#pro-Martha Jones

[reloha]

@leikeliscomet: #this is why i dont like going on the Martha tags sometimes bc there's 1000 things about her we could be discussing and yet#every 5 business days someone will post 'um you guys I think the 1st black companion wasn't that good' like they've reinvented the wheel#and don't get me started on the misapplied aspec theory that gets thrown in with Ten and Martha... read some *Black* aspec theory abeggg

All of this. And today in a YouTube comments section, there was somebody saying they didn’t think Martha was hated, that people always hate the new Doctor or companion and then get over it. Not always, no, and this is not that. And the other day, an attack on Martha under the guise of defending Rose.

Just . . .

I can't believe in the lord's year of 2024 people genuinely think 'Ten didn't lead Martha on and Martha is to blame' is an unpopular opinion. Like I would love to see what alt timeline existed when the fandom collectively stood behind Martha over Ten and he became the least popular incarnation in the show. Everyone keeps posting the same 'both sides were wrong' takes in the discourse but the minute we actually unpack Ten's side in question suddenly it's 'attacking' 'demonising' 'cancelling'. Everyone loves to cry about nuance and grace and yet accusing Martha of being a predator, sexually manipulative and controlling is perfectly acceptable bc you lot are only willing to explore moral complexities with white characters. Nah it will always be incredibly gross to me that after a decade of racism towards her the minute the fandom actually starts to unpack the misogynoir and actually empathise with Martha for once and has the audacity to criticise anything Ten does, his stans paint the narrative that Martha is the aggressor and her stans hold the dominant position in the fandom and by perpetrating misogynoir they are fighting the good fight against the mainstream narrative when they've been the popular majority since 2006 I've had enoughhhh

EDIT: I've already made a post like this but ah well if we're gonna do up old discourse I'll bring up the old debunking arguments

[supersomethinglikethat]

So casasupernovas account has randomly been terminated.

The most vocal person in the Doctor Who fandom about the treatment of Martha Jones and racial inequalities within her series as well as wanting to make her Tumblr a safe place for Martha fans since they are few and far between, especially since the revisionist history of her character and she randomly just gets terminated?? Not mention an avid member of the Snape fans on here and this is not the first time a Snape fan has had their account taken down by weirdos.

I know her in real life and she is livid, this is so unfair!

Edit: It says deactivated but she didn't deactivate! She is now @casa-supernova

[casa-supernova]

so i have made an appeal. in a truly intriguing way to close out 2022, my account was terminated. i didn't violate any rules. just posted my thoughts. particularly, as a way to create a space for the martha jones fans to talk. black fans of doctor who fans in general actually. so im back. im appealing. i had that account since i was in secondary school. but i'm still here. wild horses couldn't drag me away. so all my mutuals, please come find ya girl!

[lizbethborden]

Hi again! Yeah, from your bookshelf! You seem well informed and I wanna know the type of stuff you read and might recommend. I don't even know what to tell you for my interests because I feel like I'm just begining. Sorry I'm young and dumb still haha.

#1 you're not dumb and #2 nothing to apologize for :)

Here's some books I've got on my shelves or that I've read:

Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists, Laura Bates

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, Katha Pollitt

Women, Race, & Class, Angela Davis

American Girls, Nancy Jo Sales

Lesbian Culture: An Anthology, eds. Julia Penelope and Susan J Wolf

Lesbian Studies, Margaret Cavendish

Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall

Against White Feminism, Rafia Zakaria

Sister and Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write About Their Lives Together, eds Joan Nestle and John Preston

Another Mother Tongue, Judy Grahn

Aimee & Jaguar, Erica Fischer

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought, ed. Briona Simone Jones

Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, John Boswell

The Mary Daly Reader, eds. Jennifer Rycenga and Linda Barufaldi

Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, eds. Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, George Chauncey Jr.

Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society, Cordelia Fine

Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Father's Tongue, Julia Penelope

The Resisting Reader, Judith Fetterley

The Double X Economy, Linda Scott

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, ed. Roxane Gay

Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists, Joan Smith

Intercourse, Andrea Dworkin

The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison "Promiscuous" Women, Scott Stern

The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory, Marilyn Frye

Only Words, Catharine A. Mackinnon

Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution, Jennifer Block

Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts, Anne Llwellyn Barstow

Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, Peggy Orenstein

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado-Perez

Lesbian Ethics: Toward New Values, Sarah Lucia Hoagland

We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement, Andi Zeisler

Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, Adrienne Rich

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, Adrienne Rich

Feminism, Animals, and Science: The Naming of the Shrew, Lynda Birke

The Female Body in Western Culture: Contemporary Perspectives, ed. Susan Rubin Suleiman

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua

Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery, Virginia L Blum

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, Patricia Hill Collins

Pornland: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality, Gail Dines

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi

From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World, Marilyn French

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, eds. Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua

Seeing Like a Feminist, Nivedita Menon

With Her Machete In Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians, Catriona Reuda Esquibel

The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture, Bonnie J. Morris

Foundlings: Lesbian and Gay Historical Emotion before Stonewall, Christopher Nealon

The Persistent Desire: A Butch/Femme Reader, ed. Joan Nestle

The Straight Mind and Other Essays, Monique Wittig

The Trouble Between us: An Uneasy History of White and Black Women in the Feminist Movement, Winifred Breines

Right-Wing Women, Andrea Dworkin

Woman Hating, Andrea Dworkin

Why I Am Not A Feminist, Jessica Crispin

Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women, Leila J Rupp

I tried to avoid too many left turns into my specific interests although if you passionately want to know any of those, I can make you some more lists LOL

I would suggest picking a book that sounds interesting and using the footnotes and bibliography to find more to read. I've done that a lot :) a lot of my books have more sticky tabs or w/e in the bibliography than in the text so I don't lose stuff I'm interested in.

Hope this helps!

[thirdeyeblue]

You write essays about how Ten was attracted to Martha Jones and how he could’ve fallen in love with her (by that logic, he could’ve fallen in love with anyone) and you think you understand Ten enough? LMAO. Funny af

“Essays”! Brother, I wrote one (1) harmless meta where I implied that it could have happened—hypothetically—had Rose never existed. How dare I?

It’s not exactly a wild take. Martha isn’t a hideous, brainless box of hair — she’s clever+sexy+compassionate+a total badass (just like Rose). But please, tell me where I’m wrong. Because nobody has thought about this as critically and thoroughly as I have while deep in the bowels of hyperfixated fic-research 😂

I hardly even post T/M content from this account, so this is all on you. That meta couldn’t have been MORE pro-Ten/TentooRose

This is the last time I’m ever going to reply to one of your rude asks (unless you’d like to have a constructive conversation. Make a throwaway account and DM me, because I’m never reading one of these to completion again)

[cowlovely]

best nuwho episodes to show to someone who has never seen doctor who, but wants to get into it*

*i’m working off of very specific criteria here. this can’t just be another “best episodes” list, because an episode being good doesn’t necessarily mean it would make a good introduction to a series. for this reason, there will probably be very few episodes past s6 or so on here, as i feel like that’s around the time that many doctor who episodes become too steeped in the show’s own history/overarching plotlines to make the most effective starting points (definitely at least partially moffat’s fault lol)

1x01 rose — maybe too obvious a choice, but this episode is the pilot for a reason.

