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[inksandpensblog]

[brute-forces file folder open] "are you TRYING to get caught?!"

This isn't referencing any specific scene or future plans for the No Good Deed series; in all honesty I just out of nowhere got this image in my head of Dark peering at Orange through his chains, and I decided I simply had to draw it.

Of, course, a setup like that needed context. My initial idea was that Dark did it out of an attempt to alleviate his own boredom. It wouldn't be out-of-character for him, I've already had him mess around with them in other goofy ways ^_^

But then I thought "hey what if I made it dramatic" so I did that instead and now it's got symbolism XD

The two of them have a lot of ground to cover before they reach the point we saw them at in the birthday special.

[quietwingsinthesky]

im going to have to restart this episode because i got too invested in sweeping instead of paying attention. but what did make it through was that all the dialogue about amy being pregnant is. weird.

[fatetcrn]

sb: Felix is just the tainted plot device who dropped out of magick school. me: hold my piping hot mug of coffee

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

would love your opinion of the newest episode of DW, if you get the chance.

HAHAHAHA YES I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS

Alright okay so

I only have one complaint, which is that that wasn't a faerie ring. You could still have the shamble, no problem, but it should have been over the top of an actual faerie ring, which should be a mushroom (or, at a push, stone) circle. Not some cotton that would blow clean off the cliff edge in three minutes.

HOWEVER

This is the first time I've seen Doctor Who do a time travel story using, not Doctor Who time travel lore and rules, but Welsh faerie rules. (First time I've seen anything do it, in fact.) In Welsh myth, people who enter faerie rings or get entranced by the music become suspended in time, out of sync with the real world. They think they danced for a night, but when they return it's been 100 years, and they crumble to dust as soon as they eat/drink/step on land/etc.

In this case, this is what I think happened to Ruby. She spent that time in Annwfn, seeing what would happen if the binding on the ring was broken. When she 'dies', she returns to the spot and lasts long enough to give her younger self the warning, then crumbles to dust.

But, a time travelling Ruby is not the woman who follows her throughout the episode. That, in fact, is a gwyll.

The gwyllion were hag faeries, usually of mountain tops (though Pembrokeshire's liminal cliffs are 100% from Welsh mythology - it was said that if you found a faerie ring on one but only put one foot in, you could see the faerie islands in the sea. And that faeries used to visit the human markets in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. So while gwyllion are unusual there, it's not an impossible relocation.) They were malicious and sometimes vicious faeries who delighted in making people lose their way, could strike an uncontrollable and ungodly terror into travellers, and who feature in more that one myth as an old woman that someone tried to approach, but they always appeared at the same distance away, impossible to catch up.

CAN YOU SEE THE PARALLELS

And the best part!! Is that this is why she defeats UNIT!!!

Kate tells Ruby that her agents have necklaces of silver and salt to keep out the supernatural, but that's just generic fairytale shit. That doesn't work on gwyllion. Salt drawn in a line would provide a barrier, but the UNIT soldiers aren't trying to trap or block the gwyll; they're trying to capture her. What works, very specifically, is a knife. Iron or steel for preference of course, but it needs to be a knife.

But UNIT has no Welsh employees and the soldiers have guns, not knives. And so they all become entranced.

(This is also what I think the gwyll 'says' to everyone to turn them against Ruby. She doesn't say anything - she sings.)

This is also the first time I've ever encountered any mainstream media doing Welsh faeries and understanding the tone to strike, which is 'unknowable, unstoppable and fucking terrifying'. I think I've only ever read it in Catharine Fisher books, and she's a Welsh author so... yeah, obviously. But I basically vibrated with delight and excitement for the entire episode.

Oh my god, hang on, Roger ap Gwilliam! Okay, I have two theories about him.

My weaker theory and the one I don't like is the kind of boring and obvious one, which is that he is himself not human. A lot of Welsh folklore features the devil, and I get that vibe from his role in the story. But, I'm not keen, because I can't see the link to the gwyll.

But my strongest theory, and the one I have chosen to believe, is that he's a human who made a deal with the Fae for power, and then reneged. There's a Metric Fuckton of stories about humans fucking up Fae gifts in some way, and the punishment is usually something ironic but always results in the loss of the gift. It could be a faerie harp that makes everyone dance, and the Fae tell the giftee not to abuse it, but they cruelly force everyone to dance so long and so hard that the faerie returns, takes back the harp, and then takes the human's ability to ever make music again, so example (by taking fingers or eyes or tongues as well, often.)

So I think Mad Jack strikes a bargain for power - but, then tries to abuse that power (nuclear war). But part of the bargain is that the Fae cannot approach him directly ever again. In the real world, they therefore tempt him into the faerie ring and bind his soul there, problem solved - until the Doctor accidentally lets him out, and gets his own soul stuck. Ruby, therefore, becomes the instrument through which they manage to take that power away once again - and then, her final Fae gift for her service is that they use the temporal anomaly of the faerie ring to send her back, at the end of her life, and give her a second chance. This time, with Mad Jack's soul left bound in Annwfn.

The fun part is, RTD is a writer who understands the power of not explaining everything and leaving some things up to the viewer's imagination, so none of this is ever going to be explained lol. But yeah, that is a gwyll. The moment she appeared, I said out loud "Oh holy fuck, gwyllion." That was a gwyll.

As a final observation, I loved seeing Siân Phillips, and I choose to believe they filmed those scenes in a pub because they could only get Siân if they agreed to just come to her local. The woman is a queen.

[mountainficss]

yes. I keep coming back. now.. as much as I LOVOFOVOOVOROVRLOVE soft wonwoo, I am also a strong believer on how he would just absolutely love to manhandle you and pin you against any wall or flat surface if u piss him off, CONSIDERING HIS HEIGHT TOO ??? omg meany rough wonwoo + fucking u against a wall smut ??? (OMG & DW ABT THE RESPONSE TIME IM GRATEFUL U EVEN RESPOND !!!)

- 🦈

!! mentions of: mean!wonwoo, fingering, unprotected sex, rough sex, degradation, multiple orgasms

THANKS SM FOR BEING SO PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING ILY TO DEATH ANON <3333 also i totally agree i think wonwoo can be a meanie if he really wants to.

i think it would take a lot to piss wonwoo off though. he doesn’t seem like the type of guy to have a short temper, i feel like you’d have to test his patience for hours for him to get upset with you. maybe you’d feel him up while he’s in the kitchen, walking up behind him and running your hands up his shirt. you’d press little kisses to the nape of his neck, slightly grazing your fingertips under the waistband of his sweats. he’d groan quietly, leaning into your touch only to have you pull away! you’d give some excuse that you had to clean or do laundry, leaving him in the kitchen all hot and bothered.

you’d prance around the apartment wearing a crop top while you clean, which happened to be wonwoo’s favorite shirt of yours. he’d catch glances of your midriff as you lift your arms to dust and would stare at your ass when you bent over to wipe the low coffee table. the way your shorts hugged your ass would make his hard-on worse, and he’d inhale deeply as he tries to push his dirty thoughts away.

after dinner he’d get on his computer and play games with his friends, somewhat forgetting about the boner he’s had all day. but then you’d come waltzing in, moving one side of his headset off his ear so you can whisper the dirtiest things to him. that would be his last straw, shooting up from his desk chair and completely discarding his headset. he’d grab you by the wrists, pulling you in for a messy kiss as he backs you into the wall. he’d spin you around clumsily, roughly biting your neck and shoulders as he pulls your shorts down. you’d be pressed firmly against the wall, feeling wonwoo’s bare cock against you as he pushes down his sweats and boxers in one go. he’d fuck you open with two fingers from behind, being kinda mean to you in the process! saying things like:

“you’re a brat. i’ve been hard all day because of you.”

“if you wanted to fuck me so bad, you could’ve just asked.”

