#thedarkknightofbreath

[kazbotinwonderland]

thedarkknightofbreath replied to your post:So disappointed in my country right now.

Oh Jesus what’s happened now? I was at work and I missed it

The High Court overturned the same-sex marriage laws. I mean, seriously?!

[inkingthestar]

Actually, I was wondering what the deal is with Black Friday? All I can make out from the tumblr posts is a vague sense of impending horror

Black Friday is terrifying.

It's the 'first day of the Christmas shopping seasons,' and historically, this would take stores' 'out of the red' and 'into the black'-- meaning they'd make a ton of money and not be losing money anymore! So yay! However, now, it sends fear into the heart of people who work in retail, because so many people are horrible on Black Friday. The shoppers line up like they're ready for a concert, ready to rush the place as soon as the doors open to let them in. I've worked in retail, I've been the person to pull the doors open and almost get trampled. :/ It's kinda awful. People have died, having been trampled to death, in the ridiculousness that this pseudo-holiday has become. So now that I no longer work in retail, I avoid going out on Black Friday like the plaaaaaaague. I stay all warm and toasty in my apartment, nomming my Thanksgiving leftover turkey sammiches and watching Netflix.

[sidhebeingbrand]

Garnet: I blame the cows. C'rizz from somewhere far away: SOMEONE understands!

[baldwinboy5ive]

eckses replied to your post: I’m finally at “Dead Man ...

The best part of that episode is when they use the glove and Owen just wakes up and goes FFS JACK >:[

Right?! He had SUCH a great look on his face, omg. It was perfect. >:[ for real. POOR THING THOUGH. POOR, POOR THING. Also, I was so scared because you warned me that his actual death was not even the most tragic part of this whole thing and now it just keeps getting worse and worse and I may need you to hold me as I get through these final episodes. 

thedarkknightofbreath replied to your post: I’m finally at “Dead Man ...

Death had a near-Owen experience

This is -- this is so good I can't even properly respond to it. (NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M LAUGHING SO HARD)

unfamiliargroundzombie replied to your post: I’m finally at “Dead Man ...

i was going to make some snarky comment but then i saw thedarkknightofbreath’s response: “Death had a near-Owen experience” …and now I am laughing too hard to think of anything

RIGHT ME TOO SEE ABOVE

[chatterboxrose]

klaine, Darren Criss, Doctor Who, Chris Colfer, hipster photography

[manta-rays-on-gallifrey]

thedarkknightofbreath replied to your post “Hi guys I’m back! Regular blogging will now resume.”

I did wonder why you were mobile blogging so much

All part of the joys of traveling. Awful wifi coupled with a spotty app means I haven't seen what I've been posting pretty much since yesterday. I hope it wasn't anything too weird!

[beyondthesunrise]

Twelfth Doctor + driving cars

Deplorable, absolutely deplorable. 10/10 do not go out when they are driving. Flying the TARDIS is one thing, but get them behind the wheel of a car, and expect catastrophe. Clara thought it might be good to try and teach them one day, but it pretty much ended in constant shouting, and having to apologize to an elderly woman for ending up in her front garden.

[frumpybutsupersmart]

top five songs

Hmm …

Somebody to Love (as always), Blank Space, Shake it Off (I recently went through a Taylor Swift phase), the Piña Colada Song (I blame Guadians of the Galaxy), and The Long Song from Doctor Who. There are problems with Doctor Who but the soundtrack is absolutely not one of them.

Thanks so much for actually asking :D

[cosmicbeastie]

Second Doctor

Thank you :D

Why I like him: Two is literally the only Doctor who is not a complete asshat. He’s just chillin’ in space with Jamie. No angst or anything. Plus Patrick Troughton is hilarious.

Why I don’t: He can be rather mean to Jamie, although I know it’s always in good humor. I’ve been thinking about making a compilation video of all the times he’s said “Shut up, Jamie!” for some time now.

Favorite episode: I like the scenes where he’s chilling with that cannibalistic alien from The Two Doctors. I just remember thinking “I swear to god, if the Doctor eats someone…” 

Favorite season: I think his final season, when he traveled with both Jamie and Zoey. Ben, Polly, and Victoria are all great but those three are my team TARDIS.

Favorite line: (This is paraphrased, so sorry if it’s slightly misquoted) - “Victoria, I think this is one of those times when discretion is the better part of valor. Jamie has an idea!”

Favorite outfit: N/A…No, wait, I change my mind…

Love the hat.

OTP: Obvious.

Brotp: Ditto

Head Canon: Just before Two regenerated into Three, the Time Lords induced a meta crisis that made a second, well, Second Doctor, who was the one who ended up travelling with Jamie again in later years.

Unpopular opinion: Not sure if this really counts, but that guy that was chosen to portray Patrick in An Adventure in Space and Time looks absolutely nothing like him and that still bothers me to this day. I mean

Tell me the casting people weren’t high when they made this choice.

A wish: My wish came true when Elven started wearing Two’s bowtie for his last season.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Not sure, actually.

5 words to best describe them: oh my giddy aunt (that’s only four words, I know, but I’m really not clever enough to think up something good for this one.)

My nickname for them: I wanted to say bae but that would be a lie because I don’t call him that, let alone anyone else. I really just call him Two. I’m boring.

[sidhebeingbrand]

C'rizz

Sexuality Headcanon: WELP let’s start with the sexuality of his species, then! My headcanon is that Eutermesans a) do use sex for pair-and-more bonding, but b) not as … needfully as some mammalian species. C’rizz’s sexuality is pretty normative for a Eutermesan, but by human standards that makes him poly and bi. He’s shy about his sexuality– the Church of the Foundation not being keen on the pleasures of the current life – and rather unexperienced. L’da was his first, and had he had other lovers he would have sought out more like her– comfortingly dominant and nurturing.

Gender Headcanon: Male - in the for what it’s worth department. There are some gender distinctions left in Eutermesan society, but they’re so adaptive that gender fluidity is common.  Let’s say more that his gender is ‘butch’. 

Let’s put it this way: one species-wide headcanon that I have is that there’s a vestigial mating display that females ready to be fertilized show, a darker colouration around the temples and eyes. The instinctive reaction to spot-up is still mostly associated with female bodied Eutermesans (not all female bodied Eutermesans, and there are intersex and male-bodied people who also have the reflex). But: in the days of civilization and sentience, anyone can voluntarily spot up to signal ‘I wish to be courted and impressed’ or just ‘I feel desirable’. Nobody’s policing mating display vs. genitalia. 

A ship I have with said character: The obvious one is C’rizz/L’da. I firmly choose to believe that L’da was freaking awesome and that timey wimey bullshit will happen and they’ll have a second chance, raise roly-poly babies in the linear universe, and be completely adorable. 

The weird crossover ship (from rp)  is between C’rizz and a man called Roderick, from the US television show ‘the following’. Not a healthy ship, since Roderick is a serial killer and being around him/talking with him makes C’rizz feel less guilt. Roderick admires the dark parts that Charley and the Doctor wouldn’t have liked. C’rizz would have to be strong enough not to surrender to someone charismatic and tempting for it to work out in the long run– to draw boundaries and help Roderick away from his obsession instead of getting sucked into it. Otherwise, cute but doomed to fail. 

A BROTP I have with said character: Is there any answer ever besides C’rizz and Charley, Adorable Actualfax Siblings? No. None more answer. 

A NOTP I have with said character:Since he doesn’t get shipped much in fandom, there aren’t really any NOTPs I’ve been exposed to. Generally him/anyone who would abuse his weakness. 

A random headcanon: This has bugger all to do with sex, romance and gender, BUT: my headcanon is that Eutermesans need lots of calcium to maintain healthy scales and exoskeleton, so where humans put salt on food, they use powdered eggshell and calcite. In his travels with the Doctor, this leads to C’rizz surreptitiously powdering Tums over his salads and eggs and being faintly appalled at putting MORE salt on your food ew. 

General Opinion over said character: My precious dumb baby. Kind of childish and mercenary at the core of him, because he was never allowed to grow up– afraid of that side of himself (ironically, when Rassilon was monologuing about his species not knowing themselves, he was as much himself as he had ever been– letting fear and resentment drive him to make a horrible choice for the hope of L’da over the safety of his friends.) But he’s working on it. His weakness is also his strength: he can make himself a better person with more permanence than he realizes. 

[geeneelee]

Jaime McCrimmon

Why I like them

WHAT A SWEETIE WHAT A SWEETIE

Why I don’t

Uhhh he's (predictably) a bit backwards at times?

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

I...haven't seen that many of his episodes yet, so I don't feel capable of answering this one.

Favorite season/movie

Same as above.

Favorite line

It's not really a line, but I love the "Oh, aye" he gives whenever he doesn't understand but is pretending to.

Favorite outfit

BLACK TURTLENECK AND KILT YES

OTP

I think I'll probably ship him with Victoria, ahah.

Brotp

The Doctor, Zoe, Polly, Ben. (I'm sorry, I don't really do Doctor/Human Companion shipping)

Head Canon

Jamie is initially distrustful of but eventually grows to love what we would call Classic Rock.

Unpopular opinion

I don't mind Doctor/Jamie, but I don't like it when Jamie gets mischaracterized in order to better fit the Gay Fanfic Archetypes.

A wish

that he get his memories back eventually. poor boy.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

THAT ONE COMIC. YOU KNOW THE ONE. IT IS ILLEGAL.

5 words to best describe them

Brave, Loyal, Friendly, Protective, Warm

My nickname for them

Cute Scottish One.

[baldwinboy5ive]

ask box scenario: Tumblr user thedarkknightofbreath reveals that he has also been lying to you and is, in fact a blog run jointly by Burn Gorman and David Spade

and that reveal happened right after I made my lemonade, too :/

(david spade ask box meme!)

[manta-rays-on-gallifrey]

For 001 Eight x Charley and for 002 Ellie Miller

AAAHHH Either you know me too well or that was a very lucky guess cause those are three of my favorite characters in existence

001 Eight/Charley

when of if I started shipping it: After Seasons of Fear I think

my thoughts: Favorite ship ever. Cute, angsty, sincere, absolutely wonderful.

What makes me happy about them: All their adorable moments saving each other and flirting having cute conversations and everything and all

What makes me sad about them: GOSH LET ME THINK. (They perpetually make me miserable I hate them)

things done in fanfic that annoys me: People either make Charley super horny or sorta submissive to the Doctor sometimes

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Umm well the new kid in Charlotte Pollard might shake things up but I don't know most of eight's other companions all that well.

My happily ever after for them: Fun adventures in the Tardis forever!

who is the big spoon/little spoon: (why is this small?) Prob Eight for big spoon

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: Adventure!

002 Ellie Miller

How I feel about this character: I adore Ellie. She is definitely on my list of top five female characters and possibly all characters. She deserves so much better than she gets.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Alec Hardy

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Uhhh she and Beth had a pretty nice friendship going

My unpopular opinion about this character: That she and Alec should get together? That Olivia Colman was overall a better actor in Broadchurch than David Tennant? I don't know

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: AU WHERE ELLIE MILLER IS HAPPY

my OTP: Alec/Ellie. For a little while it was my number one ship, which kinda sucked.

my cross over ship: Umm nope can't think of one

a headcanon fact: After Broadchurch 1 she and Beth eventually make amends and forgive each other and stuff doesn't suck as much (Hey with Broadchurch 2 coming out maybe this will be canon!)

[beyondthesunrise]

11, 40, 47

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

Probably 12. I may have been an annoying brat, but at least I was oblivious to it then. I wrote, drew, acted and sang a lot during that time, and I wish I still did all of things as often as I did then.

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

Sunrises remind me that I’ve been up all night, sunsets tell me that I’ve made it through another day. Sunsets are beautiful.

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

Are you happy? That’s one thing I worry about a lot.

[sidhebeingbrand]

Steven Universe circus AU

THE SETTING: Rose Quartz-Universe founded a majestic cirque-du-soleil style show, heavy on human acts, light on animal exploitation. After her tragic death, her three business partners continue her work and... Greg is still mostly the roadie. 

1. Amethyst and Steven do a running clown show. Pearl is petrified of clowns and has mild panic attacks that she hides from Steven because she won’t let her precious little boy see that she’s afraid. Amethyst thinks this is hilarious. 

2.Garnet is a hand balancer, trained in contortion by her mothers Ruby and Saphire, who in their day were famous for running an Icarian Games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr5oPaJccas ) act. 

3. A big chunk of the revenue comes from sales of the soundtrack. Nobody believes that the chubby, friendly hair-metal looking guy wrote this amazing electronica. 

4. Pearl is a master of anything that involves her being suspended in the air; aerial silk, hoops, trapeze-- not so much anything on the ground. The ground is where the stage fright lives. 

5. Nobody knows where Rose found the lion. The lion is not exploited or caged. The lion roams around of basically his own free will, is quite tolerant as long as he’s fed steak and not asked to go on stage. They’ve all learned not to ask about the lion. Not even Greg knows. 

6. When Amethyst isn’t clowning, she and Pearl are capable of a jaw-dropping balancing act called the Opal Suite. It’s amazing. When they can do it without breaking into an onstage fight. So audiences get to see it once or twice a year, basically. 

7. Steven has friends in every town the circus stops at, and if he met you after the age of three he remembers your name and your favorite food and he’s your best friend. But his best best friend is Connie, who has had  to be discouraged every summer since she was nine from running away to be a rogue circus indemnity lawyer. (Just as soon as she passes the Bar, her mother says.) 

[marwoodlives]

thedarkknightofbreath

Staccato

When he cries, I find myself helpless.

He is a troubled sleeper - you can hear him laughing, talking, moaning on the other side of the bedroom door. Family heritage, the heavy luggage my friend had been carrying since his miserable childhood, never left his subconsciousness and occasionally manifested in the form of nightmares.

It was two in the morning, the coldest and scariest time, which I hated and tried to skip at all costs.

All I wanted was drink myself daft and the glass of scotch was already halfway close to me, when I heard sobbing coming out of his room. In I came, with the bottle in my left hand, the glass in the right, to find him sitting up, hugging his knees, shaking with terror and apparently beyond coping. I held back the traditional "what's the matter", for I knew perfectly well what the matter was, and this time I wasn't irritated with him.

Au contraire, I felt for him: almost naked (another habit forced onto him by his family), helpless and poetically vulnerable, craving for comfort, especially from a man, the man who would give him protection and warmth unlike his monstrous fascist stepfather.

I sat on the bed beside him and lifted his head by the chin, then forced my glass to his lips. Without saying a word he emptied it, still trembling. I leaned towards him, and within a moment his wet face was an inch from mine, my fingers resting on his neck.

Every part of him was a work of art, exquisitely shaped and smooth, so pale it was almost glowing. Not every day you get to gain full and infinite access to this gorgeous body and tonight was my perfect chance. But I knew how easy he was to get frightened, I had to work my best not to make him push me away with resentment and fear.

This boy can't face the lustful gob of a whale, he needed not being swallowed. It's not crescendo we need, oh no, the weapon of choice is a thread of touches. Gentle bites. Like this, my lips go carefully over his, soft punctuation, quick shots, striking him without hurting him. The music of the water drops, silver tune, the silent notes to break the dread of night. His head on my shoulder, as I keep going. There, now up his cheek, up, up, to his shut eyelids.

Kiss his nightmare away.

Up, up, up.

Don't stop.

Till the last drop's gone.