—pros: does a very good job establishing nuwho’s version of the doctor, as well as thoroughly and effectively introducing us to rose and her life; the autons are a good and fun choice for the first threat.

—cons: is definitely not AS good as some other episodes of the show, so maybe not the best if you only have one episode to show someone and you want to make the most of it

1x06 dalek

—pros: establishes one of Thee enemies of the series, demonstrates 9 and rose’s values, sets up/explains a bit of the time war in an easy to understand way, has a great emotional core

—cons: i genuinely can’t think of any

1x09/1x10 the empty child/the doctor dances

—pros: fabulous storytelling all around with plot, themes, and pacing, emotional but with a happy ending, great blending of tone throughout, and a complete standalone story

—cons: it’s always a bit of a risk to start with a two parter

2x04 the girl in the fireplace

—pros: great creature design, fun storytelling devices, pretty self contained as far as references/lore go, fantastic performances from everyone but especially from sophia myles

—cons: has some of steven moffat’s worst writing attributes, including 10 feeling out of character in several spots, and reinette being very clearly a Moffat Woman in many ways (though this is in my opinion somewhat saved by myles’ great acting)

2x08/2x09 the impossible planet/the satan pit — i really debated putting these ones on here, but this story was MY introduction to the series so. clearly it’s very effective

—pros: really immersive story and setting, great cast of guest characters/actors, another self contained story (as far as i remember), introduces the ood

—cons: another two parter, might be a bit intense as a first story for some people, 10 and rose’s dynamic/significant moments in this might not hit the same way for someone who hasn’t seen other episodes

3x01 smith and jones

—pros: new companion episode, so the audience gets things explained to them at the same time as martha, fun little mystery at the center, interesting conflict/non-antagonist antagonists, good chemistry between tennant and agyeman, the hole rose left emotionally can be felt but doesn’t cut into the story as much as it does in the runaway bride

—cons: is again maybe not one of the standout episodes of the whole series (but is still very solid)

3x03 gridlock — might be a bit controversial since i didn’t include new earth, but i’ll explain

—pros: really interesting setting and plot, and while i think seeing new earth first gives interesting context, i don’t think it’s necessary to enjoy or understand what’s happening in this episode, and it’s kind of cool to come at this one from martha’s pov. showcases a lot of different kind of creatures/people, has a really satisfying and emotional conclusion, has the doctor reintroduce the concept of gallifrey and what happened to it

—cons: could definitely have some confusing elements if you haven’t seen new earth, in particular novice hame and the face of boe, and the effect of the city being the way it is in gridlock could be a bit diminished without the context of 2x01

3x10 blink

—pros: considered to be one of if not the best episode of the series, and with good reason. carey mulligan KILLS it, the mystery is incredibly compelling from start to finish, and the weeping angels are undoubtedly one of the best additions to the series. this episode is crafted damn near perfectly

—cons: while this episode is incredible, i don’t think it’s actually the best possible intro to the show that many people think it is; it’s not a good microcosm of the show as a whole in terms of structure and tone, and the doctor is really hardly in this episode at all. it makes the episode really gripping and intriguing if you’re already familiar with the show, but i actually think that effect is slightly dulled if you’re somebody who isn’t. this doesn’t mean that it would necessarily be the WORST introduction to the show (i’m still including it on the list after all), but i also don’t think it’s the best

4x08/4x09 silence in the library/forest of the dead

—pros: do i have to keep mentioning the episodes are really good? anyway these are really good. really highlights donna’s complexities, story is tense and emotional and intellectually engaging all at once, introduces river/touches on relationship dynamics with a time traveler, great and genuinely scary monster

—cons: another two parter, river’s introduction and the emotional weight of her and 10’s dynamic might not hit the same if you don’t know the doctor as a character either, and the same goes for donna’s plotline in these episodes (it was really difficult in general to pick ANY donna episodes because so many of the ones that feature her are really tied up in series lore of some kind 😭)

4x10 midnight

—pros: genuinely SO brilliantly written, acted, and edited it is ACTUALLY crazy. i’m biased because this is my favorite episode of the series, but i really think it’s such an all around tight story, and definitely one of the more self-contained ones of the show (especially considering this is a one-off monster we don’t even really hear about afterwards, let alone see again). and really i cannot hype up the writing and acting in this episode enough—if you’re really into sociology as a focal point in your sci-fi this episode will be for you

—cons: kind of similar to blink in that this episode isn’t very emblematic of what the show normally is—both in its bottle setting and the fact that the doctor is totally solo for the majority of the runtime, which is not the norm. i love it, and i think it works really well for the episode, but it’s still an outlier (the tone is also more serious than most eps). and also as minor as they are, there are still a few lore moments/references that might be confusing if this were someone’s first episode (rose’s face coming through on the bus screen, for example)

5x01 the eleventh hour

—pros: new doctor, and similar to smith and jones in the new companion factor. great story, episode is filled with lots of great energy, and this really showcases some of moffat’s better attributes as a writer/showrunner, particularly the kind of fairytale vibe he brings to doctor who; first episode of nuwho with a new showrunner, so it kind of intentionally comes off as a bit of a soft reboot

—cons: while it IS a bit like a soft reboot, this is one that kind of rolls with the assumption that you sort of know the deal at this point when it comes to the doctor as a character. i wouldn’t say it’s necessarily confusing, but i could see it potentially being a bit annoying for a new viewer, or just not as effective as an episode. also this was made in 2010 by moffat, and it shows (the sherlock editing, in particular)

5x02 the beast below

—pros: continuing the fairytale vibe, engaging setting and mystery, absolutely heartbreaking in the best way possible, self-contained story

—cons: viewer might feel a bit lost if they don’t know anything about the doctor and amy or how they met. kind of pro british monarchy :/

5x08/5x09 the hungry earth/cold blood

—pros: introduces the silurians (to nuwho at least), has really good guest characters/dynamics, conflict is compelling and very nuanced (feels closer to a classic who episode if that’s something that compels you), and this is something i’ve refrained from mentioning so far, but these episodes in particular have absolutely fantaaaaaastic makeup/SFX, costuming, and production design

—cons: two parter (take a shot every time i say this), the dramatic conclusion of this one might be confusing and/or fall flat if you aren’t familiar with amy and rory or the overarching plot of the season, and i could definitely see some people finding these episodes boring with all the political talk (i definitely did as a kid)

6x09 night terrors

—pros: very self-contained (as far as i can remember), perfectly straddles the line of horror and sci-fi, has a good emotional core, and 11 with kids is almost always an a+ for me

—cons: honestly can’t really think of any? again maybe not like. an AMAZING episode, and it may have references to past episodes/events in it that i can’t remember that might be confusing to a new viewer

6x11 the god complex

—pros: GREAAATTTT episode hook that really quickly and effectively drops you into the setting and overall vibe of the episode, some great one off characters, encompasses a lot of doctor who’s themes and different blends of genre

—cons: the second half of the episode pretty significantly focuses on amy and her fears/insecurities related to the doctor, so much so that it almost made me not include this episode

7x07 the rings of akhaten

—pros: this episode is so good. great intro to clara’s character (despite it not being her first one), great setting, great alien designs + worldbuilding, great music, and oh my GOD the monologues…the damn monologues…chef’s kiss

—cons: the doctor’s monologue probably won’t have the same effect for a new viewer that it does for people who are already fans, but honestly it’s so good that i don’t think this is that big a deal

9x03/9x04 under the lake/before the flood

—pros: very similar vibes to the impossible planet/the satan pit, but honestly i think i’m even more compelled by this story than i was by that one. i LOVE all the moving parts in this, i love the characters, i love that we’re underwater, and i love that it’s GHOSTS!!

