#or i can message you and we can plot or smth idk idk idk lemme get the hang of this again)

[justechoes]

how do you do it when you wanna write stuff but you don’t wanna post starters bc

a) every time you post a starter call, you get too many likes and then you always end up not writing all the starters you should be writing b) most times the starters you post go unnoticed/get no replies 

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[purest-love-deepest-pain]

aight so I have a lot of (mostly non-positive) thoughts on the new episodes of Doctor Who so lemme rant for a bit because I’ve been wanting to do this for ages.

(if you enjoyed the new episodes and liked the storyline/execution/whatever or you just don’t want to get into The Discourse TM, I wouldn’t recommend reading this post, but do what you want):

This rant is mostly for myself to rant a bit, but also to see if anyone else feels the same way, which, is kind of the point of Tumblr anyway but akshjajsa 

this isn’t an attack on Jodie as the Doctor or a “Chibnall ruined Doctor Who!!!!1″ type of post, but a measured critique on the aspects of the premiere of Series 12 that I really didn’t like.

This is only discourse on Spyfall Part 1 and Part 2, as I haven’t watched Orphan 55 yet.

Here we go.

First things first, the things I actually did like:

I actually only watched a few episodes of Series 11, so I’d just like to note I love Team TARDIS with my whole ass heart ahsjahsja they are great companions and have a great dynamic

I liked the concept of the mission they had to deal with it, even if I didn’t like the execution

Sasha Dhawan was EXCELLENT in this. The way his demeanor changes completely when he stops pretending to be O, his portrayal of the Master, everything about him here was great

The plot twist scene was great. The Doctor’s reaction, the Master’s child-like attitude and excitement, Team Tardis being confused af, it was really good from start to finish and Jodie and Sasha’s acting truly made it click. 

Jodie was also really excellent here btw. The way she portrayed the Doctor’s feeling of being frozen during the reveal scene perfectly, her finally getting to show off the Doctor’s darkness, her dynamics with the Master, her seeing Gallifrey in shambles, etc. She killed it

Ada Lovelace and Noor Inayat Khan were GREAT additions and I kinda wish they were full-time companions lmao. Also I ship Thirteen and Ada a lot tbh

The whole scene with the back-and-forth between the Doctor’s message and Graham and Graham landing the plane was hilarious. Graham used to be my least favorite new companion but I think he’s one of my faves now

Part 2 was overall much more fun than Part 1, and the characters were more entertaining as well

I mentioned this before when talking about Jodie’s acting, but seeing Thirteen finally go dark is great. I’m excited to see where this is heading towards, and from what I’ve seen, it’s gonna cause Team TARDIS some conflict, which was kind of overdue. I just really hope Chibnall can lower his ego and allow other writers to execute these concepts in ways he can’t throughout the series

I was also left genuinely intrigued by the whole Timeless Child thing and am looking forward to that so. Yeah.

Now, what I didn’t like:

First of all, it’s written by Chibnall himself and he’s the only writer. ‘Nuff said

The episode seems to take a bit too long to introduce the characters once more and show their daily lives before we get to the point or even first see the Doctor. Maybe that’s just me but idk

Like I mentioned, I like the potential of this mission. A CSI-esque episode but make it sci-fi/Doctor Who. My problem lies with the execution. It wasn’t a fun storyline, and after the Master reveal, it just feels like it’s sidelined and simply there as “oh look Doctor, you looked away and the Master started using ANOTHER alien race to get your attention AGAIN”. It didn’t feel fun either, since there was just. So much info-dumping and not enough answers. The problem isn’t that it was unoriginal, it’s that it was uninspired and boring

Not to mention the Kasaavin ended up being sidelined so much that everyone was just ??? kind of confused about them. Also I’ve seen some people say they are literally just the Cybermen 2.0 and I kind of agree

I got the vibe that “O” and Yaz were flirting and just. Ew. I do not fuck with that

Part 1 in general just felt completely boring and the storyline was so generic you could replace the conflict with literally anything else and keep the twist and it wouldn’t change a thing lol

Also, as happy as I am that we have a POC incarnation of the Master, I’m...conflicted. I am going to miss Missy a whole lot, and the Master going back to being a man is...kind of boring, but that’s not my issue. I understand that, after what happened with her, Missy might’ve given up on redemption and decided to go back to her old Master-y ways, specially with the whole Timeless Child thing, that was so traumatizing the Master felt obligated to destroy Gallifrey, BUT it feels like it just inutilizes Missy’s entire character arc during Capaldi’s run and introduces a new plot element just to make the Master go back to their old villanous ways. It’s sorta cheap

