#it’s like having kirk say ‘hang on tight and survive. everybody does’. and that always sustained me as a depressed child | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

cryptic-queer-cryptid · 1 year ago

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look. not to get sappy on main but like.

call it cringe call it silly call it whatever you want but do you know what it felt like to be a depressed teenager and hear the doctor say “do you know, in 900 years of time and space, i’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before”?

cause let me tell you, hearing that… there are whole years of my life that i barely remember because of my depression. chunks of my time on earth that i’ll probably never get back. but i do remember watching that damn special because it meant something to me, even in that fog.

#emotional about dr who tonight #dr who #doctor who #prof rambles #my life #mental health #no but see the dw marketing team knows their audience. the writers know their audience the actors know their audience #this shows been going on for a damn long time and there is a consistent trend of like. people ages 9-25 who are extremely depressed #not that there aren’t other fans obviously but that is a Large demographic and it always has been to some extent #i have friends parents who were into dr who in the 60s and 70s and that was a big demographic even then #and anyway my point is: they put that line in there for the fans because they knew it would mean something to hear the doctor say that #and that just like drives me crazy like the. i guess the inherent kindness of having a beloved character say something that’s in character!!#but like also very much vague enough to apply to the audience #it’s like having kirk say ‘hang on tight and survive. everybody does’. and that always sustained me as a depressed child #because i watched star trek tos religiously and still do #anyway #shoutout to showrunners and writers and marketing people and actors and everyone who makes a show #for seeing their fanbase of young mentally ill people and saying here #have this character that is amazing and that you love say this really motivational and loving thing #idk it’s nice #and just a good line in general #yeah #that’s all #byeeeee living up to my prof RAMBLES tag

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