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[oatmilk-vampire]

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Me who planned nothing and just typed out whatever random string of words my brain whispered to me today

[m0ose-idiot]

The Deaths of Button House

Being herewith a complete and chronological collection of the upstairs deaths at Button House and its grounds.

Featuring obligatory live-action footage...

[fob4ever]

never saw this get uploaded so here’s patrick’s little interview on pete’s podcast loud & sad from may 2021! the topic was “duos”. i included the bit in the beginning with pete and elliot talking about yin and yangs/partnerships because its super sweet: 

“i really can’t do anything creative in that way without patrick- i’ll throw a bunch of words together that make sense to me, and somehow we’ve done it for long enough that they make sense to him too. or they make a different kind of sense to him.”

[sco07ut]

okay i’ve seen two people do this now and i’m no longer embarrassed abt throwing my hat into the ring: wings of fire ghosts !!

as for powers, alison is a brightest-night born nightwing with precognition and mindreading abilities. mary is a flamescales skywing. robin is (the first) animus (he’s also not Quite a mudwing, and is instead a proto-dirtwing based on this theory

the general gist of the plot is that robin was born during the final year of the scorching and grew up in the wars that followed. terrified by the constant fighting, he used a magic that he truly didn’t understand (nor know how to wield) to create a bubble of spacetime that would be forever unaffected by the wars and would eternally be a safe haven protected from the outside world. however, it went horribly wrong and instead of it being a sanctuary it became a prison of sorts as he soon found he couldn’t leave, however he was afraid that by trying to reverse the spell or alter himself to be unaffected by it he would irrevocably change the world or himself, so out of fear, he simply stayed there. over the years, countless other dragons found themselves getting trapped in the bubble until eventually alison and mike found their way in, learn the truth about the nature of the bubble (over the years robin lied and said he had nothing to do with it forming) and start trying to help robin to fix his mistake

i have a half finished reference for all the supporting characters too that i might complete if this gets traction

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

Imagine a Librarians / Ghosts crossover.

-Robin announcing that he went through a Magic door like in the impro and played chess with Excalibur the flying sword

-the Lits then appearing at Button House because of the high concentration of Ghosts (maybe due to a broken ley line?) And posing as guests but they all can see the Ghosts and find out that it really isn't that kind of haunted house.

-Flynn and Jake playing chess against Robin and Julian

-Kitty and Cassie being the sweetest , bubbliest together

-Cassie bonding with Fanny because they are both science girls especially maths girls

-Baird and Allison bonding over their mom-friend roles

-Ezekiel getting into arguments about stealing with Pat and talking about the universe and Aliens with Robin

-Coronel Baird and the Captain bonding over their military history and their whole way to approach missions and problems because they were both soldiers

-Jake and Humphrey talking about History and Art and Art History and architecture for hours and tracking down humphrey's body so Humphrey can give Jake a house tour.

-Jake and Thomas fighting about Byron and poetry in general. It gets nasty Thomas goes into the lake before Jake helps him with his own poetry by talking about the true meaning and beauty of poetry

-Jake trying to learn as much as possible from Robin.

-Cassie making an impression on Julian when she uses mathemagics to help him with his online golf

-Mike and Baird just hanging out with each other being the most normal ones, adoring their very special significant others

-Robin being fascinated by Cassie's powers

-Julian getting a talking to from Baird and being super impressed afterwards because she means business

-Pat recruiting Ezekiel to food Club

-Ezekiel and Julian bonding over being tricksters/the Art of spin

-Jenkins showing up and impressing all of the Ghosts and they all swap stories from their times. Like when he remembers that he once was a guest at Button House. Or the Ghosts ask him what he did during their respective lifeteime etc.

-Jenkins bonding with Pat over their caretaker roles

-the Captain and Jenkins bonding over Stories about ancient battles

-Humphrey and Jenkins sharing a similar humour also the years of being alone also Humphrey is keen on Arthurian legend (my HC) and Jenkins is Galahad so.

-Jenkins impressing Fanny because he uses the proper etiquette from her time and is a true gentleman

-Cassie (aka a "Cassandra, a remarkable young woman") bonding with the Captain over the limpet mine project because she hast questions and he tells her about some difficult calculations and she solves them in a few heartbeats and he tells her how they could have used someone with her gifts back then but that his Lieutenant was very bright and he was glad to have him there and because her gaydar pings and she tells him about her Vampire (ex-) girlfriend.

-Ezekiel hanging out with Jemima ,playing dolls, because she reminds him of the time when he was a lost kid and because that's exactly whom he swore to help

-Flynn just being utterly enarmoured by the Plague Ghosts and spending a lot of time with them.

-ezekiel arguing with Fanny over her views on Australia. When Jake points out that he was indeed a thief he exclaims that that's besides the point

-also I feel like the salt of the earth, worked on an oil rig, cowboy with the 190 iq, love for travel, art , poetry etc., with the gentle smile and warm brown eyes and strong arms because of the martial arts would probably be worth a "Good Lord" upon first sight. (Flynn also looks like he fits the bill but I feel his energy is too manic in comparison. Jake is closer in demeanour to Havers, Adam and the Chap with the arms). Also I just really love Jake)

[sentimental-boulder]

choose your fighter 🤺

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Caveman Slappy!

[captainyn]

so, im revising for a biology exam and my brain is just:

watch me pull this out in the exam

[waow-its-like-a-bloomin-spaeship]

Hey guess what I made :)

[canyoutelliheartgeto]

Jjk as Halloween costumes

In honor of it being Halloween, these are just things I could see Jjk characters dressing up as. If you agree cool,if you don’t agree that’s cool too not everyone has my dope little brain

Satoru Gojo:

- Def would go as Jack Frost as his first choice

- Could also see him in a skeleton morph suit but the face is suffocating and doesn’t fit because of how tall he is so he has to cut it off at the head and literally just has his face showing lol

Satosugu:

- Men in black, VERY much so

Suguru Geto:

- Just a plain vampire

(except when people ask what he’s supposed to be, Gojo interrupts to tell the everyone he’s a sexy vampire, to which Geto reassures he is actually just a regular vampire),

- Would also go as Legolas from lord of the rings

- A pirate? And he’d be HOT (think of captain Jack sparrow! Thinking of him with eyeliner on makes me weak asf actually)

Namami:

- Patrick Bateman, will not elaborate

- Caveman?? In a weird way I could see it, I think the pattern on his tie makes me believe that’s a good fit

- Also, Ken which gojo would try to make puns about nanami KENto to which Nanami would definitely smack him

Group:

- I feel like yuji would def convince the trio to go as chainsaw man characters? And how sick would that be??? Yuji as denji, nobara would be power, and megumi as aki obviously

- Yuji and Megumi would totally fuck with gojo (which he would laugh but truly not find it funny) and go as satosugu which makes me laugh thinking about it. Then obviously nobara dresses up as shoko and shoko thinks shes adorable for that

- Gojo has everyone in on dressing like nanami which at first he’s super irritated about until he sees that all the students dress up like him and he secretly loves it (this is my favorite cause we all know Nanami secretly loves being his students inspiration)

BONUS

Whole squad goes as Spider-Man variants from the different universes.

