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faeleven · 10 months ago
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7B - which had good ideas but suffered because Moff was too busy with the anniversary to edit - managed the revelation that the companion the Doctor believed was supernatural was actually an ordinary woman much much better, because the narrative was constantly pointing out that the Doctor’s fixation was both incorrect and unfair to Clara.
This was more like if Neville was revealed at the end to be the chosen one after following Harry Potter for seven books. You can’t lead the viewers to a conclusion, pull the rug from under them and then laugh at them for not getting it when they were never provided the dots to join.
happened to see this ask right after rewatching the bells of st john but yes exactly! 7b wasn't moffat's best work but he clearly had the conclusion planned out from the start and that was reflected in how the narrative treated clara and the doctor, whereas rtd was setting up something totally different from what he ended up doing. with clara, the doctor (and the audience to an extent) go in thinking she's some crazy, weird, impossible thing, but in 7b itself all the signs continually point to her being an ordinary human and the doctor just ignores that because of his fixation on her "mystery". the exact opposite of s14 where no one thought ruby was anything but human until RTD started surrounding her with weirdness and specifically drawing attention to it. the message he's sending to fans is "don't try to analyze my writing or predict* where I'm going with things, because I don't care about thematic consistency and will just pull plot points out of thin air"
*caveat that I don't necessarily think a twist should be predictable, but I do think that looking back after everything is revealed, you should be able to feel that it was done with intention and not by spinning a wheel.
it's hard to have any real analysis of this series because it doesn't have that sense of being crafted intentionally. some episodes in it were good, but as a whole it's incoherent. any discussion of its themes or ruby's character is necessarily either extremely shallow or driven by fan theories that have taken what little the writing gave us and run with it.
RTD says he wants to provoke reactions, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, but I do think he's going about it all wrong. if he made something that had genuine depth and was thought-provoking, fan discussion would naturally follow AND would keep going for a long time. instead he's chosen to chase after moment-to-moment shock value and soundbite reactions, and as a result I don't see this new version of doctor who having much lasting popularity.
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hacash · 2 years ago
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Ship them, don’t ship them, would have written things differently, whatever; but whenever I see a post like ‘Ted and Rebecca love each other so they must be more than just friends! they’re proven to be intrinsically connected, that could only equal romance! anything less than romance is such a downgrade for such an amazing and vital relationship!’ I want to panic-vomit. Ideally over the person writing it.
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cartridgeconverter · 1 year ago
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There's a recording of Don Giovanni on Spotify with Sunhae Im and Nikolay Borchev Zerlina and Masetto from the 2006 Baden-Baden cast, dated to 2007. In fact, everyone in the cast seems to be from that production, except for Kenneth Tarver, who is definitely not the tenor in the show. Curious.
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trekkie-lkm-archive · 1 year ago
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Info: Ever wonder how Kirk and gang manage to get out of so many scrapes?
Kirk, it turns out, is rather vital to a non-apocalyptic Earth
and Crowley and Aziraphale do so enjoy all the earthly amenities available in the 23rd century.
So they've taken it upon themselves to wander over onto the Enterprise and keep an eye on things, and make sure they don't all manage to disintegrate themselves. And if, in the meantime, Crowley decides to have a little fun on the side with these pretty Starfleet officers
I don't think Aziraphale will necessarily stop him
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yall-send-help · 2 months ago
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hello! i’m currently taking writing suggestions, so if you have any, leave them in the comments or in my ask!
don’t be afraid to get a little weird with it too lol
i love writing people’s specific niches it’s part of what makes writing so fun
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heckyeahponyscans · 4 months ago
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A prototype of unreleased G5 My Little Pony "Scout Kindheart" who was going to be a tie-in with the Girl Scouts!
Although this pony was unreleased on the mass market, someone on the My Little Pony Trading Post found a bunch of them for sale in Vietnam (which is where MLPs are currently made) and has been selling them at a very reasonable price (and sending little goodies with the packages, too)!
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nattikay · 8 months ago
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moeblob · 2 months ago
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The extremely niche crossover only I want to see... Kingdom Hearts x Monark.
