#peter with rory’s traits | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

nikoldragonne12 · 21 days

Text

FNAF AU: first info + Afton family tree

0 ) The title of my FNaF AU is “Five Nights at Freddy's: The Dark World” (or FNaFTDW, for short).

1 ) This AU combines the games, Charlie's Trilogy, most stories from Fazbear Frights and Tales from the Pizzaplex series and the 1st FNaF movie (all with smaller or bigger adjustments and changes).

2 ) Timeline:

FNaF 4: 1983

FNaF 2: 1987

FNaF 1: 1993

FNaF SL: 1993

Charlie's Trilogy: 1995 - 1997

FNaF movie: 2000

Most stories from Fazbear frights: 2000 - 2029

FNaF 3: 2023

FNaF PS: 2025

FNaF HW & SD: 2029

Most stories from Tales from the Pizzaplex: 2030 - 2035

FNaF SB: 9th to 10th March 2035

Ruin DLC: 2035 - 2036

FNaF HW 2: 2036

My FNaF AU/FNaFTDW: 2036

3 ) William Afton has four children:

Michael Peter Afton Smith (1967 - 1993; released from his corpse in 2025) = FoxyBro

Rory Charles Afton (1975 - 1983) = CC

Veronica “Vee” Vanessa Afton Shelly Adams (1978)

Elizabeth Morissa Afton (1980 - 1985)

4 ) Charlie and Sammy were born in 1978 - Charlie died in 1983, while Sammy is still alive, happily married and is a father of David, Selena (characters from Lally's Game) and Gregory. Sammy also took his wife's surname to hide the fact he's from the Emily family.

5 ) Mike Schmidt from the movies and Michael Afton are two separated characters. Mike also didn't marry Vanessa Shelly, they remained just friends. He stayed single and opened a car repair shop. He's also Colton's uncle, while Abby Schmidt, his sister, is Colton's mom (Jump for Tickets) - Katie, Aidan's mother and Colton's aunt, is her deceased husband's sister. Abby works in Heracles Hospital alongside Mia Fremont, nurse Ackerman, nurse Colton etc.

6 ) Michael and Evan from “The Real Jake” are Michael Afton's biological sons, meaning Jake, Evan's son, is Michael Afton's grandson. Jake is also Jake McNally from “Fetch” and Mrs. McNally is Evan's deceased wife Roxanne.

In my AU, Michael Afton and his wife died when their sons were 4 years old. Because there was no other family member (William and Vee “disappeared”), they ended up in an orphanage but were adopted by the McNallys, meaning both brothers received their adoptive parents’ surname. They also don't remember their biological parents much.

Evan is also a boy named Evan from “Together Forever” and Michael McNally is Mike from “You're the Band”.

7 ) Vanessa “Vanny/Ness_97/Vanessa A.” is Vee's/Vanessa Shelly's daughter. Vee is also happily married to a former Fazbear Entertainment Inc. worker.

8 ) Canon endings in my AU (some endings were combined into one):

FNaF SL: Bad Ending

FNaF 3: Nightmare Ending

FNaF PS: Lorekeeper "Ending”/Completion Ending

FNaF HW: Trapped Ending/Mask Ending/Princess Quest Ending

FNaF SB: Redemption Ending

Ruin DLC: Scooper Ending

FNaF HW 2: Princess Quest IV Ending/Faz Force Ending

9 ) Elizabeth is the “big bad” of Fazbear Frights, Tales from the Pizzaplex, HW, SB, Ruin DLC and HW2 - she and Eleanor are the same, just when she was Eleanor, her soul was heavily corrupted by Agony. Now she has a rebuilt body and pretends to be a human.

Elizabeth's fake name is “Celia Marwood”, she's a current owner (as well as the CEO) of Fazbear Entertainment, LLC. and has three helpers and comrades - Jacob DeRose a.k.a. soul in Funtime Freddy, Alec Monroe a.k.a. Fake Alec a.k.a. an Artificial soul of Lonely Freddy and Malhare.

Malhare, also known as Glitchtrap or William Afton 2.0, is an artificial soul created by Elizabeth (and her allies) that's filled with a part of William's remnant - William's remnant actually infected a lot of objects and machines but Malhare has about 50% of it. He shares several traits with William Afton and even has William's memories but identifies as a separated being.

Mimic most likely has not only a part of William's remnant but probably a bit of his agony, as well.

William's actual soul was torn apart in the remnant parts after his burnt body exploded in “Man in the Room 1280” in 2026.

10) Afton family tree:

Notes:

Michael and Evan McNally were adopted by Valentin and Molly McNally (both born in 1968) - Val and Molly aren't in the family tree because the app can't do so.

I edited the deceased characters and made their icons gray/black in Ibis Paint - it's because the app can't write y.o.d. that will be in the future (for example Tony died in 2033 in my AU).

Feel free to ask about anything, either characters, changes in the story etc. Just remember to stay polite. Even a disagreement can be said politely.

Thanks for understanding.