—cons: two parter (shot!), and specifically a two parter that—while i love it to bits—drags a bit more than other two parters that i’ve included on this list. a new viewer may also not totally get (or maybe even be put off by?) 12 and clara’s dynamic

10x01 the pilot

—pros: i’ll be honest i wouldn’t say this is one of my FAVORITE episodes or anything, but it’s still very solid, and i DO think it could make a good introduction into the series for someone

—cons: has multiple allusions to other characters/arcs that will probably feel kind of weird to a new viewer

eve of the daleks special

—pros: time loop lovers come get your juice!!! this episode fucks, it’s probably my favorite from chibnall’s era? top three at least for sure. features the daleks without being too steeped in the Lore/having them overshadow everything in the episode

—cons: this episode is an atypical structure flr the show, and is kind of like. is About 13 and yaz’s relationship, which will probably be kind of odd if you haven’t seen any of the show before

honorable mentions, aka episodes i really wanted to include, but which had one too many cons to justify: 1x02 the end of the world, 1x08 father’s day, 2x01 new earth, s3 xmas special the runaway bride, 3x08/3x09 human nature/the family of blood, s4 special the waters of mars, 5x07 amy’s choice, 5x10 vincent and the doctor, 5x11 the lodger, 6x04 the doctor’s wife, 6x05/6x06 the rebel flesh/the almost people, 6x10 the girl who waited, 10x10 the eaters of light, 11x06 demons of the punjab, 12x08 the haunting of villa diodati, 60th special wild blue yonder)

that’s it so far!! i may add onto this when we get more episodes with 15, we’ll see!

(also i promise i’m not as biased towards early seasons nuwho as this list implies, i was just trying to be as objective as i could possibly be with the criteria that i set 😭 (while obviously still being subjective to my opinions) a lot of the later seasons just don’t have very many easy entry points 😔 (which is i’m sure at least partly why the show is being soft rebooted with 15))

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Kiera Butler at Mother Jones (06.11.2024):

During the contentious confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, a self-appointed Christian apostle named Dutch Sheets issued an urgent call for prayer on his website. Sheets is a leader in an enigmatic charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which calls the faithful to fight a spiritual war for Christian control of the United States government. He urged his readers to ask God to grant them “a majority of Justices who are Constitutionalists, literalists (meaning they believe the Constitution is to be taken literally, exactly as it is written) and who are pro-life.” He added, “Let’s also boldly ask Him for another vacancy on the Court soon—I feel strongly in my spirit another is coming quickly. We should be offensive in our prayers, not just defensive and reactionary.”

Apostles, prayer offensives, spiritual messages—by most standards, Sheets’ approach to politics would be considered highly eccentric, to put it mildly. Yet among adherents of the New Apostolic Reformation, the idea that God was involved in anointing justices had already gained traction. Another influential apostle, a Texas-based, self-described “strategist, futurist, and compelling communicator” named Lance Wallnau, declared in a 2018 broadcast that the accusations of rape against Kavanaugh were a “spiritual attack.” The previous year in a YouTube video, apostle and Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia recounted how, “at 3:30 in the morning, the Lord showed me a broom going up and down the pillars of the Supreme Court building.” The message was clear: God wanted to sweep out the old justices—especially the liberal ones—to make room for new Christian ones. In the midst of the chaos surrounding Justice Kavanaugh’s nomination, the apostles’ visions of a Christian Supreme Court didn’t get much mainstream attention—until they did. Over the last few years, the Christian nationalist movement has gained political prominence, as its influential members have sought to make the case for an explicitly Christian society in public schools, social policy, and even in Congress, led by the ultraconservative and devout House speaker Mike Johnson.

Against this cultural backdrop, calls for a godly Supreme Court have moved beyond the echo chamber of the far-right fringe. Last month, the New York Times broke a series of stories about flags displayed at the homes of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Outside of Alito’s main residence was an upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with the effort to overturn the 2020 US presidential election. At his vacation home in New Jersey, the Times’ Jodi Kantor later reported, was an “Appeal to Heaven” flag showing a lone pine tree, an old icon that had been revived by none other than Dutch Sheets. (As it turned out, the flag belonged to Alito’s wife, Martha Ann.) Leonard Leo, the deep-pocketed conservative kingmaker who has extended his largesse to several Supreme Court justices and their families, has also flown the “Appeal to Heaven” flag outside his home in Maine, Rolling Stone recently reported. Perhaps more troubling than the flags, though, is that the idea of promoting a Christian nation seems to be seeping into some of the justices’ legal arguments. Elliot Mincberg, an attorney and Supreme Court researcher at the progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, has documented ways in which some members of the Court espouse the popular evangelical belief that Christians are being persecuted and therefore must be defended. “The far-right majority of Court is very much in the same view as the New Apostolic Reformation folks about religion, about government,” he says. “And, frankly, about the hostility of government to religion.”

[...] One common misconception about the New Apostolic Reformation is that it is a Protestant denomination, like Baptists or Presbyterians. When I first started researching this movement, I googled “New Apostolic Reformation church near me,” naively thinking that I could pop into a service and perhaps ask a pastor to explain the sect. What I quickly discovered, though, is that there is no single leader of the New Apostolic Reformation, no annual conference, nor any website with its statements of belief. Rather, the movement is vast and amorphous, a network of various individual prophets and apostles overseeing their own ministries and issuing prophetic declarations as they go along. It’s safe to say that many people who attend a church whose leaders dabble in the theology promoted by the New Apostolic Reformation have never heard of it. The movement came out of the older and more well-known tradition of Pentecostalism, whose adherents believe that God grants some believers the ability to perform miracles and speak in tongues. The term “New Apostolic Reformation” was coined in the 1990s by an influential evangelical writer named C. Peter Wagner, though the term didn’t get much national attention until a few decades later.

