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figureofdismay · 10 months

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not to hot take after pulling a sickie all-nighter again but i do think Doctor/Donna would be a more popular pairing if CTate was and had been a thin 20 to 30 year old. like, i feel like there's some unconscious dismissals happening thanks to her not fitting an expect 'type'

yeah yea 'best mates' and 'siblings energy' are valid reasons not to ship it, but like.... I shipped rose/nine like crazy, the chemistry was so good, but I then felt like ten/rose had 'best mates' and 'siblings' energy, yet the default reading of ten/rose is romantic while the default reading of Donna (and Martha lbr) got set to 'that's his FRIEND, it's never romantic' with a lot more people just. never bothering to look at it from another angle or try to see how anyone could want to see them together.

#doctor x donna #idk it's just that i've always shipped it the most of any of Ten's pairings and i've seen it icked or laughed off since 2008 #and definitely has less fic than a lot of the nuwhu pairings #though what there is is *wonderful* imo #just. i do think it plays a factor in people not even getting curious #i'll entertain most doctor ships enough to read a few fics but i don't think that's broadly the case anymore #i suppose partly because the fandom is soooo much bigger than 2005 to 2009 lj comms era #you simply couldn't afford to be picky if you wanted a decent amount to read lol

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