Gojo as Andrew Garfield Spider-Man (the thought of this literally makes me feel like I need to be sedated)

Yuji as tom holland Spider-Man

Geto would def be venom but like obviously without the fucked teeth just like suit only??

Nobara is Gwen fs

Nanami as Miguel especially after they just BUFFED this man tf up

Megumi probably would wear the Toby McGuire spider suit just bc he didn’t want to do it and yuji and gojo bullied him into it

[spacerangersam]

Tell me more about your BBC Ghosts character swap AU please?

(like I wanna know from you about the other BH ghosts you didn't draw in their character swap AU version yet on what their character swap would be, for example Thomas, Mary & Robin please?)

Thanks!

I'd be happy to!

Thomas is a caveman, tricked into a fight by his cousin (with less of the dramatics though, since Francis couldn't have forged a letter)  who either got stabbed with a spear or bonked on the head with a club. Regardless, he was killed and in death, gets to carry around a spear. It‘s big, cumbersome and annoying, and I just think it’s funny. He can give the living bruises with it.

To blabber on a bit: his name is actually To, but Julian thought that was stupid so renamed him Thomas, and he did originally come from Scotland. Though it wasn't called Scotland when he was there, obviously.

He struggles a lot with modern English - he’s lived through the rise and fall and change of so many languages that he really struggles to keep up. He slips between using new English and old English, French, old Brythonic languages etc, especially when he’s upset. That's what really kick-started his friendship with Patrick- Pat was the first one really willing to just stop and try to understand what Thomas was saying, and the first one to really sit down and help Thomas with his English. They have lessons every Thursday evening. 

He still likes poetry, but because of all that he’s even worse at it. He also still hates Byron, just for less personal reasons.

With the whole having being around for thousands of years and watched people come and go, he's terrified of the other ghosts moving on without him. He doesn't like to sleep alone because of it, likes being able to keep an eye on at least one ghosts during the night. He tends to spend the night with Pat or Kitty, curled up on the foot of their beds, but he’ll stay with someone else now and then

Mary is a Girl Guide leader from the 80s. She's a timid woman to begin with, raised in a strict Catholic household, who works in a farm shop-come-cafe. She was encouraged to take up the Guide role by her husband to give her more confidence, and she stayed with it after his death. It didn't really make her more confident though, and her Guides quickly learned that they could walk all over her. She died while camping out on the Button grounds - some of the girls set a fire that quickly got out of control. Mary couldn't get out of her tent and died of asphyxiation (suspend your disbelief if you wouldn't mind). She still was close to Annie (and depending on how much you want to play around with the au, Annie could still be around, era switched with the plagues) and learned to be more confident through her.

She insists on doing grace at mealtimes, even though she can't eat, tells people off for blasphemy, and prays on Sundays in lieu of going to mass. The longer she's with the ghosts though, the less she does it. She has a few handy survival tools in her pockets, and like Pat, knows a thing or two about using a bow and arrow.

Robin is from the Georgian era, a nobleman's son who was sent to live with his uncle in hopes he'd straighten Robin out and turn him into a proper gentleman. Robin hated that idea. He planned to make a getaway and start a new life, one where he could just be himself, only to get struck by lightning before he ever made it off the grounds.

It's hard think of a Robin with ‘perfect’ speech, so I like to imagine he came over from North Wales, Welsh being his first language. He does speak English, albeit reluctantly, and has no desire to be fluent in it.

He's still outdoorsy and cares a lot about animals - his parents never had much time for him so he spent most of his time chasing around mice in the manor and sneaking into the stables to pet the horses. He can also still muck around with electricity.    

I don't think I've talked about Julian either, but he's the headless Tudor. Much like in canon, he didn't pay much attention to his wife or child, which was ultimately his downfall when he unknowingly partied with people who were plotting to kill the queen and was damned by association. He got his head lobbed off, and the head can appear in photographs. He makes so many jokes about it.

I can't really think of much else to say at the moment but yeah, that's them

[eddiescorrodedcoffin86]

Fight For Of Your Life

Part 1: Ballistic

Part 7: Reality

Masterlist

Cheerleader!Harrington!Reader

You finally make it to the Upside Down

This is kinda rushed and a little messy near the end I’m so fucking sorry

Vecna. You go a little crazy, like you completely lose your temper its almost ridiculous if you forget the amount of stress they’re all under lol. Show related violence. Demobats. Steve biting the bat and slinging it like a caveman.

You kept your headphones on after you woke up, the thought of Vecna getting you again looking thick in your mind as Eddie and Steve lowered the boat into the water, Robin climbing on, then Eddie, who helped you on, then Steve, who stopped Dustin from getting on before letting Nancy.

“Oh I can’t go but the girl who’s cursed gets to go?” Dustin scoffed, gesturing to you as you flipped him off, music low enough you could hear him. “I’m older than you, Dustin. Eat me.” You stuck your tongue out at him and sat down beside Eddie, who gave you a side hug before grabbing one of the oats to row the boat out with the help of Robin.

The closer you got to the center of the lake the sicker you started to feel, forcing yourself not to think about what happened the last time you were at the lake, hugging yourself when the sound of Patrick’s bones echoed in your mind. When the boat came to a stop you pulled the headphones down and looked at the compass, which spinning in rapid circles.

“Woah…” Steve shines his light on the compass with a frown. “… must be down there.” You mumbled, looking down into the dark water before looking at the compass again.

You flunched and looked over when the radio turned on. “Guys, what’s going on? Come on guys, talk to me, what’s going on?” Dustin’s voice rang out as Robin grabbed the walkie. “Uh.. the compass is spinning around.. Y/N thinks we found it.”

After a moment his voice came over the walkie again. “Yes! Yeah. It’s down there! Has to be.” You looked at Steve as he started to pull his socks and shoes off and frowned deeply. “Steve, what are you doing?” You and Robin asked in unison.

“Somebodies gotta go down there and check this thing out, and unless one of you four can top being a… Hawkins swim co-captain and a certified lifeguard for three years, then, it’s gotta be me.” Steve looked at the four of you and you opened and closed your mouth, frowning. “Steve.” You protested. “No complaints, alright?” He said, turning to climb over the edge of the boat.

