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[picnokinesis]

could you tell me (without major plot spoilers -- details about characters and character dynamics are fine) what you loved most about 13's era? <3 I've started my first major who rewatch since I fell off the bandwagon (somewhere along season 11), and I'd love to know what I can look forward to!!

Oh my days hello!! Welcome to my blog! :D Be careful scrolling around because there are a LOT of spoilers (one character in particular is a walking spoiler rip) but oh man hMMM this is such a good question okay because I'll be 100% honest with you, I wasn't actually the biggest fan of s11? Like, don't get me wrong, there are certain episodes that I absolutely love (The Woman Who Fell to Earth is a prime example) and I know there are a lot of people who love it a lot, but on the whole I was pretty 'meh' about that season. It's a great set up, though, for what comes next - because you know how in s11 the Doctor is very much, on the surface, all happy go lucky and everything about the universe is wonderful? Well, that's one hell of a façade, and I really love s12 and 13 because we gradually get to see that mask start to crack under pressure, and it's SO good to see how the Doctor just...steadily losing her ability to keep it up. And she's so SO terrible with vulnerability - I said it in an ask yesterday, but I'm certain that a LOT of that comes from Grace dying so fast after she met her, newly regenerated, as well as losing Bill at the end of s10, and it means that she keeps everyone else at arm's length and won't let anyone see her vulnerable, because she has to keep everyone safe and she can't let anyone else die she can't lose anyone she can't do that again. And in s12 and 13, you get to see some of the consequences of her not actually being upfront about everything with her companions.

On a similar note, I really REALLY love the key thematic threads in the last two series! There's a lot about memory, identity, trauma and grief in s12 particularly, but also in s13 too, and I absolutely LOVE stories that delve into those. For me, it's been such a treat to have storylines that really dig into these ideas and explore them. There's also a general anti-imperialist theme, especially in s12 and 13, which I really enjoyed. There is some pretty divisive additions to Gallifreyan/Doctor Who lore in s12 and 13, but I personally really REALLY love it - I think it really adds to the story and expands the sandbox, so to speak, whilst also doing this INCREDIBLE job of 1) adding new layers of angst to old episodes of Doctor Who reaching waaaaaay back into Classic, whilst preserving the episodes as they were before so you can read them either way, as well as 2) taking odd bits of canon that didn't make sense and weaving them into a coherent storyline. It's genuinely really cool, to me at least. So I would say go into that with an open mind.

There's also some WONDERFUL characters in s12 and 13 - I won't say who or what or where, but there's a lot of fun stuff. I don't know how you found my blog, so you might not know that I write a lot of fanfic, and I've had a whale of time exploring some of the side/recurring characters in s12 and 13, and they're such a joy to write :) But of course the MAIN characters are so SO fantastic - I absolutely ADORE thirteen, she's awful and a massive hypocrite but also just doing her best and trying to keep herself together (and failing), and she's so great to write. I've written over half a million words (literally) about her now, so I think that should tell you how much inspiration Thirteen and this entire era has given me. And the companions are just fabulous. ALSO!! There's a LOT of telepathy and other tropes in this era that I've reaaaaally really loved.

Also - and this is just a little thing, but whilst I love Moffat's era, he did have a tendency to overuse the TARDIS cloister bell - which, I mean, that's fine because I love it HAHA but in Chibnall's era, I think we only hear it......once? I think? I may be wrong, but I remember the one main time we hear it is pretty far into his era and I was like YOOOOOOOOO because we hadn't heard it in so long, right? And so to suddenly hear it again.......it was like 'oh frick, this is REALLY BAD then', and it just gave me chills, yknow? So I liked that a lot!

There are probably a bunch of other things too, but I reckon that gives you a sense of it. I think one thing to really remember with Chibnall's era is that the more you dig into the stories and engage with them, the more you discover and the more it rewards you. A lot of storylines that can seem really simple or sparse on the surface can end up being SO rich once you sit with them for a few minutes. I think I've particularly discovered this as I've written fanfic, but also just thinking about stuff and how it all connects - within itself as an era, but also back into previous eras too! It's such a celebration of the entire show - especially the last episode - and it's very VERY obviously been made by a team of people who had an absolute blast making it, and were all very supportive of each other. I've also really appreciated that there's been a genuine strive towards diversity, both in front of and behind the camera, and whilst there have definitely been some pretty blatant missteps, from what I've seen and heard (for example, during Gally One panels) these efforts were done with good intentions behind them, and all the time actively striving towards something better? And I personally think that a flawed end result is much better than one that plays it safe with no diversity at all. It's a step in the right direction, at least - and, post Doctor Who, Chibnall pretty much immediately went to set up a project that trained up new producers because he said that 'too many showrunners are people like me' - so I think that suggests (to me, at least) that his money is where his mouth is.

