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ssaalexblake · 2 months ago

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I'm forever astounded at all the Gallifrey/time lord society stanning that goes on in fandom? It's the monkey paw!!!! Read the small print!!!

So much of dw's canon will Entirely pass people by, literally spanning from the earlier years of classic who to the present day, if you can't identify that Gallifreyen society is rotten to the core.

The Doctor couldn't be the hero if they continued to sully themselves in a brutal empire's name.

(it's the british empire. but space. british empire bad. very bad. come on.)

#dw shit #and look okay the doctor is imo #the shittiest hero in pop culture #but they still Are the hero #of the narrative structure of the show #and when you balance that out with the function of the companions #which is to demonstrate equality between this ageless deathless being and regular joe humans #(or not so regular joe humans)#then the underlaying message is that the superiority the empire claims is false #the doctor can be a time lord and a hero and they're still the same as some working class human who can't afford food #anyway empires are Bad and honestly #the show hasn't been bad at showing it #sometimes things you think are cool are Bad #and like sure you could say you don't want to be a part of time lord society you want to be like the doctor who rejects it #i again claim monkey paw and point out how depressed the doctor is So Often #they are quantifiably Not having a good time most of the time #they have to keep humans in their life or the silence will let them think #they either lose everything to won't allow themselves to ever have anything #... i'll stop now but really the space british empire is sooo bad

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