#c: bill potts

[roisdevivre]

@sclfmastery has found the student on the run...

"Here."

Bill set the mug down in front of him, and put the still hot porcelain teapot beside it. Then she sat down next to the Timelord, avoiding his gaze. The mugs were chipped, and the tea set didn't match... but the routine was familiar. And for once, the tea didn't taste like reheated bile.

"... ready to try again?"

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Interview: Philip Bates on Companions -- More Than 60 Years of Doctor Who Assistants

Interview: Philip Bates on Companions -- More Than 60 Years of #DoctorWho Assistants

Now available from Candy Jar, Companions: More Than 60 Years of Doctor Who Assistants is an in-depth guide to every companion to have accompanied the Doctor in the programme’s long history. The DWC’s own Philip Bates is the writer tasked with updating Andy Frankham-Allen’s 2013 original – no small undertaking considering this latest volume includes all the new companions introduced since then,…

[quietwings-fics]

reality

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Doctor Who Ship: BillMissy Additional Tags: Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Consensual Mind Control, Teaching, Post-Episode: s10e08 The Lie of the Land Wordcount: 275 Summary:

Missy will teach Bill things the Doctor won't.

Prompt:

"Giving you a rarepair to do some hurt/comfort with. Bill/Missy"

Missy scares Bill.

That fear is so solid. Unmistakable, unchangeable. She feels it in her bones. Time could twist around them all again, and Bill would still know that she should be terrified of Missy. Fear lies on the other side of love to keep her mind safe, her memories grounded. She shouldn't need that anymore—the Monks are gone, the Doctor has promised: never again, but Bill still wakes up some days unsure of whether she'll go outside and recognize her world.

Missy presses her nails into Bill's arms as she grips them tightly. It hurts. Bill lets it come out in a hiss between her teeth.

Missy is real and dangerous in ways that cannot be erased. That cannot ever be mimicked.

And there are tricks Missy knows about Bill's mind that no one else will teach her, not even the Doctor.

"Good girl," Missy says. "You have more talent than most of the pets he picks up. Without even shouting nursery rhymes at me." Her mouth curls into a smile, until Bill can just see her teeth glint beneath. "Now, fight me out of your mind again." She leans in closer to promise, "If you can keep me out, nothing in the universe will ever touch you."

Her nails claw into Bill's arms again as an impossible force presses down on her will, her memories, and Missy's eyes are dark as space and as easy to suffocate in. Bill doesn't look away. She prepares to hold out, as long as she can, until the day that she wins. If she has to do it shaking with fear, then that's still a victory.

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c!Wilbur (DSMP)

Pokotho (Hatchetverse)

Veneer (Trolls)

Kagamine Rin and Len (Vocaloid)

Henry Clerval (Frankenstein)

Spinel (Steven Universe)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Varian (Tangled the Series)

Ricky Potts (Ride the Cyclone)

Monika (DDLC)

Open tags cause it’s 9:15 on a Sunday, and I have four assignments to speed run

10 characters, 10 fandoms

RULES: List your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people

I got tagged by: @sukiluvvs 💗

In alphabetical order:

Ai Enma (Jigoku Shoujo)

Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Emilia (Re:Zero)

Giyuu Tomioka (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Saeyoung Choi aka 707 (Mystic Messenger)

Shinya Hiiragi (Owari no Seraph)

Sunako Nakahara (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge)

Toph (Avatar the Last Airbender)

Yor Briar/Forger (SpyxFamily)

Yuuko (xxxHolic)

Tagging!! @getsuuna @marurumai @mikuyuuss @octoooo and others who wants to do this ahaha idk anyone here much sorry :D

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Most Beloved Queer Character - submission list

A

Ace McShane (Doctor Who)

Achilles (Greek mythology)

Adora (She-ra and the Princesses of Power)

Aika (Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl)

Alec Lightwood (The shadowhunter chronicles)

Aled Last (Osemanverse)

Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase)

Alphys (Undertale)

Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate)

Alucard/Adrian Tepes (Castlevania (TV))

Alvis (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Amity Blight (The owl house)

Andrew Minyard (All for the Game)

Anthony J Crowley (Good Omens)

Armand (Interview with the Vampire (TV))

Asami (Avatar: Legend of Korra)

Astolfo (Fate/Grand Order)

Aziraphale (Good Omens)

B

Ballister Boldheart (Nimona)

Barney Guttman (Dead End: Paranormal Park)

Becky Allen (Osemanverse)

Ben Mitchell (Eastenders (British Soap Opera))

Bill Potts (Doctor Who (2005))

Blitzen (Magnus Chase books) C

Calamity Jane (Deadwood)

Caleb Widogast (Critical Role - Campaign 2)

carlos (welcome to night vale)

Castiel (Supernatural)

Catalina Alvarez (All for the Game)

Catra (She-ra and the Princesses of Power)

Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)

Charlie Spring (Osemanverse)

Chiaki Ogawa (To Strip the Flesh)

Chika Hanai (Is Love the Answer?)

Clare Devlin (Derry Girls)

Clark Griffin (The 100)

Cole Mackenzie (Anne with an E) D

Dae-sung "Daniel" Jun (Osemanverse (Radio Silence))

Daisy Johnson (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Darcy Olsson (Osemanverse (Heartstopper))

Dave Strider (Homestuck)

David Rose (Schitt's Creek)

Deadpool/Wade Wilson (Marvel)

dio brando (jjba)

Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency)

Dragona Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) E

Edelgard Von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Edward Teach/Blackbeard (Our Flag Means Death)

Edwin (Dead boy detectives)

Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

Elle Argent (Osemanverse)

Ellie Williams (Last Of Us)

Emily Fields (Pretty little liars)

Enkidu (Lancer) (Type-Moon, specifically Fate/Strange Fake and Fate/Grand Order)

Esperanza Cruz/Spooner (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)

Eustace (Misericorde)

Evan "Buck" Buckley (911) F

Fade / Carlos Quinones (Blood Syndicate)

Fiddleford Hadron McGucket (Gravity Falls)

Fig Faeth (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)

Frisk (Undertale) G

Garnet (Steven Universe)

Gary (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake)

Georgia Warr (Osemanverse (Loveless))

Gideon Coal (Once Upon A Witchlight)

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb series)

Gilgamesh (Archer) (Type-Moon, specifically the Fate series, with Fate/stay night, Fate/Strange Fake, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Fate/EXTRA CCC, Fate/extella and Fate/Grand Order)

Giselle Gewelle (Bleach)

Gonzo (Muppets)

Grell Sutcliff (Black Butler)

Guillermo de la Cruz (What we do in the shadows) H

Harley Quinn (Batman)

Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb)

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H (TV))

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase books)

Hedwig (Misericorde)

Helen blackthorn (The shadowhunter chronicles)

Henrietta Wilson (911)

Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor (Red White and Royal Blue)

Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

Holly Munro (she's a book character only) (Lockwood and Co.)