ANYWAY that ended up being long....hope this helps, though!! And I really hope that you enjoy watching this era as much as I did!! :D I've loved Doctor Who since 2005, but s12 and s13 just catapulted me into being absolutely obsessed with it again, and it's been so wonderful to get so much joy out of something that I've loved since I was a kid

VERY QUICKLY THOUGH - list of some of my favourite Thirteen episodes, in no particular order:

War of the Sontarans

Spyfall (parts 1 and 2)

Village of the Angels

The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Survivors of the Flux

Ascension of the Cybermen

Fugitive of the Judoon

Eve of the Daleks

The Power of the Doctor

[stellarwaffles]

Nervously walks up to the fandom

Hello please tell me your Leo headcanons he's my favorite I wanna know what other people think about him

[ghostsessioned]

hi

[spearxwind]

Also while I'm sharing Talas scribbles. Here's one from when I put him in Dredge while I was playing that game too

[slythereen]

also off the top of my head i’m pretty sure drivers don’t usually clap for each other when they get handed the trophy?? maybe for like super significant podiums but i don’t think it’s usual?? i have a bad memory though so take this with a grain of salt for sure

you 🤝 me

horrendous memory for details

anyway by popular demand (my own) (i am the only one asking for this) i decided to do some investigative journalistic research (rewatched some banger podiums).

my final conclusion: idk they seem to run on vibes. like. it's definitely not a Every Time Absolutely, Have Manners™ type of situation. but at least a little clapping each podium, not necessarily limited to p1. there does not appear to be an upwards trend or anything, chronologically. it seems to vary (though i might say that they do it reflexively if the clapping starts earlier and thus clap more for those podiums... hmmm).

choosing the narrative i want where science has failed me to say max and lewis did it for charlie<3

baku gp 2023

charles interestingly is clapping for max as he walks out

max claps for checo as he walks out; charles fixes his hat and then starts clapping too (i get you charlie)

can't see max and charles for the first part of checo's trophy, but they are not clapping for the end of it (and charles is fixing his bracelet so i don't think he was before)

neither max nor charles clap for the medal

all three clap for the rbr mechanic (charles joins a lil late but it's okay that's not his team... yet)

can't see charles and checo for the trophy lift, but by the time you see them when max sets his down they are not clapping (there is a slight tiny smidge of movement to the left as he is handed it that makes me think checo claps. but not firm enough evidence)

you can only see checo for charles' trophy and he is clapping animatedly (as is the rbr mechanic)

conclusion: errrr... they clap when they remember to. rbr mechanic domination. also, checo is kind of a sweetheart with his animated clapping on podiums thus far.* (*this says thus far bc i actually watched out of order)

austria gp 2023

max, checo, and the rbr mechanic clap after the anthem, charles does not (he's busy fixing his hat okay it's important) (this isn't part of my stats i just thought it was funny)

charles and checo clap when max lifts the trophy (you can see checo clapping at the end of the shot. charles is out of frame BUT you can see his arm/elbow moving as he claps presumably so i'm taking it)

checo claps for the medal; charles does not

you can't see the drivers for the rbr mechanic's trophy (except checo at the end, clapping)

you can't see the drivers for charles' trophy

you can't see the drivers until checo is putting his trophy down, they are not clapping then but they might have already stopped. counting it as a negative bc of the hands on the hips / no evidence to support a positive (the rbr mechanic is still clapping at this point)

conclusion: p1 gets some claps?

belgium gp 2023

can't quite see charles when checo initially walks out, but by the time he is in his spot charles is not clapping / is fixing his hat (i sense a theme, charlie)

checo and charles both clap for max walking out

all three clap for the anthem

charles claps for max's trophy lift (checo is shaking hands with the presenter but also does not start clapping for the end of it)

can't see charles for the medal; checo does not appear to clap but is busy leaning in to tease max about something

max claps for the rbr mechanic (can't see charles and checo for the whole time but they weren't at the start/end)

max claps for checo's trophy (can't see charles until very end, movements too ambiguous to guess if he was or not) (rbr mechanic claps too)

max claps for charles' trophy (can't see checo)

conclusion: max emilian is something of a consistent clapper. lestappen consistently clap for one another (not enough data on checo, so they might all three be on par with one another).

mexico gp 2023

charles and lewis do not initially clap for max getting the trophy, but do after the handshakes with the presenter / when he lifts it (no claps for the medal)

charles and max clap for the rbr mechanic lifting the trophy after the handshakes

i can't tell for lewis - f1 rudely cut to toto clapping like a proud dad so didn't see max or charles for the trophy 🤨

max starts clapping for charles before the presenter even hands him the trophy. casual.

