been truly solid as a leader.

Thanks!!! I'm still in the beginning phases of the work in Unity and Blender, but it's underway. Once I actually start making it playable enough, I'll talk about the game aspect more, but at the moment, I'm just making sure the story is solid and air tight.

Connor and Aveline are immortal bc Connor had the crystal which allowed him to see and speak to people through time, whereas Aveline acquired the mind apple after killing her stepmother who was going to induct her into the Templar order, after realizing that the templars were actively participating in the slave trade and upholding the system in Lousiana and Mexico. The both of them effectively became den leaders at the end of their respective games, and Aveline had mer up with Connor in Boston to discuss the artifacts they'd found. In trying to use both of them, they end up attracting the attention of Juno who sends them to timeline of the Tyranny of King Washington.

While trapped there, Desmond requests them to go into the hardware of the apple and change the wires so its harder for Juno to hack. In doing so, Desmond/Reader was able to grant them immortality and send them back to their own timeline, however they can be killed. Due to the Reader having to make a copy and send them back to their time while also fixing the timeline they left, they no longer have anything that makes them age. They can die if injured enough and they can come back, but only under very specific circumstances.

Ok, the thing with the leadership is that the Assassins broke off around the 1780s when Aveline and Connor were advocating to kill off the Founding Fathers and major players in the government irt to slavery, the native American genocide, and 4he treatment of people immigrating into the land (as Connor killed George Washington after killing Haytham, thus the birth of America was slowed and doesn't exist the way we think of it, as Connor then went on to eliminate everyone going into government that created anti-Native legislation.)

The Assassins that still had a council and a ring of leaders in Europe disagreed with their assault on the government, as they believed the assassins shouldn't be openly aiding or attacking leaders when their armies could be turned upon them, and began to push for more isolationist practices that would cut the assassins off from most larger civilizations, in hopes of recreating the previous success Al Mualim had with Masyaf.

This split ended up happening internationally, where some assassins (like Shay) believed that some assassins were using their anonymity to kill people that (he believed) didn't deserve it and thus joined the templars--only to become what he claimed to be fighting against. Other assassins believed that it wasn't their place to interfere with governments but rather go back to a bureau system where their actions directly benefited the communities and larger organization they were in.

The assassin order, in comparison, focused on finding the PoE and keeping them away from the common people while also opposing the templars and refused to fight alongside them in any given capacity, which furthered the divide. Templar presence isn't very strong in America, Brazil, and many countries in Asia and Africa, but they dominate in most of Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. While countries have been held and lost by both factions, neither had figured out how to properly use any given PoE or how to make more of them. Until Desmond was specifically mentioned by Altaïr in the library and then Desmond "found" two while at the Farm.

Bill did butt heads with Connor and Aveline, but he was on equal terms with them in leadership. Rather, it was within the Assassin order itself that he faced the most opposition, as he had been primarily a team organizer and in charge of much of the info, and keeping track of the various Assassin cells. He had also been one of the den masters that had supported Daniel in getting to meet the previous mentor, and was under heavy scrutiny along with the other den masters, when Daniel's sleeper agent went into affect and he killed many of the major leaders of the Assassin Order in America. With many of the leadership of the American council dead, William received thr position due to his ability to train competent and incredible field assassins, his knowledge and ability to move entire cells of Assassins and their equipment to safe locations, and uncanny knack to teach people Eagle Vision (despite not having it himself).

However, he faced opposition within the assassins, as he always had one or two assassins he trained that ended up being the best of the group but with the weakest loyalty to the assassins. Other members speculated that he supported Daniel in order to help him kill the leadership and take power (this wasn't true but was widely passed around), while others resented the fact they would be getting another Mentor who would send out field assassins but wasn't a field assassin at any point themselves, and another group also claimed that Bill was only being granted leadership due to his bloodline of Ezio Auditore and being married to Imogen (I might change her name later) who was a descendant of Altaïr's but also was the granddaughter of Aveline and Connor.

