#different type of ruby

[paintedcrows]

Watched Pyramids of Mars and... yeah I'm obsessed with this guy

[upslapmeal]

"but Pyramids of Mars established that Sut-" my friend this is the three-separate-explanations-for-Atlantis show, as far as I'm concerned they can have a free-for-all when it comes to real-world mythology

"but they're ruining the canon!!" buddy I got good news for you, Doctor Who canon is a buffet and you don't have to eat anything you don't want to

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Seeing people say that we never see the Doctor and Ruby talking for more than 30 seconds makes me think 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble has just clouded their memories because the first four episodes of this era are almost nothing but the Doctor and Ruby talking and bonding.

Yeah, the Doctor-lite episodes meant we haven't had as much lately, but so many are going on as there's been none at all, as if every episode before 73 Yards was like Rogue where they were mostly separated in their own plotlines.

[flowerbarrel-art]

First Day of School

[yourfavasapitpeopleunit]

Garnet from Steven Universe?

Garnet is a Demi-Clops!

[cultivating-wildflowers]

Fortnight of Books, Day 14

A book you didn’t read in 2024 that will be your #1 priority in 2025?

I wouldn't say it's my top priority, but I chased a reread of Little Women all over my TBR last year and never settled down to it. It's still waiting patiently on my shelf for me.

I also still have not got around to reading Emily B. Martin's Ashes to Fire (I read the first book, Woodwalker, back in 2023) so hopefully I can finally get to it this year.

New book you are most anticipating for 2025?

I'm assuming this means new releases, but I nearly always read new-ish releases by pure happenstance, so I'm going with new-to-me:

Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett. It's not actually in my Top Five anticipated reads for 2025, but it is the book I am most dreading. Because I was so stressed out at the end of the last book and where things were setting up for this installment that I broke my own rule and looked up spoilers (actually super difficult with this fandom) anddddddd it's not gonna be good. I'm gonna read it but I will suffer the entire time. (If anyone reading this has read Pawn in Frankincense, this is me holding out my hand begging for help. Please hold me.)

From my Top Five list, I'm excited to finally read Sorcery and Cecelia. I love Wrede's writing so I have no idea why it's taken so long to get to this series.

[lemonchickenwing]

As much as I understand that its realistic that sweet looking people can be deceiving and manipulative, I just feel a bit sad that Ruby Gillman wasn't about Ruby and Chelsea bonding, because I feel the movie would bring much bigger emotioinal impact (at least on me).

Two different types of sea creatures bond over them being sea creatures in the world of humans, with beautiful visuals and form deeper emotional connection (and break the pattern of hatred between their own kind) is all.

[divinekangaroo]

a home painted bright with blood and thorns - pettiot - Peaky Blinders (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | (COMPLETE)

After the S4-S6 election/marriage, pre-S5. Some months into Tommy and Lizzie's marriage.

This frequently absent father and husband considers that he often does his best work in extreme circumstances: time pressure, resource constraints, situational uncertainty, high stakes, and gross emotional wounding. He knows what to do, doesn't he?

No matter what sort of internal spiralling disaster cascade he's busily ignoring inside. No matter what badly considered spur of the moment decisions he makes to get through the moment that he might pay for later. No matter what—

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Tommy Shelby/Lizzie Stark, Charles Shelby, Ruby Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Frances, Various Shelby Household Maids, Charles Strong, Cyril the Dog, | Domesticity, Intimacy, Menstruation, Bodily Fluids, Bodily Solids, Bodily Functions, Babies, Lactation, Mental Health Issues, Repression, Abusive Families (Past), Attempts at Communicating, Trying Hard, Family Trauma, Family Feels, Nail-Biting, Household Dynamics, Absent Father, Avoidance, Deflection, Trying Sooooooooooo Hard, Distress, Comfort Sex, Dysfunctional Family, Contraception, Spiralling, Intrusive Thoughs, Mild Paranoia, Grief, The Lasting Legacy of Catholicism, Fear of Mental Illness

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[cherry-bomb-ships]

Soooo just started watching Delicious in Dungeon (yes I know its called Dungeon Meshi but that name translation is so terribly funny that I'm still calling it that 😂) and oh my godddd I get it. I fucking get it now guys I get it 😭😭💖😭💖😭💖😭💖😭💖😭💖

[butchriptide]

Urges to script out a small comic piece as a partial rewrite/reimagining sort for arc 2's epilogue, versus the fact that I will likely never actually finish it...

[clownkiwi]

theres something really funny about nintendo making everything with their name on it a game. even their big museum showing off artifacts from nintendo history is really just a big carnival fair with minigames everywhere. were the theme parks not enough??