Hunter (The Owl House)

I

Imogen Heaney (Heartstopper)

Irving B. (Severance)

Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper)

Isabella Yamamoto (Paradise Kiss)

Izzy Hands (Our flag means death) J

James Flint (Black Sails)

Jeremy Knox (All for the Game)

Jesper Fahey (Six of Crows)

Jim Jimenez (Our Flag Means Death)

Jimmy Kaga-Ricci (Osemanverse (I Was Born for This))

Jin Xiaobao (Meet You at the Blossom)

Joey Gutierrez (Marvel's Agents of Shield)

Jonathan 'jon' sims (The magnus archives podcast)

Josephine Barry (Anne with an E)

Jude (Parkdale haunt) K

Kazui Mukuhara (Milgram)

Kenji Hikiishi/Big Sis Magne (My Hero Acedemia)

kenjou akira/cure chocolat (precure)

Kiku (One Piece)

Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)

Kirby (Kirby)

Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)

Kokonoi Hajime (Tokyo Revengers)

Korra (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)

Kremy Lecroux (Once Upon A Witchlight)

Kurt Hummel (Glee)

Kyoshi (Avatar: The Last Airbender) L

Laila Dermott (All for the Game)

Lambdadelta (Umineko)

Lan Wangji (The Untamed)

Laszlo Cravensworth (What we do in the shadows)

Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire)

Lexa com trikru (The 100)

Lily Hoshikawa (Zombieland Saga)

Link (Legend of Zelda)

Lister Bird (Osemanverse (I Was Born for This))

Louis de Pointe du Lac (Interview with the Vampire (TV))

Luz Noceda (The Owl House) M

Magnus Bane (The shadowhunter chronicles)

Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase books)

malori crowett (mage & demon queen)

Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)

Marisa Rahm (Deathwish)

Mark Blackthorn (The shadowhunter chronicles)

Marshall Lee (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake)

Martin Blackwood (The Magnus Archives)

Masha (The Owl House)

Masquerade (blood Syndicate)

Michael Holden (Osemanverse)

mirabelle (In Stars and Time)

Mizuki Akiyama (Project Sekai / HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE!)

Moiraine Damodred (The Wheel of Time)

Morgan la Fae (Berserker) (Fate/Grand Order)

Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries) N

Nadja of Antipaxos (What we do in the shadows)

Nandor the Relentless (What we do in the shadows)

Napstablook (Undertale)

Neil Josten (All for the Game)

Nick Hoult (All Saints Street)

Nick Nelson (Heartstopper)

Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson/Riordenverse)

Nimona (Nimona)

Nina Zenik (Six of Crows)

Nomi Marks (Sense8) O

Oberyn Martell (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Orikan the Diviner (Warhammer 40k)

Osana Najimi (Komi Can't Communicate) P

Patroclus (Greek mythology)

Pearl (Steven Universe)

Peridot (Steven Universe)

Phaya (The Sign)

Piper McLean (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)

Pip Quintana (Osemanverse (Loveless))

Poison Ivy (Batman)

Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time) Q

queen velverosa (mage & demon queen)

Quill Kipps (Lockwood and Co (book)) R

Raine Sengupta (Osemanverse)

Raine Whispers (The Owl House)

Rangi (The Rise of Kyoshi)

Raphael Santiago (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)

Renee Montoya (batman the animated series)

Richard "Ringo" Beckmann (Unter Uns (A German Soap Opera))

Richard St. Vier (Swordspoint)

Riobaldo (Grande Sertão Veredas (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands))

Riz Gukgag (Fantasy High)

Rooney Bach (Osemanverse (Loveless))

Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn 99)

Roxy Lalonde (Homestuck (cough. Epilogues and sequel))

Ryuunosuke Mogumo (Love Me for Who I Am) S

Sahar Zahid (Osemanverse (Heartstopper))

Santana Lopez (Glee)

Sapphire (Princess Knight and Astro Boy)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)

Seo Jae Won (The Eighth Sense (Korean BL))

Shinji Ikari (Evangelion)

Shiro (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Shi Qingxuan (Tian Guan Ci Fu/Heaven Official’s Blessing)

Shuuichi Nitori (Wandering Son)

Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls)

Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death)

Sunil Jha (Osemanverse (Loveless)) T

Taako (The Adventure Zone)

Tara Jones (Osemanverse (Heartstopper))

Tasuku Kaname (Our Dreams at Dusk)

Testament (Guilty Gear)

Tharn (The Sign)

Tim Drake (dc comics)

Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives)

Todd Chavez (Bojack Horseman)

Togata (Fire Punch)

Tommy Shepherd (Marvel Comics)

Tomoko Kuroki (Watamote)

Tony (EarthBound)

Tooru Mutsuki (Tokyo Ghoul: Re)

Tori Spring (Osemanverse) U

Undyne (Undertale) V

Vee (The Owl House)

Vegas Theerapanyakul (Kinnporsche)

Viktor (Arcane)

Vriska Serket (Homestuck) W

Wei Wuxian (The Untamed)

Willow Park (The Owl House)

Will Solace (Percy Jackson/Riordanverse)

Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) X Y

Yamato (One Piece)

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Yawara Chatora (My Hero Academia)

Ymir (Attack on Titan)

Yoon Bum (Killing Stalking)

Yuu Asuka (Stars Align) Z

Zira (Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl)

Zooble (The amazing digital circus)

If you would like to challenge any submissions, feel free to send in an ask and we will vote on whether they count as canonically queer!

[wardrobeoftime]

Master Post - A to M

If you notice any show, movie or character missing that I’ve made gifs of, please let me know. Characters are sorted alphabetically by first their last name and then their first name.

Last updated: June 7th, 2025

A

Aladdin [2019] (Princess Jasmine)

Allerleirauh (Princess Friederike | Princess Lotte)

American Song Contest (2022)

Anne Boleyn [2021] (Anne Boleyn)

Anne of the Thousands Days (Anne Boleyn)

Aschenputtel [2010] (Marie/Aschenputtel)

Aschenputtel [2011] (Annabella | Aschenputtel/Cinderella)

Australia [2008] (Sarah Ashley)

B

Barbie (Stereotypical Barbie)

Beauty and the Beast [2017] (Madame de Garderobe | Mrs Potts)

Becoming Elizabeth (Amy Robsart | Mary Tudor)

Blood, Sex & Royalty (Anne Boleyn | Mary Boleyn)

Bridgerton (Tilley Arnold | Lady Berbrooke | Benedict Bridgerton | Daphne Bridgerton | Eloise Bridgerton | Francesca Bridgerton | Hyacinth Bridgerton | Violet Bridgerton | Queen Charlotte | Cressida Cowper | Agatha Danbury | Penelope Featherington | Philippa Featherington | Prudence Featherington | King George III | Siena Rosso | Edwina Sharma | Kathani "Kate" Sharma | Mary Sharma | Tessa | Marina Thompson | Extras)

Britain’s Bloody Crown (Margaret of Anjou | Margaret Beaufort | Elizabeth Woodville)

Buddenbrooks [2008] (Elisabeth “Bethsy” Buddenbrook)

C

Cinderella [2015] (Anastasia Tremaine | Drisella Tremaine | Ella)

Corsage (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria)

D

Das Adlon (Sonja Schadt)

Death on the Nile [2022] (Jacqueline de Belleforte | Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle)

Der Prinz im Bärenfell (Henriette)

Die Galoschen des Glücks (Princess Aurora)

Die Kaiserin (Charlotte of Belgium | Maria Alexandrovna / Marie of Hesse | Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Archduchess Sophie of Austria)

Die Salzprinzessin (Princess Amélie | Princess Eugenia | Princess Isabella)

Die Schöne und das Biest (Elsa)

Disney Live Action (see the individual movies | Extras)

Doctor Who (Ashildr | Cyril Arwell | Lily Arwell | Madge Arwell | Reg Arwell | Rosanna Calvierri | Miss Chandrakala | Agatha Christie | Hugh Curbishley | The Doctor | Twelth Doctor | Clemency Eddison | Jack Harkness | King James I | Katherine | Donna Noble | Madame de Pompadour | Amy Pond | Bill Potts | Robina Redmond | Becka Savage | Willa Twiston | Extras)