In 2011, National Public Radio’s Terry Gross interviewed a scholar of religion about the movement and referred to Wagner as its “leading architect.” In a rebuttal piece for the Christian publisher Charismatic News, Wagner emphasized that he was not the movement’s leader—because it had none. Rather, he said, it was a coming together of several sects that shared a belief that God appointed apostles and prophets. He noted that it was the duty of Christians to engage in spiritual warfare to establish “kingdom-minded people in every one of the Seven Mountains: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts & Entertainment, and Business so that they can use their influence to create an environment in which the blessings and prosperity of the Kingdom of God can permeate all areas of society.”  This doctrine—sometimes known as the Seven-Mountain Mandate—is a central tenet in the New Apostolic Reformation. Many of the most prominent apostles today—Texas business consultant Lance Wallnau, for instance, as well as Korean-American Pastor Ché Ahn of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, California—regularly preach about its importance. Today, estimates of the number of people whose churches are influenced by the New Apostolic Reformation vary widely, from 3 million to 33 million. Because of the movement’s laser focus on starting a spiritual war to Christianize America, the Southern Poverty Law Center recently called the New Apostolic Reformation “the greatest threat to US democracy that you have never heard of.”

One other distinguishing feature of the New Apostolic Reformation is the belief that God is still communicating directly with people through modern-day prophets, who preach about the messages directly from God that they receive, often in dreams. Since 2016, many of the most publicized prophesies have concerned former president Trump, whom they see as chosen by God. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag that Dutch Sheets popularized was flown by many attendees at the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021; a few months before, Sheets told his followers that the results of the presidential election were “going to be overturned and President Trump is going to be put back in office for four years.” In 2022, Sheets said that Trump had told him in a dream that he would be a “political martyr” because, he had said, loosely quoting the Bible, “‘God has put the tools in me to tear down, root up, and confront the system.’”

[...] In March, Jauregui instructed his followers to “[p]ray that the Lord would be glorified through the remainder of the Supreme Court session and accompanying decisions.” Some Christian groups are doing more than praying; they’re filing amicus briefs— documents submitted by people outside of a given case who believe their expertise may help the justices in their deliberations. The briefs can be influential. In a landmark ruling last year on affirmative action in higher education, for example, legal scholars noted that a brief from the US military strongly influenced the justices to exempt military academies from the new rules. Previously, those who wanted to file an amicus brief with the Supreme Court had to obtain permission from lawyers on either side of the case in question. That requirement was dropped in early 2023; now anyone can file, as long as their lawyer is a member of the US Supreme Court bar. The amicus floodgates then opened, and included in the onslaught of briefs for the current roster of cases were some whose authors had explicitly Christian Nationalist ties. Condemned USA submitted a brief in support of President Trump in the immunity case. Describing its mission as “preserving your rights and freedoms by defending against a weaponized system of justice for all American citizens and future generations,” it is led by January 6th insurrectionist Treniss Evans, who has appeared at live and virtual events with New Apostolic Reformation prophets. Another brief in support of Trump came from the Christian Family Coalition, a Florida nonprofit that says it is “intensely involved in the political process to secure its goals in the public interest.” Among its current projects is advocating for chaplains in Florida’s public schools.

The Mother Jones piece on SCOTUS and Christian Nationalism’s harmful influence on the court is a must-read.

[oodlyenough]

to continue the throwback theme, martha jones for the character ask meme?

First impression: I loved Martha right away and I was correct. Lol

Impression now: Martha rules, she's still a top 3 for me and it's a tight 3-person race

Favorite moment: Breaking up with Ten at the end of LOTL is so good... maybe my fave companion exit? Way up there, at least.

Idea for a story: Back in the day I wanted to write a fic set during Blink where she 1. sleeps with that hot guy whose name I don't remember now cause I haven't seen Blink in a decade... y'know, the guy Sally meets when he's old who explains the Angels to her, who gets stranded in the same era as Ten and Martha. He was hot and Martha deserves it. And, also, one I started writing but never finished lol, 2. where Blink-era Martha runs into post-Doctor Amy and Rory who are living through the 60s. I have a draft of that somewhere I think... never finished. The idea was that Amy would piece together that Martha was a prior companion living with the Doctor, maybe have a loaded exchange with Ten, etc.

Unpopular opinion: the Martha Discourse these days is unbearable lol, everyone who hates Martha is wrong obviously but most of the pro-Martha posts I read lately are quite OTT and seem to misinterpret her as a character and her feelings to/about the Doctor. She definitely needed to get out of there... and so she did. That was the point. idk man

Favorite relationship: well by nature of being a companion it's not like there's a ton to choose from is there lol? But Ten I suppose.

Favorite headcanon: This isn't really a headcanon but I'd love to see her meet Fifteen in an episode or two. And, off screen, it'd be nice if she met Fourteen. They could hash some stuff out properly lol.

[theslowpath]

DNI:

-anti tenth doctor, anti martha jones, anti amy pond, anti rose tyler, anti donna noble (i truely dont believe donna haters exist but im including this just in case)

-anti ship or pro censorship in any way

-anti kink

-tenth doctor selfship doubles

-any canon x canon ships involving the tenth doctor, mainly tenrose, tenmartha, and tenjack. Tensimm is okay but please tag

-fourth doctor selfshippers (my best friend ships with him and doesnt share)

-DW discourse

Ten is not an f/o to me. Hes my soulbond and my relationship with him is very real to me.* The things above make me VERY uncomfortable. To you, you may just be criticizing a tv show character. To me, you're shit talking my real life boyfriend and we dont even know you and it's pretty fucking weird. Same goes for other DW characters from series 1-4. Your opinion isnt needed.

*tenler (ten x tyler) is fictional. Tyler is my oc and I write a lot of com/darkship content about him and ten. I dont blog about my real relationship with him a whole lot

[wiphur]

Who Will I write for?

A list of people and fandoms I will be willing to write for! This is both platonic and romantic. If it has a STAR beside their name, then they are ONLY PLATONIC

Stardew Valley

My personal favorites are Sebastian and Sam. ohoho my hubbys.

Abigail

Alex

Elliott

Emily

Haley

Harvey

Leah

Maru

Penny

Sam

Sebastian

Shane

Blue Lock Anime (characters tba)

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Isagi Yoichi

Bachira Meguru

Kunigami Rensuke

Chigiri Hyōma 

Reo Mikage

Nagi Seishiro

Doctor Who

9th

10th

11th

12th

13th

14th

15th

The Master

The Mistress (Missy)

Rose Tyler

Jack Harkness

Donna Noble

Martha Jones

Amelia Pond

Rory Williams

Clara Oswald

Bill Potts

Ryan Sinclair

Graham O'Brien*

Yasmin Khan

Dan Lewis*

Ruby Sunday

BNHA/MHA

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. Either Pro-Heroes or (if in a school setting) in university.

Aizawa Shota

Yamada Hizashi

Yagi Toshinori

Aoyama Yuga

Ashido Mina

Tsuyu Asui

Iida Tenya

Uraraka Ochako

Mashirao Ojiro

Kaminari Denki

Kirishima Eijiro

Jiro Kyoka

Sero Hanata

Tokoyami Fumikage

Todoroki Shoto

Bakugo Katsuki

Midoriya Izuku

Yaoyorozu Momo

Shinsou Hitoshi

Dabi

Toga Himiko

Shigaraki Tomura

Keigo takami

Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel

Blitzo

Moxxie and Millie (If rom! poly!)

