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tagzpite · 4 months ago

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starry-bi-sky · 3 months ago

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Who is the more well-adjusted twin; Damian, or Danyal? Why, it's Damian, of course!

And I have an explanation for this! But first I wanna preface this that this is just me like, rambling about this thought I have and it's not an attack on the trope as a whole. I love the Danyal Al Ghul au which is why i'm so deeply passionate about it, because I think it has a lot of potential to be explored. It's no secret that I've mentioned before that I think Danny's psychological development tends to get overlooked and underutilized in DAG aus, and the impact that growing up in an assassin league often goes ignored. This is just me further expanding on that.

Now lets set the stage! This is specifically for Danny who is adopted by the Fentons later down in life. Lets go twin au. At 10 years old, Damian goes to the Wayne Family, Danny is adopted by the Fentons (regardless of their affiliation with the League). By 14 years old, who ends up the better adjusted, more socially aware, spiritually in-tune with themselves, sibling? Why, Damian is! Why is that?

Because he has the actual support he needs compared to Danny. And I'm not talking about good or bad parents Fentons, because either way my opinion doesn't change. Damian would end up the better off twin, because, frankly, his family knows his background. They know he grew up in the League, they know what the League's teachings are, and they know he's a born and raised assassin. Knowing this, they can then help tackle and dismantle the teachings and lessons he has been given and ingrained into by the League. They may be a dysfunctional family, but they're functional enough to at least actively help deprogram all of the League's teachings that have been ingrained in Damian throughout his childhood.

Can't say the same for Danny.

Lets say Fentons here don't know his background -- and even if they do, the results may just stay the same if they play their cards wrong, -- Danny's now just been thrown into the deep end of a pool and is essentially being told sink or swim. Regardless of how he got there -- undercover, faked death, etc -- he has no proper support. He knows the League is meant to be secret, he's not gonna speak on it for various reasons. Whether it be some still lingering loyalty, fear of harm, or whatever. Whatever the reason is, he does not have a proper support system in the Fentons, no matter how nice they are. They can only tackle the surface level stuff and whatever Danny allows them to see -- if Danny ever lets them see it at all. For what do assassins do when they don't want to be caught? They hide. Sometimes in plain sight.

"But Jazz--" Jazz is a child. She is 2 years older than Danyal and no better at giving him a proper support system than the two adult Fenton parents, even with parentification. We don't know when she got into psychology or how long she'd been studying it by the time Danny's 14. We just know she's really into it. Even then, Jazz is not a licensed or reliable therapist, or even an experienced or implied good therapist, and should not be used as one either. It's a disservice to her character to reduce her down to 'supporting female emotional crutch'. Besides, therapy only works on people who want to get better. Danny, who'd be hiding who he really is, has very little incentive to want to, or to even think something is wrong with his way of thinking, even with exposure to the outside world.

When people's beliefs are outright challenged, they tend to double down on them, and Jazz canonically has a habit of psychoanalyzing her family and declaring what she thinks is the problem -- regardless of whether or not she's right about it. Jazz would get into psychology, try and psychoanalyze Danny, and all it would do is cause him to clam up, shut into himself further, and throw up even more walls so that she can't figure out that he has been lying this whole time. It would do more harm than good, and would actively hinder any progress he'd make in trying to open up to them. Roads and good intentions and all that.

That being said, I think Danny's development and dismantling of the League's teachings would be slower than Damian's. Much slower. Because he would be the one having to pick apart everything and figure out what is right, what is wrong, what he wants to keep, and what he wants to toss. Everything he unlearns would be stuff he has to unlearn himself. If he even gets to that point at all -- depending on his experiences, he very well could not change at all, or change very little. The League acts as a purge for humanity, meant to reign in their hubris and retain balance, they just also happen to be assassins for hire. Danny's time spent in Amity Park could as well strengthen his belief in their teachings just as much as it could weaken it, especially if it goes as canon and he gets bullied.

