#This is for all my Ninth babies

[multifunctionalnitroglycerin]

Nine for the Tomb, and all that was lost

It's been way too long since I last drew anything , so three days before my exams seems like a wonderful time to pick up my pens again.

I did take some creative liberties with the Ninth's Skull, but well, here it is! (The brain-rot is REAL)

Should I do all the House skulls?

[fortjester]

commissioned the enormously talented @b1cr1ptic for one of my fave pash moments from ntn, because i'm really normal about pash...

[theriverbeyond]

One day eighteen years ago, Gideon’s mother had tumbled down the middle of the shaft in a dragchute and a battered hazard suit, like some moth drifting slowly down into the dark. The suit had been out of power for a couple of minutes. The woman landed brain-dead. All the battery power had been sucked away by a bio-container plugged into the suit, and inside that container was Gideon, only a day old.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee

[civetside]

i've drawn nothing but crappy tlt fanart for the past like week i can feel my art skills degrading as we speak

[lockedtombmemes]

[taylachan]

I heard you guys like bones or something?

The saddest girl in the whole entire world.

Kiriona Gaia you will always be famous.

[thirdeyeblue]

“Nine would have treated Martha better than Ten did”

I need to talk about this argument that never seems to stop circulating.

Note: Not a venomous/anti post. There’s more than enough of that across fandom spaces as is, and this is supposed to be a place for ✨sweet, blissful escapism✨

When making this argument, people seem to envision a scenario in which Nine never met Rose.

While I can appreciate a good hypothetical, recognizing Rose's significance to the Doctor (Nine and Ten) is essential to understanding why things with Martha played out the way they did in the first place.

In the third series, the Doctor is grieving. This grief is deliberately threaded into nearly every script, whether spoken aloud or not (and these are just a few examples):

He's burning in Rose’s wake the entire time Martha travels with him, which is why it’s so frequently called upon: It’s 100% deliberate in framing his grief. He grieved as Nine too, of course— having been fresh on the heels of the Time War — but then he met Rose, which changed everything.

Back then, he was still a rude, traumatized pain in the ass, but we watch Rose soften more of those jagged edges with every episode as they grow closer; as he lets his guard down and forms a deep connection with her.

He falls in love (against his better judgment) and it's game over.

And yes: provided S1E1 had been titled 'Martha', one can realistically assume things might have unfolded similarly to how they did with Rose. However, it wouldn’t have been that way just because the Doctor was Nine and “Nine was different” — it would be because he wasn’t already in love with someone else. The same can't be said for the start of S3.

Think of it like this: if Rose AND Martha had been in that cellar — if Nine had taken both of them along with him in S1 — we’d eventually be looking at the most melodramatic love triangle ever, what with him living in close quarters with two brilliant, gorgeous, compassionate young women... But Doctor Who is plenty “soap opera” as is with just one woman in the TARDIS.

(I certainly wouldn’t object to reading that fic, though)

Now, regarding the unrequited elephant in the room…

His inability to be romantic with Martha isn’t because he thinks her lesser, nor is it for lack of compatibility. It isn't because Rose is any better than her. It certainly isn’t just because he’s Ten.

It’s really only for one reason, which can't be denied — and now I’m a broken record:

He is still in love with Rose.

(cut from a tenrosedaily gif)

Nine is Ten, and Ten is only such a mess in S3 because he’s just lost the love of his life. Martha merely got caught in the crosshairs of a volatile Time Lord in mourning, and yes — it sucks. Absolutely.

But it also feels dismissive to chalk Ten and Martha’s relationship up to little more than some sort of mindless dance of pining, jealousy, and toxicity.

Ten trusted Martha with his life over and over again — and hers, with him. He constantly praised her brilliance, happily carting her around time and space with no intention of letting her go. In the BBC’s extended universe of novels/comics/cartoons/etc, there’s so much depth to their relationship: love and trust and trauma and sacrifice. They had their own special bond as mates, their own complexities — so it’s a bummer that it's forever overshadowed by the other things.

I’m not denying that there was a lot of stuff that sucked/was for sure toxic about Ten's S3 behavior, but so many of the things I've seen him catching flak for can be directly attributed to being A Clueless Fucking Alien Idiot (not a trait that’s unique to Ten) — as well as his flat-out obliviousness to Martha’s feelings.

So yes, I agree: if Rose never existed, he would have treated Martha differently as Nine. He also would have treated her differently as Ten. Certainly.

But Rose did exist, and when discussing canon, it matters.

“He tells me that he absolutely, 100% loves Rose... He tells me how my daughter; my wonderful, beautiful, clever little girl saved him from himself before… And he says that’s all because of me! I made her into the Rose Tyler that saved him.”

-Jackie Tyler, Flight Into Hull!