Domina (Agrippa | Antonia Major | Antonia “Antonina” Minor | Emperor Augustus | Julia the Elder | Livia Drusilla | Marcella | Octavia Minor | Vipsania Agrippina)

Downton Abbey (Lucy Branson (née Smith) | Cora Crawley | Edith Crawley | Mary Crawley)

Dune: Prophecy (Natalya Arat Corrino | Ynez Corrino)

Dynasty [2017] (Kirby Anders | Fallon Carrington)

E

Effie Gray [2014] (Euphemia “Effie” Gray)

Elizabeth Duology (Elizabeth I)

Emerald City (Langwidere of Ev)

Emma [2020] (Isabella Knightley | Emma Woodhouse)

Eurovision Song Contest (1970 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | 1982 | 1988 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025)

F

Frauen, die Geschichte machten (Catherine the Great)

G

Galavant (Madalena)

Game of Thrones (Myrcella Baratheon | Cersei Lannister | Ellaria Sand | Sansa Stark | Daenerys Targaryen | Margaery Tyrell)

Good Omens (Aziraphale | Crowley)

Grey’s Anatomy (Lexie Grey | Izzie Stevens)

H

Hamilton (Angelica Schuyler | Eliza Schuyler Hamilton)

Henry VIII [2003] (Anne Boleyn)

High School Musical incl. Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure (Sharpay Evans)

House of the Dragon (Jeyne Arryn | Alicent Hightower | Mysaria of Lys | Aegon II Targaryen | Baela Targaryen | Helaena Targaryen | Rhaena Targaryen | Rhaenyra Targaryen | Rhaenys Targaryen | Laena Velaryon)

Hunyadi (see Rise of the Raven)

I

J

K

Kronprinz Rudolf [2006] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria)

Ku’damm (Helga von Boost)

L

Legacies (Jo Laughlin | Hope Mikaelson | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Saltzman | Josette “Josie” Saltzman)

Legend of the Seeker (Jennsen Rahl)

Les Misérables [2018] (Cosette | Fantine Thibault)

Little Women [2019] (Amy March | Margaret “Meg” March)

Live Performances (Jennie Kim | Victoria Monét | Alexandra Rotan)

Ludwig [1973] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Sophie in Bavaria)

Ludwig II [2012] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Ludovika, The Duchess in Bavaria | Sophie in Bavaria)

M

Maleficent Duology (Princess Aurora | Queen Ingrith of Ulstead)

Märchenperlen (see the individual movies)

Maria Theresia [2017] (Maria Anna of Austria | Empress Maria Theresia |  Mademoiselle de Chartres | Elisa Fritz)

Marie Antoinette [2006] (Jeanne du Barry | Marie Antoinette | Empress Maria Theresia | Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe | Extras)

Marie Antoinette [2022] (Marie Antoinette)

Mary Queen of Scots [2013] (Mary Stuart)

Maximilian - Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe / Maximilian and Marie de Burgogne (Maximilian of Austria | Mary of Burgundy | Bishop de Clugny | Johanna von Hallewyn | Rosina von Kraig | Georg Rudolfer | Margaret of York)

Maxton Hall (Ruby Bell)

Merlin (Morgana Pendragon)

Music Videos (KEiiNO | Taylor Swift)

My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle)

My Lady Jane (Jane Grey | Mary Tudor | Petunia)

Go to N-Z

[akajustmerry]

I haven't seen chibnall but I have a hard time imagining being worse than moffat. I'm sure it's possible but that man... he was bad. also out of curiosity what's the problem with eccleston? or did you just use his name as a reference for which era was rtd. feel free to ignore this if you like, I hope you have a good day!

hellooo!

look, you won't hear me arguing moffat wasn't bad but believe me Chibnall was worse. He wrote an entire sequence where the Doctor tricks the Master (then played by British-Indian actor Sacha Dhawan) into being caught by the Nazis, knowing what the Nazis would do to him. Like, the Doctor, presenting as a white woman, handed over the Master, her best friend presenting as a Brown man to the most notorious white supremacist regimes in history. And that moment was framed as a successful ploy!! As a "win" for the Doctor.

I'm sorry but, to me, Moffats fucking decrepit cringe Gen X Misogyny did nowhere near as much damage as thoughtlessly portraying the Doctor as someone who will literally use Nazism against a poc and framing it as clever girlboss behaviour. Like, it's not fun that these are the people we have to choose from but one of these things is not like the other.

As for the Eccleston stuff, I was referring to Christopher Eccleston's conflict with the BBC and by extension implied conflict with RTD. The full details of the conflict have never been fully made public but Eccleston has always maintained he quit the show due to the culture created by the show runners and producers. He's said he'd never work with RTD again. Eccleston implied that one of the reasons the relationship between himself and RTD broke down was Eccleston's desire for the Doctor to be a role model whose intellect wasn't inherently tied to being upper class English and had to really fight to use his natural accent. It's worth noting that the we wouldn't have a Doctor without an RP (received pronunciation) accent again until Capaldi. David even mentioned Russell's "enthusiasm" for DT to speak in RP not his natural accent in his interview with Jodie in 2020.

I want to believe that RTD has grown since the mid 00s, and perhaps this time around things will be different. But I think a lot of people point to Moffat as the worst because his bigotry is the most visible and easiest to critique. It's more popular and acceptable to critique sexism against white women than it is to critique racism and classism. But in reality all of these showrunners are white British men who have pulled white British bullshit and I won't stand for Chibnall and Davies shortcomings being scapegoated via Moffat.

Also, this is not a defense necessarily but a lot of people who hate moffat era who did NOT watch Capaldi's seasons and did not watch season 10 with Bill Potts. So their critique often lacks the perspective of Moffat's best season that proves he's capable of writing something genuinely compelling that's not gross and sexiest. Like it genuinely infuriates me when people talk about "moffat who" but they're only really talking about Matt Smiths seasons. Again none of that is a defence but it's just to say that most people who say Moffat is the worst are people who a) are really talking about Sherlock, which, fair enough that was shit b) people who just think 10th Doctor best Doctor and don't actually care about anything after that era in any meaningful way. Or c) people who have a pretty incomplete view of the series was and where it currently is.

omg this is long sorry I hope I don't sound rude I'm not trying to be I just have so many thoughts about this. I hope this answers your question, please let me know if I need to clarify anything <3

[identity-library]

Diverse Sexuality (TV Shows)

A:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)

José "Joey" Gutierrez (Gay)

Marcus Benson (Gay)

All Saints (1998)

Charlotte Beaumont (Bisexual)

American Dad (2005)

Greg (Gay)

Terry (Gay)

Andor (2022)

Cinta Kaz (Unspecified WLW)

Vel Sartha (Unspecified WLW)

Arthur (1996)

Nigel Ratburn (Gay)

Patrick (Gay)

B:

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Felix Gaeta (Bisexual)

Big Mouth (2017)

Ali (Pansexual)

Charles Lu (Unspecified MLM)

Connie LaCienega (Pansexual)

Elijah (Asexual)

Jayzarian "Jay" Bilzerian (Bisexual)

Jessica "Jessi" Glaser (Bisexual)

Matthew MacDell (Gay)

Maury Beverly (Pansexual)

Megan (Bisexual)

Mona (Bisexual)

Nadja El-Khoury (Lesbian)

Shannon Glaser (Lesbian)

Simon Sex (Bisexual)

Sonya Poinsettia (Bisexual)

Tyler Pico (Pansexual)

Big Nate (2022)

Amy (Unspecified WLW)

Dee Dee Holloway (Lesbian)

Bob's Burgers (2011)