Regardless, being tossed to a civilian family as someone who is very much not a civilian, without any support, would be actively detrimental to Danny's overall mental health and development. Especially to strangers like the Fentons. Damian was closed off and standoffish even with blood family, and it took him time to open up to them -- Danny, with the Fentons, would be even more so. He doesn't know them, he doesn't trust them, he has no rhyme or reason to open up to them, and since the Fentons don't actually know him, they can't help him the way he needs. Once "Danny Fenton" is made, he has even less reason to open up. So long as Danyal allows it, they will only ever know Danny, and they'll never know Danyal.

TL:DR the Fentons aren't the better family option just because they're civilians, and actually that makes them the worser option between the two because they can't give Danny the proper support he needs. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

#dpxdc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc #dpxdc crossover #danyal al ghul au #dp x dc crossover #danyal al ghul #dpxdc demon twins #demon twins au #dpdc #dpxdc au #dpxdc analysis #tldr: danny could be royally screwed over by living with the fentons rather than his actual family.#the fentons being good people ≠ giving proper support and aid to a child. especially a traumatized assassin child.#there are of course a lot of variables to put into place that could shift things around but this is just the general gist of the idea #living with the fentons could actively harm danny worse than if he was with the waynes and could leave him more susceptible to returning to #the league depending on the backstory given. he could actively force himself into his own shell and bury himself deep beneath his lies.#and once 'Danny Fenton' is firmly fixated on his face what use is he to take the world at face value? as my delightful friend navistar said #anything anyone says would be to *danny* not *danyal.* one good example im thinking of is that *danny* knows that killing is wrong and that #people have value. but *danyal* does not. he recognizes that it is something frowned upon but doesn't quite understand *why* because nobody #has explained it to him. bc they don't know he *needs* it to. its like knowing that certain words hurt people when said a specific way and #even if you don't mean it to hurt or understand why it hurts you recognize that it *will* hurt. and so you refrain from doing it.#danyal knows x x and x is frowned upon and so even if he doesn't understand why or thinks its stupid he refrains from doing them #while he's 'danny fenton'. he's very Intensely Masking #child development and socialization is tricky at best and unpredictable at worst. things COULD help but they could also make things worse #and even if the fentons do know his background that doesnt mean they know how to give him proper support. it certainly HELPS but it doesn't #automatically make it better. Danny can always just Lie. their parenting style might not change. sending him to therapy doesn't #automatically make it better bc it doesnt mean danny agrees that he needs the help. he can just Lie.

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angelogistics · 5 months ago

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very sadge about the amazon show... eva 9 is my blorbo from my childhood so i wanted to do my little take on her & muthr

#wondla #the search for wondla #eva nine #muthr #myart #um i think its rlly cool shes maybe a poc in the show but i wanted 2 make her a bit more specifically nonwhite ^.^#since braids r a big part of her chara design i thought it might b cool to make her indigenous 2 america but erm im gonna be so real #i did 0 seconds of research if i waws gonna do this right id do more research and also make the deisgns closer to tonys style and also #make them more animatable :o)#i always pictured wondla as 2d animation tbh ! !

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total-twilight-drama · 2 months ago

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sha-fallen angel 2: fallen again

redid this drawing from almost a year ago to try and improve it lmao. maybe went a bit overboard with the chromatic aberration but i think it looks cool

original under the cut for comparison:

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krysmcscience · 6 months ago

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I will be the first to admit I'm not the best at drawing animal or furry characters, but I wanted to get something scribbled down in my Non-Goof style, anyway. Plus, I've been enjoying the many reference pages folks were posting of their own designs for the Lamb and Narinder, so, uh. Here's mine, I guess! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

do not comment on how long narinder's tail is or i swear to the lamb i will make it even longer next time >:]

