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Wait wait wait!!!!!

In Space Babies, when explaining to Poppy that the Doctor and Ruby are not their parents, he says "I wish I was".

We have the god of wishes.... Did the doctor accidentally wish Poppy to be his daughter?!!? Is she Susans parent?!?!

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Why am I actually sobbing 😭😭😭

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wait. that’s what Midnight was about.

it made everyone turn their backs on each other.

and that’s what made it dangerous.

but now that’s literal. you turn your back on someone and you kill them. you go behind someone’s back and it kills you.

because that’s what it learnt the first time it met the Doctor. the first time it met any other life. it learnt how they turn on each other, how it can gain power by making monsters out of people.

so this is what it became. because of what they did to each other.

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Me, watching Eddie yell at Buck, while Buck is very clearly just sad his partner is leaving him

My 83-year-old grandmother waking up from a nap to see the emotional scene: "Did they just break up?" 😥

Me: Well yes, but also no.....

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Nooooo, please don't tell me they gonna have Buck adopt a dog just for it to be returned to it's family.... Nooo poor baby

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Art by me ~

I used a base as reference, but don't know the original artist (thanks Pinterest), so if anyone knows please let me know so I can credit!!

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Drawfee Tarot Analysis with Draz

Nathan Past - The Sun / Present - Strength

The Sun is a card of unbridled positivity and optimism. When you see it upright in a reading, it is always a good sign. But it's also a card that's often unrealistic and naive. Other cards come with warnings, but the Sun does not.

Strength reminds us that physical force is one manifestation of power. Emotional strength is equally as important. The maiden has tamed the lion with her kindness and compassion, not by besting it in a fight. Still, it is important to remember that on this card, both maiden and lion share the mantle of Strength. It is both of them, not one or the other.

Both largely positive cards, the Sun and Strength embolden each other.

In regards to Nathan in particular, I have to point out the similarities of Nathan's 2024 avatar and the duality of the maiden and the lion. Nathan is perhaps best known for his kindness and warmth, qualities exemplified by the sun, but ignoring the wide spectrum of his feelings is like ignoring the lion. Personally, I admire him for his ability to keep his optimism and his bitterness and rage in balance.

Therefore, in a sense, Nathan's cards represent his increasing willingness to share his more negative frustrations, while never losing sight of the light of the sun.

Jacob Past - The Fool / Present - The Chariot

The Fool is unique in that it is the 0th Major Arcana. The Fool is unbound by numbers, by order. The Fool is potential incarnate, inviting us to leap towards the future and seize the day. The Fool does not care about plans, preferring to deal with each new situation as they arise.

In comparison, the Chariot is a focused force with a goal in mind and with the confidence to see it through. The two sphinxes that drive the chariot represent opposing desires, but upright the charioteer is able to get the sphinxes to move forward together through sheer willpower alone.

Together, they are a confident duo encouraging forward momentum. The Chariot reins in the Fool's more reckless aspects while the Fool reminds the Chariot to still have fun along the journey and that keeping plans flexible is important.

These two cards clearly represent Jacob's journey since Drawfee became independent. While his role as episode and stream host (in particular trying to get everyone through the intro) is the most obvious, this also includes his role as content strategist. His analytical side is where his Chariot aspects shine brightest. In addition, the Fool and the Chariot combine when he makes music. When Jacob's well crafted plans fall apart, it is the Fool that comes to his rescue.

Karina Past - The Empress / Present - The Magician

Representing Mother Nature, the Empress is all about beauty and creativity. The Empress asks us to embrace qualities traditionally seen as feminine, regardless of gender. You are not weak or lesser for taking care of yourself or expressing yourself. The Empress encourages us to get in touch with our emotions, as well as the natural world.

The Magician is numbered 1 in the Major Arcana, and represents the transformation of the raw potential of the Fool into something actionable. The Magician has all the tools needed to fulfill their desires, but those tools might not necessarily look usable in their current state. The Magician must recognize this and realize the true nature of these tools.

The Empress and the Magician are both creative cards and support each other in this endeavor, provided that the querent (person the card reading is about) takes initiative.

Though both cards symbolize Karina's journey these past four years, it is no surprise that the Magician is one of them, with the creation of Sonny Mama and other mixed media creations in the past year. Nothing exemplifies the Magician more than literally using things like a log and a brick as part of a sculpture. The Empress's presence is subtler though the numerous plants that live in Karina's apartment give it away.

Julia Past - The Tower / Present - The Emperor

Due to its name, Death is often seen as the "worst" Major Arcana card. It's not. That distinction goes to the Tower (though the "worst" tarot card overall goes to the Ten of Swords). The Tower is sudden upheaval, is destruction, is disaster. Yet even so, the Tower is not an unredeemable card. Far from it. Sometimes a situation is so bad the only way to end it is to obliterate it. Sometimes the old must be destroyed to give way for the new. The Tower does not give us the tools to rebuild, that is something we have to do on our own, but it does show us that it is possible to build something better from the rubble.

The Emperor represents an authoritative figure who enforces structure in an otherwise chaotic world. Equally, the Emperor is a strategist who keeps in mind the needs of others when making decisions. The Emperor is also a protector, shouldering burdens so that others don't have to.

It can be easy to think of these two cards as complete opposites. In reality, this means they are both sides of the same coin. If the Tower is destruction of the old paradigm, then the Emperor is the establishment of the new.

The Collegehumor Layoffs exemplify the idea of the Tower. An established workplace that came crashing down. And Julia, the Emperor, rose up to the challenge of dealing with all the paperwork that would eventually lead to Drawfee's independence. Four years later, Drawfee still benefits from the work Julia did, not to mention the fact that she continues to deal with everything finance related in regards to the company. Not to mention all of the other tasks Julia takes on. While all five members of Drawfee are essential, it would be safe to say Drawfee would be unable to exist in its current form without Julia.