Loona

Verosika Mayday

Fizzarolli

Asmodeus

Stolas

Alastor *

Vaggie

Charlie

Angel Dusk

Husk

Nifty*

Sir Pentious

Vox

Lute

Lucifer

Adam

MCU

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Steve Rogers

Bucky Barnes

Tony Stark

Pepper Potts

Bruce Banner

Thor

Loki

Clint Barton

Natasha Romanoff

Wanda Maximoff

Pietro Maximoff

Peter Quill

Gamora

Groot *

Drax

Mantis *

Nebula

Rocket *

Scott Lang

Hope Van Dyne

Peter Parker (Tom/Andrew/Tobey)

T'Challa

Shuri

Stephen Strange

Shang-Chi

Caty

Druig

Sersi

Ikaris

Thena

Sprite *

Kingo

Eros

Ajax

Phastos

Makkari

Gilgamesh

Wade Wilson (DEADPOOL)

Logan (Wolverine)

Carol Danvers

Valkyrie

Kate Bishop

Kamala Khan

Bruno Carrelli

Harry Potter Universe

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college. I may have missed some characters! I pretty much write for any and everyone when it comes to the HPU I do not support JKR, in fact she's one of the few people I hate.

James Potter

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Peter Pettigrew

Lily Evans

Marlene McKinnon

Mary MacDonald

Dorcas Meadowes

Regulus Black

Severus Snape

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Ron Weasley

Neville Longbottom

Ginny Weasley

Bill Weasely

Charlie Weasley

Percy Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Lee Jordan

Oliver Woods

Cedric Diggory

Luna Lovegood

Draco Malfoy

Blaize Zambini

Theodore Nott

Newt Scammander

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Aaron Hotchner

Emily Prentiss

Derek Morgan

Penelope Garcia

David Rossi

Jennifer Jareau (JJ)

Stranger Things

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Eddie Munson

Steve Harrington

Nancy Wheeler

Robin Buckley

Chrissy Cunningham

Jonathon Byers

Argyle

Dr Alexei

Jim Hopper

Joyce Byers

ITSV/ATSV

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Miles Morales

Peter B. Parker

Gwen Stacy

Spider Noir

Doc Ock

Miguel O'Hara

Jessica Drew

Hobie Brown

Pavitr Prabhakar

Ben Reilly

Margo Kess

Descendants

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Mal

Evie

Jay

Carlos

Ben

Jane

Doug

Chad

Lonnie

Harry

Gil

Uma

OHSHC

All characters depicted are 18+ when in regards to romance. if in a school setting, it is university/college.

Fujioka Haruhi

Suoh Tamaki

Ootori Kyoya

Hitachiin Kaoru

Hitachiin Hikaru

Haninozuka "Honey" Mistkuni

Morinozuka "Mori" Takashi

Kasanoda Ritsu

Nekozawa Umehito

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Writer asks: 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20, 26, 28, 30

Dude, that's a lot! I'm going to have to answer these questions as efficiently as possible... a real challenge for your local Robin...

7 is answered here!

9: Favourite OC?

aughhhh... I love so many of my ocs so very dearly and it changes all the time. At the moment it's Rudy (the Party Clown).

10: OC you most struggled to make?

SIX. I am STILL struggling to figure out Six. He's a vortex of "who are you???" in my brain. I know I need him in the story and I can describe his effect on the others but I don't KNOW HIM. He keeps CHANGING on me. Even the picrews are out of date.

12: Which story took the most research?

Caravaggio story (based on the mamluks in 1250s Egypt and Mongolia) took the most difficult research. There's not a lot of resources on day-to-day life in 1250s Egypt. But the story that took the most time in research has been Clown World, for which I have read three full books and a bajillion articles and watched a documentary and a few short clown performances.

13. Which story has the most lore?

Probably Clown World...? But Strange Redemption comes really close. If you don't count details about characters that will be written into the story, Clown World definitely has the most lore. LOTS of worldbuilding, LOTS of backstories that will never be fully explained in-universe.

20: What story are you the proudest of? Why?

The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne. It's... deeply personal... it's cathartic for me and for others... from what I'm told, it often does what it's intended to do, which is let people experience Thad's perspective but not get lost in it, to get them thinking about healing and trauma and what it is to be alive... I'm proud of the story for what it is, even though I can see all the flaws. I'm proud of its slow, careful pacing and the way I write Thad's mind.

Also, Strange Redemption is my longest work and my first public work, AND I managed to publish it weekly and biweekly for two straight years while in college. And I'm sticking with it now even though it's like pulling teeth at the moment. I'm proud of myself for the writing of it.

26: What are your favourite books?

In no particular order, Howl's Moving Castle and Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Watership Down by Richard Adams; All Systems Red and the rest of the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells; Going Postal by Terry Pratchett; and The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison.

28: Favourite songs at the moment?

Famous Last Words by MCR (hard rock, but it means a lot to me (it's about brotherly love!) and it's stuck in my head); Something Good by Alt-J (sweetly-sung melody about distracting oneself with self-destructive behaviors); Life Itself by Glass Animals (I associate it with Clown World!); and The Ballad of Bull Ramos by The Mountain Goats (from a concept album about pro wrestling, this song is about what the narrator imagines as the best possible old age... it's so strangely sweet...... it's about staying tough but having the freedom to help out his friends.....)

30: How are you doing? <3

Good! <3 I'm visiting a friend right now, and it's been lovely. I'm tired right now, but so content.

Overall, though, to be honest, I'm increasingly anxious about the future... it's my senior year of college, and I don't know what I'm doing after that. God will provide, but it's exceedingly nervewracking not to know how. So I'm doing good, objectively! I have an overabundance of good things in my life and even a good amount of security and stability! But I think maybe the stability itself is making me fall apart a bit 😭

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Wokeness, Responsibility and if RTD is problematic - The First Black Doctor and the Meaning of Mavity

Is Russell T Davies a problematic figure? Is he too woke or not aware enough? Is he doing something wrong to illicit negative responses from the conservatives as well as the progressives? Is it something in the programme, something in the marketing or is he doing nothing particularly bad at all? Well, perhaps you and I, faithful reader, can come to some sort of conclusion. Let's find out together as we take a dive into the controversial choices behind RTD2 and the mind of the man behind them.

"The Doctor is the last of their kind - one of the last of their kind - and has never, like, fit in anywhere... and I really relate to that. I felt like there were lots of parallels... I was about two when we left Rwanda, so very, very, very wee... and something that I don't have much memory of. But it's something that has felt like this thing over my head. This thing that's guided my life, that's kind of like informed every aspect of it. It's the reason why my family came to this country. It's the reason for lots of things." - Ncuti Gatwa, DWM 598

Doctor Who's relationship with racial representation is complicated. Fuck that – Doctor Who has a lot of precedent for being racist. The original series is littered with explicitly harmful depictions of race from the pro-slavery parable that was The Ark to the notorious depiction Chinese culture in The Talons of Weng-Chiang and several examples of mindless, mute brutes in the Troughton era. This is before we even get into the less obtuse complexities of white, British actors donning any number of over-the-top costumes, extravagant voices and, frequently, some thick makeup to portray everybody from high priests of the Aztec empire to Egyptian and Syrian sultans. And, of course, there is the most pertinent example of these tendencies in The Celestial Toymaker, which we shall be getting back to shortly.