Basically, there was a lot of vicious internal politics going on that wore Bill's already tenuous grasp on leadership weaker and he hardened in response, making him a vicious teacher and relentless father who only grew harsher on Desmond after he found two PoEs. Desmond was actually quite frail as a child and it took him until 5 to get anywhere without stumbling and. tripping all over the place--and parkour was out of the question until he was nearly 7, whereas all the other children at the Farm started parkour training at 5. Bill was relieved bc it meant that Desmond wouldn't be a field assassin, as he took to learning and memorizing like a fish to water, and he had hoped Desmond would follow in his footsteps rather than Imogen who (by this time) was quite literally one of the 5 top assassins in the order and was traveling constantly. But Desmond came into his own physically, so Bill pushed him harder than should ever be expected of a child, and even when Desmond managed to meet those expectations, he wasn't satisfied as what he really wanted Desmond to do was give up and be an informant assassin.

The angrier and upset Bill got, the harder he would strike him in training, making him the example in front of his peers. Even when Desmond won, he was still reminded that his best wasn't good enough, and being Bill was the Mentor no one stepped in what was clearly abuse--of power and the fact that he was Desmond's father. Bill never struck him outside of the training ring, but that didn't truly matter when he could summon Desmond to the ring at any time, even going as far to wake him up to train. Which is how he got the scar on his lips.

Yeah, Bill had a lot going on, yes he was going through it and feeling unsupported, but he never should've taken it out on Desmond and I wanted Bill to make people feel conflicted about him, rather than outright hate, because he's more of a well-rounded character instead of escaping any consequences like in canon.

I just wanted to say something about the protocreed au:

The reader is Desmond, Desmond is the reader. He just needed to run 26 permutations to get to that phase. Afterwards, he still would've been able to view and change the past/present/future at any time in his regular body while his consciousness (and Clay) remain in the Grey.

But Abstergo just had to go and fuck things up for ya boi😮‍💨 yet again

Alex does help out, but he had to leave when Desmond activated the Eye, due to all the intense heat and phosphorus adamantium that was literally deconstructing him on a molecular level.

Also, to get back to Elijah to make sure neither the assassins or Templars get their hands on him, bc he'll be damned if he let's Bill get his grubby little hands on him.

[goldnrry]

Fic idea I probably will never write but would love to read under the cut

(Sorry this is not a girl’s girls supporting girls concept because i like drama)

You are a fan, normal girl with a boring 9 to 5 job you hate and have an one night stand with harry by some miracle (you lifetime dream) (this is absolutely self inserted and im half embarrassed)

Maybe you meet at a bar or something or you occasionally do pilates together or you even work at his dentist office

so maybe it’s a reoccurring thing or just a one night thing

After a while you find you you are pregnant and try to talk to him but it’s hard to reach him and when you finally say fuck it and goes to his house to tell him he is already dating someone or is back with his ex he was on a break with when he got you pregnant but you tell him, very shyly now because you feel like you are ruining something and the girl is not welcoming

Alternative: he sees your dms asking to meet up and he very politely declines telling you he is with someone and you are like oh ok loosing the bravery you had to tell him, but one night you say fuck it and text “im pregnant” turns off your phone in a panic and opens you phone hours later to your inbox flooded with him

Anyways you run some tests, baby is really his and you start talking more now that you are planning on coparenting

And you actually get along really well because you share the same comedy braincells

And you try to not let it show how much you like him because he has a gf and you dont want him to be with you only because you are pregnant with his baby, but like… you have a crush obviously

But he is so gentle and protective of you, there where a few occasions where he left his gf in the middle of something to pic you up or your are no feeling well and it starts taking a tool on his relationship

Scene ideas:

first of all when finally comes to his senses he likes you and break things off with his gf he casually calls you at night asking what your craving of the day is so he can bring it to you, then he tells you he broke things of and you are like “oh are you ok what happened” he looks at you for a while before replying he realised he’d rather spend his time with you two while touching your bump

Maybe you get invited to his birthday or something with all his friends and girlfriend that is near a body of water so you have a bikini on), harry is always touching you small bump and at sone point he gives in to a intrusive tough and start pressing kisses to your belly, you stay wide eyed and frozen because thats waaaay to intimate, his girlfriend is shooting darts with her eyes and the whole party is 🫣 looking between you twi and the girlfriend but he is oblivious and maybe you gently try to call him out like “harry maybe that was too much for our situation”

Maybe he is avoiding drinking and any other drugs in support of you and his gf gets annoyed “she’s not even here with us you can have a fucking glass”

