#i think it’s be funny for the doctor to have a companion who can’t go home :) not because home doesn’t exist of course. physically it’s

[quietwingsinthesky]

i bestow upon my oc the highest honor i can: janitor*

*in charge waste disposal on the ship

[morgana-larkin]

Me againnnn lmao I have another request could u do Melissa x reader where reader is normally quiet but someone brought up their special interest and everyone is kinda weirded out coz reader gets so happy and starts talking about it and sharing facts and stuff but no one except Melissa knows reader is autistic and someone says something mean to reader and she gets upset and Melissa comforts reader and also stands up for her (as always no pressure I’m so so so happy! u r the first person that iv come across who writes fics about Melissa and autistic reader I get so happy when I see a notification from u i literally jump up and down with happiness and your fics really help me to accept im autistic coz I’m still trying to come to terms with it anyway hope u r doing well🫶)

OMG YES! Info dumping! I love it. And I’m so glad my fics are helping you. Feel free as well to message me directly if you ever want. So my other obsession besides Lisa Ann Walter, is Doctor Who and Jodie Whittaker, so of course I chose to have the reader talk about her as the Doctor… I regret nothing 😊. I went a little extra at the end but I’m too gay for Melissa to care. Anyway, I enjoyed writing this so thank you for the prompt and I hope you like it! As always, not edited in the slightest.

For everyone, feel free to keep sending me prompts, and I was thinking about writing a one shot about Cheesy as there’s not enough imo. Let me know if I should or not.

Title based off the song from Shrek 3 and the Italian word stronzo means asshole.

Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself

Warnings: someone is mean to reader, reader struggling with having autism(small part)

Words: 2.3k

You’re sitting in the break room at the table with Barb and Melissa. You get up to get a coffee and when you do you hear someone starting to talk about Doctor Who and you perk up.

You turn around to see Jacob, Mr. Morton and another teacher talking about it. “You guys watch Doctor Who?” You say and they stop talking and look up at you. Normally you’re quiet and don’t really say much as you’re recharging before you go and have to teach your kiddos again.

“Yes, do you watch it?” Jacob asks you and you nod with a big smile. Melissa looks up at you and sees your smile and she can’t help but smile herself. She’s had a crush on you since about 4 months after you started and it’s almost been 9 months that you’re working here.

“Well come here and share your thoughts about it.” Jacob says and you walk over to them, coffee in hand.

“What exactly is your discussion about?” You ask them.

“About the first female doctor, the 13th doctor.” Mr. Morton says and you keep smiling.

“She’s my favourite doctor! Like she’s so enthusiastic and passionate and she just loves everything about what she does! And she’s so funny too, it’s just a joy to watch Jodie play her!” You start and they look at you confused, wondering why you’ve always been quiet but now you’re talkative.

The truth is, you're autistic and the only one that knows is Melissa and she promised not to tell anyone since it’s your secret not hers. You told her because you felt like you kept missing social cues or taking things too literally, so you wanted someone in your corner to help you and she had no problem doing that for you. She looks at you talking so passionately about your favourite show with a smile and heart eyes before going back to her phone, secretly still listening to you.

“And her Tardis is so amazing, oh and her companion’s compliment her so well, and her outfit looks amazing. Did you know that Jodie helped decide on the outfit to support the LGBTQ community since she’s a huge ally. And also…” and you keep going on for about 5 minutes about how much you love the 13th doctor and her era on Doctor Who. Until the other teacher, you don’t know their name, the one Mr. Morton and Jacob were talking too, says something.

“OMG! Would you please shut up!” He says and you quickly shut your mouth. “I preferred it when you didn’t speak at all.” He says, glaring at you. And you look down at the ground, embarrassed before running out of there.

Melissa looked up when he started speaking and is now getting up and walking over to them. “Hey! Don’t talk to her like that. You should count yourself lucky that I won’t contact one of my guys on you.” She says and looks at Jacob. “Why didn’t you say anything?!?” She says to him “or you?” She says to Mr. Morton.

“Sorry Melissa, it all happened so fast.” Mr. Morton says and Jacob nods in agreement.

“You should be ashamed of yourself!” She says to the teacher that was mean to you.

“Hey, we were just sitting here talking about it until she cuts in and starts talking about everything that we weren’t even discussing. And she wouldn’t stop talking.” The teacher says , only making a deeper hole for himself. Melissa glares at him.

“I don’t care what you think! There’s better ways to do that!” She says to him.

“She shouldn’t have talked so much and knew that it was too much.” He says, still trying to defend himself.

“She’s autistic you stronzo!” She yells at him and then realises that she just told your secret and has wide eyes. All 3 of them look at her speechless, now understanding that you got excited and were info dumping and didn’t mean to talk so much. Melissa turns around and walks out of the break room and goes to find you.

She ends up finding you in your classroom crying on your chair, hugging your legs. She knocks on the door, “hey y/n it’s me, just wanted to come check on you.” She tells you.

You get up and unlock the door then open it. Melissa’s heart breaks a bit when she sees you. Eyes puffy, red and watery, tear stained cheeks and red nose from you blowing your nose.

“Oh hun.” She says and you walk back to your chair hugging your legs again. Melissa walks in and closes and locks the door then walks over to your desk. “Hey, he was an ass, he shouldn’t have said that to you.” Melissa tells you and crouches down and you look at her.

“No, he’s right, I was talking too much. I shouldn’t have gotten involved in their conversation. I just got so excited,” you tell her and you sniffle a bit.

“Hun, it’s understandable, I know how much you love Doctor Who. You have nothing to be ashamed about.” She tells you and grabs your hand. “Btw I might have accidentally told them that you’re autistic. As in I told them and called that teacher a stronzo for you.” She tells you. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for it to slip out, I just got angry that he was mean to you.” She says, rubbing your hand with her thumb.

“It’s ok, they would have found out eventually. But this is another reason I don’t engage in conversations, cause I might talk too much.” You tell her. Melissa gets up and opens her arms out.

“Come here.” She tells you and motions to hug her. You put your feet down on the ground and then hug her waist since you’re still sitting in your chair. “Why don’t we go back in there, finish lunch. And then after school you can come to my place and I can make you some food and we can watch whatever you want.” She suggests and you look at her surprised.

“Really?” You ask her and she nods. “I would love that.” You tell her and she smiles. She helps you up and then unlocks the door and opens it for you. You both walk out and she sees you’re nervous about going back. She puts an arm wrapped around your back and her other hand on the arm closes to her and rubs it, providing comfort for you.

You get back in and when you enter everyone stops and looks up at you. Melissa can feel you immediately tense up. “What are all youse looking at?” She says and glares at everyone. Everyone immediately looks back down to their phone or food and continues what they were doing. Melissa leads you back to the table where Barb is and Barb gives you a comforting smile.

The teacher that was mean to you gets up and comes over to you. Melissa sees him coming over and glares at him, almost daring him to hurt you again. He has his head hanging a bit, looking embarrassed and stands beside you and you look up at him.

“Hey y/n, I just wanted to apologize to you. I shouldn’t have said what I said to you, I’m sorry.” He tells you and you nod your head at him. You’re too overwhelmed right now and can’t speak. You finish your lunch without saying another word and Melissa keeps glancing at you, worried about you.

You finish up the day quietly. You get the kids to work on their book report so that it’s silent and you don’t have to talk much. At the end of the day, when your last student was picked up you glance over at Melissa down the hall. You taught first grade so your classrooms are close together.

You can’t help but stare at her. She’s bending over and offering one of her students a high five before waving bye to them to go with their parent. You decide to leave now while she’s distracted, you think that maybe it wasn’t the best to get Melissa involved in your situation and shouldn’t have told her you’re autistic. So many people have had to accommodate you or help you and you feel like you should be able to do it yourself now that you’re an adult.

Melissa sees you look at her with a sad expression on your face before leaving. She can’t help but feel like maybe you won’t come over to her place now. When her last student is leaving with their parent a couple minutes later, she practically books it to the parking lot but sees your car is already gone.

She drives home and gets to work on cooking dinner, hoping you’d show. But then she gets a text from you saying that you won’t be able to make it tonight, and she sighs. She researched autism when you told her a few months ago and she knows that when autistic people get overwhelmed, they hide themselves away. She offered for you to come to her place to de-stress with food and tv, so she does the next best thing. After she finished cooking, she packed it into a container, and brought it with her to your place. She went and knocked on your door.

You answered it not too long later with leggings and loose shirt on. “Melissa? What are you doing here?” You ask her.

“Well since you won’t come over to my place, I thought I’d come to you.” She says with a warm smile and you now feel even more guilty for cancelling on her. “I brought over food I made. So either we can eat here or we can go back to my place. Choice is up to you.” She tells you with a shrug. You decide to go to her place and when you get there she gives you your favourite hoodie of hers and you sit on the couch. You’ve been to her place before and you told her that the plastic felt weird to sit on and she removed it the next day so that you’re comfortable when you go there. “Hey, you don’t have to speak but I just want to know that you’re ok.” She says and you nod. She gives you a plate of the food and you see that it’s her spaghetti and meatballs dish. Your favourite food of hers and you smile at her. She joins you on the couch, sitting next to you and then hands you the remote so you can decide what to watch, you decide on Shrek 3.

You watch the movie while eating, with Melissa right next to you, you in her hoodie, and you finally feel like you’re calming down. You put your head on her shoulder after you put your empty plate on the coffee table and she wraps her arm around you. You continue the movie, quoting some of the lines, and when it plays the ending scene with puss and donkey singing thank you, Melissa gets an idea. She guides you up and leads you to the empty space beside her couch and starts dancing with you. When the chorus comes on she sings it to you “I wanna thank you for lettin me be myself…again” She sings and you laugh. When she says the line again, she spins you while singing. The second chorus comes up “come on sing it with me.” She tells you.