In the first article of this series, I referenced a video from YouTuber Princess Weekes called Martha Jones Deserved Better (And Other Correct Doctor Who Takes). In this video, Weekes breaks down a number of problematic elements from the revived series and, specifically, RTD's first tenure as showrunner. It is well worth a watch and gets into a lot more detail on these issues than I feel inclined to dismiss here but some of the key points include the problematic use of both Mickey and Martha within the 'disposable-black-love-interest' trope and the broader implications of Martha's relationship with the Doctor as a time travelling companion, for example, the poor optics of the Doctor becoming human and deliberately hiding with Martha in, of all places in the history of universe, pre-WWI England as if that would be a low-key and safe environment for her. These examples are emblematic of his mishandling of black characters across his first five years on the show.

With this in mind, let us fast-forward to the eighth of May 2022. On the day that turned out to be almost exactly two years before his first full season debuted, Rwandan born Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa was announced as the newest actor to portray the eponymous hero in Doctor Who. On Christmas Day 2023, Gatwa made history as the first black leading man in the franchise's history. He is not, as will forever be rightfully and dutifully noted, the first black actor to play the role of the Doctor. That honour goes to Jo Martin's guest appearance in 2020 as the Fugitive Doctor. It will forever remain true, however, that Gatwa is the first black actor to assume the role as the leading man. As he put it himself in Doctor Who Magazine #598; "I'm the first Doctor of colour, fully". Ncuti's time as the Doctor, however long it may reign, will forever be associated with the man who spearheaded his casting – Russell T Davies.

Significantly, RTD2 does not begin with a black Doctor Who. As everybody reading this will know, it begins with the very white David Tennant, standing on a clifftop not wearing his predecessor's clothes. However, this is not to say that the three 60th anniversary specials entirely avoid engaging with race – far from it. I would think it much more reasonable to say that all three of them go to some lengths to be mindful of how characters of non-white and mixed race are depicted.

Let us take a glance at The Star Beast and, given that Donna Noble is particularly relevant to this conversation, I feel obliged to contextualise her two romantic partners from RTD1 and how they illustrate his similarly poor optics. Take her fiancé Lance, portrayed by Don Gilet in The Runaway Bride. He is introduced as a successful and charismatic love interest for Donna. She more or less works for him at H.C. Clements and falls head over heels for him before he reveals himself as a turncoat at around the halfway point. Soon after this, Lance, proving himself to be an irredeemably villainous figure, is killed by the Racnoss. It is perhaps notable to remember that there is nothing at a script level, insofar as Lance's characterisation and implied background, that suggests any specific racial or cultural background. Therefore, it is possible that his being a black man was not a choice made until the casting stage.

Fast forward to The End of Time when we learn of Donna's life since she returned home and discover that she is engaged once again, this time to Shaun Temple, as played by Karl Collins. Shaun returns in The Star Beast alongside Donna and their daughter Rose. In regards to Shaun, there is frankly very little to say because he is a very thinly drawn character. He is a supportive husband and father, he drives a taxi and he has a decent sense of humour. This makes up an exhaustive list of character traits he exhibits. Really, he is less of a supporting character and better resemble a minor role. He only exists as an extension of Donna and Rose's characters and serves to be a convenient mouthpiece for RTD to get out exposition. 

Rose, on the other hand, plays a key part in the plot and is pivotal to the conclusion. She is a strong and well-rounded character of mixed race who is essential to the story. That being said, and as the previous entry in this series explores in-depth, her actions in this story and the character herself are intrinsically connected to her trans identity, more so than her racial one. Regarding the supporting cast, it is also worth noting that Ronak Patani, an English-Indian actor, features as UNIT Major Singh. While a small role, it is a positive example of diversity in RTD2's casting and character roles.

Like Lance, Singh is likely an example of 'colour-blind casting', the practice of casting actors of any given race or ethnicity in roles and stories that place no particular emphasis on their respective backgrounds. Bridgerton (2020-present), for a popular example, frequently casts diverse ensembles despite the stories being told making little engagement with the implications of such a choice – Bridgerton is not a series about black people in high societal roles in the 1800s. There is an obvious appeal to this, not least of all the opportunity to cast phenomenal actors in roles they would conventionally be rejected from. 

In a similar vein is the notion of 'colour-conscious casting', a similar practice but one that provokes an active dialogue between the casting and content of the work. Hamilton is perhaps one of the the most recognisable works in this vein. Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical features a primarily non-white cast and retells the political history of the United States and the life of Alexander Hamilton. In Miranda's own words, Hamilton is "America then, as told by America now". Miranda's explicit intention here is to present the oppressive, white history of his country through the lens of Black and Latinx culture – being culturally and racially diverse is an essential component of Hamilton's thesis.

There has been criticism of these practices over the years with some black voices proclaiming it a problematic and racist approach. Playwright August Wilson, in 1996, spoke strongly against the practice insisting that "The idea of colorblind casting is the same idea of assimilation that black Americans have been rejecting for the past 380 years. . . . In an effort to spare us the burden of being “affected by an undesirable condition” and as a gesture of benevolence, many whites (like the proponents of colorblind casting) say, 'Oh, I don’t see color.' We want you to see us". This line of criticism has extended to works such as Hamilton, suggesting that the practice perpetuates the belief that white stories and white voices are the ones most valued in Western society. In an article by Emi P. Cummings for The Harvard Crimson, they articulated that "Any moment a white actor adopts the role of a person of color and vice-versa, there is an underlying suggestion all humans navigate their surrounding environments in the same manner. Race and ethnicity are minimized and reduced to negligible factors that can be transferred from person to person. In reality, one’s racial identity is an inalienable entity paramount to how they perceive themselves and are received by others."

So let's get to how colour-conscious casting pertains to Doctor Who for the first time with Wild Blue Yonder. In the cold open for this special, we find ourselves in the year 1666 and English-Indian actor Nathaniel Curtis emerging from his home in period appropriate garb. We quickly learn that Curtis is portraying a significant historical figure; Sir Isaac Newton, a white English man. For many viewers, the choice was received positively but it was not without its criticism. As popular YouTuber JayExci noted on X, "I'm not a rightoid and I'm not mad about it. I just think it's weird to cast someone of a historically inaccurate ethnicity to play a well known historical figure in the same way it would be weird to have a bodybuilder as Churchill or a teenager as current year Trump...It's not a big deal but I really feel there are better ways to achieve representation. Just portray a wider range of historical figures or whatever. One thing I actually did respect the Chibnall era for was finally exploring the history of parts of the world that aren't in Europe".