Emotional moments on doctor’s appointments and buying baby stuff

Harry telling you he will stay with you, you just have to say so to him and he will, and you are crying saying of course you want you have the biggest feelings and admiration for him and now that you got to know him you love him but you are terrified of him just being excited about the pregnancy and he will get bored of you and leave you for somebe else he develops an administration for

Idk lots of yearning and angst and tension but with an happy ending

He keeps denying for a while and staying in his relationship, but there are also moments where he blurts out things like “fuck I really want to kiss you” when he is dropping you off with his car one night and you are like obviously i do too so much, but you have a girlfriend, are you really into me or are you turned on just because i pregnant with your baby and the moment you get bored you will trade me for someone else?

And a looooooooooot of him being an aquarius man with commitment issues

And he just fucking loves watching how much you are loving being pregnant 🥹 you always have a hand on your bump making this face🥹 and you even blurt out sometimes thinks like “i look so cuuuuuute” but it breaks his heart when overheard you venting out to a friend about how much you love being pregnant but you are so sad you dont get to do this with your forever person

HE CALLS YOU MAMA IN THE CUTES MOST ENDEARED VOICE

Idk if i want the baby to be born on his birthday or for you two to be together yet buttttt he wants the baby next to him when he blow his bday candles so is either the baby in his arms or you standing next to him

[cealesti]

writing log #16, 31/12/23

chapter 8 of "with friends like these" was posted during the week!! go catch it if you haven't!!

(chapter 9 won't get written for a while, but it'll probably be "ron 2")

chapter 19 of "with eyes like these" is ALMOST finished, but I had a delightful idea for the last scene and ended up having waaaay too much fun developing it further. as well as coming up with clever little riddles (not a pun, and probably not that clever).

(chapter 19 its currently sitting at 6872 words lmaoo)

im also going to write the entire ending of arc 2 in chapter 20, rather than dividing it between two chapters as i was thinking of doing.

ill figure the chapter divison better when i revise the first draft & get into the flow of it

im so fucking excited for the culmination of this arc

spoiler alert: our boys are gonna fuck !!

and yeah, this is the last update of 2023

here's to a more inspired & productive 2024!!

thanks for sticking w me all this time, yall <3

[onlyjaeyun]

do u alr have a set number of chapters for the new smau ?? i literally just got back from winter break and i hopped online to immediately see 2 of my fav blogs start a new smau and i'm genuinely vibrating all over the place i'm so excited ,, i'm pretty sure yk who the other one is bc i'm in l*ve with the both of u REAL NOT CLICKBAIT‼️‼️‼️‼️

AAH I LOVE YOU SM 😭😭🩵 thank you baby im so glad you're enjoying both smaus sm 🥺 and i think with CH im gonna stick to my regular 50 chaps since 60 was waaaay too much but if that changes i will let you guys know!!!!

[waxingrunes]

um 👀 i have a unique question and i hope you answer it but no pressure. even though you said you’re a small acc i still feel like you have a lot of fans (like the two people im actually friends with here are huge fans of yours) and have a lot of influence on others. im a small writer and have waaaay less influence than you but basically i recently shared an idea with a few peeps outside of my two friends, and someone who i don’t even speak to at all but definitely knows about me has now gone and written my exact idea. it’s kinda annoyed me but im not big enough (influentially speaking) to speak up about it so i just let it slide. i feel stupid about it but so annoyed it’s causing a rift between myself and these other people. have you ever had this happen to you before and if so how have you dealt with it? thank you so much in advance (sorry i know you don’t write i just really like you and feel like i can talk to you freely)

I’m so sorry that fucking parasite took your story. I know what it feels like to have that spark of inspiration and the rush of excitement when the outline of an idea comes to you, then wanting to share it with your nearest and dearest. Now that’s been pulled from under your feet and I’m so fucking sorry. I can only assume this person who took it is a ‘larger’, more well known author than you, which is why you’re not feeling so confident about stepping forward. You sound gentle and sweet, something I don’t and wouldn’t identify with if someone had done to me what they’ve done to you. There’s a difference between being inspired and outright snatching someone’s idea and if the second was brazenly waved in front of my face, I’d make sure this big time billy big balls knew how I felt about it.