we know lewis started clapping fairly quickly too from the side angle video but he wasn't in frame for the f1tv broadcast

conclusion: more or less clapping at least 66% of the time.

for some comparative analysis...

monza gp 2023 (tears in my eyes)

no one claps for the walk outs

checo and carlos both clap for max's trophy lift

no one claps for the medal

can't see the drivers for checo's trophy

max claps for carlos; checo joins in belatedly

(i forgot how awkward it is that carlos had to hype the crowd... at monza)

singapore gp 2023 (i'm suffering for the people)

lewis doesn't clap on lando's walkout

it looks like lando clapped a bit for carlos' walkout

lewis and lando clap for carlos' trophy (lando joins a little late)

lando claps for the medal

lando and lewis clap for fred (carlos is doing something with the trophy it looks like)

lewis claps for lando... carlos doesn't (🤨)

can't see the drivers for lewis' trophy lift but it looks like carlos gave a clap or two at the end

(oh carlos hyped the crowd in singapore too... maybe that's just his thing)

conclusion: sir lewis hamilton is a gentleman. lando is also a consistent clapper. carlos is roughly 50%. not really a super strong correlation between p1 and guaranteed claps.

[therealmuffin44]

So this is my character slinky!!! He likes has a store named Slinkys yum yum meats and well he grinds people up and turns them into meat and sells it. He's a little special guys. Well anyway there he is! 🔥🗣️

[iveoy]

this is zuzhou. he bites.

bro was one of the few lucky ocs I have that got his own fullbody art of him 💀💀

[alloganes]

❝    NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE YOU IN INAZUMA AGAIN.   ❞    their voice resonates from behind him,   out of the blue,   and more importantly,   without apparent animosity.    there is no fear or anger as they approach @heavenlyprinciples,   and they even dare to settle a comfortable distance away from him,   but there is little warmth behind their demeanor.    it’s eyes scan the horizon of yashiori island,   looking to tatarasuna in the distance    —    quiet and peaceful,   no longer plagued with the distortion and instability of eons past.

❝    what brought you back here?   ❞    sol asks,   leaning backward,   legs swaying back and forth off the cliff edge.    it watches as the moon peaks above the horizon.    the sun retreats below the world so she could usher in night.    ❝    i doubt you’re here for the sights.    sentimentality, maybe?    ❞

[idkman-fish]

[evorathesylvurr]

I am posting again instead of sleeping (future me i am so sorry for the cleaning you will need to do)

I should set up my tagging system rn huh

[trickstarbrave]

WIP Wednesday

i got tagged by @saltymaplesyrup (why will tumblr not let me tag wtf) for wip wednesday. i dont have any new writing bc uhhhhhhhhh reasons (yknow my. dog) but i do have some art ive been working on

veeeeeeeery rough atm. like a lot of my art at first HGHGBRHGEBGH

this is actually nerevar! i have a hc he's part nord, with a chimer mom and nord dad. in my fic it's established nerevar's dad went back to skyrim to settle an inheritance dispute and uh. died. and after his mom found out nerevar was already like, 10. so she just up and left him in the care of his maternal uncle.

but i was thinking what if his dad hadn't died and he was raised in skyrim? he would be in the rift, bordering on the velothi mountains, only hearing about skyrim and seeing the stray cliff racer. after his dad dies for real this time his mother takes him to resdayn/morrowind

idk i just kinda like the idea of fur wearing, axe wielding, braids in his hair nerevar. in a lot of ways he'd be different and in others he'd be the same. definitely still hot tho (imagine voryn getting a look at him and immediately dropping everything in his hands to stare LMAO)

this also works for moon and star for uhhhhh reasons. i can explain how this would end up happening if you ask ha ha i dont want this post to be even longer explaining a lil sketch

tagging: @your-talos-is-problematic, @boethiahspillowbook, @mulberrycafe (do u like tagging games. i dunno. if not u can ignore this bghgbreh) uhhhhhhhhhh idk who else wants to that hasn't been tagged yet........ anyone reading this can def do it i wanna see ur stuff :>

[tamarieatsbatteries175]

Ermmm okay

Putting it under cut cuz i have a feeling.imma rant lol [i mention some. Not swag things as well be cautious]

OKEY SO we have diagnosed ADHD, Depression and Anxiety, self diagnosed NPD, BPD and Autism. I ALSO have homicidal thoughts, TERRIBLE intrusive thoughts in general, probably hypersexual, im suicidal, uhhhhhh i gotta see if i can find my papers from when i was at that mental hospital..