“you don’t even deserve to feel me after all the teasing you did today.”

you’d whine and plead for him to fuck you, and he honestly wouldn’t need any convincing in the first place. he was gonna fuck you whether you deserved it or not. you felt him sliding his cock up and down your slit, pushing in slowly as you let out lewd pants. your hands would be pressed against the wall firmly, his large body practically towering over yours as he uses his strength to keep you in place. no matter how much you squirm against him wonwoo wouldn’t let up, allowing you no escape as his cock bullies your sweet spot. it would just feel so good to have wonwoo using all his strength to keep you pinned in place and fuck you dumb. he wouldn’t stop until you’ve cum multiple times on his cock and your legs are struggling to hold you up. even when your weak limbs feel like they’re about to give out wonwoo will just hold you in his arms and keep you upright, fucking you like a little doll :(

and through it all his headset would still be on, so his friends probably hear every nasty moan and whine coming from the both of you </333

[triglycercule]

love the idea of horror and dust just absolutely doing the bare fucking minimum if they got "recruited" (definitely abducted or offered a deal that really fucks them over). because if they're forced to be there they might as well not try

nightmare would tell horror to cook for the other dumbasses he hires because apparently people need to EAT??? jokes on him because all horror makes is some burnt steak. horror actually doesn't know how to cook that well so he heated up a pan, poured a shitton of oil into it and threw the beef into the pan. he immediately began to pray when he saw the oil explosion (dw he still ate that 🤢🤢)

dust would make it his life's goal to be as annoying to nightmare as the human was to him. he leaves dirty socks everywhere. probably more than just dirty socks everywhere actually and aint nobody in the castle cleaning that shit up so nightmare has to deal with dust's dirty laundry everywhere. there's a coincidentally large pile of dirty shirts in the hall leading to his office

missions are the absolute worst for the fake octopus mafia leader. dust stands there and speaks with the most monotonous "get me the hell out of here so i can nap" voice. horror just scratches his head and looks around all confused as if he's a dementia patient that forgot what he was doing. horror's axe is "coincidentally" not sharpened. dust is putting in so little effort into fighting that his eyelights are still white and not even red and cyan. nightmare is very much so pissed at these two slackers

[huppaduppa]

I'M GETTING EVICTED... AND I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF. PLEASE BUY MY STUFF.

I want to clarify that I'm at no risk of homelessness or losing my income. Worst case I'll live with my parents while I figure stuff out. But I have way too much stuff in the event of that happening so hence why I'm gonna sell as much as possible.

This post is going to be ONLY Touhou Project stuff. Plz dm for more pictures. All prices are negotiable aka please haggle. I am in the EU but can send anywhere, it'll just be pricier.

Reimu, Marisa and Sakuya figmas (SOLD)

Reimu has a small chip of paint on her bangs and her box has a tear in the corner, on Marisa the teacup prop broke off her hand when I was going to put her back in the box and her apron has some smudges. Sakuya is in very good condition. All have all their accessories, including Marisa's broken teacup

Thinking c.a 90 euro or less for all three

Reimu 01 (broken) (SOLD) and Sanae nendoroids

Reimu's waist is broken and one of her hair pieces is broken. Her gohei is in three pieces. Could be used for a DIY project or for spare parts. Sanae has a loose piece in her neck joint that can be reattached and her gohei is missing one paper piece. She has a smudge on her chin in on her concerned face. Both have all accessories, including broken ones.

I'm thinking like 15-20 euro or less for both, please just take them off my hands

Ques Q 1/8 Koishi (SOLD)

Was only briefly displayed. Should be in perfect condition. She's highly detailed and incredibly beautiful

Quick look tells me she retails from anywhere between 15-25k yen used, so how about 90-100 euro?

Kotobukiya 1/8 tokiame Marisa (SOLD)

The peg that holds her to the stand is worn down. Box is in somewhat rough condition. She has a smudge on her elbow and at the top of her head under her hat (hat is magnetic). Comes with amiami pre-order extras of stickers and a hakkero model (both unopened)

Overall her condition is pretty rough so thinking c.a 30 euro tops

Orchid Seed Palmtop Flandre (SOLD)

She has what looks like a few specs of dust on her hair on the right side of her face that didn't come off with just water. Has all accessories. Stand is wobbly but she came that way.

Goes for everything from 200 to 500 euro online so, maybe name your price??

Aquamarine Nue (SOLD)

Her blue wing is broken clean at the base. Should be fixable with a little glue and a steady hand. Another one I can only find online for crazy prices so name your price.

Toranoana vinyl Marisa and Alice (both SOLD)

I really love these so it hurts to sell them. Impossible to find any reasonable prices for these online, either. The boxes are beat up and Alice has some marks on the back of her dress, but otherwise they're in really good condition and they both have their accessories.

Toranoana Toho Gensou Retsuden Reimu

Another one I can only find online for like 20-40k yen 🫠 she's only been briefly displayed and should be in perfect condition. Box has a piece of clear tape at the clear plastic at the front. Name your price etc

Furyu Reimu

Furyu price fig that I was very cheap but I really love it so this is another one I kinda don't wanna let go off lmao. Based on art by the persona artists. She came with some coloring imperfections on her hair and her box had no interior (dw I will pack her up safe but it will be DIY lol). I'm thinking like 20 euro or less for her. For a price fig she is very beautiful though ❤️

Again, please contact me for more pictures and suggest prices! Some of these items have been impossible to price so please make an offer and hopefully we can figure it out 💞🙏

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

Dust...Can i ask how you manage to draw like that? the Realism effect ?? what steps-layers-brushes do u use ??

Omg I’m not good at answering drawing questions, cuz I literally have little basic skills on drawing. I used to draw on my instinct and then I found that don’t always work so I tried to think & plan & make drafts etc.. Well I still manage my way to draw on my instinct..

The biggest tip if u do not have much drawing knowledge, or not sure what you’re going to draw, or don’t know how to create the effect u want, is finding references!!! The art of Webster kissing a skull actually has a picture of Billie Joe Armstrong doing the same pose and I referenced it when I drew this. (and uhh BJA looks like DW a lot)

So first this is my line draft (I don’t like to do lineart cuz I’m terrible at perspectives and anatomy so I modulate them when coloring. I do the line draft simple just try to find the vibe.

And then the color draft. I do this mostly in random ways, usually with large scale brushes. All I do is first roughly get an intrinsic color, then I add layers and layers of effects, sometimes lighting and sometimes different colour variations, based on the way you want it to look like. You can think of them as filters. Randomly change the layer mode sometimes gives unpredictable effects and may give you inspiration!!! These are some of the color effects I tried when creating this art.

Then when I find the color effect I usually just add another layer on the top (or place it under some of the effects layer) and render the detail. All I have to say here is reference is your greatest friend x (I wasn’t looking at reference for the face and hand here but I looked for reference of the skull and the crown)

To cut a beautiful shape and texture don’t be afraid to use any kinds of brushes!! Just try all of them. That’s what I always do and accidentally find the visual effects I believe is right. For smaller details and the final clean-up process I use smaller and sharper brushes

And if you see my layers u can see that I’m not separating any of details x most of them are for filter/effects/lighting.

I’m sorry this is a poor explanation my friend is literally grabbing me for lunch so I did this in a hurry jchfhrifie thank u for liking my art!!!