“Hey, I’m not complaining.” Eddie replied, grabbing the bag that had a pack of cigarettes he’d stolen with the walkie and took them out. “I do not wanna go down there.” He grabbed Steve’s flashlight and wrapped it in the bag, you glanced over and raised a brow before glancing at Nancy when the two of you noticed Nancy staring at Steve while he was taking his shirt off, he looked up at Steve and gave him the wrapped up flashlight, taking the cigarettes out of his mouth as Steve took it from him. “Good luck.”

Steve looked at him for a minute before nodding. “Thanks.” He threw his tshirt at Eddie, who looked at you and held it up before putting it beside him and pulling a lighter out of his pocket as he put a cigarette in his mouth, going to light it before Robin plucked it from his lips. “Gross.” She tossed it in the lake and you couldn’t help but laugh a little as you patted his shoulder.

“You can have one later.” You said softly before looking at Steve nervously. “Steve. Are you sure about this?” He looked at you and nodded. “It’s gonna be alright.” He said softly before looking back at the water.

“Steve.” Nancy said quickly before he could jump in, shifting a little and smiling softly at him. “Be careful.” She said softly. Steve nodded a little before jumping into the water.

You bounced your knee while you waited for him to come back, Eddie holding you to try and soothe your nerves, it would’ve helped if you couldn’t feel Vecna breathing down your neck, waiting. He was expecting you, you knew that, you all knew that, you had to be safe, smart, about this, and no matter how smart your friends are, you still feared Vecna was smarter.

After about three minutes Steve came up, rather harshly for the eerily quiet lake. You jumped, Robin screamed, Nancy jumped, and Eddie.. poor… sweet, sweet Eddie. Nearly shit his pants, jumping and screaming “CHRIST!” As he blinked harshly.

“Found it.” Steve gasped for air. “You found it?” Nancy leaned forward, Steve nodded and swam closer, grabbing the boat. “It’s pretty wild. I mean, it’s more a snack size gate than the mama gate, but still… it’s pretty damn big.” He explained as the four of you scooted closer, before before tugged under for a second, being able to keep himself up on the side of the boat, looking at the water and frowning deeply as Eddie stood up.

He looked up at Robin curiously, and then was snatched under the water completely. “Steve!” You yelled as Robin screamed and Nancy and Eddie reached towards him, but he was already gone. “Steve!”

“Steve!” “Steve!” “Steve!” “Steve Steve Steve! No! No! No! What the hell was that, man?!” Eddie yelled, throwing his arms down as he looked between the three of you. “Guys, really, what happened?!” Robin yelled, freaking out equally with Eddie. You looked at Nancy, who was almost hyperventilating. You looked at the water and blinked rapidly. “Vecna. It’s Vecna.” You looked at the three of them, swallowing thickly.

“What?!” You closed your eyes and sighed. “I.. he wrapped me in these… roots earlier.” You looked down and rubbed your hands on your knees as Eddie sat down. “Wait a minute… like… the nightmares?” He mumbled and you nodded weakly, looking up at him and shifting. “Yeah.” You mumbled. “I… except it’s not… really a root it’s… Vecna… parts of him…” you mumbled, your face turning up as you remembered getting loose. “I bit into one.. to get free and… it hurt him… he yelled..” you looked at them.

Everyone looked weirded out or uncomfortable, Eddie especially, his face a mixture of sadness, confusion, probably a little bit of disgust. “I know its… weird. I hated it Um… anyway.” You cleared your throat harshly. “Well, if its Vecna we can’t just let him get taken.” Nancy shook her head, standing up to jump in.

“Wait, wait, wait.” Eddie grabbed her arm. “You’re not going in there, are you?” He asked, holding his hand up. Nancy looked at the three of you. “Just wait here.” She said firmly before turning back to the lake and jumping straight in. “No, Nancy!” “Nancy!” You lurched forward to try and grab her and groaned loudly.”God Dammit!” “Dammit!” You and Eddie shouted, breathing heavily as you gripping the edge of the boat, Eddie standing up and turning around as you looked over at Robin as she turned and shifted to sit on the edge of the boat.

“Wait. Robin. No.” You reached out to her as Eddie turned around. “No, no, no, no, no, no.” He pointed at her. “What are you doing? She said wait.” He pointed towards the water. “Yeah, I heard her.” Robin replied. Eddie clenched his fist and bared his teeth, pointing with both fingers this time. “She’s in charge.”

“Are you kidding me?” Robin squinted at him. “I made that shit up.” She said before plugging her nose, holding her breath, and diving over. “Don’t you go. Don’t you-“ Eddie slammed his fist into the bottom of the boat. “God dammit!” He shouted.

You watched, breathing heavily as Robin’s movement ruffles stopped, glancing at Eddie before hesitantly pulling off your headphones. Eddie turned to you quickly when he heard the music, and then heard it stop. “Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no. You are most definitely not going down there!” He grabbed your shoulders.

“You wanna sit up here while my brother and friends are dying?!” You shook your head violently. “I can’t just… let them die, Eds. If you stay I don’t blame you. We need someone to stay back, even. No matter what, though...” You grabbed his hand and swallowed thickly. “I-“ you stopped when he shook his head quickly, tears building in his eyes.

“The Walkman. I-I don’t have a bag for it. What if he-he gets you?” He breathed heavily, gripping your hands tightly. You bit your lip and leaned forward, kissing him deeply and closing your eyes. “I guess we better kill the son of a bitch, then, huh?” You whispered softly, and while his hands were lax enough that you could pull away, you jumped right in and swam towards the gate.

“NO GODDAMMIT, Y/N!” He shouted, standing up quickly. “SON OF A BITCH! SHIT SHIT SHIT!” He shouted before stepping on the edge of the boat and jumping right in after you, swimming after you quickly.

When you and the others got to the other side of the gate, you heard Steve’s distant screams and were immediately running to them. You were met with the sight of Steve being strangled and eaten by three creatures you could only describe as demobats.

Nancy and Eddie grabbed an oar off the ground, Nancy knocking one of them off of him. “Hey there.” She said before knocking the other one off. “Quick! Hold it, Robin!” She ran to the one choking Steve. “I got it.” She stepped on the demobat’s tail while Nancy started whacking it with the oar.

You and Eddie focused on keeping your friends from getting hurt, even though you didn’t have any actual weapons, you’d found Steve’s bagged up flashlight and figured that would work just as well as an oar or nailed baseball bat… maybe not as good as the guns you and Nancy owned, but good enough.

