#white guardian

[halbarryislife]

to see me again. after so many years

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Okay, so there's the Toymaker, the Trickster, the Maestro, the Mara, Sutekh, the Threefold Deity - maybe the Gods of Ragnarok? And then all the other ones.

I really thought the Black and White Guardians would have been among them. I find it odd that they're not, unless?

[rassilon-imprimatur]

“Centre of time.” Planet Time is at completely zero temporal coordinates. White Guardian’s sunbathing outside the Temple of Atropos. That is all.

[junkyardbluebox]

Enlightenment Episode 4 Screencaps, Part 16

[mr42]

White Guardian? Or just a regular neighbor we made out to be more important than she is?

[sarahwatchesthings]

Classic Doctor Who S20 E20, "Enlightenment" Part 4

[cringecompanionapologist]

Crack Headcanon About the Guardians

The White and Black Guardians really don't fit in Doctor Who. TV Tropes can briefly sum up why better than I can by myself:

The Doctor is very much a Chaotic Good with his main reoccurring enemies having something of a Lawful Evil streak.

It's really common in sci-fi and fantasy to have a sort of moral system controlling the universe that's polarized into Order and Chaos, usually with Order being good and Chaos being evil. This is exactly what the White and Black Guardians are. This is the opposite of how Doctor Who usually works, where Order is associated with the villains with the hero as a force of Chaos. It's especially out of place in the era of the show the Guardians were introduced into, since Four is probably the most philosophically chaotic Doctor. The Ribos Operation even seems to acknowledge that by having the White Guardian threaten the Doctor to get him to cooperate. The Doctor doesn't run errands for the God of Order unless he's under duress.

The Black Guardian trilogy doesn't lampshade how much the Guardians don't fit the show like Season 16 does. It feels like someone (Robert Holmes?) writing for Doctor Who in 1978 was aware that a story arc revolving around a battle between a Good God of Order and a Bad God of Chaos, though that can work in some sci-fi/fantasy stories, just doesn't work with Doctor Who. No one in 1983 seemed to be aware of this. The White Guardian is portrayed as the God of Good and the Black Guardian as the God of Evil and that's that. The Fifth Doctor is a little more well-mannered and traditional than the Fourth, preventing it from being too obviously out of place.

So, it's Story Time :)

So, because of this ideological contradiction, I try to headcanon the ongoing struggle between the White and Black Guardians as more of a They Both Suck Actually Just in Different Ways situation. The Black Guardian embodies Chaos, Chaos without any order, emotion without any restraint or self-control. This is why his plan sucks. He's just reacting to things and lashing out when he doesn't get his own way. He's angry at the Doctor, so he wants to kill him. The God Rules seem to prevent him from doing anything directly, so he has to be able to plan enough to get someone else to do it, so does, but he picks the wrong person and then starts throwing violent temper tantrums and hurting him when he can't do what he was asked to do.

Meanwhile, the White Guardian or Order without Chaos, a being of control and discipline without emotion. He has no motivation to deliberately hurt anyone, but he will Do What Needs To Be Done to defeat the Black Guardian without remorse. Instead of acting impulsively, he has overly complicated plans. In this case, it's a plan to get the Doctor to cooperate with him in a situation where he really could've just asked.

It begins with the Eternals and their race. The Eternals sort of don't understand morality and are motivated mainly by boredom. This makes them perfect for the Black Guardian. Their desired for amusement without any respect for the lives of the mortals they treat like toys would cause chaos. So, the Black Guardian gives the Eternals an idea for a race, and the winner will receive Enlightenment, which sort of functions as Their Heart's Desire. They want to be entertained and they will have the knowledge and power to never be bored again.

I know what I said about the Black Guardian not planning. This story is flawed.

But, any Eternal could win the race. Any of them winning would probably be bad, but the Black Guardian wants to make sure the most chaotic scenario occurs, so he singles out the Eternal who'd be the most dangerous with Enlightenment. None of the Eternals really understand pain or death, because they can't really be hurt or killed, but that ignorance manifests in different ways. Wrack is fascinated by suffering, so she inflicts it to entertain herself. She's be the most destructive with Enlightenment. So, the Black Guardian makes a deal with her to help her cheat to win the race.

Honestly, the White Guardian was probably already aware that the race was a bad idea and that giving Enlightenment to Eternals would cause problems. He finds out what the Black Guardian's up to and starts planning against it. He'd need to get someone involved in the race that wasn't an Eternal and wasn't under their control. Also, anyone given Enlightenment would act in some unpredictable, potentially destructive way, so he'd need someone who could win the prize but wouldn't take it.

This ends up going back to the Doctor, since the White Guardian has roped him into working for him before. But, this put in on the Black Guardian's bad side. Working for the White Guardian really isn't good for him, so he's not sure if he can persuade him. Considering the danger the Eternals could present, the White Guardian probably could've just asked, but I said before that he overcomplicates. He has to make the Doctor want to get involved.

This leads to a complicated scheme that amounts to something that sometimes happens in video games. The protagonist has a loved one of some sort, a love interest or a family member, and they get poisoned or turned to stone or something like that. If the hero wants to save them, they need to get the cure, but the one person who can give them the cure will only do so if they go on a quest for them first.

The White Guardian directs the Black Guardian towards his scheme. On the WG's side, the plan is to give the Doctor a new companion, who the Black Guardian will try to use against him, knowing that the companion won't actually be able to harm the Doctor and the BG will torture him for it. The Doctor will recognize the signs of the BG's involvement, having dealt with this sort of thing before. In order to save his companion, he has to confront the BG and the WG just so happens to show up and give him the opportunity...Then, when the Doctor wins the race, Enlightenment can be used to save the companion, because Their Heart's Desire is definitely going to be something that will get the BG away from them.