#kingdom hearts#monark#riku#vanitas#if you do not know about the game the mc in monark is some white haired guy#and you get this lil black stuffed rabbit with a yellow button eye but hes missing one eye#and his name is literally vanitas#so yeah sorry that i wanted to play kh2 and got DENIED bc cloud gaming isnt good#so i started playing monark as like well i own it but have never played it may as well#and get dunked on by vanitas real fast is like oh you lil -#and then the white haired guys first ally is a cute lil red haired girl that made me think of kairi a bit ???#and you may be asking well ok but thats not reaally enough to have a niche crossover spawn in your brain#ok the dean lady is named sora thank you case closed i just wanted to play kh2 and was made to do something else#ive played it for like five hours and have been SHAMED by vanitas for being too asexual during the lust quiz thank you kindly#and that actually is what his dialogue bubble is from!#his dialogue is like you know for a quiz to test your lust you have like NO carnal desires huh#and then i get no points added to my lust rank and then 120 added to sloth#also when he says hes not judging you its in the most judging tone#vanitas as a lil floating mascot with bunny ears as i alone deserve#anyway hi im salmon and i like chess themes and seven deadly sin themes and conveniently#monark has both ! hooray once again for me alone#also there are personality quizzes which are also things i like to take for no real reason its fine
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novelconcepts · 4 days ago
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like, there’s literally a scene in s2 where all the adults are finally together and there’s no distractions and no outsiders present. they’re even a little drunk and loose with their words! and yet van still shuts it down when misty tries to bring up their time in the wilderness! that’s her first instinct, even when they’re all together, and there’s assumedly no judgement! like yes she doesn’t want the mood ruined, sure, but it’s also a perfect summation of it all: they don’t think about it, because they can’t, because they’re always having to re-write! nat literally two seconds later in the very SAME scene asks what they all remember, and it’s made clear they can’t??
Yes! This is not new, and it wasn’t new in season 2, either. The Taissa running for Senate and the Taissa in the woods going “this place will follow us forever” are two different women. She remembers it was bad enough to warrant making sure no one would talk, but do we think she really remembers all the details and still ran for office? No way. Shauna would not have the reputation for being a soft, boring housewife if she recalled in vivid detail setting up a teammate’s murder and then demanding her hair as a trophy. Nat remembers the most, I would guess, but she’s also been dulling those memories religiously for two decades. They remember the big picture, the vague awfulness, but the specifics of who they were? They’ve been running from that for YEARS.
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revacholian-girl-utena · 10 months ago
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I guess you could say we believe it *because it’s impossible*.
Alt text: Frames from the finale of Revolutionary Girl Utena with overlaid text.
1: Prince Dios lounges on the ground, looking disinterested. Text reads: YOU — "They think their success is a given."
2: The same shot from another angle, showing Akio mirroring Dios as he looks on with a fruity drink nearby. Text reads: "Yes."
3: Anthy bites her knuckle, tears in her closed eyes, looking torn. Text reads: "Whereas we understand"
4: Utena lying crumpled on the ground as the million swords bear down on her. Text reads: "that we'll almost certainly fail,"
5: Utena and Anthy's outstretched hands touching. Utena's hand is visibly bloody. Text reads: "which is what allows us the chance to succeed." End alt text.
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your-unfriendlyghost · 1 month ago
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Andy from breakfast club liked the crazy girl alternative more! We all shout in unison!!