It is not a coincidence that this is a scene where a notable change happens in-universe. As a consequence of the Doctor and Donna's interaction, Newton fails to attribute the term 'gravity' to his theory of gravitation. Instead, he decides to call it the theory of 'mavitation'. The term 'mavity' then continues to be used in place of 'gravity' in-dialogue for all subsequent Doctor Who episodes to date. Most fans I have seen describe this change as a running joke or plot thread but I think that it has more weight than that. What 'mavity' signifies is the fact that Doctor Who stories are not beholden to the real world. Doctor Who, especially in RTD2, is a fantasy series that can play fast and loose with the established facts of the real world and make sweeping changes to its universe at the drop of a hat. This is also what is being demonstrated with Curtis' casting. He is not the same as the real Isaac Newton. He is different and changed and not beholden to the real world. Mavity is not just a random, ongoing joke but a statement of intent about race and representation in Doctor Who.

And so was the Toymaker. Let's get into this then. In 1966, a four-part Doctor Who serial that came to be known as The Celestial Toymaker aired on the BBC. In the words of Elizabeth Sandifer, from her article The Most Totally Closed Mind (The Celestial Toymaker); "this story is unrepentantly racist". The Toymaker, in his original conception and presentation, is a racist caricature of Chinese people. He is dressed in traditionally Chinese clothes, he is referred to as "the Mandarin"– he is, in Sandifer's words, "a nefarious, evil Chinese man who twists good Victorian children’s culture into sadistic and evil games".

With this in mind, it seems like an all-round terrible idea to revive the character for television in 2023. Like virtually every aspect of the Doctor Who universe, the Toymaker had already made numerous reappearances in expanded media before his return in The Giggle. To some extent, it is easy to see why. Throughout the wilderness years, The Celestial Toymaker serial was held in high regard and the concept of the Toymaker more broadly, an immortal and god-like entity who whiles away the doldrums of his existence by challenging lesser beings to sadistic games, is a really compelling one. These revivals have, for the most part, steered well clear of the 'celestial' connotations as they were onscreen, instead opting for the more cosmic definition of the word; he is the celestial toymaker who sits above us all in the sky.

But RTD is too clever for this. RTD thinks. So, he brings back the Toymaker and drops the racist adjective entirely. A sensible decision but then he goes that step further, the step he continues to take. He steps into the spotlight on an episode of Doctor Who Unleashed. On the issue of racism with the Toymaker, Russell made the following statement; 

"I can absolutely guarantee you, on transmission, people will pipe up, saying, in 1966, this was a racist character. And if we haven't acknowledged that in some way, we look ignorant, I'm very, very aware of it, and it's baked into him. And that's part of the reason bringing him back. He's a villain, of course he's going to do terrible things, and that's one of them. I did not want to whitewash the Toymaker then, so I gave him this side of putting on accents. He's a murderer. He's a mass murderer. So, I like the fact there's that very slight thin thread of him playing with race, playing with voices, playing with accents, using it as an attack."

This was an approach I can't imagine many people predicting. Instead of reintroducing the Toymaker with an entirely different characterisation and set of aesthetic qualities, instead of attempting to severe ties with the character's history as a racist caricature, RTD decided to double-down on it and make the Toymaker a racist entity who relishes in cultural appropriation in-text. Now, as per RTD's vision, the 1966 Toymaker was in-fact actively and intentionally racist. He chose to appropriate the Chinese because that is the sort of thing his character is liable to do. There is still an objectionable issue to this approach that some fans have noted, however, which is that, despite the intended reasoning, The Giggle depicts racist acts despite the story itself not actually being about race in any meaningful way at all.

But we should get to the bigger elephant in the room here; the debut of Ncuti Gatwa. Unlike tradition, David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor does not regenerate into his successor. Instead, RTD introduces a new concept which he called 'bi-generation'. Instead of regenerating, the Doctor splits off into two seperate bodies, one still resembling David Tennant and the second resembling Ncuti Gatwa. In a lot of ways, this is a great idea. In a subtextual and meta sense, the Fourteenth Doctor embodies the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who. He is rundown and burnt out. The return of an old face becomes, not just a turn toward nostalgia but, a signifier of a character and a programme that is too tired to keep moving forward and out of ideas. Gatwa's Doctor is the clean break, free of all of the emotional baggage that the last version of the show had built up over the years. The old version of the show has a definitive ending and is retired for good while the new version races off into the future, entirely unimpeded by the past and ready for new adventures.

This is also a terrible idea and another exercise in poor optics. Intentionally or otherwise, RTD has now created the perfect out for any racists watching the show to never accept Gatwa as part of the fold. As Charles Pulliam-Moore states in his article for The Verge, The new Doctor Who debut felt like a timey-wimey slap to the face, "everything about the way 'The Giggle' brings Fifteen into the picture — from the way he’s left standing in his underwear while Fourteen remains mostly clothed to the implication that the two Doctors will seemingly coexist — makes it seem as if Davies is trying to placate the contingent of fans who don’t want to accept a queer, Black actor playing the Doctor role by keeping Tennant in the mix". RTD has created an entirely plausible read where the Doctor splits off into a queer black man, while the original, the 'proper' Doctor in the eyes of bigots, walks off into the sunset.

Unfortunately, the problems do not end here. As Pulliam-Moore goes on, "The trappings and optics of “The Giggle” also add an unfortunate kind of magical negro quality to Fifteen’s heart-to-heart talks with Fourteen... The concept of a time traveler “doing rehab out of order” certainly sounds cool on the page. But within the episode itself, it frames Fifteen less as his own person living for himself and more as a source of emotional support for Fourteen, who ends up being inspired by Fifteen’s sage wisdom". And all of this in the same episode as the deliberately racist Toymaker. 

Ncuti Gatwa made his leading debut in Doctor Who with The Church on Ruby Road. The Christmas special introduces a new leading lady with Millie Gibson and introduced the threat of goblins which received minor backlash for their association with negative Jewish stereotypes. Thankfully, their depiction and the story offered little reason to draw this connection. As for the Doctor himself, the story adopts a distinct colour-blind approach presenting the Doctor, at a script level, with no particularly defined racial subtext. He is safely written as a standard, vaguely defined Doctor archetype that happens to be performed by a black actor.

At the time of writing, we are just shy of two weeks from Ncuti's first season dropping in iPlayer and Disney+. Of the eight episodes, we now know that none of them are written by black authors leaving, to date, the sole black writer of the first mainline black Doctor to be Abi Falase and her novel Eden Rebellion. So, in 2024, we have RTD as the loudest voice and architect of Ncuti Gatwa's era. I suppose that this series of articles exists in this moments as less of a definitive statement and something more like a prolonged literature review in preparation for what RTD2 is really going to be like. RTD has his heart in the right place. He remains a good intentioned and intelligent writer whose ambition often exceeds his abilities. Is there anything inherently bad about saying that racism is something evil people engage with but being disabled is certainly not reserved for them? Not at all. RTD is an excellent writer who means very well. He also sometimes, despite all of this, goes about things in the wrong way. 