“Shit.” Eddie gripped the oar tighter and slug at a demobat that had been coming straight for his glorious hair. Really? Now’s the time to talk about his hair?

He swung harder and the two of you watched as it flew off, and then circled back and headed for Nancy again. “Nancy watch out!” You yelled, running over and slinging your flashlight into the bat, widening your eyes a little. “Huh… it’s actually a decent weapon.” You panted softly and looked at Eddie, holding up the bloody bag with a “would you look at that” face, him repeating the face and nodding.

Then Nancy was attacked by another one, and while you and Robin were trying to pull that one off of her Eddie swung at one that was coming for him. “I got you, you little bastard.” He gripped the oar and swung it hard enough to break it. “God damn it! Shit!” He shouted as the paddle end of his oar went soaring with the bat.

You and Robin managed to pull the bat off of Nancy, holding onto it as Steve took a bite out of the bat’s tail, urging it to let him go before he shifted and grabbed its tail with both hands as you and Robin threw the bat down. You ran over to where Eddie’s oar had went to and smacked a bat away from Robin as she held down the one that had been attacking Nancy so Nancy could stab it repeatedly, spinning around and smacking the bat whenever it came back around before finally grabbing it’s tail and slinging it into the ground, stomping on it repeatedly until it’s head was mush under your boot.

“Come on, come on, come on, you son of a bitch!” Eddie shouted, watching as one played chicken with him. “I said come on! Let’s go!” As the bat came swooping down Eddie plunged the broken end of his oar into it before pinning it to the ground and pushing it deeper. Steve, on the other hand… went a little crazy, understandably, smashing the bat on the ground like a caveman before stepping on it and ripping it in half, tossing it to the side as the bat’s blood spilled from his mouth, making you grimace.

“Steve!” Nancy shouted when she saw the bites, rushing over to him. “Are you okay?” “Well, they took about a pound of flesh. But other than that.. yeah, never better.”

“Jesus Christ.” Eddie yelled. “Jesus H. Christ!!” He threw the broken oar down as you rushed over to him, wrapping your arms around him when you saw the tears threatening to form in his eyes. “It’s okay.” You said softly as his arms wrapped around you and his face buried in your neck.

“Uh, do you guys think these bats have, like, rabies?” Robin asked, causing you all to look at her. “What?” Steve asked. “It’s just that rabies are, like, my number one greatest fear. And I think we should get you to a doctor soon because once symptoms set in, it’s too late. You’re already dead.” You all looked at her in silent confusion before being distracted by the sound of more creatures coming.

“Alright. There’s not that many. We can take ‘em. Right?” Steve said as six of the bats landed. As soon as he said that more started coming. “You were saying?” Robin asked as Eddie laid a hand on his head in distress.

“We can’t stay here.” You shook your head. “We’ll get torn to pieces.” You grabbed Eddie’s hand tightly, the pinch of his rings oddly comfortable right now. Nancy perked up on the other side of Steve. “The woods. Come on.” She started running.

“Great. More running.” Robin groaned as the five of you bolted into the woods. You all went back to skull rock, curling up underneath it to hide from the bats. You gripped Eddie tightly, singing the lyrics to Home Sweet Home to yourself in desperate hopes it would be enough to keep Vecna off your back.

“Oh... Okay. That was close.” Nancy said breathlessly as you all started to crawl from under the rock. “Yeah. Too close.” Eddie replied, voice cracking as he gripped your hand tighter. You looked over when you heard Steve stumble and curse. “Steve? Jesus.” Nancy said as you rushed over with her, the two of you helping him sit down. “I’m fine. I’m fine.” Steve insisted. “Bullshit you’re fine.” You scoffed.

“You’re losing blood, Steve.” Nancy grabbed the bottom half of her shirt and ripped it. You watched her for a minute before going back over to Eddie when you felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

“Y/N. The headphones.” Steve grunted as Nancy wrapped the shirt around his torso. “Well when your idiot brother lets himself get snatched by Vecna you can’t just sit back rocking out to your favorite song.” You scoffed, shaking your head.

“God. You’re an idiot.” He glared at you as you shrugged before he turned his eyes to Eddie expectantly. “Don’t look at me, man! She jumped right in! I told her not to! I went in cause she went in!” Eddie pointed to you, frowning at Steve.

Thankfully Robin got his attention. “Okay, uh, so the good news here is I’m pretty sure wooziness is not a symptom of rabies. But if you start having hallucinations or muscle spasms or you start feeling really aggressive like, like you wanna punch me let me know.” “Robin?” “Yeah?” “I kinda wana punch you.” Robin laughed nervously. “Sense of humors still intact. That’s a good sign.”

You looked around a little, crossing your arms and looking over when you saw Eddie climb up onto a fallen tree trunk. You tilted your head a bit, watching his ass as he crawled up the tree trunk and look out into the woods as he stood. “So, uh, this place is like Hawkins but with... monsters and nasty shit?” He asked, looking back at the four of you.

“Pretty much.” You and Nancy nod, Robin and Nancy helping Steve stand as Eddie started to climb down, lips thinned out,. “Watch out for the vines. its a hive mind.” You reminded him, stepping closer as he looked at you. “A what?”

“All the creepy crawlies around here.” Steve replied. “You step on a vine, you step on a bat, you’re stepping on Vecna.” Nancy explained.

Eddie looked at you and then back at the vines. “Shit..” he started stepping over them. “But everything from our world is still here, right? Except for people?” Robin asked. “As far as we know, yeah.” Nancy responded, fixing her shirt. “So, theoretically, we could go to the police station and steal guns, and grenades, and whatever we need to blow up those bat things at the gate.”

“I highly doubt the Hawkins PD has grenades, Robin.” Steve scoffed. “But, guns, yeah, sure.” He nodded.

“Well, we don’t have to go all the way downtown for guns.” Nancy looked at you, causing you to straighten up and point at her. “I have guns. In my bedroom.”

You looked over at Eddie as he jumped down from the trunk. “You, Nancy Wheeler, have guns. Plural. In your bedroom?” He asked. “They’re all full of surprises aren’t they?” “A Russian Makarov and a revolver.” “You almost shot me with that one.” “You almost deserved it.” Nancy smirked at him, just as you were making a face at them checking eachother out, Eddie chucked his vest Steve hard, the sound echoing around you, the action knocked Nancy out of her trance and she looked at you. “Do you still have that colt revolver and that double barrel?”

“Wait.” Eddie spun and pointed at you, eyes wide. “YOU have guns?!” You nodded slowly as his eyes widened comically, making you laugh a little. “Yes, Eddie. Yeah I still have them.” You stepped closer to Eddie, leaning into him a little. “Where?! How did I not notice?!” You laughed and shook your head fondly. “Because I have them hidden in my closet, Munson.”