[hypertonicplague]

Obey me hcs 4 me, myself, I

Things 4 my head n also cuz im still rlly into obey me but it’s all in my noodle lol

PROBABLY GRAMMAR N SPELLING MISTAKES IDC IM EEPY 🫶

So in order from Oldest 2 youngest

Lucifer

- actually drank sm bitter coffee that it messed up his stomach completely (hell coffee, magic can’t heal everything) he has to take medicine for the pain lol

- still doesn’t care n will drink coffee n eat spicy things (45 minutes later he’s in his room either on the floor r in his bed clutching his stomach sobbing)

- hidden mole on his scalp in the bck of his head, nothing extraordinary but he’s kinda embarrassed abt it n if u touch it he’ll flinch n scowl

- bad habit of slipping forms when he sleeps (the beginning of the night starts out normal but when u wake up there’s gonna be feathers in ya mouth n a 9ft inky demon snoring cuddled completely under u)

- once he catches a chill it’s rlly hard for him to warm up, he hates the cold

Mammon

- vapes 🗿 though he used to smoke cigarettes, once MC arrives he stops (Devildom cigarettes r basically fiber glass for humans 😭 he’s quitting for u MC 🫶)

- another one w a bad habit of form slipping but it’s not just sleeping. U have him a lil kiss? Wings n horns. He can’t get the math right in his head? Wings and horns. He rlly rlly rlly likes the food he’s eating atm? Wings n Horns. Doesn’t care will slip wherever

- weird but he enjoys fishing, despite him having adhd n the tizzums it’s the one thing he can sit down n enjoy (he started fishing cuz of Barb btw)

- blends vegetables into Levi’s “gamer” fuel

Levi

- again abt the forms n slipping but if I’m being completely honest levi rarely used his human form. Even when u first came to the Devildom he stayed formed out so u wouldn’t talk to him lol

- has a secret motorcycle he’s working on n putting together (it’s sea theme n he’s die if anyone found out abt it. Though cuz he loves u 🫶 u can see it)

- doesn’t know how to ride 🗿 he’s too embarrassed to ask lmaaaoo he just likes fixing it up

- forces mammon to make his “gamer fuel” smoothies to shave off some of his debt (its just berries, a ton of sugar, veggies he doesn’t know abt, n energy drinks) don’t drink it

- when u piss him off he’ll slap his tail on U n mark u up w a stinky slime. It’s like his defense?? Rlly slimy n stupid stinky

Satan

- also has an airpod (or devildom version of air pods??) in his ear at ALL times. He will attack u if u try to take them out no matter how close y’all r, r how much he loves u. Respect his boundaries MC 😦

- doesn’t like form slipping infront of u n if he does that’s it. He’s done. He’s getting even more pissed n punching whatever’s near n going to his room to trash everything. Won’t let u go around him n will tell u to leave him alone (don’t matter how close ya are, man’s is extremely emotional) but dw it’s just for a day r two!! After that he’s touch starved n his head hurts from crying. Just pamper him

- that’s another thing, he LOVES being pampered. To the point you’d swear to god himself he was a blonde Asmo. Pet him, bathe him, feed him, give him all ur love (behind closed doors tho) love up on him

Asmo

I don’t have a lot for Asmo, he’s my fav!! But I’m drawing blanks rn 😰

- another form slipper lol but he takes it a step further n will slip to form 3 outta 5 (human, demonic, demon, 1st true form, complete true form) kinda scary when he’s like that but he’s a lil cuddle bug

- will force u to brush his form 3 wings (they look leathery but they got a ton of lil thick hairs lol, clean the dust out MC!!)

- also once y’all become closer he starts a bad habit of kicking u r chewing on ur fingers/shoulder/whatever doesn’t look awkward at the time n he can put his teeth in (also this is in a non seggual way, it’s more of a stimmy way!! He’s stimmin on ya MC 🫶)

- also don’t call him out on it, he knows, he understands it’s a lil weird, say anything abt it n he’ll stop immediately n never do it again (positive or not just don’t talk abt it 💀)

Beel

- real quick beel isn’t good at expressing emotions so he uses!! His fashion!! He has a lot of lil charms, rings, plushies, ect around him 24/7. In game Beel doesn’t exist here >:^( it helps him

- plz don’t push his boundaries, even as a joke if u try he’s gonna stop both trusting and liking u 🫶 even if y’all inlove. Tizzy beel 💪🏼 (lol throwing myself into characters loooolll)

- wuvs u mc wuvs u sm he’d give u a hairpin 🫶 (that’s a lot to him, only his family n luke have a hairpin from him)

- also does drag (this one was influenced by Melpho)

Belphie

- another form 3 slipper, n another that’ll make u comb his tail AND clip his horns lol

- does pottery, mostly to make Beel new hairpins but also sometimes to make horrible cups n guilt Lucifer to use em (Lucifer adores his ugly coffee cups 🫶)

- cuz he sleeps all day n is awake at night he loooovveeesss pranking u while u sleep. Will crawl into ur bed n hold u n change his voice to sound like Mammons, Levi’s, whoever n trick u into saying silly things. Also loves pretending to hunt ur room, knocking stuff over while ur trying to sleep, grabbing ur toes, even making death noises, man is a menace 🗿

- he wuvs u sm give him a lil kiss

[riversofmars]

So, for a 4th (!!!) year in a row, I've done a 25 part Christmas story for the festive season - a DW advent calendar of sorts! This year, we're going to Scandinavia for lots of snow, Northern Lights, and to solve a Christmas mystery involving Santa Claus; and to have yet another Stranded fix-it. Also, inspired by far too many cozy Christmas reels... XD

I won't be cross-posting the chapters so please follow the link to AO3 for everything that follows. This is the first part, hope you enjoy it and have a lovely festive season! <3

Do They Know It's Christmas - Part 1

Helen swiped the back of her hand across her forehead, wiping away a thin film of sweat that had gathered there through the morning’s surprisingly strenuous activities. A light dusting of flour rained down into her face and all in all, she decided the gesture had been more trouble than worth - fine crumbs of dough ended up in her hair.

“For goodness sake-” she shook her head, hoping to free herself from the unwanted pastry, taking a step away from the work surface in the TARDIS kitchen. When she had woken with the urge to bake it had been a romantic, peaceful notion, far removed from the reality she found herself in. She should have stayed in bed, she decided, though it was too late to turn back now. Abandoning the dough, she brushed her hands clean on the apron she was wearing. The TARDIS had been kind enough to provide her with everything she could possibly need, and she resolved to at least sweep up by the end of it as she expected the ship would be rather annoyed if she left the traces of her misadventures everywhere.

Picking up her tea that was lukewarm at best by this point, she scowled at the offending mass of flour, butter, egg and sugar, wondering where she was going wrong. It just kept sticking to her fingers. Her grandma had always made it look so easy…

“Something smells delicious!” Liv’s voice startled her and Helen nearly dropped her tea. Looking around, she spotted her best friend walking into the kitchen, a big smile plastered across her face and instantly, the linguist’s annoyance was wiped away. The med-tech had a way of brightening every room she walked into with that wonderful smile of hers that she employed far too sparingly. There was little that warmed Helen’s heart as much as knowing herself to be the cause of that smile.

“That’d be the mincemeat,” she answered with a little sigh, gesturing toward the bowl of filling she had pushed to the far side of the work surface. That bit had been surprisingly easy, and it did fill the room with a lovely smell of cinnamon and fruit.

“What?” Liv blinked, dumbfounded for a moment. She looked to the bowl, then to Helen and finally around the kitchen. “I thought you’re baking?” It was one of those rare but precious moments when the med-tech’s lack of knowledge where Earth traditions were concerned became obvious, and it filled the linguist’s heart to the brim with affection for her - as if that wasn’t already the case anyway.

“Oh, that’s what you call the filling for these. It’s not actually meat,” she answered with a good-natured chuckle, and the brunette didn’t seem quite convinced.

“Right…” she took a step closer, shooting her another doubtful look and a smirk drew to Helen’s lips. Opportunities to tease her best friends were always welcome.

“I would have thought you’d be getting used to Christmas by now,” she challenged, raising her eyebrows and the penny appeared to drop.

“Oh, are they meant to be those little pies with fruit filling?” Liv exclaimed, her confusion giving way to excitement.

“Yes!” the blonde grinned, returning to the dough on the worktop. She had to get on with it, else she’d be there all day. She probably just needed to use a bit more flour so it stopped sticking.

“Right, okay!” Liv beamed and quickly made her way over as well. She stepped up next to her, grabbing hold of the work top as she glanced over, and Helen felt a need to justify herself.

“Doesn’t look like much yet, have yet to get the pastry right,” she explained, adding a generous handful of flour to the mix and started to knead it once more.

“Can I help?” the med-tech asked, looking up to her and Helen could hardly suppress a laugh, lovely as her offer was.

