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yayyy the shining! minotaur! labyrinth! house of leaves! running down impossible yellow-walled corridors! malevolent architecture!
#everything i love about this episode that’s only the surface of it#it’s got layers! isn’t it good to see an episode with layers#most importantly it’s vertically complex (dissects the meanings of the characters’ relationships to one another) rather than#horizontal complexity (moffatisms: an extremely convoluted plot that takes brainpower to untangle but doesn’t carry much substance beyond#ooh look just how twisty-turny i can make this timeline)#not to toot my own horn but these are useful terms and i’ll be using them in future posts not even just about this show#‘creepy or wet’ meme. you tell me this media’s complex. i ask if it’s horizontally or vertically. you tell me you don’t understand. i check#the media. it’s horizontal#dw#the god complex#jamie catches up#doctor who#jamie.txt
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