“Can we not talk about Eddie sneaking into your room, please?” Steve groaned loudly. you rolled your eyes. “Come on. We should get going before the bats come back.” Suddenly, the entire ground started shaking, knocking you all to the ground, you and Eddie tumbling together. The two of you sat up when the rumbling stopped and there was a loud growling out in the woods. “Yeah, so, guns sound like a pretty good idea to me.” Eddie nodded. “Yeah, me too.” Robin responded as all of you stood up and composed yourselves.

“So, what are we waiting for?” Steve asked, putting the vest on and turning his flashlight off, heading off into the woods. You helped Eddie and Robin stand before heading off into the forest with all of them. “Wheelers’ first and then we’ll go to our house.” Steve glanced back at everyone, you all nodding in agreement.

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As you were walking, Steve got Eddie’s attention, so hesitantly you let go of his hand and squeezed his shoulder before walking ahead a bit, hearing bits and pieces of their conversation but not much. You couldn’t butlaugh when he talked about Dustin idolizing Steve, because as much as he idolized Steve, he idolized Eddie equally. They were the perfect role models for Dustin in completely different ways, which made the jealousy they had of eachother absolutely hilarious to you.

“Still super jealous as hell, by the way.” “Jesus Christ.” you smiled hearing the two of them laughing together, biting your lip lightly and stealing a glance back at them. “Which is why I would never have jumped in that lake to save your ass.” You heard Eddie say. “Not under any, uh... normal circumstances.” You but down on your lip, you liked to think that wasn’t true. You all stopped as a twig snapped and growl echoed around you, before hesitantly starting to walk again. “Nope.. outside of D&D, I am no hero.. I see danger and i just, turn heel and run. Or, at least that’s what I’ve learned about myself this week.

“Give yourself a break, man.” “See? The only reason i came in here was because those three ladies... that one, specifically,” He pointed to you with his pinky. “Came in straight after you. I was partially too ashamed to stay up there on that damn boat... but Wheeler? She didn’t waste a second. Not one.. second. She just dove right in. Now, I don’t know what happened between you two, but I would get her back.” He said, you looked back and bit your lip before going over and grabbing Eddie’s hand, pulling him with you to let Steve stew with that.

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“Are you kidding me?!” you shouted, kicking Nancy’s full-body mirror. This is absolute fucking bullshit. “How are we supposed to get the fuck out of here without any weapons?!” You stressed, running your hands through your hair with tears in your eyes. The curse was wearing you down, your head screaming from how hard you’d been trying to fight it off this whole time

“We can go down town.” Steve stepped closer as you shook your head, stepping back from him and scoffing. “Don’t.. patronize me. How are we gonna make it downtown with a broken god damn oar and a fucking flashlight, Steve?” You looked at him harshly. “This whole... fucking this is stupid!” You threw your hands up.

“I mean- do we-” you laughed harshly and scratched your scalp. “Do we actually think we can kill Vecna? I mean any of us?” You looked at the four of them expectantly. “You.” you pointed at Steve’s bandaged torso. “Are literally bleeding to death right now, Steve! Me? I can literally feel Vecna’s claws digging into my skin,” you seethed the words, digging your own nails into yarn to emphasize your point, “which, Y’know, coming down here was my choice so I can’t bitch about it too much! Eddie and Robin- they’re scared to death! Nancy is the only person here who isn’t seriously inebriated by something right now AND we don’t have the guns we literally came looking for!” You were panting from your outburst, having not taken a breath before exploding.

When Eddie stepped forward you closed your eyes and stepped back. “I..” you sighed heavily and clenched your jaw, holding your hand out to stop him. “It’s bullshit.” You mumbled. “We can never catch a fucking break.” You were so fucking tired of something going wrong, just as you got comfortable with things being normal again, each time something would happen and you were back in the Upside Down or fighting the stupid fucking Mind Flayer. "I’m gonna go downstairs.” You mumbled. “Alone..” you glanced at Eddie before wrapping your arms around yourself and going downstairs, head turned down as you chewed on the inside of your cheek hard enough you felt your cheek sting, ashamed of your outburst as soon as it was over. It was completely out of character for you and you prayed they didn’t look at you differently.

You were looking around when you heard Dustin’s voice, distantly. You looked up quickly and frowned deeply, looking around. “Dustin?” You asked, starting to look around for him, looking around more frantically when you heard him get louder. “Dustin?!” You shouted. “Hello?! Hey! Dustin!” You spun around, hearing everyone run down the stairs.

“Guys! Dustin’s here!” You looked at them quickly. “I-I don’t know where, but I heard him. I just heard him.” They glanced at eachother and then at you before looking around, maybe Dustin did find another portal and came in here, wouldn’t be too hard to believe.

“There! Dustin!” You shouted as Dustin’s voice echoed through the Wheeler home, looking around frantically. “Dustin!” Everyone started running around looking for Dustin.

“Alright, either this kid can’t hear us or he’s being a total douchebag.” Steve said. “Will found a way.” Nancy said, standing in the middle of the room, causing you all to look at her. “What?” Steve asked. “Will, he found a way to speak to Joyce through the lights.” She started trying to turn the lights on, the rest of you doing the same. “The switch. Try the switch.” You pointed, running over as Nancy started flipping the switch.

“Guys?” Steve motioned his light to the chandelier over the kitchen table, you followed the direction of his flashlight curiously, watching as the chandelier started to glow and Dustin’s voice got stronger.

You all reached up into the chandelier slowly. “It feels good…” you and Robin mumbled. “Tickles.” Steve noted, Eddie glancing between you and Robin.

“Does anybody know Morse code?” Nancy asked. “No.” You, Robin, and Steve said in unison. “Wait…” Eddie pulled his hand back. “Does S.O.S count?” He asked.

You blinked rapidly and looked at him slowly as he looked between the four of you. “That… is that good?” He asked. You thinned your lips and patted his chest lightly. “It’s a good thing you’re pretty.” You said softly. “Yes, Eds. That works.”

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“Okay. Seriously? How many times do I have to be right on the money before you guys just trust me!” Dustin’s voice echoed loudly.

“Okay. This kid has seriously gotta get his ego in check.” Steve said as Eddie leaned forward to look at him. “It’s his tone. Right?” “I know.” Steve nodded.

“You’re twenty year olds being bullied by a fifteen year old.” You pointed out to them with a small laugh. “Maybe your egos need a little sprucing.” You teased.