And I don’t blame him ily crazy girls y’all rock y’all make the world a better place fr
if I were a poet I’d write “ode to crazy girls” and so would Andy Clark 😌
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silverhalla · 6 months ago
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alright single digit days so it’s time for last-minute baseless + unfounded veilguard theories!!!!!!! I’ll go first: the reason spite can’t take over lucanis’ body is because that body is ALREADY being possessed by lucanis, who was in fact dead and buried in the wake and rebound to a new form in the ossuary
#dragon age: the veilguard#veilguard spoilers#datv#datv spoilers#da4 spoilers#lucanis dellamorte#ANYWAYS additional spoilers/expansion on this theory in the tags ->#the whole ‘Zara thought it would be funny if you were the REAL demon of vyrantium’#but it’s about lucanis being the possessor not the possessed
. hmm hmmmmmmm hm#torn between that being done intentionally or them trying to bind spite but lucanis has already moved back in#and if I MAY#worldbuilding on this: flesh golem lucanis still bound to zara’s orders#so when you go to fight Zara and she orders him to kill you ohhh he is trapped inside his own(?) body watching himself try to kill yoj#and at the end of the fight you have the option to kill or spare him#and if you spare him ohohoho enjoy the KNIFE inside you!!!!#(post battle after Zara is killed not by his hands the GUILT the SHAME the HORROR)#(IF he’d even survive it!!!!! and what then!!!!)#anyways all this to say the tags aren’t part of the theory they’re just what I’d do to him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#I do wanna hear other theories I do not care how outlandish and unlikely they are#I want to incorporate em into my worldview#da posting#OH YEAH additional crumb for this theory: caterina being 1) filled with grief and 2) an absolutely evil woman commissioned the new Lucanis#his scruples about blood magic are his OWN right like the crows don’t have a formal stance on blood magic#that’s all lucanis’ moral compass (which illario even comments on in the Wigmaker job)#caterina missed her grandson? WRONG the first talon needs the protege she poured three decades of torture into back
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sunfloweraro · 1 month ago
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Stormy Nights
Wind and Bunny both hate storms. Tonight, Wind’s overprotective older brother instincts (mostly) win out.
Tagging: @thatonecrazysidekick @tiredgaytheatrekid <3
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Once he had shucked his sopping wet day clothes, strung them out to dry, and thrown on his comfortable pyjamas, Wind settled by the fire, inching a little closer when lightning lit up the room. Maybe, if he pushed himself close enough, the crackle and warmth and light of the fire would banish the storm from where it crawled over his shoulders and pierced his memories.
Another boom. Wind flinched, squeezing his eyes shut against the painful memories pressing up against the backs of his eyelids. Tried to focus on the warmth and the crackle of the fire washing over him and not the hard wooden floorboards of the ship swaying beneath him and—
A small sound. Wind looked up, curious. At some point, Twilight had dropped Bunny off beside him to dry and settle. Alone, Bunny shook like a leaf in a gale. He had curled up into a tight, likely painful ball, his face pressed down into his front paws and his eyes squeezed shut, just as Wind’s had been seconds ago. Another soft sound—a cry from Bunny, weak and whimpering.
Wind gasped, understanding washing over him.
“Hey,” Wind said, just loud enough to be heard over the storm. “Everything alright, Bunny?”
Bunny’s head whipped up. He stared at Wind with wide violet eyes, glistening with unshed tears, and Wind’s heart twisted. He had never seen an animal cry before.
“Hey, hey, it’s okay.” He shifted closer, but didn’t yet touch Bunny. He had seen the bandages on Warriors’ hand, had seen the nasty wound left behind by Bunny’s teeth. “Are you scared of the storm, little guy?”
Another boom of thunder that Wind barely noticed under his heavy concern for the rabbit. Bunny, however, let out a cry, scurrying closer to Wind and burying his face in Wind’s leg, hiding away.
“Aw, that’s okay,” Wind murmured. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Do you mind if I
” Carefully, he set a hand over Bunny’s shaking back. When Bunny leaned into his touch, he swept the rabbit up into his arms, cradling him close and pressing Bunny’s little face into his shoulder. “There you go. I’ve got you. I’ll keep you safe.” Under his comfort, Bunny’s shakes began to settle quickly, and Wind understood Hyrule and Twilight’s infatuation with their newest member—Bunny was so soft and perfect to cuddle, and if his older brother protectiveness was running this high after mere minutes of interacting with the rabbit, then he could only imagine how whipped the other two were. And as Bunny heaved a sigh and relaxed completely into him, Wind knew he could die for this sweet little rabbit.
Lost in soothing Bunny as he was, Wind wasn’t prepared for another booming crack of thunder. He jumped with a soft eep!, head whipping around, wide eyes fixated on the outside world. With no doors in the stable, he could see the pounding rain, the world lit up by strikes of lightning. Fear turned in his chest. His breaths quickened.
Bunny let out a whine.