Speaking of cheap plot elements just introduced to retconn things Moffat did, we’ll get back to Gallifrey later

The scene with the Master telling the Doctor to kneel made me uncomfortable. Having Thirteen be the first female Doctor (and arguably the gayest Doctor at that) and then have the Master, her antagonist, be a man...meh. But then have him tell her to kneel and to essentially humiliate her by telling her to call him “Master”, that had my stomach a bit uneasy. Like, yeah, Simm!Doctor did much worse to Tenth, but the implications are much, much, different in this context. Idk, I personally was left uncomfortable by that scene

The Doctor turning the Master over to the N*zi officers was so, so fcking shitty like. I’m not mad at the Doctor, I’m mad at Chibnall for putting that in the fcking script. WHY DID HE THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?????

The Doctor wiping Ada and Noor’s memories just felt so...unnecesary. Like, the Doctor has interacted with historical figures in the past and kept their memories intact (Agatha Christie comes to mind as an exception, though that was accidental). And besides, what for? Ada and Noor having memory of what happened interfered with nothing (I might be wrong on this as I kind of erased anything the Doctor said in that scene from my mind involuntarily lmfao but even so, I can’t come up with any good excuses that could be used there anyways, but if I am missing something notify me in the notes) and they don’t seem like the type to tattle about it or smth

Ah, and now we get to Gallifrey, or what I like to call, both the best and the worst example of what a retconn is. Listen, it doesn’t matter whether you liked Moffat and/or his decision to bring back Gallifrey, but you have to agree this is ridiculous. Chibnall didn’t want to have to deal with what Moffat left him with (a restored Gallifrey and the implications of that) so he had The Master just destroy Gallifrey by himself and discarded it like a chess piece, like. Am I the only one legit dumbfounded by this???? First of all, it took the Daleks an entire war to attempt to destroy Gallifrey, and they actually failed in the end, and yet the Master destroys it by himself, no stress. I legit don’t get it. Listen, I have mixed thoughts on Moffat’s decision to do so and I hate Hell Bent as much as the next person, but this is Chibnall discarding yet ANOTHER arc. That’s two arcs in one premiere. Wow. It legit sealed the deal for me that this premiere was a hot mess.

That’s it (that’s it, she says, after writing a whole essay). Again, this is not an attack on Chibnall’s Doctor Who, Jodie as the Doctor or me telling you how to feel about this episode. My opinion seems like an unpopular one from what I’ve seen but I stand by it lol. 

As a closing statement, fingers crossed that Chibnall lets other people write too this series lmfao.

(This is my first indepth critique of anything here so, hum, if you disagree, please be kind akhjahsjahs I doubt this will get much notes anyways but)

[whiitmore-blog]

➰ ( KATHERINE MCNAMARA, CIS FEMALE, SHE/HER ) *✧.:°░｡ —- is that JULIET ARIEL WHITMORE ?! you know them, right? they are the 21 year old MUNDANE WITH THE SIGHT !! they’re known for being ADROIT & CONVIVIAL - but i’d be careful if i were you because they’re also QUICK-TEMPERED & RETICENT.