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“This is a terrible fucking idea.” You told them, shaking your head a little as you looked over at Eddie. You were staying with Eddie and Dustin to distract the demobats and give Nancy, Robin, and Steve the upper hand.

“It’s our only one.” Steve sighed, obviously not liking it any more than you. “But look… it starts to get complicated… you book tail and run, alright?” He looked at the three of you.

“Don’t worry, Steve. We’ll be the distraction. You can be the hero.” Dustin rolled his eyes. “Yeah. I mean, look at me and Henderson.” Eddie and Dustin looked at eachother and then Steve. “We are nooot heroes.”

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You knew this was a terrible fucking idea. One second, you and Dustin are watching Eddie in a swarm of Demobats, and the next… everything around you had melted away, quite literally, and you were standing alone, in an endless… pit.

“Hello?!” You shouted, looking around frantically. “E-Eddie?!” Your voice echoed around you, solidifying your fear that you were, in fact, completely and utterly alone. “No…” you mumbled softly before starting to run, as if it would get you somewhere, of course, the only place it got you, was two feet away from Vecna.

“Y/N…” Vecna turned to look at you, walking closer, when you tried to move you were stuck. “Did you really think… you could come into my home… and I wouldn’t know?” He tilted his head. “That I wouldn’t… feel you prodding around?” He squinted. “With those… people you call friends.” He tsked. “Took them so long to notice something was wrong with you. Don’t you wonder why that is?” He asked.

You clenched your jaw and looked away from him. “I imagine you’re going to tell me.” You didn’t know why you were crying, maybe it was frustration, or fear, or sadness, grief maybe, maybe it was a mix of all of them. Vecna’s condescending scoff echoed around you and had your stomach twisting so hard you were sure you would vomit if you could move your body.

“It doesn’t matter.” He responded, which finally made you look at him. “What?” You asked. “I said. It doesn’t matter.” He tilted his head a bit. “Right now.. as we speak. While you’re here, with me, safe, chatting… your friends… are dying. Slowly. One. By. One.”

Your breathing sped up and you shook your head. “Bullshit.” You clenched your jaw. “I don’t believe you.” Vecna’s face turned up into an evil smirk and he lifted his hand. “I can show you.” His hand hovered over your face, and then, he was being slung back. You scrambled back in surprise and looked around, freezing when you saw a slightly blurry figure, and then it straightened out. “El.” You whispered, running and hugging her tightly as you glanced at Vecna.

“El I have to go back.” You leaned back and looked at her, swallowing thickly as her eyes fell over to Vecna, who was slowly pulling himself up. “Not yet…” she let go of you and went over to Vecna, holding her hand up to him, stopping him in his place when he stood up.

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The last thing you remember seeing was Vecna screaming, El’s nose bleeding, and then you were back in the upside down, Dustin yanking you over to Eddie, who was struggling to breathe.

“Eddie!” You dropped beside him immediately, gently pulling him up into your lap. “Mm… I didn’t… I didn’t run this time.” He grunted, looking between you and Dustin as blood spilled from his mouth. You shook your head as tears filled your eyes, lips quivering. “No. No you didn’t.” Dustin grabbed his hand. “It’s gonna be okay, man. We just… we gotta get these plugged and get you to a hospital. Okay?”

“Okay.” Eddie nodded quickly, whimpering in pain as you laid him down and quickly yanked off any extra length of clothing you had, desperate you patch him up enough to at the very least get him to a hospital.

With a lot, and I mean a lot, of difficulty you and Dustin were eventually met by Nancy, Steve, and Robin. Steve was quick to take Eddie from you and Dustin, noticing how hard of a time you two were having carrying him.

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Eddie’s name was cleared by the government pretty quickly, mainly because you literally wouldn’t leave the man alone until he said he’d fix it, and fix it he did.

You stayed by Eddie’s side in the hospital for as long as you could without being told to go home, sitting with Wayne until it was Family Only, and then you were back immediately the next day.

He’d joked about you being his stalker “oh no, uncle Wayne. The hot stalker lady is back” he’d claim cockily, cheeks grinning and face full of just a bit more color each time, you were glad to see him getting better, and surprisingly he was back at school in no time, even though you insisted he could probably play the whole “accused of murder” thing as an excuse to graduate without actually doing the work, but he’d insisted he go and graduate the right way, and who were to deny him anything?

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[timeagainreviews]

The Secret Finality of “Survival”

An admirable quality of Doctor Who has always been its ability to adapt to change. From it’s genesis, it has overcome budget restraints and technical setbacks to the delight of many. Not even the need to replace their main actor could stop Doctor Who. It’s not easy then to try and dissect exactly why Doctor Who could not survive the 1980’s. There are key moments when the show alienated viewers in a major way, but sometimes shows wear out their welcome with general audiences. Even in the First Doctor era people were asking how much longer the show could continue. Had the show become a parade of changing faces? It’s ironic then that it was Patrick Troughton’s fresh face which reignited the mystery of the Doctor. Just when you thought you knew the Doctor, he became someone else entirely. Over the years, Doctor Who’s ability to renew itself proved to be its greatest asset. Sadly, however, the Sylvester McCoy era was to be the last regeneration for the original series of Doctor Who.

When production on season 26 began in 1988, rumours of cancellation were already in the air. Not only had public opinion shifted away from the show in dramatic fashion, but the budget had been gutted forcing more difficult and less controlled location shooting. Before the season had finished airing, the production crew knew there would be no season 27. Producer John Nathan-Turner was forced to scramble for some sort of final episode to cap off 26 years of a BBC family tradition. The season was originally supposed to end with “Ghost Light,” but it was decided that the three-part story “Survival,” would function better as a finale. At first glance, it’s easy to think “What? Why?” But I would argue that the reason is that it was always leading back to the Master, of course.

Doctor Who could probably have continued to battle monsters across space and time going from face to face for years. But even the Troughton era’s new visage could not overcome the rut writers had found themselves in with aimless base-in-peril stories. The Doctor needed a more personal threat. Daleks and Cybermen were of course classic baddies, but they were generally faceless and emotionless. Perhaps the villains should also have a face. Some of the more popular one-off antagonists were individuals who possessed strong wills and personalities. For example- the Toymaker, the Meddling Monk, Mavic Chen, or the ironically faceless Great Intelligence. It wasn’t until the Pertwee Era did the Doctor find his ultimate foe in the Master.