However, I understand there could be a couple reasons why you’d rather not do that. Personally, I put nobody on a pedestal no matter their popularity, influence or following count and most of the time, can separate a person’s work from the person themselves. It always helps to remember these people would act different offline and are very much nobodies there too. Can’t imagine they’d feel the same sense of entitlement if they waltzed into your house and tried stealing your shit to flog. In my house, that’s the type of thing that gets you kneecapped.

It’s sweet of you to comment on my influence. I am a little account and enjoy being so; I have an amazing group of people who enjoy my stuff and that’s enough for me here. I’ve had a couple of incidents where things have been nearly straight up copied/more or less regurgitated in a new order, but haven’t happened again— not enough of a copy for me to address it. If it were to happy again, I’ll say something because then there’s no room for being called too harsh or whatever else could be thrown at me. So my experiences have been slightly less radical than yours.

Once you’re past this initial sting of betrayal it’ll do you well to remember that imitation to such a degree is the highest form of compliment. It’s a shitty, tough, lesson to have learned and one that you shouldn’t have had to. Keep those two friends close and keep your brilliant ideas even closer. Hope you’re struck with more inspiration again soon and clean that low rent out.

[coldflasher]

okay im so excited about my garden now. quite funny but a few months back when it was winter i was very concerned that my obsession with gardening might have been a temporary thing and that i'd bought all this stuff and then this year i was gonna not be interested any more. this fear was reinforced by me planting a few things waaaay too early and then forgetting about them so they all died. i literally have a bunch of dead garlic in a pot on my window sill that i kept staring at like "why is it dying?? :( i don't get it" and then realized several weeks later that i hadn't watered it. ever. just forgot entirely

so i was like oh nooo what if this was a temporary brain takeover and i won't ever do it again :( and i won't have the energy or desire to work on growing things. but nope. once my tomatoes popped up the lil switch in my brain went !!!!!!!!!! and now im obsessed again!! maybe i'll put the greenhouse back up this weekend

[beantothemax]

Fe7 has some extremely skrunkly mages and also Hector and Lyn and Florina. The mages are all flawless and then the lords are awesome too and I love Florina. I think the only characters that leave something to be desired are Wil and an axe guy you'll meet later but that's more than made up for when you have masterpieces almost overflowing with personality like Hector, Sain, [guy you'll meet very soon] and a merchant guy from waaaay later in the game

im VERY excited to meet hector

[ferdieinceladoncity]

I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO WATCHING THE GIGGLE NOW THAT MY MOTHER IS WELL, I'M ONLY ONE ENTIRE WEEK LATE BUT HERE'S MY GIGGLE THOUGHTS

-okay, for one I am not as averse to the bi-regeneration as some people have been. I saw that leak detailing it waaaay earlier, and I was honestly excited more than disappointed. As long as they don't do this every single time future doctors regenerate- which would suck-it was fine as a one-off thing, and made sense for the iteration of 14. Of course he would be brought back so that he could go home and stay there. And 15 gets to go gallivanting off and start off the new season, so alls well. I dont think it takes away from Ncuti's arrival as the doctor at all because he had most of the focus of the episode from when he split off and became real.

-I could not help but draw parallels between all the people of earth thinking they are right and denying wearing the... whatever they were called, the rings- and covid and masking stuff and whatever which I guess was the point. The toymaker referencing 'cancelling' was so cringe though lmaoo

-Kate Lethbridge Stewart you are my wife forever <3

-what the fuck was that robot there for. the vlinx. This is like, for suuuuure we are getting a UNIT spinoff soon and the inclusion of that weird robot is gonna be part of it. Literally everything is pointing to a UNIT spinoff and that was so obvious in this episode. I don't have opinions for or against the existence of a UNIT spinoff, btw.

-the callback to the Moffat companions was great. Shame he mentions Amy but not Rory?? hello? he was very much touched by a weeping angel too.

-Overall, I didnt hate the toymaker as a villain, but it was like... i don't know. a discount master. I guess he was fun, but I wouldn't be too keen on seeing him return anytime soon.

-that being said, spice up your life was very fun :3 Oh I'm going to have that in my head forever, aren't I..

