"A very, very special thank you and congratulations to our fans who have been with us through thick and thin… We are so grateful that you've stuck with us and given us all your love and support."
—Caitriona, Sam, and the Outlander cast celebrating the 10th anniversary
Since it's pride month and I'm a lonely queer person I decided to do a quick rundown of my hc for the DigiDestined's identities. This is disregarding the epilogue bc to heck with that let these kids be queer in peace
Now I don't like to discuss the sexuality of young children purely bc they are children and I am an adult and that's weird so I'm basing this on what little knowledge I have of them in Tri alongside what I know from 01. This is them as adults ok? ok here we go
(also um. I'm a dumb millennial that lives in a corn field so uh. If I get something wrong please correct me orz)
Tai: bisexual. As if there was any other answer. Something about him just gives off 'bisexual guy' vibes. Maybe because I think he'd be a total golden retriever boyfriend and those types are usually bi
Sora: non-binary. Her upbringing kind of forced her into being feminine when she really just doesn't want to participate in gender at all
Matt: I'm gonna say pansexual bc to him it literally does not matter. He likes who he likes. Also demisexual and possibly demiromantic. He has to have a strong connection for feelings to develop
Izzy: Ace all day babyyyy. To him, sex is for making babies, but not in a religious way. He isn't sex-repulsed, it's just not a priority
Joe: the cis-hetero ally of the group. You know he's the designated driver to all the Pride events
Mimi: LESBIAN LESBIAN LESBIAN She's a high femme lesbian and she likes other femmes, butches, chapstick lesbians, just WOMEN. and she beats up TERFs bc trans women are women DUH
TK: doesn't wanna put a label on it right now, man, he's into what he's into and he'll figure it out later, my guy. A few months later he realizes he's bi and has to call Matt at 3am bc he's having a crisis, he got an iced latte that day and the male barista smiled at him and now he's having his first Gay Panic
Kari: also bi, the Kamiya family makes bi people like they have a quota to meet. She hooked up with Yolei once and it was fun. Now they listen to Chappell Roan together ❤️
Davis: the hyperactive gay guy of the found family. Falls in love at least once a month. Is terrible at hitting on guys but they always think it's endearing
Yolei: trans girl, lesbian. The others will line up to absolutely obliterate any transphobes that give her problems. She wants an idyllic lesbian romance with absolutely no children
Cody: aro/ace and unbothered by everyone else's romantic life. Don't bring the 'Tai and Matt used to make out all the time in high school' gossip to Cody, he literally does not care lol
Ken: he is gay and hopelessly in love with Davis. He sighs dreamily as Davis tries to do parkour and smacks into the ground like a wad of wet paper
Watching all of the new doctor who clips about the TARDIS being wheelchair accessible now and the way that RTD responded to Ruth and others who mentioned wanting to be able to travel with the doctor and the sheer JOY shown in the episode really lifted my disabled spirits. I was actually crying I was so excited and overjoyed!
But I couldn't help but feel bittersweet because that's what I felt two months ago with Izzy Hands and his disabled arc with his leg and his community accommodating and supporting him...only for that finale to come around and crush me.
Doctor Who has always been a source of optimism for me. A place to feel included and understood, with the writers as far back as 2005 taking efforts to be kind and optimistic no matter what. They took so many stumbles along the way (I've talked about the handling of Martha and Moffat's, well, sexism and such plenty), but at the end of the day, the show was about renewal and kindness and perseverance. It made its omnisexual character immortal. It made its lesbians travel through time. It gave us disabled rep and Torchwood's messy glory and enough grief to fill an ocean and yet it kept telling us that you are safe. You can live. You can run and see the world and I will not be cruel to you. I will teach you how to deal with your pain and recover and grow and someday, it will all turn out alright.
I guess what I'm saying is that I'm really looking forward to the new season of Doctor Who and that I'm glad fanfic for OFMD caught me and held my hand and said the world is not cruel. You can live. You can keep running and living and loving and this is not the end for you.
You will see the world and it will hurt you and everything has its time and everything ends but life regenerates. It comes back.
This is not the end. It is never the end.
Be gentle. Be kind. And those who love you will be gentle in return.