#fanart #cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #narilamb #tagging the ship because Your Honor They're Married #teeny tiny lamb and big boi narinder is my weakness leave me alone DX #i gave narinder a stupidly long tail because my own cat has a stupidly long tail and i make fun of him for it all the time #this is important to me for A Reason - which is that i enjoy adding even more reasons for people to make fun of narinder #he is my special boi and my poor little meow meow and thus i must violently shake him like he's the world's shittiest maraca #why else would i give him a long majestic cloak but then just have him wear a stupid turtleneck tunic under it and no fukken pants #there is no way that asshole has any sense of fashion - he has been out of touch with it and reality for at least one (1) millennium #anyway narinder's cloak can definitely be pulled closed to look like his standard in-game attire #also shh the lamb has plenty of wool to cover them and thus doesn't need any Censor Leaves #do NOT cite them for public indecency because that is racial discrimination against sheep and thus It Is W R O N G #btw i know i draw the lamb kinda cutesy-feminine but i promise you their gender is an eldritch void #VOID I SAY #what's in their pants? a knife #the time knife specifically (that's the eldritch part)#it might look like narinder has yaoi hands here but that's just because he's Bein' Spooky #i swear i headcanon him with normal size hands XD #also i finally drew scars on his wrists!!! i DO headcanon him with those but i try to keep designs simple in my Goofs Style lmao #once again i should be asleep

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mixed-up-metaphors · 2 months ago

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weird practice doodle comic thing idk 2/2

(first one is over here)

in case you are bamboozled and missed the first post this is just me ranting/rambling abt dimitri and ashe and ghosts in comic form

huzzah, the rest of the first one featuring uhhhhhhh idk lol its like the first one. But Now With A Brief Appearance From Our Special Guest, Dedue!!!!!!!!

#i CANNOT make up my mind when it comes to an eye style CAN I #i know my approach is maybe a bit too lighthearted especially considering the subject matter particularly on dimitri's side #which is why i'd like to elaborate on this with a darker/more serious tone next time! this was really fun and i might do more #ashe and dimitri's supports in game were amazing i loved them but i do wish we got to see more of them both together :(#i feel like dimitri would see himself in ashe #idk man i've got a lot of wild headcanons #i just really think dimitri ashe and dedue should be like. a team or something. they belong together to me #footnote: i am aware dimitri isn't exactly afraid of ghosts per se it's more specific than that and more about being haunted (spoilers!!)#buuuuuuut roundabout phrasing to draw a clearer connection and because well i imagine dimitri wouldn't outright tell ashe...yet #im too lazy to look things up right now to a) ask what a crown prince even is and b) confirm that dimitri is one #i'm...90% sure he said that/someone called him that at some point in game but i cant remember #so if i'm wrong i'm wrong lol #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #ashe ubert #dedue molinaro #fe:3h

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princessmyriad · 9 months ago

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Any lovely witchy friends out there have advice for reaching out to a deity?

#personal #been a practising witch for a long time but never really thought about having a patron #but more and more recently i feel a pull towards some specific beings. ive been making some small offerings in the form of crafts #related to their imagery and totem style representations but i havent actually attempted to contact them #or open any direct channels of communication. and as ive never had a patron deity before im not sure how to start that process #how to transition from a solo practice to a more collaborative participation #so any advice is much appreciated! feel free to dm if your suggestions might be more personal or longer than a reply #i only know a few other witches in real life and i dont think any of them deal with deities either so id love to make some friends #who also practice too i think its really good to learn this stuff from real people and not only internet stuff #bc internet stuff especially in regards to witchery can be bs at best and straight up racist and culturally appropriating at worse #and genuinely dangerous at worst for inexperienced practicers so i do prefer knowledge from other real humanoids when possible #witchcraft #witchblr

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liquidstar · 7 months ago

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a friend who'd wait :)

