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banging my head against the wall it's the way Charley can be more herself with Six even though she spends their entire run lying to him about who she is because he's not the Doctor she saw lose his mind for her sake and shatter to pieces so many times, she doesn't have to be the bravest person in the room because he's not the same, not soft brittle broken Eight who can't separate his despair from her destiny, she can be more open and vulnerable with Six because he doesn't know her and because she doesn't know him and BECAUSE he holds her at a distance and is suspicious, at least that means they aren't all tangled up in each other and she doesn't have to be strong for him and can be a little bit more human again even though she isn't, completely, anymore

#maybe charley's arc with six is about letting go of her ''bravest person here'' complex #like she doesn't have to hold herself together for the doctor's sake anymore the way she did with eight #(and tbh she didn't HAVE TO with eight either. but she believed she did. begging her to kill him changed EVERYTHING.#she changed after that)#broken trust and broken hearts and the bravest person here #that's who charley became after zagreus but the thing is she's still human and she's a mess when eight isn't around #she shows so much more and lets herself FEEL so much more when she's apart from him but at the same time #they were so tangled with each other that she didn't know what to do without him #but with sixie it's different because he doesn't let her so close that it's dangerous and yeah she's a terrible liar #but both of them know that she's broken and needs a friend at the very least and tbh six is the exact friend she needed #he's so different from *her* doctor but he's still The Doctor and he's still her BEST FRIEND even if he doesn't know it yet #and she doesn't have to hold herself together. she doesn't have to be the bravest person there bc this isn't the man #who asked her to kill him and told her he loved her and was going to kill himself for it #he's the loud one who doesn't understand her but wants to. and maybe that makes all the difference #and maybe she can let go of the forced okayness she's made her identity for so long #idk I'm just. a mess about this today so shoutout to aurelia for getting my brain on this specific thing ahdjdhsjdjsjs #Lu rambles #dweu #doctor who eu #big finish audio #sixth doctor #charley pollard #meta finding tag #charleight #six/charley

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