“Are you sure that’s a good idea with your track record?” she teased, pleased to find the dough was approaching the right consistency now. Maybe it was Liv’s mere presence that was making the difference, much as it always did.

“Probably not…” the brunette’s face fell with disappointment and for a moment, Helen felt bad. It was lovely of her to offer and a brief vision overcame her, the idea of showing her how to go about kneading the dough, possibly standing behind her, placing her hands across hers and guiding them. She fought the thought back into submission, interrupted when her friend suggested: “But I could make you another cup of tea?” she offered hopefully. “And keep you company?”

And that was all Helen ever wanted, to have her with her, always.

“That sounds lovely” she smiled, trying her best not to let her affection for her overwhelm her. It simply wouldn’t do. At least, she didn’t think it would, but then, there were moments, something in the way her friend looked at her that made her wonder, made her wish, made her hope… Maybe, despite all the timing malfunctions they had suffered along the way, there was hope for them still.

“Not entirely altruistic…” Liv hummed as she set about making tea. “Can’t wait to try these.” She watched intently as Helen pushed the pastry into the muffin tin and started filling the small pies. “Any particular reason why you’re making these today?”

“Not really… just woke up in a Christmassy mood, I suppose,” the linguist answered offhandedly. There really had been no particular rhyme or reason behind it, but the thought hadn’t left her since she had woken that morning and was, perhaps, helped along a little by the knowledge that Liv loved Christmas foods - even if the festivities themselves still appeared rather alien to her. If she was being perfectly honest, there was very little she did without her best friend in mind.

“I mean… it sort of works out…” the brunette mused while Helen pushed the first tray into the oven. “Probably been about a year since our Christmas in Baker Street?”

Helen tensed up. Still, all this time later, the linguist didn’t particularly like being reminded of the time they had been stranded in London. It had been a difficult time, for her more so than most. Liv, at least, had had other distractions…

“I suppose so, yeah…” she gave back without looking at her, busying herself with the second tray of pies. She knew, if she did, her best friend would likely be able to see what remained of her heartbreak in her eyes. The carefree joy she’d felt moments ago was wiped away in a disorienting, painful blow.

“And we’ve hardly stopped since I’ve been back…” Liv added cautiously, seemingly sensing the melancholy mood that immediately spread through the kitchen. It was impossible to deny the effects their stint in the 21st century had left on them - and even more so the fact that Liv had had to go back… At least for a time.

“You know… I hardly noticed you going…” Helen replied, trying her best to sound ambivalent when she’d been far from that. It hadn’t been the first time that Liv had spent time away from the TARDIS and they had gone about it the same way as they had done when she had stayed on Kaldor for a year. They had returned her to 21st century London, mere minutes after they had left there, and picked her up a year later, though under far more difficult, involuntary circumstances. Kaldor had been a joy, London however…

“I know but…” the med-tech huffed, leaning against the kitchen side. “I did…” She took a deep breath, then cast her eyes over to the blonde. “And I didn’t want to go.” She spoke the words with vulnerability that made Helen’s heart ache. For her and the Doctor, it had been only minutes, while Liv had had to live a full year there - and Helen still felt the effects from it.

“I know…” she nodded, cursing the circumstances that had brought them there. They’d only had themselves to blame: They shouldn’t have had sneak-peek at their future, even if it hadn't been intentional, but the temptation had been too great. Reading one's future meant setting it in stone - things would have to happen the way they’d been recorded - and to find out Liv spent 2021 in London - without Helen and the Doctor - had been a painful, disorienting realistion.

They had talked about it at length, and the Doctor had been ever so apologetic about not being able to change things. Even he couldn’t undo something that had already happened where history was concerned. Time worked in mysterious ways, and when you caught a glimpse of the future, no matter how unfortunate, how involuntary, there was no way of avoiding it - better to get it over with.

Even now, a good few months later, they were none the wiser why Liv had had to return to that time after choosing to continue her travels with the Doctor without regrets. She had made her peace with Tania and that had been that but then…

Helen didn’t know the details of what Liv had experienced in that year away from them, she didn’t like to talk about it and the linguist didn’t like asking. Even knowing that Liv couldn’t have waited to come back to them didn’t quite take away from the pang of jealousy that she felt every time she thought about it.

“I spent that Christmas just… waiting…” the brunette carried on, her voice painfully wistful, and Helen couldn’t bear to think about it any longer.

“Well… you’re back now…” she interjected and forced a smile, looking around to her. Even though she had only been without her best friend for minutes, their relationship had been changed by it, simply through the act of leaving and the knowledge that she’d had a year’s worth of experiences without her. It had been strange at first, creating a painful distance, much like what Helen had felt during their stay in London, but slowly, they were getting back to normal and she hoped they could continue as they were.

“I am…” Liv confirmed and she gave an emotional smile that went some way to dispersing the tension. As the lovely warm smell of Christmas baking started spreading through the kitchen, a thought occurred to Helen. Something that could, potentially, help them regain what had been taken from them over through no real fault of their own.

“Maybe we could… ask the Doctor for a Christmas,” she suggested cautiously, wondering if she could, somehow, make up for the Christmasses her friend had had in London - and not just the one she’d had by herself. Maybe, they could be replaced by new memories.

[eisukevint]

Hello, not to bother you or anything, but can you do a post about how the audition managers would react to MC being annoyed and irritated because they have to wake up? No pressure!

hi!! dw youre not bothering at all <3 also i havent written smth in a long time so pls bear with me i was on like a hiatus. as @cupidocherie says and i quote "eisukevint comeback 2023 ???" anyways i hope you enjoy this headcanon!

Prompt: Tres Spades’ hosting an important event which requires you to put in extra hours, more so than other employees. The fatigue from the overtime and your disrupted sleep schedule has caused you to be grumpy and your boyfriend is not helping.

↬ Eisuke Ichinomiya

You've been working overtime for an entire week now and your body is exhausted. Not to mention Eisuke's libido is unparalleled so you're having a rather rough time to catch up with him. One night, Eisuke comes home to find you already asleep. He doesn’t mind though because he knows how how you’ve been working hard. What he didn’t expect was the morning after. There you are, still asleep even though there’s only ten minutes left until your shift starts. Not to mention, he can’t function properly without his beloved’s coffee so he goes to wake you up. He’ll call your name lightly at first but that doesn’t work because you’re a heavy sleeper so he’ll try shaking you a bit causing you to huff and puff and turn away from him in annoyance. He’s mildly surprised but also finds it amusing because you almost never forget to make him his coffee. “Hey, (Y/N), wake up. It’s almost 9:00.” At that you’ll whine causing Eisuke to chuckle. “What about my coffee though?” You glare at him slightly and tell him to drink room service coffee for just one morning. He’s fully aware that you’ve been labouring arduously for his sake so just for you, he’ll suck it up and survive through the day without his precious coffee. You just looked so adorable pouting at him like that because you didn’t want to get up, he couldn’t help but give in. He’ll let you sleep throughout the day and call Kenzaki to tell him that you’ll be taking a few days - no scratch that, a full week off so your fatigue can wear off. He’ll order room service for you and write a note, telling you to eat once you wake up. Let's be honest, this man loves cuddles so he’ll cuddle you to your heart’s content.