#im posting this very late because i was sort of weary of how it came out and ended up messing w it until it was like 4am oops.#and i have plans tmrw so... oh well! i did my best and ill put it out while i can!#and i tried to make the scene match barnard's colors lol #finn's ocs #finn's art #i know i said id do more sillay stuff with the simpler screentone only style but i had a couple more of these in me #and this is the first piece im making thats like an actual part of the story too rather than just setting stuff for fun #i wanna write something to go with it too but for now ill just sort of briefly explain the context in the tags here:#barnard has a pretty bad case of OCD and his compulsions have made it difficult to make friends in the past #he was never outright bullied or anything but people just didnt really have the patience to deal with it #he has compulsions that include stuff like walking through doors until it feels right and needing things to be perfectly aligned #which in group settings has lead to people having to wait for him to finish his rituals and join them #they might find it tolerable at first but eventually they grow impatient and hes just... not invited to stuff anymore #but juno is a newer member of the guild who ends up frequenting the same library. hes also kinda a little weird #and they dont become fast friends or anything but just sort of naturally spend time in the same place #though they never plan meetups they eventually fall into a routine. around the same time theyd just both be at the library #and read next to each other. and maybe talk a bit. and eventually they end up walking back to the guildhall together #since theyre going to the same place after all. and juno always waits for barnard outside the door #eventually barnard asks if this bothers him. juno kinda just tells him 'of course it does' without any malice or anything. just a statement #barnard is surprised and apologizes and juno says not to. but the next day juno doesnt show up at the usual time.#barnard assumes hes committed somekinda more by bringing it up. he ends up staying there late reading to get his mind off it & not ruminate #but when he leaves juno is in fact still waiting for him down the hall (see pic) having collected a bunch of books literally abt ocd #he fell asleep bc barnard stayed later than expected. and hes an eepy guy generally. and also one very bad at expressing himself #but now barnard gets that juno's 'of course it [bothers me]' had the implication of 'but its worth it' which no friend has previously done.#and from the interaction juno was also able to understand that this isn't something barnard just does for the hell of it so. he studies.#and checks a bunch of stuff out because he thinks it could help his friend too (theres ocd workbooks and such- i remember working w them)#and thats the point where they became more ''friends'' than ''pleasant library acquaintances''#from there on they also do get into juno's problems. whole other bag of worms. but this specific scene is more about bernard from his pov #sorry about when i said briefly explain. i lied </3 #but compared to the whole sequence im picturing its brief so shhh

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sforzesco · 11 months ago

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Ohhhh so would you consider that Crassus let Pompey get away with some things he might have not let others get away with ? Because he recognised his use ?

I think that the only person that Crassus let get away with anything was Cicero, on account of Cicero being Publius’ other father

#Pompey and Crassus were functionally a duumvirate so their balance of power has to do more with keeping each other in check #which Crassus is perfectly positioned to do bc his power structure is unique to him and counter balances Pompey’s #in a lesser pair Pompey would easily gain the upper hand if he wanted to bust it down Sulla style #Crassus in this case has the more impressive measure of political power by keeping them evenly matched at each turn #but I still wouldn’t position him in a vertical power structure with Pompey where he would let Pompey get away with things #esp since there are two times that it appears that both men were trying to get the feel of what the other was thinking #wrt each other and their future plans. a vertical power structure would be intolerable for Pompey at that time tbh #they seemed to value each other as a reliable political partner specifically for this reason #and each recognized the specific power that the other had. you can really feel it when Pompey has to fill Crassus’ role with Caesar lmao #honestly that kind of vertical power structure might have been intolerable to Rome as a whole. hm……thoughts…..#ALRIGHT IM GETTING OFF TOPIC I need to make coffee #ask tag

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siribunbun · 9 months ago

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A couple of boyfriends nerds to match these nerds hehe 👓✨✨

#genshin impact #cyno #tighnari #fan art #illustrations #the glasses meme is now complete #so afew random thoughts in the tags:#tighnari's and alhaitham's glasses were the most fun to design for me #i might do a special mock up when i have the time and energy later to show it?#their fashion designer brands are moncler and louis vuitton #tighnari's was more of a match up of various ones than the others bc i wanted specific frames style #cyno was the same but i was looking more at moncler sunglasses models #also tighnari is so pretty wtf???#also also fun fact #i got to talk to alejandro saab and nazeeh tarsha at sacanime ;w;#and i gave them mini prints as presents #i'm so awkward around celebreties but they're so sweet #nazeeh gave me a print to help convince a friend to play genshin and i'm forever dying over that #in a good way #HARENO IF YOU SEE THIS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO eye emoji #i also got to meet josey aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #honestly real highlight of the trip was another friend who helped me out with tabling and was my emotion support #thanks to them i'm able to accomplish so much and it was so much fun #i hope they had an extra good time ;33333;#man writing in the tags is nice #hope y'all have a great week!