Natalie "Nat" Kinkle (Unspecified WLW)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

Jenny Gildenhorn (Bisexual)

Jocelyn Price (Lesbian)

Kevin Cozner (Gay)

Raymond "Ray" Holt (Gay)

Rosalita "Rosa" Diaz (Bisexual)

C:

Chicago Fire (2012)

Clarice Carthage (Bisexual)

Darren Ritter (Gay)

Emily Foster (Bisexual)

Leslie Shay (Lesbian)

Chicago Med (2015)

Lawrence Dayle (Unspecified MLM)

Peter Kalmick (Unspecified MLM)

Terry McNeal (Gay)

Code Black (2015)

Carla Niven (Lesbian)

Malaya Pineda (Lesbian)

Noa Kean (Bisexual)

Community (2009)

Craig Pelton (Unlabeled MLM)

Frankie Dart (Unspecified WLW)

Craig of the Creek (2018)

Alexis (Pansexual)

Courtney (Lesbian)

George (Gay)

Jasmine Williams (Lesbian)

Kelsey Pokoly (Lesbian)

Laura Mercer (Lesbian)

Raj (Gay)

Secret Keeper (Gay)

Shawn (Gay)

Stacks (Lesbian)

Tabitha (Lesbian)

D:

Dead End: Paranormal Park (2022)

Barney Guttman (Gay)

Logan Nguyen (Gay)

Norma Khan (Bisexual)

Zagan (Pansexual)

Doom Patrol (2019)

Kay Challis/Crazy Jane (Lesbian)

Larry Trainor (Gay)

Dr. Who (2005)

Adric (Pansexual)

Bill Potts (Lesbian)

Canton Everett Delaware ||| (Gay)

Chris Cwej (Bisexual)

Clara Oswald (Bisexual)

Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw (Bisexual)

Heather (Lesbian)

Jack Harkness (Omnisexual + Polyamorous)

Jennifer "Jenny Flint" Scarrity (Lesbian)

Madame Vastra (Lesbian)

Melony "River Song" Pond (Bisexual + Polyamorous)

Nyssa of Traken (Bisexual)

Oliver Harper (Gay)

Olivia "Liv" Chenka (Bisexual)

Patricia Haggard (Lesbian)

Rogue (Gay)

Tania Bell (Lesbian)

Tegan Jovanka (Bisexual)

Toshiko Sato (Bisexual)

Yasmin Khan (Queer)

E:

Equestria Girls (2017)

Sunset Shimmer (Bisexual)

ER (1994)

Courtney Brown (Lesbian)

Kerry Weaver (Lesbian)

Kim Legaspi (Lesbian)

Maggie Doyle (Lesbian)

Sandy Lopez (Lesbian)

Euphoria (2019)

Cal Jacobs (Bisexual)

Elliot (Unlabeled MLM)

Jules Vaughn (Unlabeled WLW)

Nate Jacobs (Unspecified MLM)

Rue Bennett (Lesbian)

Ever After High (2013)

Apple White (Unspecified WLW)

Darling Charming (Unspecified WLW)

F:

G:

Glee (2009)

Adam Crawford (Gay)

Alistair (Unspecified MLM)

Blaine Anderson (Gay)

Brittany Pierce (Bisexual)

Dani (Lesbian)

David "Dave" Karofsky (Gay)

Elliott Gilbert (Gay)

Hiram Barry (Gay)

Kurt Hummel (Gay)

Leroy Barry (Gay)

Santana Lopez (Lesbian)

Sebastian Smythe (Bisexual)

Spencer Porter (Gay)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

Amelia Shepherd (Bisexual)

Arizona Robbins (Lesbian)

Callie Torres (Bisexual)

Carina DeLuca (Bisexual)

Dayna Knox (Lesbian)

Eliza Minnick (Lesbian)

Erica Hahn (Lesbian)

Levi Schmitt (Gay)

Mika Yasuda (Bisexual)

Nico Kim (Gay)

Taryn Helm (Lesbian)

Teddy Altman (Bisexual)

H:

Harley Quinn (2019)

Basil Karlo/Clayface (Gay)

Edward Nygma/The Riddler (Gay)

Frank (Asexual)

Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn (Bisexual)

Leslie Wills/Livewire (Lesbian)

Mari McCabe/Vixen (Bisexual)

Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy (Bisexual)

Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Unspecified WLW)

Sylvester "Sy" Borgman (Bisexual)

Hazbin Hotel (2024)

Alastor (Aromantic, Asexual)

Angel Dust (Gay)

Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar (Lesbian)

Cherri Bomb (Bisexual)

Husker (Pansexual)

Sir Pentious (Bisexual)

Vaggie (Unspecified WLW)

Valentino (Pansexual)

Vox (Bisexual)

Heartbreak High (2022)

Darren Rivers (Gay, Queer)

Donald "Ca$h" Piggott (Asexual)

Dustin Reid (Unspecified MLM)

Malakai Mitchell (Bisexual)

Missy Beckett (Bisexual)

Quinni Gallagher-Jones (Lesbian)

Rowan Callaghan (Bisexual)

Sasha So (Lesbian)

Heartstopper (2022)

Ben Hope (Unspecified MLM)

Charles "Charlie" Spring (Gay)

Darcy Olsson (Lesbian)

Isaac Henderson (Asexual, Aromantic)

Nick Nelson (Bisexual)

Tara Jones (Lesbian)

How I Met Your Mother (2005)

James Stinson (Gay)

Human Resources (2022)

Claudia (Lesbian)

Danielle (Lesbian)

Flanny O'Lympic (Bisexual)

Van (Lesbian)

I:

J:

K:

L:

M:

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015)

Alix Kubdel (Aromantic)

Caline Bustier (Unspecified WLW)

Gisèle (Unspecified WLW)

Juleka Couffaine (Unspecified WLW)

Marc Anciel (Unspecified MLM)

Max Kanté (Asexual)

Nathaniel Kurtzberg (Unspecified MLM)

Rose Lavillant (Unspecified WLW)

Zoé Lee (Unspecified WLW)

Modern Family (2009)

Cameron Tucker (Gay)

Gil Thorpe (Gay)

Mitchell Pritchett (Gay)

Pepper Saltzman (Gay)

Ronaldo (Unspecified MLM)

Mom (2013)

Bonnie Plunkett (Bisexual)

Ray Stabler (Gay)

Rudy (Bisexual)

N:

Nanbaka (2016)

Jyugo (Bisexual)

NCIS (2003)

Ned Dorneget (Gay)

New Amsterdam (2018)

Elizabeth Wilder (Bisexual)

Iggy Frome (Gay)

Lauren Bloom (Bisexual)

Leyla Shinwari (Lesbian)

Martin McIntyre (Gay)

New Girl (2011)

Melissa (Unspecified WLW)

Reagan Lucas (Bisexual)

Sadie (Lesbian)

O:

P:

Peacemaker (2022)

Christopher Smith/Peacemaker (Bisexual)

Leota Adebayo (Lesbian)

Private Practice (2007)

Amelia Shepherd (Bisexual)

Q:

R:

Raising Dion (2019)

Kat Neese (Lesbian)

Roswell, New Mexico (2019)

Alex Manes (Gay)

Allie Meyers (Unspecified WLW)

Anatsa Mufaro (Unspecified WLW)

Blaire (Unspecified WLW)

Forrest (Gay)

Isobel Evans-Bracken (Bisexual)

Michael Guerin (Bisexual)

Shivani Sen (Unspecified WLW)

Runaways (2017)

Karolina Dean (Lesbian)

Nico Minoru (Bisexual)