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from the q&a

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I put together a timeline of Ruby being left at the church (may not be fully accurate, but I rewatched and paused). I saw some people on Reddit talking about the timeline differences of Ruby being left there, and it gave me the idea.

This is the link for the reddit comments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/1dde5pk/comment/l85lvhe/

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Church on Ruby Road (beginning of episode)

-Woman walks to the church holding baby

-Doctor voiceover says "Just before midnight, she left her daughter on the steps of the church"

-Woman leaves baby there

-Woman walks away

-Man opens church door, finds and picks up baby

***Clock strikes midnight***

-Woman walks away from where Tardis appears

-Tardis appears

-Doctor leaves Tardis and sees woman (he has a tear on his right cheek)

Church on Ruby Road (timestamp 42:56)-

-Doctor leaves Tardis and sees woman

-She continue walking away from the Tardis (her head is at the height of the orange candy cane tree decoration)

-Baby is seen outside the church still

-Clocks shows it is before midnight

-Doctor runs to save baby from goblins

-Doctor chases them, drags down their ship

-Doctor drops baby back off at the church

***Clock strikes midnight***

-Doctor runs away to stand near Tardis

-Man opens church door and finds baby

-Doctor sees woman walking away from Tardis (except she's in exactly the same spot with her head aligned with the orange candy cane tree decoration)

-Doctor looks like he might cry, gets back into Tardis

-Woman keeps walking away

In the begining of the episode, the man from the church picks up the baby immediately before midnight. Later in the episode, when the Doctor goes to save baby Ruby, the man picks up the baby after midnight.

In the begining of the episode, the woman walks away from the Tardis immediately after midnight. Later in the episode, she is walking away from the Tardis before midnight, then walking away again in the same spot after midnight.

Space babies (timestamp 20:25)

-Doctor and Ruby discuss her being left at the church

-Ruby says snow

-Doctor now remembers standing outside of Tardis, almost crying

-He sees the woman (standing still) turn and point at him

-Doctor starts to cry (one tear, right eye)

-Ruby calls his name, he snaps out of the memory, and it is snowing

-Doctor says "It's like a memory just came through"

-...

-The doctor says "The memory changed, she was pointing at me"

The Legend of Ruby Sunday (timestamp 22:12)-

-Doctor says "The woman. She went to the church. She left Ruby in the doorway. And then she walked away. Towards us." (near them, past the Tardis is what he means)

-The woman walks towards them, then past them

-The woman glitches as she passes them

-Woman stops walking

-The Tardis appears and the Doctor walks out

-The current Doctor (standing with Ruby looking at his past self), says he was there to save Ruby from the goblins

-The past Doctor runs to the church to save the baby

-The current Doctor (and others) see the woman cry

-The past Doctor runs back, then sees the woman, who is standing still

-The Doctor says "My memory of this keeps changing, time keeps changing."

-Then the woman points at the Doctor (I'm unclear which Doctor)

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Okay okay, hear me out, I've seen quite a few tv/Truman/meta theories, often with the theory that one of the pantheon is maybe a good of drama. What if Mrs Flood is the god of drama?

When we first see her, she is literally causing drama, arguing with the neighbor. Then she is sitting in a chair drinking, watching what plays out, much like us in the audience I assume. Then she breaks the fourth wall. Much more deliberately than the doctor I should add. Sure there have been some comments from him, but all were directed to Ruby, Mrs. Flood looks at us. She is talking to us. And when in the latest episode she warns Cherry, (because I really don't think she was being threatening, just ominous) it was almost like she was excited, like maybe she was getting ready to watch the show.

I don't know if this will be true, none of the theories may be true, but the tv/meta theory has me in its grips and I'm just ... Ahhh.

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Maybe the real Susan Twist was the friends we made along the way.

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Um wtf

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Reading the names of the characters... The pee doctor's name is Dr. Pee. Like actually... I... Haha

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Bobby's dream

I wanna talk about it a bit, because that, my guys, was a work of art.

I'm not even touching the weight of the medal causing him pain and difficult to breath being a sign of the physical symptoms of his incoming heart attack. That is just the tip of it.

I wanna talk about the book "My Son The Hero"

Because when Bobby is talking with Tim, until that point, he is talking with the Tim who destroyed his own life and family due the addiction to alcohol. The dream starts with this Tim the one who drunk to death basically.

But once Bobby sees that journal about Tim's death in the book he looks his dad in the eyes and apologizes for not being able to save him. But here is the thing, the Tim that appears in the very next frame is the one in uniform, the one who saved lives, it's the idealized hero version of his dad that Bobby had in his eyes when he was a kid.

Bobby is apologizing for not being able to save his dad from himself, to save the man he saw as a hero, back at time, because he believed staying by his side, take care of him, LOVE HIM, would be enough to somehow fix it, because that was the best he could do as a kid.

This in the very same episode Athena argued with Bobby about his suicidal tendencies and said the lines "The best I could do was to love you, and hope that would be enough to keep you here"

Back on the dream, Tim says Bobby has to save himself, and now we are about to have Bobby on a position where there is no other way for him to live if he doesn't fight for it, because now there is no other person who can physically help him to wake up, he is the one who has to do it, the very same way Buck had to fight his own demons to wake up.

I'm not saying he will have a coma dream or something, but more about how the parallel is here and was beautifully written. This Bobby arc has been beautifully shaped

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First day of MerMay, let's gooooo!!!! I did a few ahead of time so maybe I can keep up... Wish me luck!!

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