Womp womp couldnt find em

Anywayses oh yeahs!!! I have trauma from some form of childhood abuse as well which was repressed ::P probs why i almost forgot to add that! I also have i thinkkkk 2 attempts at suicide?? I also did sh as well [i believe we r around a year clean now?? Horray!!]

Hrrrmmmmm what other fucked up things r there about me other than the stuff i mentioned above.,,.. idk i forgor 💀 but yeas thats about everything fucked up about us [mostly me but still.]

Besties please tell me your issues I want to know how fucked up you are <3 :3

[jellydishes]

tagged by @broodsys, tagging @skeletonsgeorg and @neonhoneycomb and @diroxy

1. How many works do you have on AO3 uhhhhhhh hang on i gotta combine three different accounts lol. ANSWER: 209

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 383,402 + 194,512 + 6,876 = 584,790

3. What fandoms do you write for? Dragon age 2 and Transformers, mostly, but i randomly branch out on occasion

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? uhhh on my main account?

misfiled, a magnus archives fic, with 314 kudos

mama said there'd be days like this, a bojack horseman story with 246

the trick is not to look down, an avatar: the last airbender fic, with 227

two truths, a disco elysium nsfw story with 184

only our enemies leave roses, an umbrella academy fic, with 177

(bonus round, i won't be linking these bc it's my forbidden account, HOWEVER: 173, 124, 118, 114, and 111 kudos for the top five)

5. Do you respond to comments? i do! often very very late because of my social anxiety, but yes

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? uhhhhhhhhh OH! that would be one breath, two

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? offhand??? maybe bone meal

8. Do you get hate on fics? fairly regularly for my forbidden account, yes, i just got a nasty comment last week

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? every couple of months, yes. typically m/f or f/f in general, [REDACTED] for my forbidden account

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? very occasionally. i did a final fantasy seven/fire emblem or a while back, which fulfills both criteria

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? idk? probably, but i don't worry about it very much

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? not to my knowledge

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? yup! i worked together on a couple dragon age fic before, for instance, as well as on my second forbidden account lol, this one specifically for transformers

14. What's your all time favorite ship? uhhhhhhhh idk probably bethany hawke/literally anybody

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? the sequel fic for believe it's easier for you

16. What are your writing strengths? dialogue and characterization

17. What are your writing weaknesses? action scenes and plot

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? i mean if i knew another language sure

19. First fandom you wrote for? uhhhh either yuyu hakusho or h*rry p*tter

20. Favorite fic you've written? idkkkk uhhh potentially silhouette, which is a hard fic to pitch to people but it's the fic that first saw me experiment with writing an nd protagonist back in the day, so i have a lot of affection for it

[kris-shinnie-pride]

Thanks for tagging meee @fortunes-unfavored !!

I didn't know if I had to make my own post or if I could reblog yours and add my answers so I decided to just do it this way:)

rules: answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

favorite color: PURPLE!! I love purple:)

last song: HEAVEN SAYS (cover) by GamePlayah. Not beating the weird kid allegations

currently reading: I'm not really a reader...I like reading webtoons sometimes! I'm currently catching up with UnOrdinary!!:) It's one of my favorites!

currently watching: I'm watching House md (Currently on season 6) and I'm listening to the Sherlock & Co podcast! I like how they depict the character there! A lot less cynical than most adaptions!! Plus, the fandom is pretty small from what I gathered

currently craving: peace and quiet cause I can't deal with people for a little while but also to hang out with my best friend cause they're the only person I can hang out with without getting psychic damage

coffee or tea: Coffee for sure. I tried a lot of different teas but I didn't really like any of them. I really like some plain coffee though! No sugar or milk usually.

hobby to try: I've been wanting to start scrapbooking but I keep feeling bad about covering anything, so layering has been a bit of a challenge. Plus idk what "theme" I should do

current au: I don't write, more of a drawer, but I like fantasising about me (or a self insert character) being in different pieces of media that I enjoy and interacting with the characters! Rn I'm doing that with HSR and House:>

Nine people uhhhhhhhhh:

@strawberryjamsara @aroacesigma @changeling-droneco @tabr1-s @where-all-the-time-went @40hotdogs @a-map-of-gays @genderfluid-and-confuzled @oh-shit-i-spilled-my-genderfluid

No pressure ofc!!<3

[cryscendo]

kurt hummel obv for the character tag thing!!!!