Xavin (Pansexual)

S:

Safe (2018)

Pete Mayfield (Gay)

Saving Hope (2012)

Bree Hannigan (Lesbian)

Maggie Lin (Bisexual)

Sydney Katz (Lesbian)

Shadowhunters (2016)

Alexander "Alec" Lightwood (Gay)

Aline Penhallow (Unspecified WLW)

Magnus Bane (Bisexual)

Olivia Wilson (Unspecified WLW)

Samantha (Unspecified WLW)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Adora (Lesbian)

Bow (Bisexual)

Catra (Lesbian)

Double Trouble (Gay)

Entrapta (Bisexual)

George (Gay)

Glimmer (Bisexual)

Huntara (Lesbian)

Kyle (Bisexual)

Lance (Gay)

Light Hope (Lesbian)

Lonnie (Bisexual)

Mara (Lesbian)

Mermista (Bisexual)

Netossa (Lesbian)

Perfuma (Unspecified WLW)

Rogelio (Bisexual)

Scorpia (Lesbian)

Sea Hawk (Bisexual)

Spinnerella (Lesbian)

Station 19 (2018)

Amelia Shepherd (Bisexual)

Carina DeLuca (Bisexual)

Dayna Knox (Lesbian)

Eli Stern (Bisexual)

Emmett Dixon (Gay)

Maya Bishop (Bisexual)

Michelle Alvarez (Lesbian)

Nikki (Bisexual)

Pam Williams (Lesbian)

Travis Montgomery (Gay)

Steven Universe (2013)

Bismuth (Lesbian)

Dogcopter (Gay)

Harold Smiley (Gay)

Pearl (Lesbian)

Peridot (Asexual, Aromantic)

Ruby (Lesbian)

Sapphire (Lesbian)

Stumptown (2019)

Dex Parios (Bisexual)

T:

The Babysitter's Club (2020)

Dawn Schafer (Unlabeled WLW)

Janine Kishi (Lesbian)

The Magicians (2015)

Eliot Waugh (Gay)

The Owl House (2020)

Amity Blight (Lesbian)

Darius Deamonne (Gay)

Eda Clawthorne (Bisexual)

Gilbert Park (Unspecified MLM)

Harvey Park (Unspecified MLM)

Hunter (Bisexual)

Lilith Clawthorne (Asexual, Aromantic)

Luz Noceda (Bisexual)

Willow Park (Bisexual)

The Resident (2018)

Jake Wong (Gay)

The Rookie (2018)

Jackson West (Gay)

Gino Brown (Gay)

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (2024)

Dr. Vlam (Bisexual)

Klak (Unspecified WLW)

Slug Girl (Unspecified WLW)

The 100 (2014)

Bryan (Gay)

Clarke Griffin (Bisexual)

Eric Jackson (Gay)

Lexa (Lesbian)

Nathan Miller (Gay)

Niylah (Lesbian)

Zev (Gay)

Titans (2018)

Tim Drake/Robin (Bisexual)

Total Drama (Franchise)

Bowie (Gay)

Raj (Gay)

U:

V:

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

#:

9-1-1 (2018)

David Hale (Unspecified MLM)

Evan "Buck" Buckley (Bisexual)

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson (Lesbian)

John Russo (Unspecified MLM)

Karen Wilson (Lesbian)

Michael Grant (Gay)

Tommy Kinard (Gay)

9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)

Carlos Reyes (Gay)

Tyler Kennedy "TK" Strand (Gay)

[sesamenom]

Fifteen Questions for Fifteen Mutuals

@actual-bill-potts  Thanks for tagging me, and sorry it took so long for me to answer!

Are you named after anyone? My first name is inspired by a well-known movie character, but it’s also a somewhat normal name so it’s not really obvious

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Not on purpose, but sometimes people interpret comments that way since i’m not really good at tone/expressions

When was the last time you cried? about a week ago

What's the first thing you notice about other people? Physically - defining features like hair/eyes/height. Personality-wise - depends on the person, but usually something related to how they interact with people

What sports do you/have played? I play badminton once in a while, but nothing regularly

Eye color? dark brown

Any special talent? I can whistle this one specific bird sound that makes the local birds not run away when I approach.

Scary movies or happy endings? I don’t watch movies, but books wise I’m going with dramatic ending

Do you have any pets? Not anymore :(

What are your hobbies? Reading (mostly Silm/BoLT currently, but I tend to like fantasy & sci fi in general), drawing, needle felting occasionally

Favorite subject in school? science/biology, specifically microbiology and genetics

Dream job? Realistically, successful dentist (probably general) Idealistically, c. elegans dauer diapause research

(I don’t usually answer questions related to real life identifying features online, so here’s some alternative questions to get to 15 total questions if that’s ok!)

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Something you collect? fun keychains

Analog or digital clocks? analog

Random superstition/habit? i always do lineart on the 5th layer regardless of total layer count

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Tagging @sakasakiii, @leucisticpuffin, @mahtaniel, @caenith, @mirillel (no pressure, sorry if you’ve already done this!)

[spydoclovr69420]

TIME TO SPEW OPINIONS (Companion Edition):

Rose was a great companion who worked really well with 9 and 10. Her personality really helped exaggerate the Doctor's sass and later his emo-ness as 10. She was super brave and very willing to act on her beliefs. (even standing up to the Doctor)

Martha was unfortunately overshadowed in the Doctor's mind by the loss of Rose (L) but she is a GREAT character who had strong opinions and wasn't afraid to tell the Doctor he was wrong or fucked up.

Donna was a great partner to the Doctor with their bickering back and forth. She would readily challenge him but would also play off of him with her own specializations (The calendar in The Doctor's Daughter, The planets in the stolen planet bits)

I have my own issues with Moffat's writing so I'll leave out things that I believe to be "Moffat Issues" and not individual character issues.

Amy was an interesting character who seemed to understand the Doctor more than some of the other companions. This, combined with the new lease on life that was the 11th Doctor really let Amy be both serious and goofy playing off of the silliness of the Doctor.

Rory felt like kind of a side note until he died the first time. When he came back he was a main character kind of guy. His main priority was always Amy, even when there was other things going on, and I REALLY like him.

River isn't really a companion, she's more of a side character. River feels like she was kind of shoehorned in to some of the Doctor's lore in earlier seasons, but by the time she arrived in the Capaldi era for the Christmas special it felt like she was actually someone that the Doctor would like. Before then it almost felt like she was just there for drama. Her appearance in Silence in the Library was interesting and made her character someone to be excited for, but her appearance in The Impossible Astronaut felt kinda of dramatic for me. (not that drama is a bad thing, just my preference) I'm not really a fan.

Clara... I've written essays on why I don't like Clara's character. I think she's well written, especially when we get into series 8 territory, but I also very much HATE her as a person. Her struggle with 11's regeneration is understandable, but the way she treats 12 hurts me a little bit. The 12th Doctor definitely doesn't help Clara's ego when he makes her choose things for the entire planet Earth (Kill the Moon) but by the time Dark Water rolls around her ego is so big it could have BEEN the moon. Spoilers BTW: Oops her boyfriend dies. She's like "OH, I have a time travelling friend I love and care about, he has nothing to do with anything related to this horrible thing that just happened to me so let's threaten to strand him on this planet forever if he doesn't help me undo an event that I already witnessed" What in her mind tells her to do this. I get it, you're mentally ill and grieving. I hate her. Not only did she think of the idea of stranding him on Earth to be fine, but she also TRIED. She tried to drug him and strand him. The idea that he was ok with that kind of put me off a bit. Him forgiving her aside, she also told him that anything Missy did ever was his fault, which is INSANE. I know Missy did some terrible shit to her boyfriend but Clara using this to guilt the Doctor into MURDERING Missy is insane. If she had a spine, she would have done it herself before he got in between them. Anyway I'm glad she died of her hubris. (I could go on)

Bill Potts is my scrungly and she was SO perfect for the 12th Doctor. Their conflict in Thin Ice really nailed down how different the Doctor is from their human companions and emphasized that he's not morally perfect all the time. His hands aren't clean and she knows that, but she also knows that he has good hearts and wants the best for humanity. They have a very grandpa/granddaughter kind of thing going on, which I think works super well with the grumpy 12th Doctor. They're fun, they get along, and in the end it's the Doctor's confidence in his own ability that gets her killed (at first). Bill did nothing wrong ever.