↬ Soryu Oh

This man would be flabbergasted. He wakes you up so you won’t be late to work but almost staggers when you glare at him exasperatedly. He’ll be worried at first because where is his sweet and beautiful (Y/N) who always wakes him up with the most charming smile on her face? He’ll ask you what’s wrong because he for sure thought it’s that time of the month and you might be in pain so he’s kind of relieved when you tell him that the event being hosted at the hotel caused her overtime and she’s super tired. “Oh, i’m glad it’s not something serious.” Pats your head and tells you that he’ll make breakfast for you and there’s no need for you to get up. It’s a little too late when you realise what Soryu had said. Hurriedly getting out of bed, you dash to the kitchen and bang your head against the wall when you see what went down.There you see Soryu in front of the cooktop, a mess from head to toe and God knows how many cracked eggs in the dust bin. He smiles sheepishly because he’s very well aware that he just increased you work load. No worries though, he’ll still help you clean up and tuck you into bed after it’s all done. He’ll call Samejima and tell him that he’ll come to the ice dragon’s headquarter later in the day so he can make up with you with cuddles. He’ll eventually get in with you and give you little pats on the back so you can sleep peacefully. might call eisuke to lesser your work

↬ Mitsunari Baba

Baba’s back from one of his missions. You’re still in bed though and it’s rather unusual because by this time you’re getting ready for work. Ponders over the reasons that are keeping you from waking up. In the end he decides to prepare breakfast for you. Egg and toasts, sunny side up. He brings the breakfast to you like the magical, fictional boyfriend he is and wakes you up. Your mind swirls and you can’t think straight since your peaceful sleep’s been disrupted. You raise a hand to swat him away and tell him to buzz off. He’s all pouty because you pushed him away but nevertheless, he tells you to have breakfast. Helps you sit up and offers to feed you to which you happily oblige. He adores you so much. Your grumpy face is his new favourite thing. He texts Eisuke to let him know that you’ll be taking the day off. Snuggles you and peppers your face with kisses until you fall back asleep.

↬ Mamoru Kishi

One of the world’s greatest mysteries, how did Mamoru Kishi manage to wake up earlier than you? He checks your temperature, it’s normal. Then why are you still sleeping? He checks the clock and it’s time for your shift. “Get up, it’s nine. Don’t you have to go to work?” This little shit has woken you up from your peaceful slumber and you’re absolutely livid. “Shut up Mamo, I can’t. One more day and you’ll have to arrest me for murder.” He doesn’t show it but he’s actually worried about you. Probably guessed that you’re just tired from work. He’s like, “Aight, i’ll call Eisuke then.” Gets into bed with you and spend the entire day sleeping. Later when you wake up, you’re full on panicking and chanting ‘he’s gonna fire me’ so Mamoru saves you the trouble of apologising to devil boss ichinomiya. When you’re fresh and done with dinner, you tell him all that has happened and why you were so worn out. Hugs you and tells you it's alright. You both end up going back to sleep. couple goals fr

↬ Ota Kisaki

A fucking tease. He saw the opportunity and took it. There you were, sleeping in all your ethereal glory, with drool trickling down the corner of your mouth. Ota simply couldn’t resist. Phone out, camera on, he took pictures from every angle possible. He would’ve been the biggest idiot if he hadn’t captured this moment. And when he’s satisfied, he wakes you up. Oh no he didn’t. If he called you his cute Koro before, you were surely no less than a dinosaur right now. Hair flying in all directions, eyebags darker than Soryu’s soul and drool marks on your mouth. “OOOO SOMEONE’S CRANKY.” There’s no break with this guy and he’s certainly not helping right now. First of all, you know you have to go to work so your mood deteriorates progressively and then this guy makes matters worse by showing you those horrendous pictures.You chase him around the penthouse to strangle him once and for all and he’s laughing like a maniac. Eventually you get tired so you give up. All the fun aside, he worries about you so he covers you in his fluffiest furry blankets and kisses you on the forehead. Cuddles you so you sleep warm and tight.

aight, i hope you like this! eisuke one is so self indulgent lmao.

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WIP: Wednesday #4: DW Crossover

I asked around and the following year drew the majority of the vote.

Thanks @wethelostboygirls and @hexenfleur for helping me pick!

1751

This was the third time she had been banished from France.  So far; it was hard to keep track with time travel.

She had been having such a nice time at French court too, the sight of Versailles was almost worth the smell. If she hadn’t held a grudge over Reinette for her comments towards Rose, then she certainly did now, for forcing these young girls, fresh from the convents of France to leave their home’s, for the glory and prosperity of France.

The Louisiana heat was unbearable, however warm Virginian summers could get; the bayou was sweltering.  Her fan was not enough, and she totally missed air-conditioning.

Oh well, two hundred and fiftyish years to go. Joy. Her stays were not helping.

There was dust rising from the road ahead, and shouts in the distance.  An ornate carriage was stopped in the middle of the path, it’s door open.  The horses were pawing at the ground nervously; the driver missing.

Torches were strewn carelessly across the road, one or two still alight, and the scent of blood was thick in the air.

Bodies of men: young and old, clean and dirty, littered the grass, some of their throats torn open, some necks were snapped, but all were dead.  Chemises and petticoats dotted the field here and there. Three coffins laid open on top of a cart.

In the distance, Caroline could hear the delighted whoops of young women. The Casket Girls were free.

Her letter to Rebekah had arrived on time.

[variousqueerthings]

Never be cruel, never be cowardly, and never ever eat pears!

WE DID IT! WE WATCHED ALL OF M*FFAT WHO (twice)! WE RATED ALL OF IT! WE FOUND SOME OF ITS VERY BRIGHT SPOTS! WE HAD FUN KVETCHING WHEN IT WAS BAD!

had a good time, yeah. I'll probably do a wrap-up post that takes a look at all the ratings and how they developed through the seasons, but overall woo! fun

sexism rank objectification (female character is ogled/harassed/turned into a sex joke by the doctor and/or a lead we’re supposed to root for and/or the camera): 2/10

sexism rank plot-point (lead female character is only there to serve plot, not to have her emotional interiority explored, or given agency to her emotional interiority): 2/10

interesting complex or pointlessly complex (does the complexity serve the narrative or does it just serve to be confusing as a stand-in for smart, this includes visually): 4/10

furthers character and/or lore and/or plot development (broader question that ties into the previous ones, at least two of these, ideally three should be fulfilled): 8/10

companion matters (the companion doesn’t always have to be there, but if the companion is there, can they function without the doctor– and overall per season how often is the companion the focus or POV of the story): 2/10

the doctor is more than just “godlike” (examines the doctor’s flaws and limitations, doesn’t solve a plot by having it revolve entirely around the doctor’s existence): 7/10

doesn’t look down on previous doctor who (by erasing or mocking its importance, by redoing and “bettering” previous beloved plotpoints or characters, etc.): 3/10

isn’t trying to insert hamfisted sexiness (m*ffat famously talked a lot about how dw should be sexier multiple times, he sucks at writing it): 9/10

internal world has consistency (characters have backgrounds, feel rooted in a place with other people, generally feel like they have Lives): 6/10

Politics (how conservative is the story): 5/10

FULL RATING: 48/100 (if I can count….)

Oh m*ffat. here at the end of all things (wrong reference) we return to tried and true standard, and by that I mean... a mess

OBJECTIFICATION: *sobs* I'M SORRY WILLIAM HARTNELL I'M SORRY HE'D DO YOU DIRTY LIKE THAT! I listed all the hamfisted casually sexist comments One says over the course of the episode, let's look at them

comment about how it'd be weird for the Twelfth Doctor to be a nurse, because he's a man

joke about how he misses Polly because she was good at dusting

another joke about women spring cleaning, aimed at Bill

"aren't all women made of glass in a way"

comment about having some experience with the "fairer sex" again aimed at Bill

also at Bill: "any more language like that you’re in for a smacked bottom"

a throwaway comment that Bill should be the person acting as caregiver to the random WWI soldier

a throwaway comment about not wanting to repeat himself about the smacked bottom

so that's a solid eight that run through a good part of the episode. lot of people have written about why this was bad, so I'll just say for this rating, honestly the gall specifically of m*ffat to talk about sexism of the past, when his era was taken to fucking task for that exact issue

PLOT-POINT: Bill is definitely Bill, because she has all of Bill's memories you see, and what are people but an amalgamation of memories, don't ask questions about where the Bill-with-Heather went... so Bill is dead I guess? (fuck off, she's with Heather, or maybe they had a dyke-drama falling out for a bit and they're travelling separately whatever floats your boat -- according to the giggle, her consciousness is alive and out there so!)