4 notes · View notes

perseephoneee · 27 days

Text

𓂃 ࣪ ˖ 𐦍 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄

hey! i'm gillian, i'm 22-years-old from america. i'm a pieces sun, cancer moon, libra rising; ravenclaw; infj. I sing and play guitar, bass, and drums. i love to draw, write, and read way too many books. i'm on the spectrum.

personality: very very sarcastic, empathetic, lots of verbal stims (whomp whomp), patient, feisty, short (it's a personality trait at this point), understanding.

𓂃 ࣪ ˖ 𐦍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒

tv shows:

charmed, supernatural, vampire diaries universe, teen wolf, parks and recreation, m*a*s*h, game of thrones, buffy the vampire slayer, psych, new girl, gilmore girls, doctor who, umbrella academy, ted lasso

books:

acotar, throne of glass, lunar chronicles, keeper of the lost cities, percy jackson, harry potter, anything by courtney summers or agatha christie

movies:

any marvel movies, star wars, star trek, scream franchise, conjuring franchise, practical magic, when harry met sally, little women, twilight (lol)

characters:

kate bishop(!!!), aelin ashryver galathynius, bucky barnes, loki, peter parker, yelena belova, phoebe halliwell, castiel (!!), caroline forbes, kai parker, elijah mikaelson, kol mikaelson, lydia martin, isaac lahey (!!), ben wyatt, hawkeye pierce, arya stark, buffy summers, cordelia chase, juliet o'hara, rory gilmore, clara oswald, amy pond, klaus hargreeves

musicians:

alanis morisette, taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, pearl jam, alice in chains, beach bunny, chloe moriondo, beabadoobee, the cranberries, fleetwood mac/stevie nicks, no doubt, paramore, the regrettes, 5sos, mxmtoon, phoebe bridgers/boygenius, garbage, silk sonic (bruno mars/anderson .paak), lizzy mcalpine, gracie abrams, new order, king sheim, prismia, sabrina carpenter, chappell roan

6 notes · View notes

kylespencersgirlfriend · 3 years

Text

small things the evans find attractive

warnings: short mention of kyle's mother but no detail, mention of pregnancy (kai), mention of sex (kai). included: tate langdon, kit walker, frat kyle spencer, franken kyle spencer, jimmy darling, james patrick march, rory monahan, pre-cult kai anderson, cult kai anderson, peter maximoff.

TATE LANGDON

-piercings. literally any piercings. his favorites are nose, eyebrow, and belly button ones, but really whatever it is, he can’t get enough of them.

-keeping a slightly messy room. an unmade bed, a cup or two on the bedside table, books or magazines strewn about. he likes when it looks like an actual person lives there, and not perfectly neat and orderly.

-in tate’s room we can see he has heaps of books everywhere, so he’s pretty well-read, and that’s a trait he loves in other people. if you make a book reference or mention a book you read in passing, he’s practically drooling.

KIT WALKER

-people who can stop and enjoy life. kit doesn't like it when someone is always moving onto the next thing, he wants to take his time and appreciate the moment.

-when people hum/whistle or sing quietly to themselves. if you're doing something and humming while you do it, he thinks it's the cutest thing ever. he'll probably join in and start singing too.

-glasses. he finds something about them really cute. if he sees you push your glasses further up or adjust them, he's in love. he's also obsessed with taking your glasses off or pushing them up to kiss you.

FRAT KYLE SPENCER

-humbleness. being in a frat and constantly surrounded by college partygoers, a lot of the people around him tend to be conceited or overly self-confident, so when a person can admit their wrongs and own up to their faults, he finds it very admirable.

-when people work hard for their grades. he also cares about his schoolwork a lot, so when he sees other people who are the same, he's already imagining the study dates you could have together.

-artists. whether its drawing, painting, playing music, acting, dancing, writing, whatever it is, he loves it. he'd love to see the process of you creating your art, and he'd gladly be your muse.

FRANKEN KYLE SPENCER

-maternal qualities. he never had a good mother figure in his life, so if you can offer him empathy and unconditional love, he will do his best to return it.

-similar to kit, he likes when people sing. when you sing to him, even if you aren't good, focusing on your voice helps calm him down.

-patient people. he has a hard time expressing his thoughts and what he feels, so he loves it if you're willing to sit with him and work through it.

JIMMY DARLING

-confident people. when he sees someone who knows their worth, he's already gearing up to go and talk to them. his confidence relies on wearing his gloves, so he'd love to have a s/o who's self-assured enough for the both of them.

-lipstick/gloss. he loves when you wear it, it makes him want to kiss you so it smears on both your faces. he could stare at your lips all day tbh.

-sarcasm. he thinks it's the hottest thing ever when someone has a quick comeback.

JAMES PATRICK MARCH

-wearing jewelry. it could be any kind of jewelry, and it doesn't matter how many pieces you have or what color or style they are, he just thinks it looks gorgeous and he loves when people wear it.

-dark brown eyes. they're deep and dark and he wants to spend all day getting lost in them.

-painted nails. his favorite is dark red stiletto nails, he finds them very elegant.

RORY MONAHAN

-milfs

-maturity. rory's has immature tendencies, so he likes a person who knows how to have fun, but has their limits, and can keep him in check.

