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notmoreflippingelves · 9 months

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I should not be allowed to watch Doctor Who because the ships that most interest me are: (a) the ships that the narrative discourages me from sexualizing (twelve/clara) (b) the ships that the narrative tells me I am not supposed to view romantically (ten/donna) and the (c) the ships that I am not supposed to perceive/consider at all because they exist only in my mind and are problematic in multiple ways. (not even going to mention it because I'm so ashamed).

#doctor who #why can't i just ship tenrose like a normal person?#i mean tbf i do kind of enjoy 11river and twelve/missy too #and at least 12/clara is basically canon even if they exist in a frustrating liminal space that is somewhere between romantic and platonic #but they wouldn't even let them kiss b/c pcap wouldn't allow it :(#and sorry not sorry; david tennant had more chemistry w/ catherine tate than any of the other actors #change my mind (you can't)#but at least those are normal ships that other people enjoy instead of the nonsense my brain has infected me with #i'll take 'i'm a bad person for 1000; alex'#i mean there is a tiny chance that it might exist if only a little #solely because the dw fandom is absolutely massive #the inherent eroticism of the 'how dare you defy me!' trope #*whispers* martha/master tho

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