Graham and Ryan are generally ok. I'm putting them in one section because I don't really feel much about either of them. They each have like 3 character traits and nothing else. I feel ways about Chibnall's writing, but I feel like the crowded TARDIS was a bad idea and if it was going to be crowded I might have preferred that Grace be there. I don't dislike Ryan or Graham but a lot of the things they do (particularly Ryan) seem to be for the plot and have nothing to do with their personalities. In the first two episodes Ryan shows some impulse control issues, (touching a shiny alien thing in the woods, and running out to shoot robots with a gun). Graham shows some anger management issues when it comes to emotional things a couple times(The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos)

Dan was a great short-term companion. He had what... 4 stories total? His personality was good and he fit in well with Yaz and the Doctor. He was sarcastic, and missed his crush. He had guts, running around with a wok in Liverpool during an alien invasion.

Yaz. I have feelings about Yaz. If only they had decided to make her crush on the Doctor apparently BEFORE series 13, it would have allowed them more than 3 episodes to deal with it. With what little reference there was to it in The Flux, there was maybe 4 lines and some screentime in the new years dalek episode for that season, and a 2-3 scene reference in the sea devils return episode. That, combined with her saving the Doctor's ass in Power of the Doctor, it feels like this was shoehorned in after audience response, which is almost never a good idea. Otherwise Yaz is a generally ok character with little to argue about, and not enough to her for me to dislike. I do feel like they used Power of the Doctor as the stock standard "companion who has a crush on the Doctor saves their ass" that all these types of companions get at some point. It just feels like it was decided late and they realized that they didn't have one.

Anyway, writing some of these opinions made me feel like it was 2014 again and I didn't like rose because I liked the 10th Doctor. Ofc some of these opinions are from a place of "oh no! They hurt the scrungly!" I did not read this before posting, I just WENT.

P.S. Also I have feelings about the Master, I'll post those later.

P.P.S Also I have watched some of classic who but there's a lot of it so I just skip around to whatever bits sound the most interesting at the time.

[drwho-shipbracket]

Round 3 Brackets

All the rarepairs that advance from this round will go to the final bracket

[ID: This, and all the following images in this post, are images of brackets including the pairings written below]

Bracket A:

Donna Noble/Rose Tyler vs Rose Tyler/Gwenyth

Valeyard/Master vs Doctor/Romana

Donna Noble/Lee McAvoy vs Rose Tyler/Toshiko Sato

Rose Tyler/the TARDIS vs Ace McShane/Mel Bush

Bracket B:

Thirteen/River Song vs [Special Tie Combo!] Thirteen/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler/Yasmin Khan/River Song

Thirteen/Clara Oswald vs Thirteen/Missy!Master

Leela/Romana II vs Thirteen/Yasmin Khan/Rose Tyler

Thirteen/Kate Stewart vs Thirteen/Martha Jones

Bracket C:

River Song/Martha Jones/Rose Tyler vs Twelve/Jack Harkness

Twelve/Missy!Master/Simm!Master vs Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song/Clara Oswald

Twelve/Missy!Master/River Song vs River Song/Kate Stewart

River Song/Rose Tyler vs Twelve/Missy!Master/Clara Oswald

Bracket D:

Theta Sigma/Koschei vs Missy!Master/Petronella Osgood

Master/Master vs Two/Jamie McCrimmon

Missy!Master/Kate Stewart vs Three/Delgado!Master

Missy!Master/River Song vs Graham O’Brien/Grace O’Brien

Bracket E:

Prem/Umbreen vs Bel/Inston-Vee Vinder

Ten/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness vs Heather/Bill Potts

Jo Grant/Sarah Jane Smith vs Ruth!Doctor/Gat

Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton vs Jo Grant/Liv Shaw

Bracket F:

Nine/Missy!Master vs Bill Potts/Yasmin Khan

Nine/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness/Mickey Smith vs Nine/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness

Martha Jones/Chantho vs Liv Chenka/Helen Sinclair

Bill Potts/Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter) vs Nine/River Song

Bracket G:

Eight/Charley Pollard vs Ace McShane/Tegan Jovanka

Sally Sparrow/Billy Shipton vs Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness

Ace McShane/Yasmin Khan vs Eight/Jacobi!Master

Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken vs Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones/Rose Tyler

Bracket H:

Kate Stewart/Petronella Osgood vs Missy!Master/Clara Oswald

Gwen Cooper/Jack Harkness/Owen Harper/Ianto Jones/Toshiko Sato vs Clara Oswald/Rose Tyler

Clara Oswald/Jane Austen vs Helen Sinclair/Jean (The Love Vampires)

Rani Chandra/Clyde Langer vs Clara Oswald/Clara Oswald

[roisdevivre]

Thinking about what romantic shipping is potentially going to look like on this blog, especially as I cycle through these different characters and discovering their voices.

Musings under the cut, for length, but anyone is welcome to read...

Something I'm finding to be a thread/theme between characters is the idea of "home beyond a physical place." Home as an ideal or wish. Home as a person. What home looks like when you effectively have no one single place to call your own and lay down your head. So many of these characters are outsiders, transient, displaced both in the worlds they inhabit and within their own skin... They don't expect to be in any one given place for too long, because it forces them to confront too much, and that's naturally going to affect the kinds of relationships they're able to develop.

Some characters (Ruby, Belinda, Bill) are easy. I mean. HARD, because all three have traveled with The Doctor and how do you explain that kind of life to someone who's never known it? But they have SIGNIFICANTLY fewer romantic hangups than the other muses here. The Rani... Good luck, is all I will say. Same with Simm!Master. If you can impress them enough for them to consider a GENUINE romantic partnership (not just a fling, or them toying with you) then you get every gold star in the sky.

Caesar has only ever been in love once, and the loss of it completely destroyed him. He's flirtatious, and always down for a tryst, but I'm not sure he'd LET himself fall in love again, or with anyone else. But if he did... what would that process of grieving look like? He's held onto that ideal for nearly 30 years, he's shaped his entire life and his magic around the fixation of his first love and bringing him back from the dead... What would it mean to let that go and "start over" in his 50s, when he feels like the only person who was capable of loving him is really and truly gone?

Luca is always on the move. Since exiling himself from his Pack, he's been alone. Wolves mate for life. Choosing a human mate could be an absolute disaster if they changed their mind, because he simply would not be able to let go (and imagine having to explain THAT to your next partner, "Yeah, my ex is a werewolf who's gotten territorial."). And he's had some nasty previous encounters with witches, and doesn't really feel worthy to spend much if any time around other wolves. He avoids other magical beings as much as he can. Like Caesar, he's a flirt, and always down for a whirlwind romance, but then it's back to the lonely road. What would it look like opening up to someone about what he really is, WHY he's alone, and trusting someone not to abandon or reject him if he does finally take a mate?