Martha got the short end of the stick in S3. She came round at the wrong place and time, but that doesn't mean it was all bad. It doesn't mean the Doctor didn’t adore her. It certainly doesn't mean the time they spent together was wasted or worthless. They were brilliant!

Sure, he could be a twat, but let it be known that he was a twat with Rose as well, both as Nine and Ten. I’m sure Tentoo can be plenty infuriating, too. So while I'll defend Ten (and Tentoo) into the ground forever and ever and ever, I'll concede that he's fucked up.

The Doctor is a certified Pain In The Ass. It’s one of the things I love so much about this character — dynamics.

But never forget that Martha was goddamn tough as nails and overcame every bit of it. She moved on with her life, and the Doctor moved on with his. One can only pray that, when they inevitably drag her back onto the show (which feels inevitable if I'm honest), we see at once that she's been living her best life for all these years.

[lady-harrowhark]

putting your fist through a thick sheet of glass (i know you don't want to) on AO3

Written for The Big Resurrection Event (@tlt-big-resurrection), including artwork from @the-purple-duck

Harrowhark Nonagesimus and Gideon Nav have always been at each other’s throats, and the animosity has only intensified since the death of Harrow’s parents. But when a car accident leaves Gideon without any memories of her past, Harrow sees a chance at the clean slate she’s wanted for years. Becoming involved in Gideon’s recovery assuages some of the guilt, but as she and Gideon become closer and increasingly involved in each other's lives, Harrow worries that some of her secrets may be more than she can atone for.

Read it on AO3 Get the playlist here

[jophinabean]

I GOT HIIIIIIIIIMMMMM!!! 🙏😭😭😍

[lamentablequeen]

okay to be SO fucking for real about it? just now realized. there's definitely a lot of different reasons kiriona's named what she is. but firstly and foremostly can you IMAGINE how the houses would react if they knew god's heir was SOME RANDO FROM THE NINTH?? well. not so good it doesn't seem!

[brungeons-and-bragons]

The gtn pool scene is so personal to me. It’s a love confession. It’s a murder confession. It’s a heartbreak. It’s the most satisfying moment of the book. It’s a suicide. It’s a murder. It’s a drowning. It’s a hug. its a scream. It is underwater and entirely silent. It’s a metaphor for griddlehark’s entire dynamic. It’s a confession of their devotion to one another. It’s all the reasons they can never be together. It’s Gideon’s main motivator for her sacrifice. It was almost a kiss. It was never going to be anything of the sort. But it almost was. It almost was.

[gingerteaonthetardis]

So glad appreciation for 9 is out there, it seems like it's always been about 10😅 9 really captivated me when I was younger. He was so sarcastic in the best way, and the way he and Rose love I just UGHHHH. That and the leather jacket will always remain undefeated

god, yeah. nine wasn't my first doctor but he is first in my heart!!! he is just the most closed off but wide open character—things will go on spilling out of him, and no amount of leather jacket wrinkled brow righteous fury armor can stop it! he hurts so easily and loves with so much effort, in spite of the cost.

i love how we see into his hearts, and though there are many iterations of the doctor that i adore (including ten! and oh god, twelve), he will always have a special place with me. he was the doctor that convinced me to keep watching

[deardiary17]

“Oh, Rose,” the Doctor mumbled brokenly. “You didn’t go down without a fight, did you, you stubborn girl?” He walked his fingers along her neck and spine gently, with carefully-applied pressure, checking for any damage. When he found none, he let his shoulders fall down in a visible sign of relief. He then leaned Rose into his arms, hugging her to his chest loosely while trying to untie the ropes around her wrists, arranging them in her lap after freeing them. He massaged them while talking to her soothingly, coaxing her out from her unconscious state.

[wekillitwithfire]

something so off putting about having a book you despise that you genuinely think was not written well or was just. plain bad. and then going onto goodreads and seeing it has like a 4.5 star rating

[thealternatemind]

PALAMEDES AND CAMILLA????????????

[floral-hex]

5 hours of sleep. Woke up, hearing is a touch wonky. Instant anxiety. Tried to go back to sleep, but couldn’t calm myself, so after an hour of darkness and tinnitus, I took a klonopin, then got anxious over how I only have 14 left. Was it worth it? Would I have been fine if I’d just gotten up and walked around? More things to worry about, but it is what it is. Then breakfast, more medications, and finally I am (mostly) centered. Off center, but still close enough to call it a good shot.

Littlest brother has a chess tournament today and I’m going to lend my outstanding emotional support. Got my little bag with a couple of books, a phone charger, and snacks. It’s going to be a long day of sitting, but I’m excited to see how he’ll do.

I always feel weird saying this, but feel free to send any asks to help me pass the time, but really, I’ll be hunky dory without them. Okay, I love you, bye.