I note how much this episode functions for very similar purposes to Heaven Sent, but we'll get to thaaaaaat. but for one the companion is (basically) dead and functions solely for the Doctor's development in a way that feels like it wants to give a shoutout to the companion, but instead reads to me as the companion only matters for the sake of the doctor's development and not for their own story

COMPLEXITY: I like that this episode is fundamentally not about some terrible evil coming for the Doctor. there is no evil plan. I find it misses the mark on what the plan is, because it's a rehash of the idea of a big database, which m*ffat has done several time, and doesn't in any way interact with that in a way that recontextualises this idea, so clearly it wasn't an intentional callback to idk. do anything interesting with any of m*ffat's own ideas

I'm also (and yes yes I know I'm probably an outlier here) not a fan of the use of the Armistice for this plot -- which I go into down in politics, but the tl;dr is that the Armistice isn't plot so much as backdrop and politically suspect for the British tendency to completely erase why we still talk about WWI, but I shan't rehash (yes I do write these points out of order, as was probably obvious before)

and then, shocker, I also don't enjoy what this story did to Bill. I mean WEAT + Doctor Falls were messy benches in terms of Bill, but she was cool in them, and she was a character, and she did have a happy end, but this story is... hmmm

you know what this story is? basically Heaven Sent Pt.2 but less interesting or experimental, and the thing I disliked about Heaven Sent -- (gorgeous episode, beautifully acted, set, shot, Rachel Talalay who also directed this one is a fantastic director and this one looks good too, it's just... a not-very-good-script so what can she do?)

(sidenote: best artistic newness to come out of this era of who is Rachel Talalay, so happy she also directed for the specials, hope she continues on!) --

BUT the thing I disliked about Heaven Sent was that Clara was a non-entity. the idea of grief as a character just there to ask you questions, the sort of... retro-DW where companions suffered sometimes for not getting to do things other than prop up the Doctor (RIP Sarah-Jane's journalism career in her original run)... for an episode ostensibly going "ohhh look how sexist DW used to be," it sure did accidentally recreate one of the core issues with classic!who and undo m*ffat's own lore for Bill... one episode later???

ignore ignore ignoreeee.

the Doctor is once more talking with themself (and rusty and testimony) about themself, and fake!Bill is just there to help that monologue without saying anything about who Bill was

but yeah, this episode feels like a mix of m*ffat episode reduxes to me in construction, with Mark Gatiss thrown in there for... idk. something. he's not a bad actor in this, but it goes back to some feelings I have about the Armistice "plot" (see below)

CHARACTERS/LORE/PLOT: the Doctor regenerates! pretty big one. the other big thing is that the Doctor gets their memories of Clara back. (I've gotta be honest I was confused about the not remembering Clara stuff from the 9th season, but I'll rewatch it at some point and know a bit more about where it's going. m*ffat was never very good at clarity imo)

and that! is in fact it. actually, wait, kay, a little unfair, because I kind of like the idea of an era ending on a quieter character analysis and this episode is that in terms of the Time War and the War Doctor and all those titles that the Doctor gets (several of them... during m*ffat era + did anyone use "the imp of the pandorica" in that actual season??? but they mention the Valeyard and the Oncoming Storm too), I like that this episode parks all of that and says "and actually the point is that the Doctor tries to help everyone no matter how bad things get, including in war"

so a big lore Thing is that these ideas that have haunted this era of who are at their end. a new set of ideas are coming. I think that is quite good: "The universe generally fails to be a fairytale. But that’s where we come in"

also I've been bad at acknowledging the music of this era, but did they just fuckn bring back doomsday and the tenth doctor's final song, sung by the ood into this episode???!!! HALP!!!! it does make an explicit connection between the tenth doctor's story all the way through to this point!

COMPANIONS MATTER: lol nope. gooosh I hated the wait, hold on finding my notes: "A life is just memories, I am all her memories, so I’m her." M*FFAT SHE'S ALLEGEDLY NOT EVEN DEAD WHY IS SHE SUDDENLY DEAD???!!!!! THIS NONSENSE! peak "I can still hear her voice" nonsense

non

sense

“GODLIKE” DOCTOR: I mean, I can forgive a finale episode for being all about the Doctor, especially an era finale episode, but I do draw the line at the first doctor just existing to make m*ffat-era look good. I draw it! I am drawing it! gosh this has affected so many of the points lol

but yeah, the line about the fairytale again. I like that. I like Bill hugging the first doctor (out of the context of how the first doctor was written). there's a few lines here and there that go a tad too hard on "you're the only thing keeping all the universe in check" but it's not egregious like, say, s6 and s7 were about that

the Doctor deserves a monologue whilst regenerating. as a Treat

PREVIOUS DOCTOR WHO: I have a sneaking suspicion that this episode is one of the Main Reasons I made this exact point, because of course this is the episode where we've already mentioned that the first doctor gets SLANDERED!!!! ooh I'd be tempted to rate this one even lower for this, because it not only is terrible from a "what is this saying from a meta perspective and how does it let audience members and modern British society (and m*ffat) off the hook for the very real issues with misogyny we face today"

but in terms of this particular Point on the rating system, the general use of first doctor in this story attempts to have the first doctor interact with what is going on with the twelfth doctor and how the character has developed. while I like the idea of the first doctor briefly getting an insight into their future (and then, presumably, forgetting as is general doctor who canon), the main reason for the first doctor being there is soooo self-indulgent in a bad way

(I say, the things I like are ofc self-indulgent in a good way, but argh, m*ffat should never have been allowed to get his sticky fingers on this show, or indeed, any show)

I dislike the first doctor being rewritten to fear regeneration, because it just seems like an excuse to talk about how the twelfth doctor has mixed feelings about their regeneration. it's the same reason there's a bill potts type character, that clara shows up, heck it's the same reason they depict the armistice (we'll get to that down in politics), it's weak writing of characters who aren't the twelfth doctor in order to prop up how interesting the twelfth doctor is

why bring in the first doctor like that if you weren't going to do anything interesting with him, and for that matter, if you weren't, and it was just to have a bit of fun (fair okay, that is fair, see self-indulgent point above) then why was your take on the first doctor -- the character you're bringing in for this extra special appearance -- written so disrespectfully of the character??

how many times has m*ffat brought a popular character back just to fuck with what made them likeable in the first place and flatten them into the most surface-level version of their traits (when not just wholesale inventing terrible new ones): three times?

we do get some fun moments calling back to previous doctors but the big Thing just shows once and for all that m*ffat fundamentally didn't get a lot of the show he was supposedly such a big fan of. he liked the fanfare and the big plots, but the in-depth affection for the ethos of it just wasn't there for the most part

“SEXINESS”: I marked this down a point because I do not see any reason why Bill would bring up professor/student dynamics -- it does get immediately joked away, so it's not egregious in the way it might have been back in s5 or s6. but we do have a System, so it gets mentioned

I mention here that this point definitely got better after s7a, pretty consistently so

INTERNAL WORLD: okidoki, locations locations. Antarctica, no qualms there, that is icy. second location Testimony's ship... is a rehash of Gomez!Master back in s8 which itself was a rehash of the Library in s4. What is the greatest datebase m*ffat!!??? third location is Villengard, callback! um... is it another database, wait. I genuinely am unclear about some of this. I think Rusty just happens to have access to Testimony. but also the Doctor says that the Daleks have the greatest database. so what is the truth m*ffat why so many databases!!!???