Trench and Abena occupy a similar spot in my mind. Trench canonically lost his (toddler?) daughter because he "brought work home with him" from the FBC (a paranatural "infection" that regular doctors couldn't treat, and his wife refused to let him bring her to the FBC scientists to get help), and as a result went through a nasty divorce. Abena is a goddess, who put her trust in The Barber, only to discover he was planning on erasing her father from existence. I'm not sure they're looking for romance, or how they would open themselves up to that kind of love. They feel a bit like cold, remote stars... not "frigid" per say, just... distant. It would take something extraordinary to reach them...

Dylan/P6 was kept in a literal cage from the time he was 16 til he was 27. Then he went into a coma. He's been so completely twisted by his time in the FBC, he wouldn't know kindness or flirting if it walked up and tried to shake his hand. Ironically, of all my muses, he is the one who needs the most love, and is the most likely to try to murder anyone who gives it to him because he Cannot Process Any Big/Overwhelming Emotions. At all.

The Barber... Personally, I head canon that he was in love with Abena, but also knew that was NEVER gonna happen (unless, perhaps, he became a god himself) -- and knows whatever friendship he did have with her will forever be marred by what he planned to do to the Pantheon. He might be the easiest of these boys to get to open up, but he's also one big raw, open wound at the moment. He's learning what healing looks like. What his future looks like. And he's never had a place in the world for himself. He's been used and discarded, feared and reviled, and now... he's working out who he even IS. Somebody would have to be extremely patient with him, because if he were to describe himself, he would call himself a blank canvass... and it's sometimes hard to love someone in that state. This matters SIGNIFICANTLY less in his Dark Godhood Verse -- but Nexus is the king of the gods... dealing with an inferiority complex. What does loving a volatile, angry, hurting deity look like?

And last but certainly not least... The Master Doctor. I am a Thoschei shipper til the day I die. Regenerating into The Doctor and permanently fusing himself with his greatest rival and best friend SHOULD have given The Master everything he wanted. Right? Except... The Doctor doesn't WANT to be a part of him, doesn't want anything to do with him, is actively fighting to be free of him and driving The Master all the more insane. How can he have WON and gotten the girl, and have everything he ever wanted, to BE The Doctor... and still be so completely fundamentally lonely? He's permanently fused to the one person he so desperately wants to never leave him... and he still feels left behind and alone. And what sort of person would choose him in the state he's in now?

Some of these characters might end up as Single Ship muses. Some of them I might not ship at all with, and explore what those emotions and sensations bring up for them. But I think the one thing that will really be KEY in shipping with any of them is that the other muse feels like Home. That they're not just a partner, they're someone who touches those core wounds in a way that feels like healing. That home is in their arms, in a way the rest of the world... has really failed to be. I don't know what exactly that's going to look like for each of these characters... but I'm really excited to find out.

[curiouselleth]

Tag game! Rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people.

Thanks for the tag @glorf1ndel!

C - (the) Call, by Regina Spektor

u - Unstoppable, by Sia

r - Rivendell, by Howard Shore

i - Istina (Truth), from Finrod the Rock Opera

o - Over Hill, by Howard Shore

u - Under Hill, by Howard Shore

s - Season of the Witch, by Dovovan

e - Everybody Knows, Sigrid

l - Lullaby, from the Last Trial Musical

l - Lord of Nothing, from the Last Trial Musical

e - Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Lorde

t - Towards the Sun, by Rihanna

h - Hey Hop, from the Lay of Leithian Rock opera

No pressure tagging: @caenith, @maellor, @quixoticanarchy, @emeraldskulblaka, @actual-bill-potts, @swingsetindecember, @jezzibee, @backgroundelf, @nereb-and-dungalef, @noxhiemiscaliginisque, @myrtaceaae, @merlin-made-me-bi, @sonneteer-fool, @general-illyrin, @gondolin-but-not-forgottenlin, @fictionalmenjusthitdifferent

[ptbf2002]

The Real Ghostbusters Review

Series - The Real Ghostbusters

Release Date - September 13, 1986 - October 5, 1991

Creator(s) - Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (Based on the 1984 Ghostbusters Movie), Joe Medjuck, Michael C. Gross (Developer)

TV Network(s)/Streaming Service(s) - ABC, USA Network, FOX Family Channel, MeTV Toons, Netflix, YouTube

Despite its troubled development history, this show does have a lot of redeeming features. Lower your expectations and this series is good. Living up to the impression created by the Ghostbuster movie may have been a tall order for a cartoon and could not really be plausible on technical grounds even if some would like to entertain a flawed perspective that this series was better than the movie simply due to quantity of content thrown at you. The series was however, explicitly treated as a continuation of the movie rather than a spin-off. The second movie however, pretty much ignored every single event or progression that happened in this series.

But you cannot help but compare this series to the movie which started it all. RGB almost completely lacks the primary strengths of the movie ie Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Admittedly, trying to make animated equivalents of the mentioned would have been an impossible task. What you get are a downgraded and very different bunch of characters for the show, more tuned towards catering to younger audiences instead of adult audiences that the movie was intended for. Their personalities considerably changed towards the more negative towards the end of the show.

Somehow or the other, they've managed to close most of the gaps between the animated Egon and Harold Ramis as well as the animated Janine and Annie Potts, and they are one of the primary reasons to watch this show. However, the other three characters are nothing like what you saw in the movies and have been severely dumbed down for the kiddies. Sadly, the character of Stantz suffers most from this change. Winston is no longer God fearing and curious, Stantz is one dimensional, performing the occasional technical tasks and Venkman is a wise crack spewing flirt with not a fraction of Bill Murray's charm or lechery. Getting to the positive, they have included Slimer in the mainstream, who is a great addition as a character. The annoying Lois Tully is gone for the most part.

Even so, these are a fairly good bunch of characters when you compare them with characters from other cartoons of the time. Heck, this animated series was actually better than most shows of the 80s, including the ones which were and are far more popular than it, including Thundercats, Transformers, TMNT, GI Joe, MASK and a bunch of others. Who can complain when you get to see your favourite team, or something resembling your favourite team, go up against all sorts of generic ghosts and Lovecraftian creatures from a vast beastiary? Don't expect scares though as the ghosts are really on the wackier side, which is actually a plus.

The story lines of each episode are fairly simple and straightforward and the most interesting ones were the ones which had hilarious circumstances rather than those that tried to squeeze in a serious plot. They are imaginative enough but not really gripping. J Michael Stracenzki of Babylon 5 fame has even written 21 episodes for this series, but his episodes are by far the worst and most boring episodes in the series, even though those particular episodes would be the most well known, for reasons both good and bad. It is very sad that after the first two seasons, this show became further dumbed down and both writing and production values plummeted. This resulted in two questionable spinoffs, namely the "Junior Ghostbusters" and a show focused on Slimer, neither of which were well received leading to the ultimate flop of this show. Even so, this series had some great and memorable episodes and out of 140 episodes, 20 to 30 were really good.

The animation is passable, ranging from decent to mediocre to sometimes poor, depending on the setting, scenes and complexity of character and object motion. As the seasons progressed, its Japanese flavour began to intensify and it ultimately yielded a anime look. Overall, by 80s standards, it was good and perhaps barely passable by today's animation standards. Dialog was however, always well written, even though the voice acting and syncing was not so good.

Sound and Music was very well done. The Music is also one of this show's strengths, it even included some cheesy but charming battle sequences set to pop music tracks by a dedicated music group called Tahiti. Not many of their tracks had a paranormal flavour though, and some of them were completely unrelated to what was actually going on during screenplay.