The introduction of the Time Lords sacrificed a bit of the mystery of the Doctor’s character. Suddenly, the cosmic vagabond had a home and a species. It’s only fair that in this sacrifice, we gained the Doctor’s perfect antagonist. The Master is everything the Doctor isn’t, while being exactly what the Doctor is. They both know the secrets of time travel. They both regenerate. They both have TARDISes. But the Master is that twisted reflection of the Doctor. The Twelfth Doctor once said “Sometimes the only choices you have are bad ones, but you still have to choose.” But in the trolley problem that is life, the Master’s choices are self-serving and sadistic. The Master is the man who would have still bashed the caveman’s skull with a rock. This sort of sadism, masculinity, and war are at the forefront of first-time Doctor Who writer Rona Munro’s script.

Having recently explored Ace’s personal history in both “Ghost Light,” and “The Curse of Fenric,” it seems fitting that the Doctor and Ace should end up back in her hometown of Perivale. While the character arc of learning why she burned down the Gabriel Chase mansion as a child seems like a fitting end for her character, I would argue it’s just as interesting to see Ace return home. Rarely in classic Doctor Who were we shown the companions returning home, and usually it was always to say goodbye. Had we seen a season 27, this would have marked the first time a companion returned home only to continue travelling with the Doctor. This is just one of many ways in which Ace was the proto-modern companion. We often see modern Doctor Who companions returning home to check in with family and have a cuppa. These moments give us a glimpse into the way travelling with the Doctor has changed them. Ace’s reaction to Perivale is on par. But it’s not just Ace who has changed while she was away. Things in Perivale don’t exactly add up. Old friends have gone missing. And the local community centre is now populated by macho self-defence classes taught by a paranoid military man named Paterson.

I mentioned earlier that the budget put massive strains on the production crew. Despite this, they make excellent use of story craft. “Survival,” plays out more like an independent film than a serial from a classic BBC series. In some respects, this was Doctor Who back to its roots- a small ragtag crew putting emphasis on writing and creative problem-solving. There is an attempt at atmosphere. Perivale feels gritty and a bit run down, a detail Munro attributed to the town due to her own youth in a grittier Scotland under Margaret Thatcher. She would later reflect that when she actually saw Perivale, she found it charming. Mind you, the real Perivale never acted as a nexus for extraterrestrial kitty cats. And as a cat owner myself, those little fuckers do not respect personal property. They dig up the garden. They claw the sofa. They make nerds washing their cars disappear. 

It would be easy to say that these first couple of episodes are sparse. Their synopses are among the shortest you’ll find on TARDIS Data Core. But that doesn’t mean they’re entirely empty either. The script to David Lynch’s Eraserhead was only 20 pages and it made an 88-minute film that my wife said felt like three hours. I would argue that building tone can be just as effective as narrative. Much of the first episode in particular feels like building a sense of desperation. There is desperation to leave Perivale. Desperation to find the missing youth of the town. Desperation to survive.

Perhaps the most desperate to survive is the Master. We’ve seen him on his last regeneration. We’ve seen him extra crispy. In the Eighth Doctor movie we see him so desperate to escape death that he’ll snake his way down Eric Roberts’ throat. And here we find the Tremas Master, wearing someone else’s face using the minds and bodies of the youth of Perivale to escape a sentient planet where he got himself trapped. For a newer writer and first timer to Doctor Who, I would argue that Munro absolutely nails the Master’s character. The Master will stoop to anything that will ensure his survival. It’s in his name. He must control others. He must control his destiny. He refuses to let death be his master. Even years later when John Simm’s Master chooses death, it is in his defiance of the Doctor. It is his refusal to let the Doctor control him. In the Master’s mind, other people exist only to serve his means.

Meanwhile, the equally astounding eternal god that is the Doctor is having trouble with catfood and the neighbourhood watch. I find no end of enjoyment in watching the Doctor shoo a dog away from cat food, so much so that I made it into a ten-minute loop. He’s escaped a Dalek holding cell, survived a murderous satellite, and avoided ritualistic execution. But at this moment, he just needs this dog to stop eating his cat food long enough to trap a Kitling. Having been spotted hiding away in some old nan’s garden, the neighbourhood watch is called in to see to the Doctor. This brings us back to Paterson, because of course it does. Paterson is exactly the kind of twit to be up in everyone’s business. I don’t blame the old nan though, you do what you gotta do to feel safe, boo.

It’s Ace’s scream that brings the Doctor and Paterson to the playground where Ace is being chased about by a “Cheetah People.” They really dug deep on that name there. Something I found myself enjoying was the way in which Ace used the metal playground structures to evade capture. It made me think about how Ace may have played in this very jungle gym as a child. Would she have made up stories in her head where she pretended to evade invisible enemies? In this way, Ace has a home-team advantage. This advantage is short-lived, however, after she is transported to the Cheetah Planet (another cracker of a name). The Doctor and Paterson also find themselves transported under its red sky as the Master stands by to greet them.

I joke about the name of the Cheetah Planet and the Cheetah People, but I do actually like some of the ambiguity. Sure, it maybe sounds like Charleton Heston is about to find half a Statue of Liberty, but I like that they’re a bit of a mystery. Even though the Doctor has heard of them, he doesn’t really know anything about them. We don’t know what to expect from our feline friends, but the introduction of the Master shows us that they’re probably victims as well. Once again the Master is using others for his own purposes. 

Storywise, I would say episode two is probably the weakest of the three. Most of the episode is Ace avoiding Cheetah People and discovering her missing friends from Perivale, some of whom have been surviving on the Cheetah Planet for weeks. Something about the Cheetah Planet causes people to become feral. First changing their minds and slowly, over time, their bodies as well. This primal source holds the power to transform people into Cheetah People. Now, when Munro had originally written the script, she was thinking something a little more subtle. The Cheetah People were never meant to be in full masks, but rather closer to the facial prosthetics of Star Trek. You would have been able to see the actor’s performance underneath their new catlike features.

I mention this because the look of the Cheetah People is a sticking point for a lot of fans. Not even the cast or crew were happy with their look. Even Rona Munro complained that the masks were distracting from her lesbian subplot between Ace and Karra. Because if you can look beyond the mask, you’ll find a deeper story. While some furry Whovians out there may not have much trouble accepting a story about Cheetah People in bad fursuits, to others it was offputting. Because of that, I think Survival struggled and continues to struggle with being taken seriously. For me, it’s on par with “The Web Planet,” and the Menoptera, a similar story and creature that are often maligned by people who find them embarrassing. And like “The Web Planet,” you’ll find a story about anthropomorphic animals being controlled by a single sadist. They’re like Doctor Who’s Ewoks in that way. And like Ewoks, some people think they’re a mistake. Those people are wrong, by the way.