Rusty's just vibing, I guess that's fine. fourth location Armistice day WWI. I have opinions on this down in politics, but I guess yeah, there's trenches, there's... no wait does this fit here who knows but those were definitely not Germans. I'm not rating it down for that, I just think it's funny. no germans in the trenches, just british guys with bad accents

not mentioning Tardis because always perfect in every iteration *MWUAH!* to all the Tardis

I guess the question is... do all these locations connect thematically? narratively? I guess? I know hbomberguy didn't like the plottwist that there was no evil plot, but actually I'm fine with that. it's... very loosy-goosy in construction but listen I've been rating m*ffat for a few months now, and a DW fan for a lot longer than that... loosy-goosy is not a dealbreaker for me. sure they're on Villengard now, Rusty the Dalek is there. why not? although it does show how m*ffat runs soooo hard on nostalgia and easter eggs, rather than doing something new a lot of the time... peak this episode

I do agree with his general points that this era (the m*ffat era) keeps throwing in weighty speeches and big Reveals with absolutely no proper build-up or ongoing context, and that is true, but I don't think this episode is the worst for that, it's just very noticeable because it's the last one

BUT... I can see the thread from s8 to here, I can see it. from not knowing why that face to now, I can see it. sometimes it is very difficult to find, but there's something there, and Rusty to me exemplifies that. I get it, I get what you're doing here (I think you should have been more than a cameo perhaps, but I can see it and while it's a larger m*ffat writing Problem I'm strangely more chill about it right now idk. it's the end. feeling chill)

"You are a good Dalek" never sat right with me though, if I'm being honest, but again... I can see what it's trying to do

POLITICS: IT'S WWI! and we're about to have the Christmas Armistice, a famous moment in time when the soldiers put down their arms on both sides and played football on Christmas eve. it's a moment in time that evokes a lot of understandable emotion and I understand it being used here

SO NOW I'M ABOUT TO BE A FILTHY NAYSAYER:

am I being a buzzkill if I say I wasn't sold on it being used here? it's guaranteed to evoke emotions, and so it doesn't need to actually be about anything in a narrative sense. yes it saves Lethbridge-Stewart sr's life, but what I mean is that the armistice itself isn't the story and I think it should have been if it were being used, and not just function as metaphor/backdrop for something else

so what is it doing here? two things, I'd argue:

another excuse to give the Doctor a Great Big Speech, and I wasn't a fan of it: "Never happened again. Any war. Anywhere." really? the factors that went into this particular war, where the soldiers involved were at least partly aware that they were being used as political pawns fed into a meat grinder never came up again in history? nobody ever refused for a second, sat down with people they'd been told to consider enemies, never in some small way objected to the fighting and the propaganda and the violence? not once, Doctor Who? It's just kind of a poor understanding to me of why the Armistice matters as a piece of history that could be a beautiful story in the world of Who, but instead feels akin to how England fetishises the red poppies. war becomes a sort of poetic necessity, and the Armistice was beautiful and then the war continued. Family of Blood did this better when it just out and out said that it was all bullshit and people died for nothing. the Christmas Armistice wasn't important because people learnt to get along for a second, it was important because it highlighted how stupid and pointless the whole thing was

there as a backdrop to the Doctor's development as The War Doctor and wanting to not be defined by that as they move into the next era of the tale, and that is technically fine, I liked that as its own story, but again, not so much about the Armistice itself. this could have been done with another story, why the Armistice, beyond the fact it's a Christmas episode and this happened at Christmas -- all this aside, there is also a general thing with especially m*ffat-era and soldiers. I'd have to track it, but it feels like there's a lot of stories about soldiers, about the Doctor as a soldier, that aren't necessarily about why war is... bad. why the culture that breeds and celebrates war is bad. some of them I think do actually do this (especially, interestingly, in s8 which I felt was very hit or miss), again, I'd have to check, but many of them just use soldiers as random characters because it seems to be a character Type that m*ffat era enjoys

that being said, I like the idea of the Doctor wanting to redefine themself as not the War Doctor or specifically the War Doctor meaning wanting to help just one person live if possible, no matter how bad the situation. I like that as a central thesis for Twelve's era, rounding out the narrative about the Time War

next up is the sexism... sigh, okay we covered it, but it's a mark down, because of how it lets m*ffat (and by extension the viewers) off the hook of examining everything that happens today, including on the show. bastard behaviour

FULL RATING: 48/100 (if I can count….)

gosh where to begin?

m*ffat you and I are not friends, do not pass go, head to jail for six years of messing up my favourite show. that being said, some of this story was good. a lot of the artists involved in making it gave it traits that mean that on this watch, free from the need for things to work, I could focus in on what did work without nostalgia keeping me down

I do feel like this episode is like m*ffat doing a last big "fck you" at people who thought there was real potential in this last season, like all the genderbending regeneration, having a black lesbian as our co-lead who actually feels very involved in individual plots, couldn't quite get rid of all the reasons m*ffat just... kind of sucks as a creator

is that our final statement on six seasons of doctor who? hmmm, doesn't feel so satisfying to me. I'll write out a proper thing about where I left it after all this I think, to get my feelings out properly

to narrow it in on capaldi: you were a great doctor, truly put in the work to elevate the show

gomez is iconic as the master (genuinely I think my favourite next to delgado), pearl mackie stole the show in the one season she was in and I desperately want some bill potts audio adventures, rachel talalay is a great director, and I enjoyed myself

the end

next story

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*makes a snow angel in the dust in your page*

Dw I’ll be cleaning that dust off very soon 👀

[gyubby99]

@disneyanddisneyships so..

Judith Hartfelt headcanons (how she is in hell)

First off I wanna say again that she is the literal opposite of how she is in heaven. Like literally she died a fetus in canon. In hell au she's a little gremlin who likes setting things on fire (judith: just like dad :D)

Alastor has spanked her because duh he's old-fashioned.

She takes ballet lessons from her mom

Despite being in hell her parents and everyone around her was determined to keep her innocence as a child.

Let's pretend she can grow up. Please. I would love that-

Lucifer gave her rubber ducks :D

Charlie is like the best auntie ever! I imagine charlie and aponi having a sister bond of some sort and i would rlly love to see that. She's 100% the backup parent sometimes.

Judith has messed with Vaggie's spear collection one time and then Vaggie found out some were missing. Cue Judith running around with a spear.

Judith helps Niffty clean the hotel. She's a great helper!

Regarding Vaggie's spear, Judith went up to her parents like, "mom, dad! I stole aunt vaggie's knife stick!"

Angel Dust adores her. He becomes the opposite of the personality he's known for when she's around. He would act so wholesome you'd think something posessed him even for a demon.

Mr. Fluffy, keekee, and fat nuggets are her best friends!! She dresses them up in cute little costumes and Angie and Charlie are fine with it.

Whenever Judith wants to play tea party, Alastor alters everyone's outfits into fancy princess ones and summons a big rounded table with kettles and teapots and stuff.

Pretend she can grow up-- but Vaggie in my opinion helped her the most with teenage stuff.. like.. hormones and everything. Like Judith goes moody teen mode and Vaggie would know what to do/say.

Lilith doesn't see her very often, but will help Aponi and Alastor to take care of Judith when she can. Like.. when Judith was a baby she would teach them both how to change diapers. She would sigh and facepalm whenever they do it all wrong.

Lilith: Alastor, you don't hold her like that.

Alastor, holding baby Judith like he would a bag of groceries: ?

Husk doesn't like being pet AT ALL just because he's a cat, but Judith is an exception.

Lucifer takes her to Lu Lu World when he has the time.

Everyone. Everyone in the hotel thinks Judith is just an innocent lil baby. Too pure for hell.

Spoiler alert: They were wrong.

BEE-LZEBUB SPOILS HER WITH SWEETS!!!!! I REPEAT, BEE-LZEBUB SPOILS HER WITH SWEETS!!!

Bee: You don't need to blackmail other kids when you can have the whole stack! Go ahead! Take as many as you want, cause your auntie bee's got it all for ya, hon!

Judith is great friends with Clark! Please- if you're going to canonize a headcanon-

Aella takes Clark to the hotel to hang out with Judith since sinners can't travel through the seven rings and they're stuck in the pride ring. Also given thag the I.M.P building is at Pride and Aella's often with Clark more than N*cholas, I gotta say he and Judy made friends.

Striker: ...you want a beer?

Aella: SHE'S 4!

Striker: I DONT KNOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH HER-

I'm just going to say that Judy was from an orpahanage because fetuses cant sin obviously. And hellborn demons can grow up.

Since Judith may be a hellborn demon she can travel through different rings. So she may have possibly visited clark in wrath.. if aella ever lives in wrath. Idk.