of course, the love of my life <3

favorite thing about them

literally everything, he’s the best character. BUT if i have to pick one thing, it has to be his ability to be his own advocate. what i mean by that, i mean his speech to blaine in prom queen. him standing up in front of the whole school and accepting his crown despite knowing that this all happened due to bullying?? he’s so brave and i love that he’s learned to be his own hero throughout s2.

least favorite thing about them

uhhhhhhhhh what a question. probably how he struggles with communication. this is very clear with blaine, but we also see this with characters like rachel. his life would be so much better if he just communicated more.

favorite line

like i mentioned before: “i am going to go out there and get coronated. i am going to show them that it doesn’t matter if they’re yelling at me or whispering behind my back. they can’t touch me. they can’t touch us or what we have.”

brOTP

kelliott!! (or kurtcedes ?? idk i love them both so much)

nOTP

i don’t think i have one?? kandler maybe?? i can be convinced of most kurt ships bc hes my little fandom bicycle <3

random headcanon

he refuses to be a passenger princess. so long as he can help it, he will always be the driver. despite other people’s driving ability, he just operates under the assumption that he’s the better driver

unpopular opinion

not really an unpopular opinion here on tumblr, but the writers had no business not utilizing kurt’s voice during competitions. i think we as the audience were supposed to be convinced that he wasn’t as good as his classmates, but i never bought it

song i associate with them

i don’t wanna go the easy route and pick a song he sings in glee so i won’t. i have Spotlight by Patrick Stump on my playlist for him and i think it perfectly encapsulates his story <3

favorite picture of them

i could NEVER possibly give a single response to this. however, i currently LOVE this pic of him

send me a character!

[scuderiaspringsteen]

eons ago @nolansiegels tagged me to answer these questions and i've finally gotten around to it!!

tagging @gayferrari @catboyseb @rosberggp @97leclrc @kissingwalls @darlingnemesis @raikkonenslay and anyone else who wants to do it

do you make your bed? yes but very poorly. hate the idea of dust on my sheets however i simply don't enjoy making the bed

favorite number? hmmmm i like 9 very much. nice little triangles ect

what's your job? i'm a uni student double majoring in linguistics and anthropology with a minor in arabic and i'm an archival intern

if you could go back to school, would you? i'd go back to elementary school in a heartbeat. also i fear i enjoy uni too much and will try and stick around for some time.....

can you parallel park? as of literally one week ago i've magically been able to reliable parallel park. idk how or why but i'm not complaining

do you think aliens are real? welll maybe there's Something out there but probably we'll never meet which is for the best

can you drive a manual car? no but i do want to learn (that being said i pretty much hate driving in general and will continue to avoid it whenever possible)

guilty pleasure? british white boy rock music (think catfish and the bottlemen circa waves sam fender the wombats ect) and this very particular green tea mochi danish from a bakery near me

tattoos? none rn, although i follow a ton of tattoo artist and have a couple from whom i definitely want to get something. unfortunately i can't make up my mind and stick with it for longer than 5 seconds so !! tattoo plans on indefinite hold

favorite color? dark greens.....olive emerald forest ect. however i weirdly tend to both accumulate items and clothes in various shades of blue so like. people irl tend to associate me with that apparently

favorite type of music? uhhhhhhhhh. it oscillates wildly but artists i can p much always listen to are jeff buckley tamino springsteen z berg u know the sort. also mika. (i was gonna put him as my guilty pleasure unfortunately i do not feel guilty in the least. everyone go listen to coke studio stardust)

do you like puzzles? yesss always !!! physical puzzles are very dear to me bc my family is insane abt them in a good way but i also love puzzle games!

favorite childhood sport? figure skating <3 og dramatic bitch sport that i have been following religiously since early childhood

do you talk to yourself? mmm sometimes i narrate in m head but rarely out loud

tea or coffee? so. tea forever and always HOWEVER this is largeley bc american coffee is kinda ass and i'm reminded of this whenever i leave the country. bought some fun coffee stuff in italy which i'm very excited to use !!

first thing you wanted to be when growing up? a librarian and then a tech/business girlie (dark time in my life) and then a stage manager. kind of come full circle now !!

what movies do you adore? taking a minute to say tal u have incredible taste thoroughbreds 2017 is so near and dear to me. also and then we danced !!! i remember watching that in the shittiest quality with a russian dub over the georgian with english subs....excellent film also got me very into georgian food. and man from u.n.c.l.e is the only action film ever. okay actually gonna answer now here are some of the all time favorites (i warn u these are not all Good they're just Good To Me): the decoy bride, amelie, roman holiday, the blue caftan, the social network (sorry), matthias et maxime, jab we met, yeh jawani hai deewani, ek main aur ekk tu (2000's bollwood is sooo important to me)