#otp: i’m here

[nancydfan]

I think Ace having feelings for Nancy since high school makes so much sense especially with how he felt inadequate for so long. She was on his radar but he wasn’t on hers. She was the popular girl in school. She was going places, everything he wasn’t.

So ofc Ace never even thought he had a chance to be with someone like Nancy Drew. It’s why he tells her in s3 he’s no longer lacking because he started at a place where Nancy was unreachable.

[oroontheheels]

🎶 “A SINGLE MOM WHO WORKS TWO JOBS

WHO LOVES HER KIDS AND NE-” 🎶

[pseudonymphomania]

Barb using tiny Sol as one of those stress toys that eyes pop out of its head when squished too hard

Play my Pride Month Shipping game here!

[thirdeyeblue]

“Nine would have treated Martha better than Ten did”

I need to talk about this argument that never seems to stop circulating.

Note: Not a venomous/anti post. There’s more than enough of that across fandom spaces as is, and this is supposed to be a place for ✨sweet, blissful escapism✨

When making this argument, people seem to envision a scenario in which Nine never met Rose.

While I can appreciate a good hypothetical, recognizing Rose's significance to the Doctor (Nine and Ten) is essential to understanding why things with Martha played out the way they did in the first place.

In the third series, the Doctor is grieving. This grief is deliberately threaded into nearly every script, whether spoken aloud or not (and these are just a few examples):

He's burning in Rose’s wake the entire time Martha travels with him, which is why it’s so frequently called upon: It’s 100% deliberate in framing his grief. He grieved as Nine too, of course— having been fresh on the heels of the Time War — but then he met Rose, which changed everything.

Back then, he was still a rude, traumatized pain in the ass, but we watch Rose soften more of those jagged edges with every episode as they grow closer; as he lets his guard down and forms a deep connection with her.

He falls in love (against his better judgment) and it's game over.

And yes: provided S1E1 had been titled 'Martha', one can realistically assume things might have unfolded similarly to how they did with Rose. However, it wouldn’t have been that way just because the Doctor was Nine and “Nine was different” — it would be because he wasn’t already in love with someone else. The same can't be said for the start of S3.

Think of it like this: if Rose AND Martha had been in that cellar — if Nine had taken both of them along with him in S1 — we’d eventually be looking at the most melodramatic love triangle ever, what with him living in close quarters with two brilliant, gorgeous, compassionate young women... But Doctor Who is plenty “soap opera” as is with just one woman in the TARDIS.

(I certainly wouldn’t object to reading that fic, though)

Now, regarding the unrequited elephant in the room…

His inability to be romantic with Martha isn’t because he thinks her lesser, nor is it for lack of compatibility. It isn't because Rose is any better than her. It certainly isn’t just because he’s Ten.

It’s really only for one reason, which can't be denied — and now I’m a broken record:

He is still in love with Rose.

(cut from a tenrosedaily gif)

Nine is Ten, and Ten is only such a mess in S3 because he’s just lost the love of his life. Martha merely got caught in the crosshairs of a volatile Time Lord in mourning, and yes — it sucks. Absolutely.

But it also feels dismissive to chalk Ten and Martha’s relationship up to little more than some sort of mindless dance of pining, jealousy, and toxicity.

Ten trusted Martha with his life over and over again — and hers, with him. He constantly praised her brilliance, happily carting her around time and space with no intention of letting her go. In the BBC’s extended universe of novels/comics/cartoons/etc, there’s so much depth to their relationship: love and trust and trauma and sacrifice. They had their own special bond as mates, their own complexities — so it’s a bummer that it's forever overshadowed by the other things.

I’m not denying that there was a lot of stuff that sucked/was for sure toxic about Ten's S3 behavior, but so many of the things I've seen him catching flak for can be directly attributed to being A Clueless Fucking Alien Idiot (not a trait that’s unique to Ten) — as well as his flat-out obliviousness to Martha’s feelings.

So yes, I agree: if Rose never existed, he would have treated Martha differently as Nine. He also would have treated her differently as Ten. Certainly.

But Rose did exist, and when discussing canon, it matters.

“He tells me that he absolutely, 100% loves Rose... He tells me how my daughter; my wonderful, beautiful, clever little girl saved him from himself before… And he says that’s all because of me! I made her into the Rose Tyler that saved him.”

-Jackie Tyler, Flight Into Hull!

Martha got the short end of the stick in S3. She came round at the wrong place and time, but that doesn't mean it was all bad. It doesn't mean the Doctor didn’t adore her. It certainly doesn't mean the time they spent together was wasted or worthless. They were brilliant!