The Master does his best to look as though the Doctor has fallen into his trap, but what seems like a grand scheme is little more than a last-ditch effort to escape the Cheetah Planet. Due to the Kitlings’ ability to trap people there, the Master’s hope is to use this power to leave. He makes a great effort to look like the supreme overlord of this empire of dirt, but the Doctor sees right through him as always. He sees the Master’s gambit for what it is- the boasts of the most powerful man in prison. And the longer the Master finds himself on this forsaken planet, the less control he feels. Sure, the Master loves a bit of carnage, but it’s this loss of self that frightens him. Losing control of himself to the wild nature of the Cheetah Planet is another form of death, and as we know, the Master possesses a deep seated fear of losing control.

You’ll forgive me if my memory of the events that follow are a bit hazy. I’ve seen Survival several times and even now I struggle to recall key plot points. What’s important is that Ace has formed a bond with one of the Cheetah People, Karra (played by Doctor Who royalty Lisa Bowerman), and their running together has begun to turn Ace feral. It’s implied that running with the Cheetah People hastens the transition into ferality, but even with that consideration, Ace’s change feels abrupt. Some of Ace’s cohorts had been trapped for weeks without so much as a whisker. It’s a minor gripe from a serial plagued with minor gripes. I’m probably being fairer to Survival than I normally would because of the extenuating circumstances surrounding the production. An inexperienced writer, a show on the brink of cancellation, and a budget slashed to hell do this story no favours. In that way, it feels like a mean thing to judge it too harshly. And as we’ve seen from her return with “The Eaters of Light,” Munro can actually write.

Another thing this story does that acts as a sort of pre-cursor to modern Doctor Who (or in the continuity of the show- its very next episode) is the way the Master will take on companions of his own. Much like Chang Lee, Ace’s pal Midge is lied to and manipulated by the Master. The Master uses his feral nature to transport him back to Perivale which is exactly what he wanted. We can hand wave away how the Master knew Ace and the Doctor would ever return to Perivale long enough to notice all of Ace’s mates have gone missing. Like I said, minor gripes. Now in Perivale with kitty cat Midge, the Master literally pilots Midge around looking to recruit more young men into his harem… er… army.

Having escaped a catastrophe with the Cheetah People (with no thanks to the cowardly Paterson) the Doctor and Ace are now back in Perivale ready to square off against the Master and his group of misanthropes who may as well be carrying tiki torches if it wasn’t for the fact that it was broad daylight. The big showdown, however, appears in the form of the Doctor and Midge running motor bikes at one another in a game of chicken. By that description, the scene sounds less clever than it actually is, but when you follow the theme of the story, it says a lot. Initially, it is Ace who volunteers to run down Midge, but the Doctor knows if she were to engage, it would turn her completely feral. Knowing that his own mind is at stake, the Doctor still takes her place, refusing to let her fight his battles for him. The Master, on the other hand, is far more comfortable sending Midge in his stead. At this moment, we are given a visual representation of the fundamental difference between the Doctor and the Master’s ideologies. It is this scene that makes me believe Survival is actually the best choice they could have made for a final Doctor Who story.

Unable to accept defeat and leave well enough alone, the Master pulls the Doctor back to the Cheetah Planet for one final bestial showdown. But even in his increasingly feral state, the Doctor’s compasion overrides the instinct to bash the Master’s brain in with a skull. I referenced the First Doctor’s feeble attempt at bashing a caveman’s skull with a rock, and that wasn’t without reason. In an accidental manner, the show has brought the Doctor around full circle by echoing his first story. Originally it was Ian who had stayed his hand, and now, through years of travelling with human companions, it is the Doctor who stays his own hand. The Doctor refuses to live and die as an animal, and because of this, he is able to walk off into the sunset for future adventures.

Over the years, we learned that the Doctor is a Time Lord from Gallifrey. But even still, the Doctor defies explanation. But through meeting the Master, we learn what the Doctor very easily could have become. We may not know who the Doctor is, but through the Master, we have learned who the Doctor isn’t. In this last story with the Doctor, we don’t learn his name. Very little more information is gained about the Doctor. Instead, it is reiterated what the Doctor believes. Life is sacred. People aren’t pawns. Take responsibility for your problems. We also learn why the Master always loses- he only thinks about himself. Ultimately, it’s community and caring for others that ensures our survival. 

[sco07ut]

heghe scrimblos as scrimblies (fantasy au) (sort of a continuation of this au) (i will make a formal intro to this au at some point)

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

RIP Pat and Robin, you would have loved Electric Callboy for two very different reasons

[kriimhild]

I see that sometimes you do sun and moon show art, so I wanna know your opinion on bloodmoon from the show, and if it’s not to much how you would write them

That'll be a little long, and I have to crawl into the other characters a bit too, but here we are. I was disappointed with the character ngl. My first thought was: "A poetic caveman Patrick Star. Great."

I expected him to be smarter, more thoughtful and vindictive. For me, the "BLOOD BLOOD! I NEED BLOOD!" is too much and too forced. It just annoys me, I get that it's BLOODmoon, but I think it's over the top. The fact that they've two personalities is ok I guess. I like Lunar now, but at the time even Eclipse's appearance was a negative surprise. BUT! Because of the lore, I slowly started to understand what the boys were going for with E and started to like him. Lunar when he came out I was already pretty much dragging my feet, why did they need to put another character in now? And with Bloodmoon, I was annoyed that they added a fifth character, because the lore is unnecessarily complicated, it's more work for the VAs. (I'm not holding them back if they want this). But I would've much preferred if they had put Bloodmoon's potential into Eclipse or Moon instead. I get really annoyed with negative characters who have no real purpose. I also didn't like Eclipse's sole purpose was to wreak havoc. But the September-October lore has softened my criticisms a bit, because okay, his real purpose is to set the universe to zero and bring about a total celestial dictatorship. I don't know how that's supposed to be imagined with the death of the characters, but I'm like okay, fine, let's see how it goes.

The real positive surprise was Lunar, because he very openly defied Eclipse, which I really wasn't expecting! Lunar seemed a helpless little sweetpea who blindly follows Eclipse and then turns his back on him as soon as he realizes his true self. I like Lunar because he's got balls.

But Bloodmoon? Other than being an empty threat to Eclipse, I don't really see the point. He was created by Eclipse, but ended up as a failed experiment who was released into the outside world by Lunar to kill Eclipse. Eclipse kept saying that Bloodmoon is smart and would find a way to kill him. That could happen if the creation would be smarter than the creator. We haven't seen that on BM yet, because even an animal kills only when it feels threatened or needs food. BM is not even on the level of an animal, they're just a weapon that can talk. Moon, the smart one couldn't even stop Eclipse, and BM can solve the problem with a few punches..? Not very realistic. So far in short, Bloodmoon has not elicited any sympathy from me but I hope this will change.