And I think that that is okay :)

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⸻  this  is  a  slow  activity +  heavily  plot  based   writing  blog  for  DR MARTHA JONES of  bbc’s  doctor  who.  private,  selective,  duplicate  friendly.  multiverse  &  multiship.  as  cherished  by  louise. 23. gmt.  est december 2023.

ONE. THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT,  roleplay blog for martha jones. all headcanons / metas are of my own creation.  i am block friendly.  if you do not like my muse there is always an unfollow button on my blog. constructive criticism is always appreciated as it helps.

TWO. ACTIVITY ON THIS BLOG IS SUBJECT TO MY MOOD,  i am often overwhelmed,  to help with this, plotting is a big thing for me. i encourage plots. i may sometimes drop threads.  although i’ll be sure to inform you. never be afraid to reach out if we’re mutuals! i also work part-time and attend university so my free time can be sparse.

THREE. THIS BLOG IS SELECTIVE & PRIVATE,  i am picky with who i follow,  this means i will only roleplay with mutuals, those that i follow who follow me back. non mutuals can send in asks. however, i reserve the right to refuse / delete them.  i am huge on plotting dynamics with my mutuals. you can spam me with memes if you so wish!

FOUR. IN REGARDS TO SHIPPING,   this blog is multi-ship and chemistry based,  please know that i will not force ships on you. i trust you to treat me in the same vein. i love ships, they’re super fun to write.  feel free to let me know if you see a ship happening. i more than likely feel the same!

FIVE. MY MARTHA IS HEADCANON BASED, i am extremely aware of how terribly both freema and martha were treated over the duration of the show and the blatant racism they experienced by the fandom. i am extremely pro martha and any hate towards her will result in a block on sight. i will be delving deep into a myriad of issues pertaining to her character that may be triggering so please keep this in mind.

SIX. THIS BLOG WILL CONTAIN HIGHLY TRIGGERING CONTENT, not limited to but including: death, nsfw / sexual themes, blood and heavy violent topics. i will not shy away from these topics and due to the nature of the source material i will not be tagging these features. if they make you uncomfortable, please do not follow, keep your blog your own safe space!

SEVEN. AS FOR THE CREDITS ON THIS BLOG, my psd is indigo/wasteland by the amazing plutocommissions. everything else is my own.

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only i will remain.   independent, selective, and private multimuse. featuring mainly canon divergent and headcanon - based characters.  as loved by joy.  low and sporadic activity. rules and muses under the cut.

rules + regulations.

as stated before, this blog has low and sporadic activity. drafts and replies are far from my top priority, it’ll take time to get to them.  please don’t interact if that doesn’t work for you.

i do not follow or write with people under 20 years of age.  no hate or hard feelings towards anyone, i just don’t feel comfortable interacting with minors.  please respect this.

heads up that i’m not the best when it comes to plotting.  once the ball is rolling, though, i will feel more comfy exchanging ideas and building on what we have.  i’m always open to aus and other ideas, so feel free to approach me with one !

this blog is duplicate friendly ! i don't mind if we have one or more muses in common, it just means i can gush to you about a character we both enjoy. i do my best to check if another blog is okay with duplicates before following first, but i may mess up from time to time. go ahead and block me if that's the case, it's all good.

i am open to being ship exclusive.  meaning if we’ve plotted extensively and write our characters together romantically, i will not ship with someone else who writes the same character. feel free to float the idea out to me !

i am pro-callout culture.  there’s a big difference between having personal drama with someone and warning others about dangerous individuals.  i may reblog callout posts from time to time, as i see fit.  i will tag any i reblog as callout / if you want to block.

this shouldn’t have to be said, but i hardblock those who write or condone any of the following:  incest, rape/noncon, pedophilia, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other disgusting behaviour.  while there is nuance when it comes to depiction versus endorsement, a majority of these are hard nos regardless of whether you, the writer, don’t think the same as the character.

i tag any potentially triggering content with [trigger] / or [trigger] mention /. not safe for work content will be tagged as not sfw / for those who'd like to block.  reach out if you need me to tag something.

a little general info about me:  i go by joy online, am desi, and use she/they pronouns.  i’m over 21.  mutuals, ask for my discord !  :^)

muse list.

major details for characters will be linked when pages are complete.

primary.

reid garwin.  the covenant.

iris west-allen. dctv.

sylvain jose gautier.  fire emblem.

beidou.  genshin impact.

kaeya alberich.  genshin impact.

haru miura. katekyo hitman reborn!

jaehee kang.  mystic messenger.

scott mccall.  teen wolf.

secondary.

kate bridgerton née sharma. bridgerton.

chase collins.  the covenant.

martha jones.  doctor who.

claude von riegan.  fire emblem.

jean gunnhildr.  genshin impact.

inej ghafa.  six of crows.

ruby. supernatural.

tertiary.

abby clark. 9-1-1.

howie "chimney" han. 9-1-1.

af flowers. cinderbrush: a monsterhearts story.

cameron solomon. cinderbrush: a monsterhearts story.

guizhong.  genshin impact.

daniel le domas. ready or not.

emily davis.  until dawn.

testing.

clara oswald.  doctor who.

jude duarte. the folk of the air.

dokja kim. omniscient reader's viewpoint.

sooyoung han.  omniscient reader's viewpoint.

bonnie bennett. the vampire diaries.

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Contents (Brochure Side)

BROCHURE SIDE:

The Annual Conference on Type and Typography: Typografika, is a highly anticipated international conference, bringing together more than 300 typographers, type and graphic designers, printmakers, and artists.

As designers and artists, we want to create with expressive, engaging, and readable typography that performs well across all devices. With so many factors to take into account from typeface choice and layout through to page speed, responsive design, and variable fonts, it’s hard to know how to keep up. Over the course of four weeks, Typografika'24 will give you the full picture of what typography can and should be on the web and print. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned pro, you’ll find heaps to learn and take away.

Please join us for the official launch of the conference at the Ngā Wai o Horotiu Marae (AUT Marae) 10 am, 25 January 2024.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Lectures by the speakers provide insight into their research and work methods. These sessions will prove to be very informative and helpful. There will also be a Q&A session at the conclusion of each session.

Joseph Churchward: Artist and Type Designer.

Retro type: 26 January, 10 am, Level 4, WM Building, 26 St Paul St.

Tesselating Patterns: 27 January, 1 pm, Level 4, WZ Building, 6-24 St Paul St.

Tobias Frere-Jones: Educator and Type Designer.

Keeping up with Martha: 29 January, 1 pm, Conference rooms, WA Building, 35 Wellesley St.

Verena Gerlach: Type and Graphic Designer.

Search, Find, and rescue: 30 January, 4 pm, A guided walk starting from St Paul St Gallery. WM Building 26 St Paul St.

Nadine Chahine: Researcher and Type Designer

Cohesive forms: 3 Feb, 1 pm, Level 4, WZ Building, 6-24 St Paul St.

Carol Twombly

Date and Time: TBA

Join us for a month of exciting events, Designer talks, and workshops.

Venue: AUT

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I don’t mean to send fandoms into overdrive or anything, but Lucifer was in Doctor Who