-Please don't reference the year as a big speech in the episode of television you're making. Yes I understand it's because it's the anniversary but does nobody else find it super cringe when they're all like.. oMG.. 2023... maybe that's just because im super tired of that trend back in 2020 where verbalising the fact it was 2020 was used as like the marketing campaign of every single brand

-mel bush was certainly there! for, I guess, reasons! maybe I'd care more if I'd seen her back in the like... 80s, but I didn't, and so it was like. okay. were there any classic fans watching jumping out of their seats when she was on screen? I just feel like when the doctor reunites with an old companion, it always feels shallow. Like when 13 reunited with Tegan and ace in power of the doctor. It just felt like she didn't really know them anymore and we only really saw 14 exchange pleasantries with Mel as if they were friends meeting back after a couple years in a grocery store aisle. I think they more or less got it right in school reunion, seeing ten with Sarah Jane was so wonderful. But that was a whole episode centred around their reunion and when you're introducing a past companion as part of a special or big anniversary episode you kind of have to push it aside in favour of the other stuff you have to show, making it feel like, what was really the point? a companion is such an important person in the doctors life and it feels narratively unsatisfying to bring them back to satiate or entertain older fans but not really centre any part of the episode on the doctor and this companion they formed a real bond with.

-if I was donna I would have stepped right on that doll the first time I saw it and smooshed it into the floorboards like a spider

-I feel like they played catch too fairly. For one, why even bother throwing the ball back and forth between yourselves? dont tempt fate like that. take all your shots at the toymaker. surely it wouldn't have been hard to just lob it a little bit to the left and off the edge a lot sooner. He'd say you were a bad throw but I doubt he could prove it

-I liked the imagery of the rose petals shooting out of the guns I dont know I just thought that was neat

-oh, speaking of! Rose mention! the doctor said he loved rose in 2023. Well, in a stilted way (next point) but man I guess this can be considered a timepetals win???

-the dialogue just didnt crackle and to a point and with a few expeditions this has been the case for all the specials. I don't know if im looking at it all the wrong way, but there's something a little bit devoid of life when compared to earlier seasons. It's not deal-breaking for me. But I think it was especially potent this episode.

-The TARDIS having a ramp is pretty great but why not let her in it?? why show her ( cant remember her name but the UNIT officer in the wheelchair) you show her it has a ramp now and she's happy about that, but nah fuck it you can't come in and have a look.

-The TARDIS also looks so much better with the warm yellow lights and I'd have warmed to it a lot more if it ALWAYS had that warm yellow lighting instead of the sterile whiteness 14 was kicking around in.

-Seen many people mention it already but the fact that was 14 was going commando after the regeneration because 15 got the underwear is hilarious. and he had the dogs out and all. my man. only in doctor who can the climax of an episode be the protagonists and the villain saving the world by playing a game of catch and one is barefoot and the other is literally in his undies. huh

-tentoo did not win ffs. just one mention. just somebody asking how he's going where he's at. just someone considering him at all. a fucking throwaway line. DONNA KNEW HIM. im going to bite my hand off and rtd better have something planned, some good reason for acting like he doesn't exist in these specials. Like even if when they were talking about the doctor settling down and having a domestic life, even if donna had said like "like that other you did" and then we all moved on. but literally act like he doesn't exist I guess

-I'd probably sooner kill myself than live with Sylvia noble but good for 14 for his ending. it was cheesy as all hell but whatever. it deserved to be. It was sweet. It was nothing I'm going to go crazy over but whatever. sure.

-I'm excited for 15 because I do love what we saw of him here. he's fun and he seems to be a bit more free of all the baggage his prior incarnations held which is good. I'm interested to see what he's like but this ep sets him up as quite promising.

-alright, wrapping up, this episode was by far the worst of the three specials, and left me feeling unsatisfied with some things and happy with others. overall, im not taking it too seriously because the episode itself wasn't doing that, it was just a bit of fun and flashy and a bit stupid but it had to be because it's tennats proper sendoff and an anniversary special. It was fine. And I'm glad, im so glad overall that we got these three episodes. I do think that doctor who is so back and im so happy to be a fan.

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i dont think im probably actually sad i got penis'd. im just in a lot of pain right now so i get emotional waaaay too easily. though i was excited to see if i would get heart'd so it was disappointing i wasnt:(