The both of you sing it while dancing “I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LETTIN ME BE MYSELF…AGAIN.” You both sing at the top of your lungs. When it ends you’re both laughing and she hugs you.

“Thank you for letting me be myself.” You tell her and she looks at you with a warm smile and places a lock of hair behind your ear before cupping your cheek.

“It’s not a problem hun, it doesn’t matter to me that you’re autistic you know. You just think differently, and that's alright.”

You look in her eyes and you lean forward and kiss her. Melissa kisses you back and moves her hand from your cheek to the back of your head and places her left hand on your waist. You pull back and look at her with a smile.

“You kissed me back.” You say to her and she nods. “Why?”

“Because I like you. I have for a few months now.” She tells you.

“For how long?” You ask her and she thinks about it.

“Around the new year.” And you look at her in shock.

“But that’s after I told you I was autistic.” You tell her, putting the pieces together. “You knew I was autistic and you still like me?” You question her.

“How would you being autistic make me not like you?” She asks you, confused.

“Because I’m different than other people and have struggles because of it.” You tell her like it’s obvious.

“So? Everyone is different in their own way and everyone has their own struggles.” She tells you. “For example, I have trouble letting people in, because of trust issues. And I can have a short temper too.” She says and you look at her with so much love in your eyes. You kiss her again and she doesn’t hesitate to kiss you back.

When the person says “you may kiss the bride” , she doesn’t hesitate to give you a kiss then either. With a huge smile, she brings you closer to her and gives you a kiss, as wife and wife.

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[nonbinarytoast]

Listening to episode 44 of malevolent (live listen)

Arthur stay still while your organs put themselves back please

HELLO YORICK! HOW ARE YOU BUDDY?

Arthur is so salty, I love him.

Awwwwww John, look at you taking care of your boyfriend!!!

Yorick is weirdly autistic coded and I love him for that

… what the fuck is going on

“Not when. If.” John I love you but Arthur is a human and will die at some point.

“Then I have to stay alive I guess” ARTHUR. MAYBE STAY ALIVE FOR PEOPLE OTHER THAN JOHN. YKNOW. LIKE YOURSELF.

ARTHUR GETTING ARMOR LETS GOOOOOO MEDIEVAL MAN

Oohh. Oohh no. Oh god. Stop. Stop it Arthur. DONT CRY. IM NOT MENTALLY PREPARED.

YORICK SHUT THE FUCK IP AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR MOMENT.

Three days is not more than enough Arthur your organs have to rearrange themselves.

Oh Oscar’s note again. Oh fuck. Imagine if it has blood on it and he can’t read it. That would be so fucked up.

“It still doesn’t feel like the right time” yea, literally. It’s not the right time period.

YORICK I SWEAR TO GOD SHUT UP I LOVE YOU BUT DAMN

“Neither. I am Yorick!” Damn, another transgender allegory

“Something feels… like we’re missing something.” Don’t die again. Don’t you dare.

DETECTIVE LESTER LETS GO

“WHY DIDNT YOU—“ “let it go, let it go, she’s dead” not Arthur calming his boyfriend down ‘this isn’t you’ style

“You know that I love you too. And I couldn’t do this without you.” “I know.” “But I don’t recall if I told you… how proud I was of you. For finding your way. Without me, without anyone. It must’ve been difficult to fight for who you were. Who you are.” MMMMHHHHHHH IM GONNA CRY OMG

YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY DOOOOOOOORRRRR

Fuck you Yorick

Why her left hand. WHY HER LEFT HAND YORICK. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING.

Yorick drowning is strangely satisfying to me even though I think he’s funny and a good character like shut the fuck up man

Arthur don’t you dare drown

ARTHUR DONT YOU DARE DROWN

FUCK YOU PLANTS YOU AINT SHIT

Aaaaawwwwwww they’re all laughing and happy. This is great. Let’s never do anything ever again ok guys?

“I may have pulled my… stomach.” Arthur go to a doctor for fucks sake

“If your okay with it” Arthur I love you but you need stitches and John being comfortable is not your concern right now

Yorick. Yorick no. YORICK NO. YORICK PLEASE. YORICK I LOVE YOU NO. YORICK THIS ISNT YOU.

I do appreciate that Arthur is going with it and doesn’t care that John made a deal without his consent. Arthur knows that John was desperate and understands and I really like that.

What the fuck does “day of wrath” mean?WHAT THE FUCK DOES DAY OF WRATH MEAN?!?!?!

ALEXANDER!!!!!!!!!!! THE BOY!!!!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!

“Owls don’t eat people, boys” god he’s talking to them like they’re a fucking polycule

“I for one am glad you’re here Alexander. Between this one never shutting up and this one always with me, I appreciate a companion who seems to enjoy the silence” I love Arthur so much he’s such a babygirl

Wait a minute. WAIT A MINUTE. WAS THAT PARKER IN THE WAYLAY?!?!?! OH MY GOD HES SO AWSOME!!!!!!!

First episode where something didn’t immediately try to eat them let’s goooooo

[demigodofhoolemere]

Things I can’t stop thinking about from Jamie and Zoe’s Tales of the TARDIS episode

- The very concept of them remembering and seeing each other again in general.

- How pointed it is in calling their mindwipe unforgivable and insisting that they’ll definitely never forget again. I get the feeling RTD or someone else involved in the writing of it has been carrying a grudge against their ending for decades and used this as therapy lol. Relatable.

- The recorder and the reverence with which they both treat it. 🥺

- “I missed him every day of my life. Didn’t even realize it.” 😭

- “I’d still be with him now if I could, trying to keep up with him.” This line hits so hard both because Jamie truly never would have left and because Frazer has said this same thing about himself and Pat, that they’d still be doing it if he were alive and if they hadn’t both been convinced that it was time to leave. My heart.

- This is true of these episodes generally but I love so much that they both had happy and fulfilling lives. Jamie got to have a wonderful big family and Zoe was still able to keep her growth from her travels and escape just being “all brain and no heart”.

- ZOE NAMED HER SON JAMES. NOBODY LOOK AT ME.

- ^ Jamie’s reaction to the above. The way his face and voice go so soft, I can’t deal with it.

- The fact that they were still influenced by their experiences even if they couldn’t remember them. Especially meaningful for Zoe because she needed those experiences so badly, so it’s a relief to see that she was able to use them and carve out a happy life for herself because of them even if she couldn’t remember. It brings such a happy bit of closure to the Doctor’s concerned question, “She’ll be alright, won’t she?”

- “I want to forget about the Cybermen!” with Jamie’s shifty eyes of disdain, lol. I bet he does considering he had to see them more times than any other companion!

- Lovely to hear names like the Krotons and the Quarks, along with a classic Jamie-ism in “wee little beasties”.

- I like the specific reference to Jamie’s face mishap lol. It was probably just to bring up a funny part of the story they just reviewed but it also serves as a nice shoutout to Hamish Wilson who passed a few years ago.

- “Well, who’d’a thought? President and a Highlander sharing stories.” That highlights something I love about the 60s era of the show, how you get people from so many times and places who never would have known each other but come to mean the world to each other. Jamie and Zoe couldn’t be farther from one another in time or background and they never should have met but here they are, both sharing so much love for the other and having had a bond so strong that Zoe subconsciously named her son for him.

- Jamie’s, “I could get used to this,” and happy wiggle in the chair, lol. That felt very Jamie and reminds me of his amusing character arc wherein he becomes more and more attached to future conveniences or technologies or comforts. I bet you could easily get used to it, Jamie!

- Jamie suddenly destroying the vibe by wondering if they could be in Heaven, rofl.

- Hearing them talk about Victoria made me so emotional, partly for the characters and partly because Debbie’s passing is still in fairly recent memory and it very much felt just as much like a tribute to her as for the character. I lost it over Jamie’s emotional face and hoping that she had a nice life. It felt so painfully real, an old man looking back on a girl he once knew and loved in his youth and hoping she lived well.

- These two, generally. I love them so much and this was so healing.

[analyzing-people-like-hell]

saw your recent post in the sanders sides tag - here goes:

Some of these are more fun-to-watch than relates-to-me, but I figure listing ‘em all will give you more to work with.

Listed in alphabetical order, except as needed to group sources together.

Alastor, Hazbin Hotel (show)

- He’s charming, confident, very good in his chosen field, and also happens to be AroAce. He appreciates jokes, but can also be intimidating.

Cayde-6, Destiny (game)

- Quick wit, quick shot. Always fun to hear his dialogue during missions and strikes. The kinda guy you’d go to for a good story (or if you’re lookin’ for extra paperwork to do).

Crow, Destiny (game)

- Good guy, interesting situation (read: tragic backstory). Not exactly doomed-by-the-narrative, but…

The Doctor (10th), Doctor Who (show)

- Honestly, not sure why. He’s just fun to watch. (Also, he has a very distinct/memorable way of phrasing things)

Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation (show)

- Yes, I’m Autistic; How’d you guess? (/j) Honestly though, having a discussion with him about humanity/social behaviors/other things would be SO interesting!

Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (show)

- If Odo and I were in the same room, I don’t think there’d be much talking. But, in a two-introverts-who-got-dragged-to-the-same-party-and-are-avoiding-the-humans-together kind of way. Companionable silence.

Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series (show)

- He’s just cool. (also a HUGE childhood influence towards logical thinking)

Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly (show)

- Protective of his crew, “Has a conscience, and hates it,” no-nonsense, practical thinker, quick wit, stubborn.

Simon Tam, Firefly (show)

- Very good at what he does (doctor), smart, stands by what he believes in (“when you’re on my table, you’re safe”), and who he cares about (his sister).

River Tam, Firefly (show)

- …River is a mood. Specifically, a “leave me alone, I can’t talk now, my brain is full of bees” mood.

Seth, Lost Terminal (podcast)

- He’s an AI who used to live in a satellite, and made his way down to a post-collapse Earth so he could talk to people. He often mentions the intricacies and confusing nuances of human communication, his distrust of plants and salt, and the fact that humans are quite fond of bread and beer.

Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5 (show)

- “No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow.”

Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5 (show)

- If any of the main cast could’ve broken the fourth wall, it would have been him. I don’t know what that says about his character, but it feels right.

Virgil Sanders, Sanders Sides (YouTube series)

- He’s the personification of (Thomas’) Anxiety, but he can be quite brave when he needs to be. When he’s under pressure/more anxious/needs to be listened to, he’ll act more abrasive, but he has a softer side (heh side) he shows when safe. He’s also the secondary brain cell holder of the main cast.

Logan Sanders, Sanders Sides (YouTube series)

- The brain cell (/pos). Also seems to be going through… gifted-kid-burnout-angst-stuff, for lack of a better term. Also nicknamed the Mom of the group, though someone pointed out that he didn’t choose that title for himself, which I thought was interesting.

Janus Sanders, Sanders Sides (YouTube series)

- I think you already saw him in another ask, so I’ll be brief: “You’re not stuck with an ‘evil snake boy.’ *pose* You’re just stuck with a snake boy.”

…After typing this all out, I’ve noticed that most of these fall into one of three categories:

~Autism~ TM (/pos)

Competent, might be an asshole

Protecc/Attacc

I don’t know what that means, but it’s kinda funny.

Have fun!

ANALYSIS #4: 06/11/24

It's about time I start getting around to all these new test subjects. I apologize for the wait, but I'm more than ready to see what you have in store for me here, #4.

I'm not familiar with the majority of these characters, so this could very much be a hit or miss analysis.... Your descriptions definitely aided me a lot, so thank you for that. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if this ends up being accurate at all...

Why don't we see if I got your backstory right first? It's where everything originates, after all.

"LORE":

You seem to be an observer in this game of life. I feel like you've spent a large part of your existence on the outskirts of everything, and the times you have joined the outside world were never completely of your own volition.... You don't feel like you particularly fit in as a "human", yet at the same time everything you feel is all too human. I can imagine it gets pretty overwhelming, and you've probably gotten a lot of heat for it in your younger years. Maybe you didn't have many friends growing up, and the ones you did have probably didn't live up to your expectations of what "friendship" was supposed to be. Maybe you've had friends that took advantage of you and it didn't even click until the damage was already done, or you stuck it out because.. that's what friendship's supposed to be about, right? Maybe you were just left out in general, always the second option unless they needed something out of you. Who knows. There could be a lot variations of what happened in your childhood regarding relationships, but I'm guessing they didn't always make much sense to you. It's probably why you stay on the outskirts so much. If the world won't let you experience humanity for yourself, you can at least watch humanity from afar.

I have a feeling your home life wasn't all that great? It wasn't particularly terrible-- you're grateful for what you were given-- but you wish there were things that were done differently. I think this also plays into the whole "disconnect from people" bit. Maybe they cared for you, but it was clear they didn't understand you, and it can be a little hard to be grateful when somebody's care is always... a little off? If that's the case, I bet it probably feels worse knowing that you can't really blame them for not understanding. Things are probably better now as you've grown, but there are things that still sting just a bit. Also for some reason I think you were homeschooled.... No reason why, it just came to mind, and I've learned trusting my gut makes my analyses more accurate. I'd like to see if that ends up being true.

Another thing that my gut keeps telling me is that the tism is strong in this one. You've already confirmed that, but I specifically feel like (i'm assuming you're diagnosed based on how you phrased "yes, i'm autistic") you were either diagnosed at a pretty early age or you were late diagnosed (probably because of icky-ew gendered stereotypes in medical fields) and it explained a whole hell of a lot of your childhood, to the point where you're surprised you weren't diagnosed way earlier in life. Heavily leaning to the latter, by the way, but the first still has a 5 to 15% chance of standing. Either way, it depicts why you'd feel such a heavy disconnect from the people around you. It's as if everyone was given a script to life, meanwhile you're forced to improv it the whole way through. Do you see life as a game? How much time have you dedicated to perfecting your skills, believing that perfecting them would be the key to winning these petty social games? Are you sure you're not still lost? Just some food for thought.

Anyways, with that all in mind, let's see what really goes on inside that head of yours...

THE TRUTH:

You still resent the world in a way, don't you? I can't shake the thought that there's still a resentment buried inside you that's been bubbling for a while. Maybe it's lessened a bit, but you can still feel it resurface every now and then. It's as if sometimes a reminder will come your way and it's another crack added to that bottle you've been storing all your emotions in. Like another poke at the confines will unleash everything you've been working on trying to maintain. I don't think it's spilled over yet, but I think we both know it's certainly not far from tipping over. You surprise even yourself with how much you've managed so far.

Part of you has lost your vulnerability. I'm not sure when or how, but I think it goes back to that disconnect from people. I don't think you've met anybody who's completely understood you yet, which has probably led to constant misunderstanding from everyone else. That kind of persistent detachment is bound to make anyone lose parts of themselves. If that's what happened, I'm sorry they took that part away from you. You deserved to be yourself without being shot down over and over, you still deserve that. It really is a shame that the world is too blind to see the beautiful depth in your soul. Complexity is never a flaw. Complexity is rarely even "complex". The world just needs to learn how to appreciate you at your core, and I truly hope they're able to see that in you soon. 

In fact, why don't I detail some of the complex beauty that I can pinpoint? If the world can't see it, then it only makes sense if I spell it out for them.

YOUR BEST TRAITS:

You're very attentive. You also seem to have some pretty good wit. That not only makes you a really great analyst, but I think it'd make you a pretty great comforter too. You're able to analyze and recognize patterns in people, and you seem to still hold a great appreciation for people despite how isolated people have made you feel. Despite always feeling like an outcast, there's still a part of you that cares. Those are qualities that truly great comforters have. However, with how confusing relationships with other people can be sometimes, I can also see why that would hinder your ability for it and turn you away. Nevertheless, the foundation is still strong. You're still strong. Use that to your advantage. Take back the life that you deserved. Show them that you are not the painting they've made of you.

I just feel like you're really funny for some reason, and probably pretty chill while still being able to stand your own ground and opinions. That's a highly respectable mix of traits to have, at least in my eyes. You also for some reason remind me of that main guy from Magnus Archives. I've never listened to Magnus Archives though. All of the information I know about that podcast has come from random clips I've stumbled upon and rants from my friends who are into it. But from the information I have on him, I view him as a weird little autistic guy who's always a little tired, a little witty, maybe a little too obsessed with analyzing sometimes, also probably on the aroace spectrum. However, he's also a hard worker who-- when he cares about people-- he really cares about them, and if he likes you then you could probably drag him just about anywhere (even if he grumbles the whole way through). Now I have zero clue if any of that is true to his character, but I feel like it could maybe fit yours, and I at least think people like that are a pretty special find. 

Also, you're just a wee little guy. A little snake boi even.

And with that, I think I'll leave my thoughts here and take my bow.

With utmost gratitude (and hopefully utmost accuracy),

Dr. WZ

[nortism]

doctor who liveblog pt 50

s10 ep2 smile

- uh oh evil smiley robots

- i love when there’s new companion and they have to learn all the doctor lore

- uh oh the people are being made into fertiliser

- he is the helpline

- uh oh dead body

- don’t look into the future book, you won’t like it

- uh oh people pods

- grief tsunami

- this guy’s always endin up in the wrong place

- elephant

s10 ep3 thin ice

- no he can’t steer this thing bill

- good to see they’ve gotten much better at talking about race since the shakespeare episode with martha because that was horrendous

- THE TARDIS WARDROBE MAKES ITS RETURN

- uh oh thames creature

- aw bill looks so cute

- the doctor is having the best time, i could watch a whole episode of just him and bill frolicking about

- uh oh mystery glow

- yay he got his hat

- fuck ass kids

- oh the ice ate him

- uh oh we’re bringing moral conflicts into our lovely day out

- old timey diving suits let’s go

- that’s a big old creature

- oh they’re harvesting creature poo

- crazy for him to she has a temper

- oh do not like this guy

- GET HIS ASS DOCTOR

- well that didn’t go well

- the not-so-little-mermaid

- rip bozo

- COME ON BILL

- aww that’s nice

- uh oh mysterious knocking

s10 ep4 knock knock

- as always the real villain is the uk housing market

- oh shit it’s a castle

- this is suspicious as hell

- uh oh

- love her using the tardis to move house

- finally someone is pointing out that timelord is a stupid fucking name for a species

- helppp not the granddad 😭😭

- this poor guy is really barking up the wrong tree

- aww her mum 😭😭

- see this wouldn’t be a problem for me because every time i hear a creepy noise in my house i just assume it’s my cats

- ofc it’s the doctor, in many ways he is like a big cat

- incredibly funny how much bill’s roommates love her granddad

- omg little mix

- oh god it’s eating him

- SHES GETTING EATEN BY THE TREE

- OH GOD HES STUCK IN THE WALL

- omg he’s alive

- THE LANDLORD

- uhhh

- fuck yeah secret bookcase door

- alien bug!!

- alien bugs!!

- oh daughter in the tower

- OMG THE BUGS ATE HIM

- OH GOD THE DAUGHTER IS WOOD

- OMG IT ATE SHIREEN

- oh he’s the sonnn

- oh god they’re both getting eaten by the bugs

- ohhh they’re getting them back!! that’s nice

- what about the past students? are they just dead dead?

- oh it’s a person inside

- OMG IS IT MISSY (i do normally think it’s missy)

- it’s def missy, she loves people getting eaten

[pelorsdyke]

ronancetober - day thirteen: extraterrestrial [doctor who au, doctor!robin buckley, companion!nancy wheeler]

“Who the hell are you?”

“I,” the taller woman responds, thumbing her suspenders with an infuriating grin, “am the Doctor.”

“Doctor what?” Nancy asks, and there’s something a little funny to her about how the stranger’s face drops for half a second, not actually sad, but as though Nancy’s failed to participate in a game she had no idea she was playing.

“Er, just— just the Doctor,” the woman replies, shoving her hands into her pockets. “And who are you?”

“Nancy. Wheeler.” Nancy replies, adding her last name on as an afterthought. She doesn’t know why she gives the woman her real name, doesn’t make up some bullshit lie, except that Nancy has never been good at bullshitting. She cuts straight to the quick no matter what.

“Well, Nancy Wheeler,” the woman begins, but her eyes have begun to focus on something just behind Nancy’s head, and her mood spins on a dime. “Come with me,” she says, immediately insistent, and extends a hand.

“What?”

“Come on, Nancy Wheeler! No time to waste!”

Nancy spins on her heel to investigate what it is that has this woman— the Doctor— so nervous, and finds herself staring down the eyestalk of a domed robot. Instinct puts her hand in the woman’s, laces their fingers together. They run.

The Doctor, just a half-step in front of Nancy, stops short suddenly and tugs her around a corner, the pair of them breathless and hiding in an alleyway.

The first thing Nancy thinks, with some strangely misplaced humor, given the situation, is that the woman is maybe the strangest runner she’s ever seen.

“What the hell was that?” Nancy asks, leveling the woman with her best glare. The Doctor shrinks under it just a hair.

“That,” she says, digging in her jacket for a moment, “is a dalek.” The Doctor seems to find what she’s looking for, because she pulls some sort of tool from inside her breast pocket, the top lit brightly. After a moment, she holds it up as if to wield it, though Nancy’s not sure to what end. It buzzes strangely in the woman’s hand. “And I’d like to know what it’s doing here, in Boston, in the…” She hesitates just a second, looks around. “Eighties.”

“Nineties,” Nancy corrects, and the woman snaps, points at Nancy as though she’s correctly answered a question.

“Nineties! Knew it.”

“Then,” Nancy asks, narrowing her eyes at the Doctor in a way that’s made grown men nervous, “what does that make you?”

The woman laughs nervously. “Can’t imagine what you mean, Nancy Wheeler.”

“I don’t go chasing around women for no good reason,” Nancy tells her, sharp. “So you’re going to tell me what’s happening right now.”

“What’s happening,” the Doctor says, breathless now from excitement instead of exertion, “is an invasion. And you, Nancy Wheeler, have just found yourself in the middle of it!”

[imminent-danger-came]

Anon chilling on the precipice of madness again, and I’m so glad you liked that last ask! Truly, there is much joy to be found in discussing how much we enjoy (*cough* are dealt immense emotional damage on a daily basis by *cough*) the monkey show. Also, since I apparently can’t stop bugging you, for clarity’s sake I’m going to call myself Unhinged Anon if I submit any future asks lol. 

As always you make excellent points, and I am very normal about you bringing up the ‘MK smiling at his reflection’ thing because the motif of reflections in this show (see also: S2E5, S3E4, some others I’m probably missing, and especially S4E1) doesn’t make me even the tiniest bit insane. Nope! Not at all. But this time, it’s actually something you said in the tags that launched my marbles into the stratosphere for me to never find, because now I can’t stop thinking about how badly I want, like… a Sandy spinoff series or something. 

And I don’t mean a lore-heavy, epic adventure rich in heavy themes and conflicts like we have in the main series, just with Sandy at the center instead of MK. I want Sandy's series to be almost exclusively season one-style laid back episodes. But the good kind of laid back episodes, you know? Stuff like S1E6&7, that a lot of people dismiss, especially on a first watch, as nothing more than filler but actually serve as a subtle expansion/exploration of characters (“I also summoned monster trees with my stress, so. Should I see a doctor? We’ll worry about that later” still haunts me) and dynamics hidden under the guise of a silly little adventure with funny jokes, great animation, and fairly low stakes. 

I want to see what an appointment with Sandy’s therapist looks like, or even just the shenanigans he gets up to during those episodes where he’s mysteriously absent and only Tang seems to notice. 

I want to see Sandy teach Tang how to make tea, and maybe nerd out about those theories Sandy mentioned having about the gang's whole deal with the OG Companions.

I want to see Sandy’s endless teddy bear energy clash with Red-wants to seem intimidating but will also grab his new friends warm milk if they ask-Son. 

I want to see Wukong forced to have an extended conversation with Sandy, or really anyone from the team that isn’t MK or actively yelling at him, and getting to really see how they work off of each other. 

I want to see the secret ‘how do we help our clearly not okay friend?’ talks Mei and Sandy have behind MK’s back whenever he starts acting weird, and all the gossip that goes on during the yoga sessions they start doing together after Mei gets the Samadhi fire. 

I want to see Sandy talking with the little girl that LBD possessed, especially since something kind of similar happened to him during season 4, and accidentally becoming her new (and favorite) giant blue uncle. 

I want an episode of MK and Sandy hanging out. Just chilling on the boat, playing with Mo, going for a little walk around town until BOOM! Sandy brings MK to his unsuspecting therapist, who’s about to get the most interesting case of their career. And maybe, if we’re allowed a little angst, a discussion about how scary it is to be born with a lot of power that not only can, but will, hurt a lot of people if it isn't carefully controlled. About how they’ve tried, and failed, to avoid causing pain. About wanting to never cause pain, and how the futility of that sentiment almost outweighs the importance of trying anyways. 

And above all, I DEMAND a Pigsy-Sandy origin story! 

Anyways, this is basically just me edging ever closer to the brink of madness after you accidently inflicted No Thoughts, Only Sandy syndrome upon me with your last response. But, it's also an invitation to gush about Sandy some more, if you want, and also share anything you would want to see in a hypothetical Sandy show!

Unhinged Anon I got you, here's a motif post where I have every MK reflection in the whole show.

AND “I also summoned monster trees with my stress, so. Should I see a doctor? We’ll worry about that later” HAUNTS ME TOO. There's something about the way those shots are set up, cracking from blue to gold:

MK also becoming a "master of focus" in this ep, with focus becoming important later in episodes like 1x09 and 3x11/12 with Mei.

BUT ANON.

Imma use this ask as a spring board for one of my fav personal theories, which is this: OG Sandy, from the original jttw pilgrimage, is also our current day Sandy!

I'll probably throw this into an official theory post later, but for now I'll go into this theory underneath the cut:

First, let's start with 2x08 To Catch a Leaf, during which Sandy has several PTSD flashbacks:

So, the first one is some sort of battlefield, and the second one...

Is of Zhu Bajie?

Now, we know Pigsy has never worn an outfit like this based off of this comment in 4x05:

Pigsy: "Blue ain't really my color, but it beats looking like that monster, Zhu Ganglie."

-

The Pig Demon in that flashback from 2x08 HAS to be Zhu Bajie of the original jttw pilgrimage. But why would Sandy have a memory like that?

Next is the fact that while everyone else in 4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids is compared to their past life, Sandy notably isn't.

Tang knows friendship, but unlike Tang Sanzang isn't studious.

Mei is bold and brave, but lacks Ao Lie's caution.

Pigsy like Zhu Bajie is stubborn, but he has the heart his predecessor originally lacked.

Yet this is all Subodhi has to say to Sandy:

Subdohi: "You have nothing more to learn my hilariously blue student! Another star for you!" Sandy: "Dooww thank you wise master!" Subodhi: "But! You're far too nice for your own good." Sandy: "Uh huh, you noticed!"

(4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids)

-

It's exceedingly strange that in an episode where Subodhi breaks down everyone's character arcs, Sandy is told he's all good. He has nothing more to learn, and no more character development to go through.

Unless of course...Subodhi quite simply couldn't compare Sandy to his past life because there was no past life to compare him to.

Another detail in s4 that's always intrigued me is how Sandy is brought back to himself from Sha Wujing in 4x06.

Pigsy's heartfelt speech on the legacy of their past lives not defining their current one, or how they're not monsters, doesn't work. It's instead Mo offering Sandy wholehearted love that brings Sandy back:

Which, of course Sandy has a close bond with Mo, but Pigsy's speech wasn't anything to scoff at either:

Pigsy: "No. No! Just cause we look a certain way, cause our monster ancestors were, well, monsters, none of that matters! I won't let his legacy define mine, and neither should you! Your the strongest, the biggest, the bluest guy I know! But all you've ever used those muscles for is to help people in need—your friends. That don't sound like a monster to me." (4x06 Show Me the Monster)

As far as we know, that should have been the exact thing Sandy needed to be freed from his past life, and yet it wasn't.

That would be because, at least under the confines of this theory, the guy Pigsy is saying Sandy wasn't like was indeed who Sandy used to be. Yes, Sandy has far outgrown the person who fought to establish his own place in the world, learning that "hurting others isn't a measure of one's strength". But here's the thing, who you used to be matters. Unlike Pigsy's relationship with Zhu Bajie, Sandy's relationship with who he was in the past can't as easily be written off. It's still a part of him.

There are also certain other details. like the fact that Sandy knows his way to Flower Fruit Mountain in "A Hero is Born", or how he's so knowledgeable on ancient powerful remedies like the crimson jimson weed. Of course these details could be chalked up to plot convenience—which is by no means a flaw or complaint—but I've always wondered if there was anything more to it.

But, Sandy's more laid back reaction to most things has always intrigued me, and it would re-contextualize certain scenes like this one from 2x10 in a fun way:

Pigsy: "No! What could have been so important that you'd leave MK alone to face that- that thing! You're supposed to be his mentor-"

Sandy: "ENOUGH!" "I think we should give Mr. Monkey King, a chance to explain."

(2x10 This is the End!)

Of course with this theory comes a few questions, like why Sandy didn't meet the same fate as the other pilgrims, or why he wouldn't let Sun Wukong know he was alive, or why he would bother to pretend he wasn't the OG Sha Wujing at all. And honestly? I don't have an answer to these questions!

But what I do know is that Sandy's friends are greatly important to him-

Sandy: "Hurting others isn't a measure of one's strength—took me a really long time to realize that. As long as I'm doing something to help out a friend, I don't mind what it is! I just want to be there for 'em when they need me. Cause at the end of the day, helping my friends is more important than anything else in the world!" (2x08 To Catch a Leaf)

-and losing them would affect him greatly.

Whatever happened to the og jttw crew, that could very easily be the reason Sandy was "the most dangerous, deadly, rage filled warrior [Pigsy] ever [knew]". Based off of that 2x08 Zhu Bajie flashback, Sandy could very well have watched his friend die.

But, now that Sandy has his friends back in his life? Of course he's going to do whatever he can for them!

Which would include anything from making tea to breaking his vow to never fight again.

And please for the love of god give us a Pigsy - Sandy origin story. I'm begging. WHAT IS THEIR HISTORY MAN. WHY DID PIGSY KNOW HOW TO COMMIT A JAILBREAK.

[thirddoctor]

There was so much going on that I’m not sure I can give an exhaustive review but here are some thoughts:

It was fun! It had a lot of energy and kept me invested the whole way through! Considering all the plot points it was juggling, I expected it to be way more of a mess, especially after what happened with Flux, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I thought Thirteen’s regeneration scene was sweet and very fitting for her character. In a version of the show where she’d had better writing throughout her run I’m sure it would’ve made me emotional.

Seeing Ace and Tegan was fun, plus the other companions at the end, especially Ian. William Russell has been long overdue for a return to the show, and I’m glad he finally got one, however small.

Also nice to see most of the surviving Doctors back. I went wild when Paul McGann showed up because I’d kinda only been expecting Peter, Colin, and Sylvester.

Jo Martin of course always kills it in the role and I wish we could’ve had her as a full time Doctor.

Not sure why Vinder was there but I like the character so I can’t object too much. I guess we can finally lay the “Vinder and Bel are the Doctor’s parents” theory to rest, thank goodness.

Also not sure why they brought Ashad back if they weren’t going to do anything interesting with him. He was a cool villain! Probably the best in the era! I wish they hadn’t killed him off so unceremoniously in S12. I don’t care about boring clone!Ashad who’s just acting as the Master’s henchman.

As for the Master himself, I’m not sure I can begin to articulate all my thoughts - some are positive, some are negative. His plan was very convoluted and I still don’t understand parts of it. Also I don’t think they say why he actually wants to steal the Doctor’s body (besides as a means of killing her and ruining her reputation). I can make some obvious assumptions (for example, he wants her potentially unlimited regenerations, he feels inferior to her because of the Timeless Child stuff and wants to be her, etc.) but I don’t think any of that is ever hinted at.

Seeing him in Jodie’s costume was fun though.

Maybe I’m simply a killjoy but I thought a lot of the references were cringe. idk I’ve just had my full of that kind of thing lately from all the major franchises so hearing the Master repeat the “I always dress for the occasion” line or make a Master’s Dalek Plan joke (that everyone including Big Finish had already made years ago) does nothing for me. Maybe I need more joy in my heart but I don’t care about the “blossomiest blossom.” It just feels like pandering.

Moving on to the companions, I’m sorry but Dan and Yaz’s exits were so funny. What... what was the point of Dan? He’s fun, I like him, but why was he here? He’s just some guy who’s just kind of there until he just kind of decides to go home. He never even got to be a plasterer. 😔

And Yaz leaves... because... the Doctor’s going to regenerate? That’s it? Like, after all this time, after showing how devoted she is to the Doctor, this is the reason she goes back home? Obviously Mandip Gill is leaving, but in universe it comes off as really weird. Companions have stuck around when the Doctor regenerates plenty of times. Clara and Rose do! Lots of Classic companions do! Is Yaz just that attached to Thirteen’s face?

Also they didn’t even reference Thasmin ahdjsdgh sorry guys

Literally how is anything about Yaz’s character resolved by this ending? Is she still a cop? What’s her relationship like with her family these days? Is she even still speaking to them regularly? Will she ever tell them the truth about her life? Does she finally feel confident in herself instead of having to rely on the Doctor? There’s just... nothing.

I wish my boy Ryan had shown up but Graham is always fun, it was good to see him.

Anyway I’m hyped for next year. I may not always see eye to eye with RTD, but the man definitely knows how to write. And Ncuti Gatwa looked great in the brief glimpse we got in the trailer!

8/10 overall. I think it was a decent sendoff for Thirteen!

[my-friend-called-me-spaceman]

I started this at 5:13am.

I’m thinking about how both Chris Chibnall and Chris Eccleston said- at multiple different times- that Mandip Gill and Billie Piper are FANTASTIC actors and could’ve should’ve easily played the doctor, but instead were cast as their respective Doc’s faithful companions who fell in love with them, (and the Doctor falling for them back).

And while, yeah- imagining Gill and Piper absolutely KILLING those roles, having two female Doc’s in the reboot (and starting the NuWho with a female Doc from the get-go!) Is enticing... I can’t help but mull over what my wandering mind has suggested to me: A new Doc gets an old face. 

It’d be a similar situation to what Capaldi’s Doctor (who I love) faced, with the explanation of another “why this face- what’s familiar about this face?? but with a whollllotta angst

Could You Imagine Though??

Think down the line, 16th/ 17th+ Doc now... What if we got a doctor with one of their previous Love’s face? (ie: Rose/ Yaz)

She’s just been through the wringer (probably), is now trying to get a feel for this new regeneration, and then hears her loved one talking from her mouth?? The shear whiplash of that would be catatonic. 

Everything reminds her of what she lost. Most glaringly the voice and looks. 

The Doctor still has her own mind, but explaining how the suckers on a Zygon have to be properly cared for- (because healthcare is pretty bad, even amongst aliens), or why exactly there is a solar system completely made up of moons- (as an homage to the 1,000th Anniversary of the instant intergalactic film “A Grand Day Out - Landing on the Moon”), to their newest companion- and hearing her lost love’s voice explaining these things throws her. 

The doctor hating mirrors, even more-so than before, self-esteem ain’t high in the Doc’s world already, but now because every single time she sees herself, she sees who she lost. 

And it hurts.

It burned a new kind of cruelty when she briefly starts rambling off about the places to go and the chameleon circuit and things- just babbles! Before catching a view of herself in the mirror and breaking down because another companion has her ever-expansive, explosive mind stuck in their body. fFUC-

Every time she explains something or makes quips, she hears her partner’s voice instead of her own. It’s excruciating. And exhausting. 

Sleep doesn’t come easily when the screams of your love wakes you up in the middle of the night, only for you to realize that they are your own. 

So she gets quiet. Especially at the beginning. Maybe she takes up Sign Language, (not that she don’t already know it- but it’s constantly changing and evolving faster than people may think... esp across space n time), she becomes more adept at just throwing quick easy signs up and gesticulating across the room rather than actually verbally communicating. She gets really into art, chess, music, podcasts, anything to distract from hearing her partner’s voice all the time. 

And the look. Oh, every Doctor has their own “look,” but now for her- it’s doubly important. This is a person she cares about, she can’t just throw them in anything (regardless of if they could never look bad to her), but she also needs to be in something else- something different to what they would wear so she doesn’t do double takes every time she walks down the street.

There’s also the body itself- now technically her own, but she can’t seem to shake that it still belongs to someone else from another time, in a separate place. That’s gonna be Weird n Awkward for a bit. 

But then... time makes things better. (As it tends to do). 

She makes kids smile on the street, wears extravagant homemade Halloween costumes, and welcomes the random chess game with a stranger at the occasional park. She uses funny voices, kicks bigot ass, and spends as much time listening as she used to spend talking, as to not “talk over” others just to distract herself. She tries to not be as swanky and show-y off as much, but to always take the silly route to any explanation and make people laugh, (even if they’re shaking their heads in her direction while doing it). 

And throughout this whole regeneration, she realizes that she’s been good. Really good. Better than she’s felt in a long time actually, feeling more fulfilled, confident, and happy than she’s been in a while. She’s gotten to make her loved one- loved by all. To make them shine, not only in her book, but across the stars as well. 

And so the next time her new companion makes her laugh and she hears her loved one laugh in her place- she can say the tears in the corner of her eyes the companion points out when she turns her head actually are from laughing to hard this time, nothing else. 

[whoovesnassistant]

Skit Contest Entry 10

“Ogres and Oubliettes” - By MagnaFae

INT. - TARDIS LOUNGE The TARDIS door creaks open and then shuts. Hoofsteps sound at a trotting pace on a metal floor. DOCTOR (enthusiastic) Welcome back, Derpy! Are you prepared for a game night of unrelenting fun?

DERPY

I sure am! And since it's my week to pick the game, I have something new!

TICK TOCK

Did you procure a new expansion pack for Seekers of the Lunchbox?

DERPY

Good guess, but no. Let me show you!

A saddlebag is opened, followed by the clacking of dice, the rustling of paper, and the gentle thump of a hardback book.

DOCTOR

Dice? Character sheets? And a handbook...this couldn't be - ?

DERPY (interjecting) Ogres and Oubliettes! DOCTOR (to himself) Huh. No pony pun? I don't know whether to find this refreshing or disappointing.

TICK TOCK What manner of game is this?

DERPY

It's a tabletop role-playing game! We tell a fantasy story together and roll these dice to decide the results of the characters' actions. It'll be like an adventure with the Doctor, but with none of the danger!

DOCTOR (indignant) Oi! Can you really call it a proper adventure without a little danger?

DERPY

Sure, for a real adventure, but this is for game night! And there's no room for real stress at game night.

Sound of multiple dice bouncing on the table during TICK TOCK's following line of dialogue. TICK TOCK (fascination) Your collection of dice for this game greatly intrigues me, Derpy. You have cubes, tetrahedrons, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, icosahedrons, and even pentagonal trapezohedrons.

DERPY (hopeful) So you...wanna play? TICK TOCK

Affirmative. I simply must know how these various polyhedrons are implemented into the game.

DERPY (drawn out, pleading) Will you play too, Doctor? Please?

DOCTOR

Oh, alright! I'm not about to pass on game night with my companions.

DERPY (enthusiastic) Yay! Ogres & Oubliettes night is on!

INT. - TARDIS LOUNGE

DERPY

Alright! Let’s go around the table and introduce our characters. Starting with...Tick Tock! TICK TOCK (caught off-guard) Oh, um, okay. My character is a... unicorn stallion. DOCTOR

You're playing as yourself?

(Printed with the demonstration version of Fade In)

TICK TOCK

Not necessarily. His class is soldier, subclass artillerist.

DOCTOR (friendly teasing) Still sounds like you, Tick Tock!

TICK TOCK

And he's blue. DOCTOR

Blue?

TICK TOCK (sheepish at the end) Yes. A blue unicorn artillerist soldier named Blueprint. Apologies for my unoriginality. DERPY (encouraging) Actually, I think the name Blueprint is very clever! I'm excited to see how you use the mana cannons!

TICK TOCK (flattered) Thank you, Derpy. I am eager to roll all these dice for said mana cannons.

DERPY giggles in anticipation. DERPY Now you, Doctor! DOCTOR

Alright! I’m playing a griffon detective rogue. No one knows his real name, but he's a drifter, so everyone calls him "The Drifter". And he wears a Stetson! DERPY (friendly teasing) Are you going through another hat phase? Typical Doctor. TICK TOCK

On the contrary, I find these choices to be rather atypical of the Doctor.

DOCTOR

Really now? Care to elaborate?

TICK TOCK

Gladly. I hypothesized that you would create a red-haired unicorn character, in order to attain some form of personal wish fulfillment.

DOCTOR (incredulous) Wish fulfillment?! What for? No fictional gingercorn of mine could ever compare to the genuine article!

TICK TOCK (flattered, confused) You mean...me? Um, thank you?

DOCTOR

You're welcome. Moving along - Derpy!

DERPY

I'm playing Sugarplum the reindeer. She's an oracle mage who has visions of the future in her dreams.

DOCTOR (stifling laughter) And would you say these visions of Sugarplum's...dance in her head? The DOCTOR laughs at his own joke. DERPY sighs in exasperation.

DERPY (awkward, apologetic) Doctor, we can't understand your jokes if they're only funny in another universe. DOCTOR (grumbling, pouty) I swear, this whole blasted pony universe wants to make me the joke...

TICK TOCK

Incidentally, Derpy, that character concept is reminiscent of your historical alias from Neighers, Bright Eyes. Was that intentional?

DERPY (surprised) Oh wow, I didn't even make that connection! I guess we're all playing characters based on ourselves, huh?

TICK TOCK (amused) We have established that Blueprint is not me. He is blue. And fictional.

DOCTOR

Alright! Are we all ready to begin?

DERPY

Yep! Give me just a moment to find the right page, and I'll set the scene for our adventure. Ahem...

Sound of pages turning, which transitions to the sound of a winter wind blowing through dry leaves. INT. - TARDIS LOUNGE/IMAGINARY NEVERFREEZE JUNGLE

DERPY (dramatic) Blueprint, the Drifter, and Sugarplum are walking along a hoofpath, deep in the Neverfreeze Jungle. A sudden cold snap settles over the land, which is not normal for this tropical region. Night is falling, and so is the temperature. What do you do?

A short segment of copyright-free Wild West instrumental whistle music plays over the DOCTOR's next line of dialogue.

DOCTOR (Western accent) Rest easy, pardners. My torches will keep ya'll warm and shed light on the path ahead of us. The music abruptly ends.

TICK TOCK (confused) Doctor, why are you speaking like that?

DOCTOR

Oh! That's how my character talks!

TICK TOCK (discouraged) I wasn't aware that we had to change our voices to distinguish the characters from ourselves.

DERPY (reassuring) Oh! You don't have to do any of that, Tick Tock! You can just describe what Blueprint says and does without talking "in character". TICK TOCK

In that case, Blueprint accepts the Drifter's offer of a torch and examines his surroundings.

The sound of one die bouncing on a wooden table. TICK TOCK (cont'd) Seventeen on the Perception check. I think that is relatively high.

DERPY

It is! In the torchlight, you spot a nearby cottage. The windows are dark. Hmm...I wonder if Sugarplum has seen this cottage in a dream before.

The sound of bouncing thuds of two dice on a wooden table, followed by the sound of pages turning. DERPY (cont'd) That's a seventy-two out of one hundred on my Premonition percentage, which means...Yes! Sugarplum says, "We should knock on the door! I have a good feeling about this place and the zebra who lives here."

DOCTOR (eager, giddy) A zebra?! Oh, fantastic! I'm going to walk up and knock on the door!

DERPY

Drifter, you knock on the door and an old zebra in a nightcap opens it. She looks grumpy because you woke her up.

DOCTOR (confident) No worries, I can smooth this over.

A short segment of copyright-free Wild West instrumental whistle music plays over the DOCTOR's next line of dialogue.

DOCTOR (cont'd) (Western accent) Evenin', ma'am. We're a trio of humble travelers lookin' fer a place to bunk down. Can ya spare us a room?

The sound of bouncing thuds of one die on a wooden table.

DOCTOR (cont'd) That is...twelve total for the Negotiation check. DERPY

With a twelve...the zebra says she isn't accepting any tenants.

DOCTOR

Blast!

DERPY

But she'll answer our questions if we have any.

TICK TOCK

Blueprint asks the zebra what she knows about the sudden cold snap.

DERPY

Okay! The old zebra says...

Sound of turning pages as DERPY checks her session notes.

DERPY (cont'd)

...that last night, she heard some howling winds and then snow started falling early this morning! TICK TOCK

Does this account remind Blueprint of any local legends? DERPY

Hmm...you can roll a Lore check to jog your memory. All of us can, actually. Throw those dice!

DOCTOR (excited) Brilliant! I put seven skill points into Lore! C'mon, Detective!

The sound of three dice bouncing on the wooden table.

DERPY

Ten.

TICK TOCK

Seven.

DOCTOR (victorious) Twenty-three!

TICK TOCK (incredulous) How did you-? DOCTOR (interjecting) Detective!

DERPY

Sweet Celestia, that's a high roll! The Drifter recognizes this as the work of one or more windigos.

DOCTOR

You know, I've encountered the wingidos before. Does that mean my character knows their weakness?

DERPY (flatly) No, Doctor. That's metagaming.

DOCTOR

Meta-what?

TICK TOCK It means cheating. DOCTOR

Blast!

DERPY

But the Drifter does know that following the cold air upwind should lead to the windigos' lair.

DOCTOR

Fantastic! Let's be off then, fantasy companions! Avante!

DERPY & TICK TOCK

Avante!

INT. TARDIS LOUNGE/IMAGINARY WINDIGO LAIR Tense, copyright-free instrumental battle music plays over the following exchange of dialogue. DOCTOR

Alright, nobody panic, but the Drifter is out of HP. DERPY

Again?! Doctor, Sugarplum's gonna run out of spells at this rate.

DOCTOR

Well, you don't have to heal him! At least, not immediately. DERPY

I guess, but every turn he's unconscious with frostbite, the windigos get free healing.

DOCTOR

Oh...probably should've considered that before flying in with my daggers.

DERPY

Yeah Doctor, why do you keep running into melee? Just shoot your bow and arrows from the back, up in the air!

DOCTOR

Because all Sugarplum has are ranged spell attacks and Tick Tock -

TICK TOCK (interjecting) Blueprint.

DOCTOR (exasperated) Blueprint has spent the past three rounds not doing his job as the front-liner!

TICK TOCK (flatly) I already explained that I'm setting up my artillery.

DOCTOR (exasperated) We don't need three mana cannons! There's only two windigos! TICK TOCK (insistent) These are scattershot mana cannons. Based on the average damage output of each cannon, three will defeat both windigos in one round. Efficiently.

DOCTOR (shouting) Well, we could have beaten them without the cannons if you just - !

DERPY (shouting, interjecting) Everypony, time out!

The tense, copyright-free instrumental battle music stops.

DERPY (cont'd) (impassioned) We're supposed to be having fun - as a team - and we're not even listening to each other. Please, can we all just take a deep breath and...

DERPY, TICK TOCK, and the DOCTOR inhale and exhale slowly.

DERPY (cont'd) (calmly) Relax? Good. It's just...a game. I'm sorry for complaining so much.

DOCTOR

I'm sorry as well, Ditzy, Tick Tock. I suppose I got a bit heated there.

TICK TOCK

Apologies accepted, and likewise, I apologize for neglecting my duties as the designated melee combatant.

DOCTOR

No no, Tick Tock, I completely understand. You just wanted to use the cannons because you get to roll a lot of ten-sided dice if they hit.

TICK TOCK

That is...a correct assessment. But now that we're in this predicament, how do we claim victory?

DERPY (hopeful) Well, there are three cannons now, and three of us. Maybe we can...?

The tense, copyright-free instrumental battle music returns.

TICK TOCK

That's...yes, that can work. But first, Blueprint administers a healing potion to the Drifter.

DOCTOR (relieved) Thank you!

TICK TOCK

Then he will aim a scattershot mana cannon at the windigos and urge the Drifter and Sugarplum to do the same.

DERPY

Yep!

DOCTOR Done! Now what?

TICK TOCK chuckles in anticipation. The music fades out.

TICK TOCK We fire. Roll to hit.

A heartbeat sound quickens and grows in volume during the next two lines of dialogue. DERPY

I'm gonna shake my dice for luck...

DOCTOR (under his breath) C'mon, roll high, roll high...

The sound of three dice bouncing on the wooden table. TICK TOCK gasps, and then DERPY and the DOCTOR cheer.

DERPY (enthusiastic) All three of us rolled a natural twenty?! W-what?! That's amazing!

TICK TOCK (dumbfounded) That's...amazing is an understatement. There was only a one in eight-thousand probability of that outcome occurring. DERPY

Doctor, did you rig our dice with your Sonic Screwdriver? DOCTOR

And tarnish the sanctity of game night? Perish the thought, Derpy!

DERPY giggles.

DOCTOR (cont'd)

Tick Tock? Would you like to do the honors of rolling our total damage?

Sound of TICK TOCK's magic flaring. TICK TOCK (borderline euphoric) Three critical successes. Applied to three scattershot mana cannons. I get to roll...fifteen pentagonal trapezohedrons.

Sound of fifteen dice clattering noisily onto the table. DERPY and the DOCTOR cheer. TICK TOCK chuckles. TICK TOCK (cont'd) That was immensely satisfying.

DERPY

Guess we have to count it all up now.

DOCTOR

Or we can use a teensy-weensy sonic shortcut.

The Sonic Screwdriver buzzes.

DOCTOR (cont'd) Ninety-nine damage total. That's surely enough.

Sound of turning pages, followed by DERPY's excited gasp. Royalty-free victory music plays.

DERPY

It is! We beat the windigos! Victory hug!

Sound of movement as DERPY pulls the DOCTOR and TICK TOCK into a group hug. DERPY giggles. TICK TOCK sighs contently.

TICK TOCK (happy, mellow) I love game night.

[quietwingsinthesky]

Also I don’t think companions are abusing alien substances enough. The first thing I’m doing if I go to a new planet is getting so absolutely high off their newest street drug

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‘doctor who is a children’s show primarily and can’t have drug use on it’ doctor who regularly references jack harkness, the guy whose number one goal in life is to fuck as hard as he possibly can. they should have alien drugs. as a treat. i wanna see the doctor get turned into a relaxed puddle with alien weed. i dont think we should give them any sort of stimulant that would be a bad idea. but it would be so fucking funny to have a companion take a random alien drug and be like woahhhh!!! this must be pretty strong i feel totally different and chill!!! what is it!!! and the alien goes We Call That An Anti-Anxiety Pill

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WIP Whenever

I was tagged by @mtreebeardiles - thank you, my friend! And oh, are you in luck!!!

Tagging anyone who wants to share what they've been working on!

I was digging through Rhys' folder last night and came across a Christmassy thing I'd started over a year ago and Rhys was nice enough to push at me to work on it some. Still far from finished, but I added quite a bit to it. Not sure if shared any of this before or not (i think I have, but it's been ages and ages!), but here you go: a snippet from what eventually will be entitled Merry ChRhysmas:

(under cut for length because I'm feeling generous...and it really is only a small part of the thing! lol)

Nearly a decade passes and he’s succeeded in earning several degrees in prothean studies when Rhys Shepard discovers it isn’t the pain of loss dogging him, but the ache of what could have been.

“I’m not sure I understand why your friend keeps holding that plant over our hands when he is near.”

Rhys snorts – half in amusement, half in annoyance at Reynolds – before he replies.  “Don’t worry about it.  He thinks he’s being funny.”

His asari companion’s eyes narrow as her face creases into a frown.  “How is holding a dead plant over our head ‘funny?’”

Before Rhys can begin to explain, a server walks by with a tray of champagne – or champagne-like drinks.  He isn’t certain if the asari have actual champagne – and he snags two.  Handing one over to his companion, he explains, “It’s almost Christmas back home, Dr. T’Soni.  It’s a holiday meant for friends and family to spend time together and celebrate.  Gifts are exchanged, there’s plenty of food and drink, Christmas trees and all sorts of festive decorations are on display – the works.”

“I see.”

There is an emptiness in her tone that assures Rhys she does not see, but that’s okay.  “One of the traditions involves a plant called ‘mistletoe.’  Tradition has it that because the plant is a symbol of fertility, any couple caught standing beneath it are supposed to kiss.”

“That is an odd tradition.”  Her frown deepens as she stares into the liquid in her glass.  It’s pretty darned cute, if anyone asks Rhys.   

Nobody does.

Smiling at her, Rhys nods his agreement.  “We humans have many strange traditions, you’ll find.” 

“Have you ever been caught under this…mistletoe?”

He manages a smile – just barely – and shakes his head, a memory of the one Christmas he and Kaidan had together returning in a flash. 

Half-drunk and tottering as they head up the stairs to bed, stumbling into one another at the base of the staircase, both of them looking up to find a bit of mistletoe tucked around the corner of the family photo.  Brown eyes staring into blue and vice versa before dropping lower.  The space between them melting away until their biotic fields don’t just intersect, tingling over each other, but surround the other as well as themselves.

The clatter of booted feet as Tiny, Milo and Tanner stumble to the front doorway, shouts of “Merry Christmas!” mixed among the good byes for the night; Rhys and Kaidan jerking away from one another as if burned before they head upstairs to bed…

Rhys’ smile is bittersweet.  What is it that grandpa Callum always says?  Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.  Clearing his throat, Rhys replies,“Can’t say that I have, my friend.” 

Out of the corner of his eye, he catches movement as Reynolds uses yet another server as a shield as he attempts to approach. 

“Could that be why your friend is trying so hard to follow through with his experiment?”

“Could be,” Rhys agrees.  “Or could be he’s had one too many Thessian Temples tonight.”

Dr. T’Soni’s frown smooths out as she takes a sip of her drink before leaning in towards him.  The first thing Rhys notices is the conspiratorial and playful flash in her blue eyes.  “Perhaps we should give him what he so wants?  Maybe then he will leave us alone.”

“Aha!”

Rhys and the doctor turn to face Reynolds, now standing behind the two of them.  At five feet nine inches tall, even at full extension, the mistletoe barely reaches Rhys’ ears, let alone dangles over his head. 

Perhaps there are other reasons behind Reynolds’ actions.

Whatever the cause or the goal, Rhys snatches the plant from Reynolds’ hand – Rhys can’t tell what it is, but he’s betting it’s asari or one of the other Council race worlds’ greenery used to decorate for this party – lifts it over his and Liara’s heads before leaning over and planting a quick kiss to her cheek.  “Merry ChRhysmas, my friend,” he murmurs.

Her lips twitch as she looks up at him in bemusement.  “I thought you said it was ‘Christmas?’”

Shrugging, Rhys tosses the plant in the direction of Reynolds’ crestfallen yet pleased face.  How do you do that?  “Just a play on words.  Something someone once told me a long time ago and it…stuck.” Smiling and giving him a knowing sort of look, Liara leans in to kiss his cheek in return.  “Merry ChRhysmas, Rhys.”

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Longest Tag: 109 characters

#the worst part about this scene is to think about that he touched the keyboard with those fingers afterwards!

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

It's storming like mad in our area. And all the public transport got cancelled. First it was only the trains and I got on a bus. But even that kicked us out half the way through... So I had to walk the other half... Which was over an hour. And trees were falling down left and right of me... one was extremely close. It would have hit me hadn't I stopped for a moment to check google maps...

6 notes - Posted February 18, 2022

#4

Stay alive for me - The Master x Reader

Rating: T Warnings: Mentions of self harm Summary: “You can’t cope with all the pain anymore. But right as your thoughts go too far, the Master appears.”

You thought things had gone well, recently, but in truth you only were too tired to notice all the small things that kept piling up until they almost suffocated you. Ever since the Doctor had brought you home - at your own request - you had managed to find a job, get an apartment and even make some friends. And things were great.

For as long as you didn't dare to look too closely.

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9 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

#3

Donna canonically saw the Doctor naked.

10 notes - Posted December 6, 2022

#2

This time I'm staying (The Doctor & The Master)

I read this post and my brain went: Someone has to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still mad about how badly the Master was treated throughout the whole series. First he was left with the Nazis, then he was left to die on Gallifrey and then he is left again to die all alone!!!!!!!! Nope... just nope. I can't. Someone, please hold me while I'm crying for this murderous bastard. So, here is my personal fix for this mess. Rating: G Summary: An old body brings old memories. And with a shock the Doctor realises there is someone he has left behind. Also on AO3

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16 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Change is the constant (Dhawan!Master x Reader)

Rating: T (mostly fluff and bickering ;D) Summary: You always seem to get lost in the Master's TARDIS. Or is there something else going on? A/N: Someone in a Discord server mentioned how funny it would be if the Master had a habbit of constantly redecorating his console room and how a potential companion would be super confused about it... So I had to write just that. XD Enjoy ;) I didn't use any pronouns. So anyone can read it. Also, this - technically - could still be Simm!Master, if you prefer him ;D

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Disclaimer: This post is going to be Anti Moffat for anyone who’s reading and is a fan you’ve been warned.

“The Impossible Astronaut” episode was an interesting start, there’s a lot to unpack from it really! I think I’m finally liking Amy more, but River had some moments I really didn’t like.

The Good: There were some pretty funny moments here- Canton telling Nixon he was his second choice for president, Eleven taking notes in the Oval Office, Rory being the one to gently lead Canton through the madness that is stepping into the Tardis! I liked Canton’s character and I really liked that Amy kept insisting they tell the Doctor she was trying to be a good friend to him, although I’m not sure if she’s supposed to tell him if that’s what the creepy alien wanted too. She also meant well with trying to save his life so we’ll see where that goes... Amy taking a pic of the alien was so clever, and she showed so much empathy being upset about that woman being killed, she’s definitely much more likeable and more like the type of companion the Doctor would want to travel with! Also I think it’s fascinating that apparently Rory and Amy aren’t full time companions like Rose, Jack, Martha and Donna. I think I like the change actually makes for something different.

The Bad: I’m a little taken aback at how Eleven seems less kind than I think the Doctor should be. I don’t remember everything about S5 and maybe he already was like that, but it seems very noticeable now that I’m watching again.  He was actually quite kind and Doctor-ish in the Xmas special so the change is difficult. He’s very distrustful of even Amy making her swear on something that matters when they don’t want to tell him about his death. The last time I can remember him being unwilling to let a friend into his life was with Martha and even then he seemed to have complete faith in her being there for him. For this to be S6 and for him to still act like that with Amy is a shock to me. It also made me sad that he didn’t ask Amy if she was ok when she first got sick or that he didn’t insist on going into the tunnels with River since it could have been a dangerous situation (isn’t he worried about his friends’ at all??). The weight comment was completely uncalled for too, if that was his weird way of referencing her pregnancy it didn’t sit right with me.

The River: Oh boy. First, when she shot the doctor’s hat off him from a far distance she seemed pretty cool, but then she couldn’t hit the astronaut from like 15 feet away... Moffat please she’s either going to be a great shooter or an awful one please give me good continuity here  😭 😭 😭 Second, when she said that companions do as they’re told it rubbed me the wrong way because they really aren’t there for that imo. She seems like a veteran companion in that she knows a lot and she immediately takes the lead from Amy and Rory plus she knows a lot about piloting the Tardis. And that feels a little weird to me to have a character come in and be so knowledgeable when even the Doctor doesn’t know that much about them, but I suppose we’ll find out as we go along...it just makes me feel like it’s a bit off since usually the person that’s “mysterious” is the Doctor. I’m still trying to get used to Amy/Rory and Eleven as the Doctor so to have a new Doctor-like character is...well I’ll just stop there.

The Worst: River talking about how the Doctor interacted with his past and that being why they can’t change things and then Amy telling her time can be rewritten with River disagreeing...was that literally not just the plot of “A Christmas Carol”???

The Unresolved: So looks like we have a storyline with a mysterious girl in an astronaut suit that Amy just shot trying to keep the Doctor alive in his future. Also, he’s 908 here but 1103 when he dies so we’ll see what he does in that time. Curious to find out just how tied River’s timeline is with the Doctor’s- if he actually dies then what happens with everything they’ve done in her timeline? Lastly, there’s the super creepy alien things that you only remember when you see them and want Amy to tell the Doctor...hmmm...

Overall, I found it interesting for the series intro episode, although there were some negatives I don’t think it ruined the experience for me, I liked it!

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Fanfic trash I dump here

This is part of a fic Idea I had Part 1 here. 

Synopse: Dhawan!Master fakes being O the spy way longer, because he lost his Tardis and he need a lift from the Doctor’s (you know Missy? Yeah, she regenerate without one and I find funny the idea of a confuse Master searching his Tardis like me, after two hours shopping in a big store with more parking spots than the whole population fo my country, with remote car key in hand like a dowsing rod, searching for any sound or light my car could be making, asking if I just lost her, or somebody stole my precious and battered up car.) 

Also the Master has a Masterplan (pun intended), but he just find himself in this weird situation where he’s fighting the Doctor’s Tardis and actively loosing, bc she’s a petty bitch (affectionate) and didn’t forget the fricking cannibalization he did a while ago. On top of that the Doctor keeps almost dying? Like how can he have his Revenge and make her suffer, if she can’t stay safe for five.Damn.MINUTES?! 

Disclaimer: The timeless child crap didn’t happen. The Doctor is a regular weird Time Person/Lady/Lord and an intergalactic hobo on too many energy drinks, no second coming of Christ, thank you very much. 

The Master as O TCEd all the enemies he faced with the Doctor collecting them like action figurine. For him it’s becoming an hobby, like doing taxidermy, just with human and non-human being. 

Makes sense he can’t kill everyone just yet, not in the dramatic way he want to do, so he just pocked the enemy to makes them suffer later, without too much of an audience. Call it self-care. Somebody does face cleanse and moisturize, he collect dead pocket size people and re-enact their deaths completed with dramatic sound effect on his kitchen table. 

The Doctor doesn’t see the horrors and he relaxs his maniac state in a much more calm e sober - as much chill a person with too much energy on his neurons and non-existent control of impulses can get- state. 

To be fair, he didn’t exactly hide his hobby that much. He’s good with planning, but forget the details and gets sloppy over time. Not in the good parts, never in the good parts -the Doctor-, but that was a hobby and it slipped from him mind.

Maybe he wanted a good reason to make the new companions despair tragically, they discover him and he has no other choice adding them on his collection. He wants to expand, you know? Collecting is fun, but so boring, maybe he can start working with resine and making pretty coffee tables with his enemy incorporated inside, or companions keychains.

Fam discover his little - growing - collection of miniaturized corpses (some of them in pieces post-mortem because the re-enacting of their death went a bit too far, and they really annoyed him pretty badly) and going “ahah, good work O, absolutely normal coping mechanism, not creepy at all! Is that a Dalek keychain? Oh, it’s so ingenious, can I have one too?”

The Master finds himself being unexpectedly happy bc finally somebody appreciate his artistic talent. Who could have told? Humans finally evolving good taste?! 

These stupid companions are good, he can tollerate them some more time. As long as they don’t tell the Doctor -because O is shy of his artistic talent, obv, not bc the Doctor may be dumb, but not that dumb to not realized that they have stabilized corpses as keychains -.

(((The Master intergalactic ex-dictator president  and resident wannabe cat, taking home corpses as gift. Fam the unsuspecting family who thinks the cat is only taking in leaves and saying “What a good hunter, aren’t you? Are you defending the house, you big boy? Yes, you are, yes, you are.” But the leaves are in fact the corpses of their enemies as magnanimous gifts.)) 

One day Yaz discovers they are the real enemies and not some sort of plastiline figurine or weird hobby. She watches them closely, sees the despair on their faces, the terror and remembers where she already saw them. 

The Master thinks it’s finally time to add Yaz the Companion to his collection -it’d be his Magnus opera, he’d treat her with the max respect he can muster for a living being-, but instead the human woman  looks him dead in the eyes and says: 

“They tried to kill the Doctor.” 

“Yes, indeed they did, but that wasn’t the main reason they are like that.” The Master want to reply. He’d be lying of course, bc they indeed tried to kill the Doctor and he couldn't let it happen. 

But he can’t, because Yaz hasn’t finished yet. 

 “Fair enough, got what they deserved, keep going.” 

He likes to think he’s corrupting the human companions of the Doctor, but he’s warm with -disgusting- feelings at those words. 

But he can work with that. 

He discovered that keeping the Doctors alive until his great revenge is hard work, he doesn’t need help, not at all. He is the Master, terror of the Universe and Evil incarnate, he is *not* loosing his shit trying to keep his best enemy alive to kill her himself in a Great Revenge. Not a all. But manipulating somebody to help is nice. 

Yep. Yep. A minion who does the work for him! He’s so evil! 

(He is not, in fact, manipulating anybody unless you count himself.)

And so it began the teamwork manipulation with Yaz the Human, to keep the Doctor alive for her demise by his hands! 

(Yaz, in meantime, thinks O, the strange spy, with his so badly hidden fanboy admiration for the Doctor is super cute, and fair enough, she is mature enough to share. Girls fighting for a love interest is so 2010. They both can have the Doctor.)