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presentmic · 1 year ago

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i reblogged some of that barabims persons art but looking at it again today zooming and moving around the image its AI generated with some retouching. i saved an image of joseph last night and what clued me was this weird lump that looks like an ai conglomerated signature that theyve since deleted with an updated image.

structure is inconsistent without seeming human logic or intention,bangs blending with the headband design for example, masses of clothing folds that have no human logic to them. some images have very low resolution, and zooming in on any image shows lots of the image tends to smear and blend together. hands while having the right number of fingers, they dont have logical proportions or positioning when the other parts of the piece are extremely anatomically correct. shading and lighting under closer inspection i very nonsensical in some areas. things that if an artist intentionally stylized i would think nothing of but become very obvious its the work of an AI when compounded with everything else. these are things that come off as amateur mistakes that an artist of that presumed skill level wouldn’t make often, but that a computer that doesnt understand would.

jotaro extra knuckle kujo, giorno weird ear and floating earring. weird giorno earrings the sequel.

hair blending with design in sleeve, etc. these are tells that come with AI art. its been getting better and can do the correct number of fingers and more stylized images, i was even tricked at first glance. but any close scrutiny reveals these things.

#barabim #sorry #an artist posting a large gamut of highly rendered pieces with 0 other internet presence #and stylistic inconsistencies are numerous between pieces #once you start seeing the AI tells they just pile up very quicktl #they can just post a speedpaint if they arent using AI but i doibt they will so #its whatever tho #just thought id let people know #theyre trying to pass themselves off as an actual artist so im worried they might try to make money off of people #also notice how all of the jojo images resemble the jojo characters strongly but are missing a lot of key character design details #because AI cannot be that specific #also the styles while similar do change enough between pieces that they sometimes look to be drawn by different people #just no consistency #that new ceasar image they posted also his shoulder is connected to his neck like lol #the final fantast images are also very AI #ill add to this if people want more proof bc i have a lot to say about that johnny joestar image

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indi-glo-archive · 1 month ago

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this is a good time for all of us to remember when I said I would be ready to sing the show's praises if it got better at the things i disliked it for

#everyone called me a bitter hater but no! that show was bad!#it had potential. but that's why i was so hard on it. it wasn't reaching its potential. and now it's doing that and i think that's great #i haven't rewatched yet but i just want to be so clear about the fact that i was never just a hater and i said it all the time #people were so mean to me but i wasn't lying when i said i'd be happy if it got better #i might not even nitpick the race stuff. which. didn't really improve. the girlies just got protective styles #they did that whole thing with elle's transness and nothing about how her blackness intersects there #also tara. it would be so much fun to see how her being black and specifically darkskin plays into her perfectionism #she's darkskin. in fucking ballet. be so fucking for real with me rn. where have you ever even seen that. who is her role model. is she ok #...i still like the direction it's going. but they really still didn't talk about race. which sucks #but honestly now that they're giving the characters more depth i'm less mad at it. they're people not just 2d stereotypes #it'd be cool if they were blacker than just their hairstyles but it's ok. it's progress #see. they didn't even fix all the stuff i want them to fix. and i'm not just being a hater #the people cyberbullying the teenager who didn't 100% love the 30-year-olds' favorite TV show were the real haters all along :pensive:#who knew

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outlying-hyppocrate · 9 days ago

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I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE UKULELE MUSIC BUT IT IS WHAT I HAVE.

#random thoughts #AND IF I AM PIGEONHOLED INTO THE STEREOTYPICAL TRANSMASC MUSICIAN BOX I SHALL EAT YOUR EYES OUT.#there's piano too. and there will be whispering. and screaming. and various other sounds.............#would like to be more like the people who inspired me to make music (will wood stomach book malice mizer) but i guess i have to make do.#with my shit. oh well.#there are going to be so many sounds. 39 specifically is going to have subliminal messaging. and you might get some. insect noises in samsa #you can guess why for both of those. (how revealing!!)#also i feel like 39 should have a music video but i don't have anything to do it with. ):#i hope that ONE DAY my music shall exude. vampiric dissociative death spiral. a creature at the heart of the forest screaming secrets #but also just a boy who is tired of pretending at the end of it all. track 09 is just so intensely that.#i think my favorite song on the album is 39. which is ironic because it's about the one thing i don't tell people.#but it's so good i don't know. visceral. reflective of my style perhaps ?#there's a ticking metronome in the background that penetrates your ears and hurts you ! ! ! ! !#and i don't bother trying to be poetic. i use my long and tangled words and i make them vulgar and violent.#i also like affections & apologies because it's the opposite. it's sweeter. most importantly it's for ciel. that's what matters. {:#afterwards i plan on releasing a song composed entirely of poetic nonsense.

