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Pre-canon Shelagh

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The only two Doctor Who watching moods:

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do you know how bad you have to have fucked up as a doctor who showrunner for all of tumblr to agree on something

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is jake gyllenhaal gay??

why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this

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Omega's deformed, skeletal appearance in The Reality War kinda gave off yssgaroth vibes. Considering also the whole bone aesthetic going on in that place and those people permanently connected into some digital consciousness, feels like there should be potential for war in heaven/faction paradox/remote canonwelding in there?

Anon, no kidding, I was literally just watching reaction videos for that episode and had exactly the same idea when I thought about his huge size and the fangs he seemed to have. I literally thought that he looked like a Great Vampire or something.

[Warning - A lot of fanon-weldy BS below:]

I feel you could even make a compelling theory that the "Underverse" is actually the Spiral Yssgaroth, and that by ripping open the Web of Time, the Rani was actually creating more tears into that universe.

It's worth nothing there's a historical connection there, given that Omega originally fell into a black hole experiment, while the Vampires were released from one. Not to mention, the Doctor actually ends up banishing Yssgaroth?Omega with the power of billions of supernovae, presumably powered by the Eye of Harmony.

Combine this theory with the retcon regarding Omega's banishment, and it starts to feel a bit like Rassilon somehow retroactively transferred all these legends, myths, and truths about himself to Omega instead, doesn't it? Being a despot, banished by his kin, a secret vampire...? We even see a Seal of Rassilon be symbolically transformed into a Seal of Omega in the episode!

(Plus this happens in an episode where we get a weird twist on Time Lord sterility, something which was originally a consequence of the Intuitive Revelation, led by Rassilon, though including Omega and others. And this isn't even mentioning the obvious Magic vs Science themes of this whole era, and how that relates to the revolution and Rassilon's changing of the laws of physics following Omega's loss.)

Maybe as part of his actions as the Great Grey Eminence and/or during the Time War, Rassilon did something to rewrite his own history and scapegoat Omega for all his own sins? Note that the Eminence's changes also ended up erasing/delaying Romana's presidency and cancelling out the events of Lungbarrow, which of course connects to the big sterility question. On the Romana point, potentially we could even connect it to Omega's return in Intervention Earth, which was referenced in the previous episode, despite having been erased from the timeline along with Trey's presidency (plus you could add the theory that Trey IS Romana III of the EDAs, and that erased timeline is connected to / part of the War in Heaven)?

Heck, you could almost even connect it with the stuff with Rassilon in the Time Lord Victorious storyline, where we seemingly meet a female incarnation of Rassilon during the Eternal War, implied to have been part of some great secret of his. This could just be the gender thing and how that interacted with the Pythian / Post-Revelation gender role switch, but it becomes even more interesting when you consider that stories like Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible are pretty dependent on Rassilon being a (almost certainly cis-)male, and the comic's events seemingly predated the "official" introduction of regeneration, and combine that with the origins of regeneration either being taken from the Timeless Child or based on Vampire abilities.

Then combine THAT with @aristidetwain's "Child-That-Was-Taken" idea, that the Timeless Child's universe WAS the Spiral Yssgaroth, and the similar purple hues of the reality fissures and the portal the Timeless Child was found under, and it all starts coming together, doesn't it?

Anyway, I'm really getting away from myself. To answer your other point, the Bone Beasts 100% feel thematically connected with Faction Paradox, and kinda work if you think about the paradoxical nature of two realities connecting. You could almost imagine the Faction's masks as being partially symbolic of a sort of triumph over such forces that would try to untangle such a reality.

We also got the Bone Palace, which may or may not have been part of the TARDIS all along? I don't think it was clear whether the TARDIS was just embedded into it or transformed into it, but if the latter then it very much rhymes with the Edifice, doesn't it?

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

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mom phineas and ferb are throwing a pride parade

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do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

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this is like november 5th destiel day for the doctor who fandom but like if it made everyone mad

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I love how Kirk is canonically the kind of guy who'd fistfight a god in a Tesco car park

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*said while pointing at a m/f couple* they have something homoerotic going on

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me trying to explain to people who don’t watch doctor who how absolutely bonkers that finale was even by this show’s standards:

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STOP SAYING LOOMS CANON. YOURE GETTING PEOPLES HOPES UP its not even looms canon cuz the implication is that the infertility only occurred after the master killing everybody over the timeless child. like that shit happened only to the survivors, and only like, 4 years ago or whatever theres no looms. there isnt going to be any looms. there were nevr going to BE ANY LOOMS.

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Ncuti really got the short end of the stick at every possible moment. No buildup or big event about his casting announcement. David’s return was announced a week later. Ncuti didn’t get a regeneration story to himself to be introduced. Fucking “””””bigeneration””””” because God forbid David Tennant isn’t the show’s eternal main character. Ncuti only got two seasons, of which are the second-shortest seasons a Doctor has ever gotten. Only 18 (and a quarter) episodes. Then he regenerates into ANOTHER old face.

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happy gay month people i love you all

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Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum