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the point was she wanted to get back to may 24th at 7:30 am cause she had a shift. she had a shift that she needed to get to cause she was a nurse and god knows hospitals don't function without them. she had a shitty flat with annoying roommates, and she drank expired milk for dinner.

she wanted to go back to that, not cause it was extraordinary, but because it was hers. she had carved a life for herself where she could help other people and it was enough for her.

she didn't need the stars, she didn't need some far away galaxy to tell her what she'd always been. and she definitely didn't need another doctor to try and show her what she's known all along.

she wasn't someone's daughter, she wasn't someone's mother. she didn't have to go back she had to be something for someone else, she wanted to go back because she wanted to be something for herself.

the point was... she wanted to get back to may 24th at 7:30 am cause she had a shift. how could you ruin that for her so completely?

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Listen, we all have… opinions about what happened with that regeneration. Some of us are confused. Some of us are furious. Some of us are just lying on the floor whispering “what the hell was that” into the carpet.

But let me be extremely clear: if I catch any of you harassing, bullying, or being even remotely sexist toward Billie Piper, an actual real-life human woman who is not in charge of your sci-fi trauma?

It’s on sight. I don’t care if you’ve got a TARDIS tattoo and a sonic screwdriver in your pocket—touch grass, log off, and maybe go outside and scream at the sky instead.

You can have all the takes you want about the writing. You can rage about lore, structure, or the eldritch chaos that is modern Who. But leave the actors—especially the women—the hell out of it. Do not message them about it. Do not harass them. They didn’t write the script, and they don’t owe you closure.

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“return to old trek,” but it’s the return of 20+ episode seasons, of bringing contemporary scifi writers to write episodes, of doing social commentary so acute it blasts the “it’s just escapism” argument to bloody bits, and most important, the return of silly costumes and camp

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rogue is never gonna get saved by his doctor and we’re never gonna see ncuti and jonathan on screen together again im even more devastated now

i wanted them together again so badly

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Me during the last 20 minutes of that episode

Sobbing

Crying

Sobbing

What the everloving fuck

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also i have to say it. the stunt casting is getting silly. bad enough to fumble ncuti after two seasons but the show is going to eat itself now trying to justify all the repeated faces. like this is how you ensure only insane people who have been watching since 2005 stick around. for something that is ostensibly children’s entertainment, and you’re doing nothing but casting actors who were on the show 15-20 years ago. come on now.

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No because what was actually the point from having Rogue there?

From actually showing Susan on screen?

From Belinda and the Doctor having a potential daughter?

From the Rani at all if this is how they used her?

From talking about Omega and have him not be the danger even more than what 5 minutes?

From having different realities and just showing again another weirdly misogynistic coded way for a female companion?

From having a bi generated doctor if not to use Tennant for the problem you presented? Have him sacrifice so we could keep Ncuti?

From having Conrad at all? He had no story on his own and what, we just forget him?

From bringing up the Doctors family to once again have him be without anyone?

Not to mention how Unit was seemingly fine suddenly.

From bringing Anita back and not have her really interact at all? But we learn she like Clara has seen multiple versions of the Doctor?

From once again mentioning a Boss who is clearly set up to be the big bad guy of S3 if you want even fucking give Ncuti 3 season to defeat him as a villain?

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So because of the length of the new DW seasons, Ncuti has been doctor for I believe only 5 more episodes than Christopher Eccleston. Now I love 9 he is one of my favourite Doctors I think it’s an absolute crime he didn’t get more time and the situation around that is criminal too, but I’m gonna put that aside for a second.

A Doctor who has had 2 companions, the return of multiple major Classic Who characters, references to the MASSIVE lore changes during the previous era, as well as involvement in currently two specials has FIVE more episodes than one of the shortest incarnations of the Doctor.

Now I can’t find anything concrete that Ncuti’s run is ending after this season, only comments that he hasn’t been ‘axed’ but no dispelling of the rumours of regeneration (or show cancellation lets be real), but if he is leaving??? That feels so wrong.

The length of these seasons is appalling we don’t get enough time to develop ANYONE properly, almost every episode seems to be out competing the others, and the huge classic Who things the entire fandom is talking about have taken place over what is to be THREE episodes. Obviously they’ll likely continue into possibly further seasons but now? With Ncuti? With Varada? It’s three episodes.

Eight episodes will NEVER be enough to tell stories like these. Longer seasons allow for an episode or two that feel a little out of character because we have enough to come back around with whereas eight episodes doesn’t do that - Belinda’s immediate forgiveness and affection after seeing the Doctor torture someone is the best example so far, she literally Would Not Act Like That.

I hope this isn’t the end for Ncuti, him as the Doctor is what’s keeping me watching every week because I LOVE where he’s taking it. I just wish the plot and scripts allowed for more exploration of his version of the character and his wants and wishes (lol) and Ruby and Belinda’s character arcs (if you can even call them that).

I hope I eat my words I hope he gets more time I hope characters start to feel fully fleshed out. Mostly I hope we see the end of 8 episode seasons and go back to actual creative freedom and not a streaming set up show. I hope a lot of things.

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Oooh, I think that bit about the dancing and the people saying the Rani and the Doctor were lovers was to jog the Doctor's brain into going "WTF? No! The Rani would never ever ever ever ever dance with me like that! That'd be soooo OOC."

That's why she asked "were we?" She wasn't expositing, she was trying to get him to wonder.

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drew stobotnik kissing. very sleep deprived. might hate this in the morning. enjoy for now

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AITA for not telling my fiancé I know he’s queer? 

I 20s (F) have a 20s (M) fiancé, V, and he’s been talking about this terrible secret he cannot tell me and he keeps almost starting to come out and then backing out. The issue is V and I were raised together by his parents, and my surrogate 40s (M) father and (now deceased) surrogate mother arranged for our marriage back when we were both children. They thought it was the best for us and at the time we were too young to realize the implications and had no reason to reject to the match. When we were teenagers our mother was on her deathbed and she told us again that she wished for us to marry, and of course we both agreed. However, V is also best friends with a 20s (M) guy called H, and they were nearly inseparable as boys and teens. They also went to university together and shared an apartment but V had to come home due to family reasons. Lately he’s been going out all day and coming home at night hours later. He insists that he’s fine and that we all leave him alone and not worry for him, but I think he and H have been sneaking around. He even delayed our wedding day by arranging a trip to go to England alone with H. It’s exhausting for all of us and I think I should just tell V I know and support him and that we can call off the marriage, but I’m not sure that’s the best course of action? I’m completely fine with not marrying him - he always felt more like a brother to me anyway - but I worry it might come off wrong. The worst part is he’s really beating himself up about it. He’s so guilty it’s beginning to take a toll on his health. I don’t care if he has a boyfriend I just want him to be happy.

EDIT: nvm he built an 8ft creature in his dorm

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If We Were Villains and The Secret History are siblings. One is the pretentious, intellectual older sibling and the other is the earnest, romantic younger sibling. One makes tongue-in-cheek jokes at the expense of the other and one rolls their eyes at the drama of it all, but they share the same nose and have the same taste in red wine because they're in the same FAMILY.

UNDERSTOOD??????

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man. the secret history has become so synonymous with dark academia that when u look through the tag its just knit sweaters and latte art. like please show me a text post about how fucking unhinged richard was for staying in a room with a Literal hole in the wall during the dead of winter and almost dying of hypothermia.

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once again saying i hate what pop culture has done to rebel without a cause. he's not a "bad boy" he's a fucking teenager whose peers keep mercilessly fucking harrassing him and his only crime is that he doesn't roll over and take it. that movie is about and for weird kids who got bullied NOBODY ELSE

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WOAH hey there ringo you cant be calling people that for no reason