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lemondoddle · 24 days ago

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another simple animation! this time featuring sandra

#lane speaks #nebulart #art #animation #i might do one more in this style but this and the last one were my main ideas for this #but im gonna try to do some simple comics and whatnot #oc tober #ocs #star eyed ocs #sandra #flash warning #eyestrain #gif #original character #sandra :)#<- might use that as a specific tag for her since she doesnt really know if she has a last name smile

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valiant-portabella-pirkko · 11 months ago

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have I saved up enough gems for another character slot? no. but beta slots mean free dressup so here's a beta version of Flourish AU Mai.

say hello to Pact Admiral Mai Trin.

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #Mai Trin #my posts #i dabbled with trying to keep some concept elements #like the corset type look meshed with her final design #and the more reserved style she had as a 'civilian' too #the snakes are for hc lore reasons that are specific to Flourish but that's very long so this can just be by itself for now lol #(short version is she has some Luxon serpent clan ancestry on the Canthan side of her family tree)#i might do some more action shots with her before the end too but we'll see if i can get any to turn out well HDHFHF #i've been struggling to capture cool skill poses on thief rip...

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transmasc-rose · 5 months ago

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I was talking to Curtis about how certain aspects of Doctor Who would be treated if they were episodes of Torchwood and/or had that rating leniency of Torchwood (imo the limitations of Doctor Who make for better TV than Torchwood in general, but not always) and when I brought up Amy's Choice, Curtis said I should do an episode rewrite and.

Hm. Hmmm. That could be really interesting. Amy and Rory and the Doctor's dynamic would be so... different in a Torchwood rated show, given the things they do with them in Doctor Who, and if they actually used the Dream Lord as an interesting villain (and they'd actually be able to play into the Doctor's worst traits in an adult show! For better and for worse!)...

However I'd have to actually rewatch Amy's Choice, and also decide how much I want to stay faithful to the episode, how much I want to stay faithful to "what would/could Torchwood have done here, and how much I actually want the result to be. Good.

Because "what Torchwood would do" and "what would be interesting" are not necessarily the same things.

(Accidentally wrote a Novel in the tags also. Whoops.)

#rose rambles #maybe. maybe.#would it require context from “earlier episodes” that “didn't happen” how they did in canon?#Should it be written in normal fanfic style #or as a script to stay true medium?#I usually dislike episode rewrites but. One with a very specific goal and set or rules might be interesting...... hm.......#(I do not like the episode Amy's Choice btw. to be clear. it had good potential and fun scenes and even fun concepts but my god.#was the “love triangle” the worst it had been in s5.#And that's also a thing I'd have to decide how to handle.#like if I was writing it to be GOOD I'd keep the love triangle conceptually #but focus more on how all three of the people involved fuck things up in different ways #jealousy and infidelity and betrayal and etc. so why do they stay? Make it about what they value in each other #and make Amy's titular choice matter in some way. Maybe she's the one who decides both realities are false #because she wouldn't leave either of her boys behind. Or something. Or drop the “which one is real” since that feels like it really muddied #the water with them ALSO making it about. Which one does Amy want. It was a writing choice I think was stupid. Anyways.#I had a point. My point is I think Torchwood would stumble this landing. Lean too heavily on the boys being dicks. Still focus on the love #/triangle/ part #to the detriment of the episode #like. One more thing. I do think Rory and the doctor fighting about Amy #and Amy being weird about her feelings for both of them. That's fine #and I don't WANT her to be normal and healthy about it. I want her to be weird and unethically nonmonogamous about it.#but I don't want her settling down as a wife in a normal respectable household being the end game. and THAT is what I can't stand about #Amy's Choice (canon version) and in general her seasons #and also what I think Torchwood would stumble on. Headfirst.#Still would have been a more fun episode than canon tho.)

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