Judith HAS played with Vark. I think Mal took him under her wing for a moment because Vox had been a bit busy, and somehow she came across Judy. Dw. Mal told him to be a nice shark.

Mallory is canonly a thief. Past life and afterlife. So i can imagine her sneaking in shit to Judith like the candy her classmate refused to give her

I think Valentino tried kidnapping her once without even VOX himself knowing. Note: tried.

Val: Come with me, I have lots of candies in my house.

Judith, lying: I'm diabetic.

Linda watches Alaponi spending time with Judith from afar, and she just gets livid. She thinks of her own daughter, her own family, and just.. loses her mind.

Linda tries kidnapping Judith also, saying that if she cant have a daughter then aponi also cant.

Aponi feels bad for raising Judith in a place full of.. murder.. and assault.. and sin.

Judith likes to pick on her teacher she almost got expelled.

Vox doesn't care much, until he found out Mal and Aponi signed him up as a godfather.

Vox: Will you stop whining if I play videos on my screen?

Tv man secretly finds goddaughter cute. Tv man secretly wants to protecc lil girl.

Becca and Judith get along swell

Mal was never a fan of kids at all, but holy hell. When she sees that girl.. You know that "menace who stab ppl" persona? Gone.

Mal: you got GROUNDED? For what? A silly prank at school?

The silly prank in question: made her classmates gather around in a piñata only to find that it's full of spiders.

Teacher: She got into a fight.

Aponi: I'm so sorry for that! We'll talk to her right now!

Alastor: did she win?

Teacher: yes.

Alastor: That's my little fawn!

Furcalor doesnt see her that much but definitely adores her.

Stolas: Via, look! It's Judith! Say hi! ☺

Via: um.. hi?

Stolas: they will be great friends!

Charlie braids Judith's hair

If there's a bow on Alastor's tail.. you know who the culprit is.

Judith pronounced the bible 'bibble' once.

Angel would swear around her, and Aponi would give a death glare

Bee would constantly ask about judy in their saturday beelzejuice hangouts

Verosika, to Aponi: you know.. she's way too cute to be yours.

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Oh boy..

SO

No name #3.. (Btw I made a post with everything in it decoded. Right here -> Click me)

We see Kohaku saying things like "There's a bunch of prices to bring you back" and "He said he will able to bring ( you ) back and it's something that is destined to happened."

We also see him getting mad It's a love triangle lmao

At first it may not make that much sense but if you find the hidden doc everything he says in No Name #3 makes sense

In the file we see Kohaku destroyed an au so HiMERU had to make another one. Judging from the wording and the moth mentioned, the new au HiMERU made is the one with Moth Kohaku

Btw. This moth Kohaku's story can be found in the author's Twitter! (@/Iambeegrape) Dw Kohaku according to HiMERU you're the mc. And so far there hasn't been any mention of like Aira and other people so..

In the author's twitter we also see this drawing (It has an alt text)

If you read the doc/file we will know how Kohaku ended up with a maid outfit a.k.a Maid outfit origins <33

If you’re too lazy to read the doc basically, Kohaku made a mess (destroyed some crystals) sooo he has to clean it up

One does the task and one cleans up :D

Going back to the Kohaku being mad it's a love triangle..

Due to me having a short memory I can barely remember the earlier events of CHAU so everything that's left in there is jumbled up

CHAU from what I remember it obviously started with a Kohaku Oukawa x Reader x Aira Shiratori

Eichi decided that the candy MC makes is basically drugs so he sends MC away to the human world to collect red(?) crystal hearts

MC falls from the sky and ends up getting saved by Kohaku (We see this basically being predetermined bc Kohaku had a dream about saving someone falling from the sky and woww it happened..I think the dream thing happened in the Prequel?)

Blah blah blah..MC keeps everyone updated by using Twitter and goes M.I.A for a while bc the whole engagement thing happened (MC was passed out)

That's basically the main story (Or rather what I can really remember that is from the main story since I'm not sure which is which..If it's from the prequel, main story, or the distorted party)

I want someone to make a list of Kohaku's crimes bc..He committed a lot in this story

Sorry if everything is a mess. I tend to jump from one topic to another to also not forget what I have on my mind since when I don't write it out I completely forget what it is

We see a certain technique in the story..That is..To feed MC to get rid of/change the topic

They also seem to have a thing for drugging MC to sleep

There was one time in Eichi's office, Kohaku's sister, and Kohaku himself

Eichi put noir hearts in the sweets which acts as a sleeping drug to MC

Kohaku's sister put a trail of candies with sleeping drugs in it for MC to follow (Keep in mind that MC KNEW it's a classic kidnapping trap but still ate and followed the candies anyways bc yes)

And Kohaku in Prequel chapter 21. We see that there's a black dust on top of the sweets that makes MC fall asleep

He started to feed MC sweets only when MC started to talk about the end and all that stuff

So yayyy! Want to distract MC? Feed them sweets! It's up to you if you want to make them fall asleep or not (And speaking of sleep, I am getting sleepy..fast)

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HELP I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD HERE HCAJSKCBAI

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If you scroll a bit above you'll see the maid Kohaku pic right? The one with the other bleeding Kohaku in the background

Anyways..The bleeding Kohaku is the one who lived/died 775 times (Technically, It's 777) I think? My brain isn't working

The bucket will keep on filling up until that times comes. What is "that" time? Idk. It's the "right time/moment"

Pretty sure this whole bucket filling up is also in the hidden doc..

Oh, this line "Exchange for their life, you will have to bleed a thousand times till the vial is full."

After a few sentences we get to the part where HiMERU creates another Kohaku song promotion: Sweet sweet white song

Kohaku being the man he is tried to unalive his other self because that other Kohaku might steal MC away from him

HiMERU laughed at him and said this

×''it's but a hollow vessel. But hollow it might be. He is Kohaku Oukawa, the name you abandoned...  Such name is the reason why they love "you" in the first place ... When they gain the emotion "Love" they will shutter to be reanimated again in another turn, over and over again till a third party returns the "memories" of you, the nameless love sick fool... When the time comes. It mean you will able to be whole again."×

Before what happened above though when Kohaku was destroying other au's he once again made it clear that he doesn't care for other MC's

Kohaku only loves one MC. His MC. The one he calls "Omae". It doesn't matter if in some other au, let's say Mayoi..Has a relationship with MC as long as the MC isn't his MC

At least, that's what I can understand. I'm not sure if he has different opinions depending on the character MC has a relationship with

Btw..There's something I'm curious about..

Since the story is an x reader the format is like "You do this and that"

The DayDream is in first person and there was this line (I also mentioned this in my previous part of Fanfic theory)

"are you... Are you the viewer? The fiend ? Or some bypassed stranger?" His golden eyes stared down at me.

Does that mean that the person there a.k.a the person HiMERU is talking to us? The reader themselves? Like actual actual reader. The irl one

And what does he mean by "trip"? What trip?

I never solved the code there. I was extremely sleepy during that time like rn..And honestly? I suck at math. Even basic math. I don't trust myself with those numbers and letters, I always gotta check if it's right

ANYWAYS

Now that I take a much closer look on this picture

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE KANA

If it isn't clear already (Since there's also info that comes along with the photo) The guys with seals on their face is Crazy:B

(I also compared their hair to Crazy:B members to really see if it is them since my mind was like "Oh the middle one is definitely Kohaku bc the outfit has a heart". But it may actually just a be spade upside down? Idk..)

HiMERU has a diamond to represent Tatsumi

Rinne has an upside down spade to represent Hiiro (But what if it really is Kohaku and not Rinne? fhgasuhdjkb is what my mind is currently saying. Mind pls shut up and let me be. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong)

Niki is in the side and not really seen (Same with Kana. Kaname is hiding behind HiMERU)

Kohaku doesn't have a heart on him that represents Aira though

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I think that's all for now? I may have forgotten some things I wanted to add (again) and I know I did forget something. I had so many thoughts while reading and they suddenly vanished from my mind when I tried to type it out

Anyways, good night

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