#romana

[stopmyhearts]

However, restriction breeds creativity and I present to you my masterpiece: Romana writing fanfiction

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

Okay now I’m thinking about Narvin finding out just how young romana was when she regenerated, because Brax would know her age given that he was her teacher and leela is human so she probably wouldn’t quite understand the significance of that. Do you think he’d be horrified that she wasn’t even 200 yet, that she wasn’t even dying in the first place yet she experienced her first death when she was practically still a child

[heimeldat]

having more thoughts about Apocalypse Element

[gallifreyrelisten]

[ID: a comic depicting a scene from Weapon of Choice./end ID]

Weapon of Choice

Life, love and a term spent in a medieval time bubble have kept me away from my comics, but I'm sort of home now and wanted to get at least one more done before the upcoming Gallifrey One. It's going to be a super special one for Gallifans, particularly Narvinettes!

So here's a scene from the episode that started it all, Gallifrey S01 Ep01: Weapon of Choice, written by Alan Barnes. 

I really ditched on the background here but I can always return in future to sketch it out more with a few elements.

I have almost all remaining scenes (from series 1-6) planned and ready to sketch, just need the time!

[daughterofheartshaven]

When I was in high school, my history teacher told me an authoritarian dictator is at their most vulnerable when they are trying to give some power back to the people. The visage of the flawless ruler falls, and the people who have a little power are now ravenous for more.

I think about this a lot in relation to Gallifrey. It fell a generation after the Archetryx Convention - when Romana lead Gallifrey to begin opening the doors of time travel to the wider universe.

I really don't think that's a coincidence.

[atalanta133]

I’ve seen a lot of people pointing out the similarities between Belinda and Tegan (which I mean, fair), but what about the similarities between Belinda and Romana?

both of them:

Call the Doctor out on his bullshit

Are unimpressed with his shitty driving

Instantly decided the best way to solve the issue is “sacrifice myself”

have a doppelgänger played by the same actress prior to becoming a main cast member (although admittedly the “Mundy Flynn->Belinda” situation is kinda an inverted “Astra->Romana II”)

proves themselves to be just as competent as the Doctor, and even surpasses him in some cases

like obviously they’re two (technically 3?) different characters and we’ve only got one episode of Belinda so far but still, I just feel like it’s fun to point out

[alternativeulster]

can anyone hear me

[meiko-komoko]

I love that when the Doctor falls for women, they're the coolest most badass people (think of River, Rose, Yaz, Romana, etc.), but when they fall for men they're always loser nerds (Fitz, Rogue, Koschei). they've got the best taste in women and the worse in men. that's real bi/pan representation there.

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Time to clown again.

[space-glasgow]

[natequarter]

this has to be the single wackiest series opener ever

[stopmyhearts]

Self-indulgent Romana/Leela wound care anyone? A small, soft moment post-Weapon of Choice.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64667554 there you go :)

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

How many people do you think know romana’s actual age, like there’s got to be a good number of people who assume that since she’s on her second body (though that brings up the question of if they’re even aware of that, but that’s a problem for another post) she’s at least 1000. with all the other doubts surrounding her presidency how do you think people would react to finding out she was barely 400 when she got elected

[paintedcrows]

Together

[obrienpolycule]

girl who handles her guilt and grief in normal ways

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

Romana's introduction in the Ribos Operation is actually so much funnier considering we now know that Time Lords can live up to 10,000 years so her poking fun at the Doctor's age is the equivalent of a 19 year old going up to a 26 year old and calling them old and senile.