Immediately, Wind loosened his hold on the poor rabbit. “Sorry, sorry. Guess the storm startled me. Are you alright? That was a big one.”
Bunny was watching him thoughtfully, calm as ever under Wind’s comfort. He had been told Bunny was a little more intelligent that most beasts, but Wind hadn’t expected for the rabbit to be staring at him with genuine concern in his eyes.
That wasn’t any normal animal. Not even Wolfie seemed to understand to this degree, though Wind had his suspicions about the wolf.
“I’m glad you’re okay,” Wind said, rather than the millions of questions in the back of his mind. “I’ll keep you safe tonight, okay? I promise. You can always come to me if this happens again—there’s no shame in asking for help.”
Bunny nodded slowly, another pebble on the ever-growing pile of Wind’s questions. But for tonight, with the raging storm outside, he would leave it be. He had a new friend to keep safe.
And if he comforted himself in the process, well then, no one else needed to know.
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ratbastarddotfuck · 8 months ago
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I am going on a 20 hour flight tomorrow please give me your favourite less well-known narrative fiction podcast recommendations
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fromtheseventhhell · 1 year ago
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I also find it funny that fandom will only accept Lyanna being her non-conforming, wild self in the context of saying that Arya isn't meant to be pretty; Any other day we get back-to-back posts about how Lyanna is actually super traditionally feminine cause she sniffled at a song once, so she's actually more like Sansa. Instead of constantly speaking on Arya and Lyanna, how about you guys reflect on why your standards of beauty for women are attached to how well they perform feminity within the patriarchy?
#lyanna stark#arya stark#asoiaf#/Lyanna isn't actually pretty she was a wild tomboy/ Those two things are not mutually exclusive 😭#how you look is not a reflection of your personality and this is also a running theme within the story#we have morally good characters who are ugly and morally bad characters who are beautiful this is like...kindergarten level#Lyanna is idealized in terms of her personality hence /you saw her beauty but not the iron underneath/#and Ned correcting Robert when he said Lyanna wouldn't have shamed him like Cersei had#he's a very shallow misogynistic character and I truly doubt he would've been as attached to the idea of her without surface level beauty#reminds me of people saying that Olivia Hussey is a bad fancast for them because she has a /doll like/ beauty and they're /rougher/ 😭#as though their entire facial structure magically changed once they realized they enjoyed playing with swords instead of sewing sdksdkdsksd#it's giving that one tiktok with the /cat pretty vs doe pretty vs bunny pretty/#even if you wanted to make the case that her beauty is idealized in her death we get Arya described a pretty multiple times?#idk it's just so wild to me to use personality as an indication of looks it just sounds so stupid#Arya/Lyanna can still have /delicate/ features (which is extremely subjective) and still have a wild personality#how about we acknowledge that the perception of both of them is warped by strict patriarchal gender norms instead?#some real analysis just to shake things up idk
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ilynpilled · 2 years ago
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why must everything that the text clearly states atp be misconstrued like i really dont get it he has plenty of flaws in that relationship but we, and cersei, know that he was ready to kill robert for just the disrespect of the cheating if cersei said the word. he doesnt concern himself with the personal consequences, he is reckless, detached from a lot of things, and can close his eyes at the future if he doesn’t want to acknowledge it. also the concern over the “shame” and ned type judgement feels so overestimated to me atp. he never regrets aerys, he is mad at how he is perceived (but again, notably doesnt try to rectify it by telling the truth for a lot of complex reasons), but he would never take it back. if he believes its the right thing to do, and is not overdosing on copium trying to juggle vows he cares about, he will do it, reputation be damned. though he has selfish concerns regarding being viewed as good, the internal matters so much more than the external: see weirwood dream: who actually shows up? what makes the fire go out? “it was not him. it was never him”, see the trebuchet fiasco, see the choice in adwd. why shouldnt we take cersei at face value when she implies that if jaime knew about the physical abuse he would have killed him? he loves and cares about cersei to an insane degree, even if he can be selfish toxic and unhealthy too. not to mention he would be glad to kill robert anyway lol. i really find it very very difficult to imagine that he wouldnt have killed him based on almost every single part of his characterization.
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