*cracks knuckles* lemme introduce you this cutie !! ( please like this post or hmu if you want to plot <3 i probably won’t message you /immediately/ if you like the post since i’m the worst & i suck at messaging people & keeping up w conversations but i /will/ message you!!! also i’ll update her intro later since there’s many more things to add <3 ) when the whitmores found juliet, she was just a few months old. she didn’t have any kind of information about her so they decided to name her. juliet means youthful, it’s also the name of the young heroine of shakespeare's play romeo and juliet. ariel means lioness/light of god, but it’s also the name of the popular disney princess. and yes, her parents named her after the little mermaid because they’re cruel. anyways, the whitmores never told juliet that she was adopted & she still thinks that she’s blood related to her parents. i mean, she looks like an exact copy of her mom & aunt, ( aerona lennox ) so that kinda makes sense.  anyways, her mother??? is a banshee. and her dad?? is an old shadowhunter. her dad stripped of his marks, left clave & became a mundane, changed his last name, and moved to la so he could marry the love of his life. (and then they adopted juliet) like obviously you don’t have to leave the clave to marry a downworlder but he knew that they wouldn’t be completely happy if he didn’t do that. i’m open to have family members of her dad!!! like maybe they’re bitter?? or idk maybe they kinda try to befriend juliet bc y’know they can’t see her dad - the clave doesn’t let them, as you can see here;; “ There are three rules for those who leave the Clave. First, the Shadowhunter must sever contact with any and all Shadowhunters they have ever known, even their own family. Second, they cannot call upon the Clave for help. And third, the Clave can still lay claim to their children, wherein they can their children will be made aware of their lineage and will be offered to become Shadowhunters every six years until they are eighteen. “ about the third rule !! juliet had an older brother (the brother is blood related to the parents so he was born as a nephilim, unlike juliet.) when he was 12, he accepted to become a shadowhunter. so he left and the parents had no choice but to let juliet believe that her brother died because he moved to another city & never came to see his family (maybe bc his dad left the clave & all or he just couldn’t face them again after leaving them) BUT it’s also because - juliet is completely unaware of the shadow world. her mom puts spells that she took from the seelies on juliet whenever her sight allows her to see /supernatural/ things - so she doesn’t even remember those. her parents are just so strict about this - they want juliet to live a normal life, that’s it. they don’t even let their other family members (who are a part of the shadow world) let juliet know anything about it.  anyways, taking a break from the family drama!! juliet was obviously so hurt after her brother’s “death”. did she get over it? no, but she’s not a crying mess either. she was always that “brilliant“ kid, started walking & speaking earlier than others, was able to understand things v quickly, her memory was excellent, & she was always eager to learn more things. and after her brother’s “death”, she just wanted to make him proud, believing that he’s watching her. tho most importantly, she wanted to make herself proud. so she worked harder & harder every day, it was no surprise when she got into the med school. she also tries to be as social as possible but it’s hard with school & work. ( yep, she does work at somewhere but i haven’t figured it out yet!! ) her personality!!! for her positive sides;; she’s, as i said before, intelligent & just very resourceful??? like she does so many unnecessary (or not) researches you wouldn’t believe it - this way, for example, if you wanted her to use an object that is unfamiliar to her she’d usually figure out how to use it pretty easily?? she’s just good at figuring things out, memorizing stuff, etc etc. YOU’RE SMART JULIET OK WE GET IT SDFGFDS anywAYS she’s also very kind/compassionate, the kind of person who always sees the good in people. positive & optimistic - like yes, she’s completely aware of the real world (lol nOT EXACTLY since she has 0 goddamn clue of the shadow world but anyways) & first things that come to her mind are realistic thoughts but still?? she forces herself to be positive because to her positivity is what makes everything beautiful/what makes everything work out in the end ok so just bc she’s smart doesn’t mean she doesn’t make the dumbest moves/decisions sometimes sHE DOES BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM GENIUS PEOPLE (looking at you cass & quill)  she can also be a smartass sometimes, stubborn as hell, can get angry very easily, you need to torture her for 62345674 weeks to make her talk about her feelings (but sometimes she actually opens up VERY easily like before even you ask her so she’s kinda complicated), touch her food & you die, she can’t end a day without receiving at least one (1) cuddle ok that’s all wanted connections OK SO FIRST OF ALL - PLEASE GIMME ALL THE DOWNWORLDERS/SHADOWHUNTERS WHO HIDES THEIR TRUE SELVES FROM JULIET OK I NEED IT!!! I ALSO NEED FRIENDS/ANY TYPE OF CONNECTIONS WHO USED TO BE MUNDANES WHILE BEING CLOSE TO JULIET BUT THEN TURNED INTO A DOWNWORLDER??? IDK I’M HERE FOR THE ANGST --- HERE’S SOME CONNECTION IDEAS --- best friend/s. ---close friends. ---frenemies. ---uncommon friends. ---childhood friends. (must be from la) ---confident/cornerstone. ---brother figures. ---sister figures. ---mom/dad figures. ---friends turned enemies. ---protective friends. ALSO ALSO!! YOU KNOW WHO I’D LOVE?? AS I MENTIONED, PEOPLE FROM HER DAD’S FAMILY (DIFFERENT LAST NAME OFC) & HER BROTHER (MAYBE HE RECENTLY MOVED TO LA OR HE WAS THERE FOR A LONG WHILE BUT /ALWAYS/ AVOIDED HIS FAMILY SO THEY DON’T KNOW HE’S HERE?? MAYBE HE EVEN CHANGED HIS LAST NAME WHEN HE BECAME A SHADOWHUNTER SO OR IT WAS JUST LUCK LIKE MAYBE HE THOUGHT THEY MOVED AWAY OR SMTH & DIDN’T GIVE AN EFFORT TO SEE THEM BUT THEN HE SEES JULIET & HE CAN BE LIKE “!!!!!! I KNOW HER” GHNJHBGHJ also *whispers* one last thing, i /kinda/ have a plot for how juliet will learn about the shadow world for the first time bUT i’m always willing to plot about how she’ll learn about your character’s species & all after she learns about the shadow world sdfgfdsd OK ILY TYSM I’M SO HYPED FOR HER