Sure, he could be a twat, but let it be known that he was a twat with Rose as well, both as Nine and Ten. I’m sure Tentoo can be plenty infuriating, too. So while I'll defend Ten (and Tentoo) into the ground forever and ever and ever, I'll concede that he's fucked up.

The Doctor is a certified Pain In The Ass. It’s one of the things I love so much about this character — dynamics.

But never forget that Martha was goddamn tough as nails and overcame every bit of it. She moved on with her life, and the Doctor moved on with his. One can only pray that, when they inevitably drag her back onto the show (which feels inevitable if I'm honest), we see at once that she's been living her best life for all these years.

[captainsavre]

I'd rather focus on my hot... hot... hot wife. Hot. She's hot. Maya and Carina || Station 19 - 7.09 “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?”

[liesmultixxx]

Thinking about Annabeth dying.

Thinking about how Perseus Jackson would not rest until he’d get her back.

It doesn’t matter how many monsters he has to fight, how many impossible quests he’ll have to take on to get her back.

Because he will get her back.

There’s no way he won’t.

And unlike Orpheus, he won’t look back.

Only ahead.

To a future with Annabeth.

[oswinthegeek]

‘What is she looking at?’

I haven’t had time to post anything lately, I’m hoping to be more active here in a couple weeks after the play I’m in is over, just a very busy time for me rn.

[queenkenzo24]

I saw a fic where it insinuated that Patrick and Shelagh don’t have sex very often and I just laughed. That’s the biggest bs I’ve ever heard. Do you see the way they look at each other? There’s a reason they had a very recent pregnancy scare. Heck, there’s a reason they defied the odds and she got pregnant in the first place. The sexual tension is there people.

[comebackali]

Not Obi-wan calling Anakin “his most treasured companion.” 🥹🥹🥹

[p-perkeys]

Laura and Elixir and why I shipped them:

First, have you heard the song No One Does It Better by You Me At Six? Was obsessed with them around the time I first read this. Such a JoshxLaura song. Especially love the part where he sings “no one does it better” in the background underneath the “if I just save you”. Logan’s slogan (and Laura’s) “I’m the best there is at what I do.” It just works. Listen to it while you look at these scans and I swear you’ll ship them too. Lmk if you get the lore.

First - THE CHILL BUMPS? I wish I could rewind 12 years and read this for the first time again. Logan’s “It’s inside her” and the way Choi mastered the look of absolute pain on Laura’s face… STOP.

The way she completely hates herself… and she’s so nonchalant about it. “The mission is —“ NO MA’AM.

Logan caring. Love this. “Somebody fucking get to Laura!!” - I can hear his voice and it gives me chills. The panic is felt through the pages. I like to imagine he starts to realize how bad off she is here.

“Yes.” With the thousand yard stare. She’s thought about this for her whole life. ❤️‍🩹

THISSSSSSSSSSSS. “But now I know why I’m here. To save you.” FUCKING QUIT ITTTTTTTTTT. “… let me try.” LET YOU TRY?? AHHH.

He did it. ❤️‍🩹 He wanted her to stay so bad. FUCK. Craig Kyle and Chris Yost aimed for the heart. 😭😭😭

So yeah. The only boy I ship Laura with because he’s the only one who’s proven himself worthy. He actually cared. Like with his heart.

[nancydfan]

Watching Nace kiss and that montage made me so soft and nostalgic tho because it sent me back to s1 as a little baby nace shipper with a pipe dream.

[kantidraqoi-biggestfan]

Usually not my thing but have this:

There are two types of overprotective

Person A: How fucking DARE they look at my partner like that I’ll fucking MURDER THEM proceeds to kill a bitch

Person B: How fucking DARE they look at my partner like that I’ll fucking SHOW them that they’re MINE!! proceeds to aggressively make out with their partner

[shima-draws]

My brain hitting me with a baseball bat: TODODEKU

Me: Oh my god…Tododeku…

[captainsavre]

Marina: Season 7 Countdown

[boardthatsinkingship]

Zoro/Nami + Usopp

• Luffy • Sanji •

[deathsweetblossoms]

Thinking about how Jess showed up everytime Rory stepped too far off path and helped her course correct, including in the revival.

Thinking about how I’m convinced the revival is supposed to be a stand in for what ASP originally intended for season 7 before she left the show.

Thinking about the implications of that and the ambiguous, open ended Jess ending and … positively screaming.