#W writer fr

[silacynthia]

Happy Birthday, Red!!

I don’t have a crossword this time but I do have some art

[seaweedstarshine]

Late to the game as I’ve kinda been kinda non-here for a minute but I scrolled through the Dot and Bubble tag, and thought I wanted to write this post into existence.

There's this part in Doctor Who Unleashed where RTD says this:

“What we can’t tell is how many people will have worked that out before the ending. Because they’ve seen white person after white person after white person, and television these days is very diverse. I wonder, will you be ten minutes into it, will you be fifteen, will you be twenty, before you start to think, everyone in this community is white. And if you don’t think that — why didn’t you? So, that’s gonna be interesting. I hope it’s one of those pieces of television you see, and always remember.”

And I'm like. Yeah. But the reason this works even as well as it does is largely thanks to the work of the previous showrunner with the previous creative team, which was notably the first era to have any writers of color (amongst other firsts in terms of inclusivity in directors, composer, actors). While Chibnall fumbled whenever he tried to write about race himself, he did have the self-awareness to have Black and South Asian writers writing the episodes where race is the focus (and a female writer for the episode where sexism is a focus; my point is, he seemed to know his shortcomings).

I wonder what the current creative team looks like? (not really, but I wasn't 100% sure for all of them)

To quote RTD:

“...before you start to think, everyone in this community is white.”

This is pretty non-self-aware, right? It's pretty “It is said, and I understand this, there was a history of racism with the original Toymaker, the Celestial Toymaker, who had ‘celestial,’ and I did not know this, but ‘celestial’ can mean of Chinese origin, but in a derogatory way,” right? (from The Giggle Unleashed) It's pretty “and I had problems with that, and a lot of us on the production team had problems with that: associating disability with evil,” right? (from Destination Skaro Unleashed)

—none of which are issues that should be overlooked, but think how much exponentially better they might’ve been addressed if he’d consulted with Chinese writers and wheelchair-using writers before going straight to giving the Toymaker weird fake accents and making Davros walk?

How many Black or non-white people do we think saw the Dot and Bubble script before it landed in Ncuti’s hands?

And this just keeps happening.

And like, from some of the shocked responses I've seen from white viewers to the ending of Dot and Bubble, maybe the episode's unsubtlety was needed? From the way RTD talks about it in Unleashed, the episode was written with a white audience in mind, Baby's First Microaggressions (where of course the microaggressions come from people who are pretty self-admittedly white supremacists). Ricky September, a more seemingly normal depiction of someone in the racist bubble of Finetime, seemed like an interesting element, up until the way he died.

The ending worked for me, because I do think the Doctor's reaction is true to how the Doctor would react. I just keep thinking of how much better the core themes could've been handled by someone with actual lived experience on the subject matter.

[pestilentbrood]

Um. One quastion. Looking at the... everything going on with FR's lore situation right now.

W... Why haven't they hired a writer. Why don't they have a dedicated lore writer. Or even just someone for the short stories. Do they not have the money to afford more staff? Because otherwise I cannot wrap my head around why they don't have a dedicated writer.

It would solve ... many of their problems . Lore writing wouldn't have to be passed around haphazardly to all of them. And we could have like... consistent, well put together lore. By people who Can Write

so um. W. Why do they not have a writer. They're supposedly consulting a professional writer for the Auraboa lore rewrite (which has repeatedly had more stuff chucked into it, it seems, which is usually not a great sign for how a story is progressing) so like... why not just. Hire. A writer

Am I missing something .

[aq2003]

i saw a post saying boom was good bc it feels like it could be done with any doctor/companion duo and honestly that was one of the things i felt was wrong with it

[thegrimreaperisanerd]

month-long chronic insomnia flareup got me acting a BIT too HDB-esk so I drew myself some Kims. I have cracked it! (The case of 'how to draw this MF')

feat one Harry, ECHEM, and Kineema that I fucking made up from memory because im not studying that beast

[isoobie]

queen of tears aka the most gut wrenching show

[divinemanicstate]

"Well, you've come to the right place~"

this scene but re-imagined bcs it was lacking something

[lifesver]

sometimes i'll just be writing npc johnny to torture leland with in drabbles where i need to write something terrible happening to him like live laugh love

[kolyasangel]

lowkey don't feel like writing anymore

[unproduciblesmackdown]

truly lmao 2024 lambda literary award finalist wynnstannery

[wttcsms]

@mochalate has quite literally altered the trajectory of my life with her fic, precipice. i've reached the ao3 comment character limit (10k) TWICE in trying to appropriately convey my thoughts and comments on the fic. out of fear of taking up the time you could have spent reading the first part of the fic, all i have to say is that this is an incredibly well-written piece of work. the pacing, the storytelling, the plot, the characters — everything is well thought out. i have never fell so in love with a fanfic before this one, and that's saying something because porco isn't even one of the top five aot boys i would ever willingly search up fics for. PLEASE read this fic, even if he isn't your fave. it is truly proof that fan fiction deserves more credit.

[odxrilove]

i couldn’t believe when i saw you on my notifications.. DORI I LOVE YOUR WORKS SO SO MUCH YOUR SVT’S BF HABITS GOT GIGGLING seriously cant believe we’re moots now im so happy omg omg

SHUT UPPPPPP ur so sweet what the hell 😿😿😿 i gen didn't know u followed me i was just so happy to find a new svt smau to focus on (LMAOAOO??) but omg im so glad u enjoyed my svt bf habits im so proud of those so thank u sososooso much 💔💔 im glad we are moots now hihi i hope ur having a nice day/night and im excited for the next chapters of ur smau MWAH MWAHHHH

[j2zara]

Mods are asleep post cringe but it’s still crazy to me that I’m surrounded by my so many of my favorite writers and artists and somehow you guys also think I’m cool. Presumably. One can hope. I’m going to stop doubting myself and promise to take you guys at your word because I think that’s what I should be doing more often to treat you guys and your kindness and forthrightness with the respect you deserve. And it’s not out of fondness that I say you guys are good at what you do even as there is plenty of that also embedded when I say it. I’m blown away.

[toytulini]

thinking about my oc Bytte. and. her gender is Aro. her Aromanticism is inextricable from her gender experience.

[apocalyptic-byler]

thought about bill denbrough

[yumik00001]

When you suddenly wanted to become active on tumblr, 4 days later you're now moots w ur fave people in earth (or space)