[wxndswept]

"Don't go killing dudes that want you when you're out here posting like "Ooh look how hot I am, give me this attention!" sounding ahh. Out here thirst trapping and then getting upset when the bait works."

[technikki]

unmmmnm my phone doesnt have the flame emoji for some reason but. Give me yuor Emma takes <3

YAAAAY EEMA MY FRIEND lets see um. well honestly i dont think nearly enough people making postcanon designs acknowledge that emma is absolutely gnc in some form.

yes she really doesn't dress super masc and i know how annoying the trend of 'oh shes so butch <3<3<3' n its literally just Girl With Pants can be but i think in the context of tpn specifically its like. different. i simply think that demizu taking a character who was required to wear skirts 'because shes a girl' for the first 11 years of her life and making the conscious decision to literally never draw her in a skirt outside gracefield probably has some significance to it yknow.

and like all the girls are shown wearing both skirts and pants at some point once they are given the freedom to choose, but emma is the only girl besides violet and paula who makes the conscious decision to never wear skirts. basicaly agender masc lesbian emma is the realest ever to me <3

[sepiamestus]

Art discourse is so weird cuz someone will say "all art has merit and if you say you couldve done better go ahead and try!" and then turn around and make fun of people for making fanart. Like did you even read your own post

[hosette]

Coming back to update this with 15th's companions, don't mind me

There’s this old myth about Doctor Who that says every companion only exists to scream and be saved (Classic Who) or serve as an exposition tool (NuWho), and while there’s some true to that, I think it’s a little reductionist and fails to account for the relationship between the Doctor and their companions, which changes very often and is key to the success of the show and whatever Doctor is on the screen, so I came up with this:

I think, historically, you can definitely organize Doctor Who companions and their function on the show on a three-headed spectrum of 1. Has the emotional intelligence the Doctor lacks, 2. is incredibly competent in their field, which makes them very valuable when shit goes down, and 3. just loves the absolute shit out of the Doctor and believes in them more than anything. Every companion has some level of those three qualities (specially 3) but they place on different points on that spectrum depending on the character and what each Doctor needs out of their companions and what works best them.

So for example you have the prototypical archetypal companions of each side of that spectrum

Type 1 are characters like Rory, Donna, Jo Grant, who are usually there to remind the Doctor of what is like to not be a Time Lord, that they have the responsibility to help people and to care, and, ultimately, ground the Doctor..

Type 2 have some of most of the heavily underrated companions like Martha and Zoe Heriot, and some recognized to be the best ever like Sarah Jane, Jack, Ace… these often do not need the Doctor to get shit done and have many stories in which they are on their own. They’re very good fighters or extremely intelligent or both, and curiously I found that this archetype happened a lot more in classic who then it does in nuwho.

And, finally, Type 3, who are ones who are better and make the Doctor better because of their special bond. I don’t think any companion is a better example of that than Amy, but there’s also characters like Peri Brown, Jamie McCrimmon and Rose Tyler.

These also somewhat reflect the roles of the 3 original companions: Barbara (Type 1), Ian (Type 2) and Susan (Type 3).

Of course these characters aren’t set to a specific role and they can develop and grow, they might even change where they place depending on the season or the Doctor they’re with. Some might even be prototypical of two different types, like Yaz (2 & 3), or Victoria (1 & 3) or Clara (arguably all 3). But overall I think this is a good baseline to understanding how companions actually work on Doctor Who.

So if you put everything on a graphic, you end up with something like this (NuWho only), which is definitely not entirely accurate and is up to interpretation and discussion, but is a good illustration of what I mean.

I don’t think any type of companion is necessarily better than the other but I do think there’s some relevant observations that can be taken from this, like 3 out of the 5 white men to have been companions in NuWho serving as a morality guide for the Doctor, or the argument that the reason why Clara is so controversial is because she fluctuates so much inside this spectrum, going from genius (Asylum), to the Doctor’s emotional and moral guide (Day of the Doctor, series 8), to the Doctor’s best friend ever (series 9) - I say this a big fan. I also didn’t get into how effective each companion is in their roles, which is definitely a big factor, but it’s also a lot more subjective, so I’m not touching that. There’s not value placed here, it’s just a simple interpretation of the text.

Anyway, this isn’t a perfect system, and maybe there’s more to be added or taken from this, but I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and I do think it has some merits. At the very least it’s a lot better than the simplification of ‘screams for the doctor or not’.

[aria0fgold]

Finally I got my complete team o7

Took me a bit to catch that Steenee cuz I wanted one with Oblivious for Tsareena's Queenly Majesty!