Overall, the Real Ghostbusters series is an extremely entertaining one, despite many flaws and shortcomings. While the Real Ghostbusters series may be the weakest albeit longest running part of the Ghostbusters franchise which includes two Live Action movies and another brilliant cartoon called Extreme Ghostbusters, approaching the Real Ghostbusters series with a open mind should give it the credit it deserves. It may not be on par with the movies and as a cartoon, it is far inferior and not even comparable to the Extreme Ghostbusters (Extreme Ghostbusters, which incidentally had a lot of the original Extreme Ghostbusters team working on it as well) series but its still very good, all things considered. If you've seen Extreme Ghostbusters and not Real Ghostbusters, please lower your expectations even further and keep a really open mind before viewing Real Ghostbusters for the first time

Final Rating - 9/10

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Weekend Top Ten #612

Top Ten Doctor Who Companions (2005-2023)

Happy 60th Birthday, Doctor Who! Yep, technically it was Thursday 23rd but Who’s counting, eh? The Doctor is now Bus Pass Age, not a bad achievement for someone who’s either 900, 1200, or over two billion years old, depending on how you’re working it out. Timey-wimey and all that.

To celebrate the anniversary of what is probably my favourite British TV show (just pipped at the post, I’d say, by The West Wing, classic Simpsons, and maybe – depending on my mood – Star Trek: The Next Generation) I’ve decided to look at that essential component of Doctor Who-ness, the Companion. The companions are great, because the Doctor is almost unknowable; an ancient cosmic being who has all sorts of weird powers and capabilities, who’s seen and done so much. It’s not just the two hearts and the time travel; they’re frankly weird, at times sage and wise, other times naïve and childlike. So the companion is our point-of-view, our entry-level look at the universe; they’re also a great leveller, bringing out the Doctor’s best qualities and humanising them. And, frankly, they serve that Watson function of allowing a brilliant character who knows everything to exposition all over somebody; they’re there to get talked at.

But, of course, the Companions are so much more, helping to bring Doctor Who to life in untold ways; they can be the heart and soul of the show, the even if a new companion comes in with a familiar Doctor, the dynamic can change enormously. Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor is very different with Bill Potts than he is with Clara Oswald, for instance; and Ten’s relationship with Rose was unique despite David Tennant sharing the TARDIS with several other people.

Now, whilst I did watch Who when I was a kid, I didn’t really get into it properly till the 2005 reboot; so, to keep things simple, I’m just going to focus on companions who’ve been in the show since then. Sorry, Ace! I love ya! But I don’t feel I can parse my Sarah Janes from my Bonnie Langfords with particular grace. Also, I needed to define exactly what a companion was; I settled on someone who travelled with the Doctor across multiple episodes, with the intention of remaining in the TARDIS. So this meant I had to, very sadly, discount River Song; she’s a guest star, and obviously a huge part of the Doctor’s life and Moffat’s grand over-arching storyline, but I don’t think she was ever a for-real in-TARDIS capital-C Companion. Captain Jack, on the other hand, did remain on Team TARDIS for a few episodes before buggering off to Cardiff. So he counts.

Anyway, enough waffle; let’s light up our sonics and celebrate.

Amy Pond (Karen Gillan, 2010-2012/13): feisty, funny, and flirty, Amy wasn’t a wide-eyed naif nor a grumpy sourpuss, but a someone who was just really enjoyable to watch. Her chemistry with her Doctor is some of the best in the series, but it was the stories that put Amy through the wringer – from a universe-defying romance to an impossible baby – that made her so compelling, and the deft way Gillan responded to the outlandish, hilarious, and ultimately tragic events. There was something about her performance right from the off; we were watching a movie star born before our eyes.

Donna Noble (Catherine Tate, 2006/08-2010/23): prior New-Who companions had mostly been besotted with the Doctor; Donna was pissed off by him. A human who saw the very alien nature of the Time Lord, she was often his conscience – such as in the episode The Fires of Pompeii – but chiefly Donna will be remembered for the humour she brought to the role. Tate was a tremendous comic double act with Tennant, and it’s going to be very exciting to see them together again.

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper, 2005-2006/08/10/13): a companion so important that the very first episode of the rebooted show was named after her. She was the show, arguably the main character in that first season; a woman from humble origins who was destined to change the galaxy. Her growing feelings for the Doctor – especially when he regenerated into David Tennant – were subtly drawn, but in so many ways Piper defined what a modern companion should and could be. So iconic they brought her back for the Fiftieth as a different character cosplaying Rose Tyler.

Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie, 2017): a bit of a milestone in Who history as the first queer female companion and only, I believe, the second woman of colour. Her dynamic with the Doctor was different to what came before; there didn’t seem to be the deep spiritual connection, but she was a funnier, more free-wheeling sort, who loved the adventurous life among the stars. She got to have her own mini-tragic-romance play out over the series, and was the centrepiece of storylines dealing with race and gender politics. A great companion, sadly underused.

Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman, 2012-2015/17): a companion who suffered a little bit with some flakier plots and character arcs, which is a shame as Coleman is a great actor who had terrific chemistry with two different Doctors, and very different relationships with them, too. A kindly soul with a fun spirit who masked a steely core, she was excellent in the anniversary special The Day of the Doctor.

Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill, 2010-2012): wow, the first bloke on the list. Mr. Pond is just, well, really nice; a massively nice guy. His total love for Amy is such a beautiful thing, spanning eons (he waits for her for two thousand years!). It’s uncomplicated but strong and fiery, and yet he’s totally trusting. He knows he’s the second fiddle in the relationship, forever overshadowed by his brilliant wife, yet he remains unthreatened and trusting and supportive. Plus, rather nicely, they fancy the pants off each other, so their fate – Amy choosing to be trapped forever in the past with him – is utterly believable. A great guy!

Jack Harkness (John Barrowman, 2005-2011/20-21): I’m a bit squiffy putting him on the list because Barrowman is, well, a touch problematic. However, Captain Jack was a great character, injecting a huge does of sex to the usually straightlaced Who. A phenomenal space-flirt who’d “how you doin’” every biped he came across (steady), he was fun in a wartime greatcoat. Torchwood gave him added depth and complexity. I imagine it’s unlikely we’ll see him again for some time, although I suppose he’s no Mickey Smith.

Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill, 2018-2022): New-Who had done variations on the “companion loves the Doctor” story, but this was the first one to give it a queer lens, without any sensationalising. In a crowded set of companions, Yaz was always the stand out: young, funny, with a great family to draw on, but the smarts and steel of a police background. Sadly – like many characters in that era – she didn’t really get the strength of story to justify her character, and as groundbreaking and well-handled as the developing romance was, it likewise fizzled out to nothing.

Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh, 2018-2021/22): most companions are young a sprightly; Graham was a resolute old duffer who provided a nice amount of grandfatherly charm and twinkle to such a propulsive show. You got the sense that Walsh was loving every minute of it; and whether he was just easier to write for, or Walsh was just a more experienced performer, he did the best out of some weaker scripts, always shining and giving the show a lot of comedic pep.  

Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman, 2007-2008/10): coming after Rose was a huge ask, but Martha delivered a nice twist by falling in unrequited love with the Doctor, a thread of tragedy running through her whole arc and giving it steel. She was also just really capable and heroic throughout, even as her Doctor became an angrier, more bitter character, weighed down by his losses. She got to fight the Master! When the Doctor got turned into Dobby the House Elf! She’s badass!

Edit: now with fixed formatting! I went back in time and did it. Yay.

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