The White Guardian has a better judge of Turlough's character than the Black Guardian does and knows that he can't hurt the Doctor. He's scared and desperate, but he's not evil, and the Doctor can basically give him whatever the BG offers him for free. The Doctor will ultimately get a new friend out of the deal and this poor, pathetic, meow-meow alien exile can leave Earth, so he'll be fine with whatever he was put through in the long run.

But seriously, if the White Guardian had just asked, Five probably would've helped out.

[umbrellasareforever]

I can’t stop thinking about Death Comes to Time. Something about the way that such a science fiction show was melded into so many fantasy concepts in Death Comes to Time.

It creates an aesthetic and a vibe that is just so interesting to me, particularly in Death Comes to Time. I feel like so often, in media, when science fiction and fantasy are merged it’s the fantasy that sort of takes over as the dominant genre everyone sees, but it’s different here. The science fiction still stands proud and strong while the fantasy adds this mist around the science fiction. A fog that almost stays at ground level, just making everything a bit more mysterious, a bit hazy in the background. It’s a blend I absolutely adore.

Thinking about it now, I think it’s why I love the Mouri and the Temple of Atropos from Flux so much too. Of course, it’s not the same level as Death Comes to Time, but it does add a fantasy element that brings back some of that mysterious fog to it all.

It makes me wish the Time Lords could’ve become that in New Who. Perhaps instead of bringing Gallifrey back it was discovered that, like the Daleks and their Genesis Ark, there was a group of Time Lords who had escaped the Time War and were hidden away somewhere waiting for their moment to return. Or maybe it wasn’t a life boat, but an ancient prison. Sent away into the Void and now returning through a weakness in space and, upon realizing they are the only Time Lords left in existence (apart from the Doctor and sometimes the Master) they take it upon themselves to be a new High Council.

There’s only 10 of them or something, and all of them are criminals of high threat for one reason or another, and their egos have grown and their minds have broken due to all that time imprisoned that they become more like the mysterious and eerie Time Lords of War Games and with a bit more of a fantasy edge like in Death Comes to Time.

Mind you I am making this all up literally as I type it out waiting for a train, but still, a fun concept. The older I get the more I realize how fun it is to have some more fantasy in sci-fi, but still letting sci-fi prevail. Like the White and Black Guardians or Fenric or the Celestial Toymaker.

[wario-land]

I used to enjoy Pokemon games a lot, but lately some of the newer entries have been kinda controversial due a variety of issues.

But instead of focusing on that, i'm here to bring you back to the past to the Nintendo DS era of Pokemon, where many (myself included) would say that the quality and care of the series was at it's peak!

Games included in this collection:

EVERYONE IS HERE!! Every single Pokemon game released for the Nintendo DS is featured in this pack. Two emulators are included in the set, just download and play

Download here!! (1.25 GB): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jGy0GHSDwSLIuGnUrdmsD3WY_AJiq5ws/view?usp=sharing

Mirror download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/8qw75h4ij9asbte/Pogeymon_DS_Collection.rar/file

Hooray for 65k notes!!!

[uncharted-constellations]

The Princess and Hero of the First Great Calamity

The orange snoot is very important to me….

[petersong3]

Baseball time...⚾️🍟

Tiempo de béisbol...⚾🍟

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[whistle-whisper]

[thedarkzyxabyss]

He’s here… (TV REFERENCE LETS GOOOO)

Some minor notes:

(Disclaimer: certain portions of these notes are unfinished or have been eaten by TV. I’m too lazy to write them out again, so just make do with what you have now I guess.)

TV is a machine that isn’t from the UTMV multiverse [his place of origin has been torn off from my notes.], but currently resides in it alongside Virux. Although, for a long period of time, he didn’t know where he came from or even who he was. Due to recent events, though, it’s unclear if he remembers or not.

His main purpose i [The rest of the information has been bitten off.]

He hates [God damn it, TV, the rest was bitten off.]

Ruxxed TV is the result of Virux (created by @bunrux ) taking over TV’s body. Typically, this form is rarely used— only appearing in desperate situations (or really whenever Virux deems it necessary). 9 times out of 10, the possession is completely consensual.

Overcharged TV occurs when TV either gains too much energy/experiences an energy surge, OR expends a large amount of energy that he’s been saving. It’s kind of like a “berserk” mode of sorts, typically used in fight or flight situations.

He loves eating lots of different things.

He likes long naps.

He is also very loyal to Virux.

Oh. Looks like someone is throwing a fit because of that last page 🙄

Oh well, I guess you’ll have to find out later on your own hehe 🤭

[junkyardbluebox]

Enlightenment Episode 4 Screencaps, Part 15

[petersong2]

Baseball time...⚾️🍟

Tiempo de béisbol...

#MLB #MilwaukeeBrewers #ChicagoCubs #BaltimoreOrioles #CincinnatiReds #ColoradoRockies #PittsburghPirates #SanFranciscoGiants #PhiladelphiaPhillies #WashingtonNationals #LosAngelesDodgers #NewYorkMets #TampaBayRays #DetroitTigers #NewYorkYankees #LosAngelesAngels #ClevelandGuardians #TexasRangers #KansasCityRoyals #SeattleMariners #HoustonAstros #BostonRedSox #MinnesotaTwins #ChicagoWhiteSox #StLouisCardinals #SanDiegoPadres #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MiamiMarlins #OaklandAthletics #AtlantaBraves #TorontoBlueJays

[diana-andraste]

The Connoisseur, a Brighton cat by Henry Pointer of Brighton

Victoria portrait cards on display, via The Guardian