-small tattoos. he doesn't care if they have meaning or not, he thinks they're very beautiful regardless.

PRE-CULT KAI ANDERSON

-nerdy type people. kai is that way himself, and he doesn't want to feel inferior to his s/o.

-not wearing makeup/minimal makeup. kai's kind of an incel, so he's definitely the type to say he likes "natural girls"

-freckles. he thinks it's something small but very attractive.

CULT KAI ANDERSON

-maternal/paternal qualities, but not for the same reason as kyle. kai wants someone who can mother/raise his child, who he believes to be the messiah, so he likes it when a person shows traits that would be helpful for that.

-purity/innocence. he loves something about knowing that he's the only one you've ever been with. in his head, that gives him power over you.

-and on a much lighter note, people who are good at cooking. kai is definitely a food whore, so when a person can cook, and is willing to cook for him, he's all over it.

PETER MAXIMOFF

-people who can keep up with him. not physically, but peter's mind goes 100 miles a minute, and he needs someone who can handle it. usually people don't listen to his rambles or random thoughts, so he loves when people do.

-chubby people. he thinks they're sooo attractive, to the point that they fully make him nervous when he talks to them. he doesn't have any specific reason for it, he's just always found it very alluring.

-people with similar music taste to him. he loves that you can share his walkman and listen to music together without disliking any songs.

788 notes · View notes

carmichealroyals · 3 years

Photo

CHARACTER INSPIRATION // C H A L L E N G E

Rules: Write up a blurb or make a visual collage of the people or characters (from books, TV shows, movies, etc.) that inspired your OC, either visually, personality wise, or just a general vibe.

I was tagged by this by so many lovely pals -- @thelockwoodroyals, @wa-royal-tea AND @ourwillowcreekroyals !!! I only feel bad that it took me so long but I wanted it to be as perfect as it could be while taking time to fiddle with Photoshop more (thank you @royaldevilliers for answering my silly questions). Below the cut are the descriptions for the personality types and tropes for each of the main three kids of this next generation!

Not sure who’s done this yet, so if you see this and you want to do it, this is me telling you to do it!

CHARLOTTE:

The Protagonist: Protagonists are natural-born leaders, full of passion and charisma. Forming around two percent of the population, they are oftentimes our politicians, our coaches and our teachers, reaching out and inspiring others to achieve and to do good in the world. With a natural confidence that begets influence, Protagonists take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community.

Spirited Young Lady: She is the girl who bends the rules just a little. Oh, she can dance a country dance or pour tea with the best of them, but she may also be a good walker or horseback rider. She may be the most intelligent girl in the story, and she is almost certainly the wittiest and the most outspoken, sometimes earning her the title of spitfire. She may be talented in more practical ways, as well: if given the opportunity, she may turn out to be a wise investor, and she may harbor talent for music, writing, or art that goes beyond drawing room entertainment and might become a means of financial independence if necessary. In rare cases, she may even solve a murder. Though she occasionally runs into some trouble, especially if she fails to obey the powers that be, she usually comes through in the end.

Deadpan Snarker: A character prone to gnomic, sarcastic, sometimes bitter, occasionally whimsical asides.The Deadpan Snarker exists to deflate pomposity, point out the unlikelihood of certain plans, and deliver funny lines. Typically the most cynical supporting character. In most cases, it is implied that the snarker would make a good leader, strategist, or consultant given their ability to instantly see the flaws in a constructed plan. More often than not, their innate snarkiness is the only thing preventing the other characters from comprehending this for themselves.

Politically Active Princess: The Politically Active Princess is a princess that takes active interest in and plays an active role in politics. Naive courtiers and commoners alike might view her only as a figurehead, but in truth, she discreetly uses her position and guile in order to achieve her ends. Skilled in diplomacy, she will usually attempt to solve conflicts via conversation or bargaining, rather than combat. Her defining trait is her involvement in politics or diplomatic matters, without letting herself serve only as a bargaining chip.

Inspired by: Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries); Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls); Vex’ahlia (Critical Role); Jenny Lee (Call the Midwife)

PETER:

The Architect: It can be lonely at the top. As one of the rarest personality types – and one of the most capable – Architects (INTJs) know this all too well. Rational and quick-witted, Architects may struggle to find people who can keep up with their nonstop analysis of everything around them.

The Dog Bites Back: Unlike the Bastard Understudy and The Starscream, this character attacks as a crime of opportunity. There is no danger that he will take over the villain's place in the grand scheme of things. There is, however, a possibility that he will menace the others as a True Final Boss. The backstabber often ends up dead, but this is usually not Redemption Equals Death because their motive is not noble. Innocent victims who turn on the villain typically do it only for revenge, while evil victims prove that they were fine with all of the Big Bad's crimes except the one committed against them.

Middle Child Syndrome: Everyone loves the oldest child because the parents can rely on them, they watch out for their siblings, and they're so confidently attractive. The Youngest Child Wins because they're the "baby". But what does that leave the one in the middle? That's essentially the definition of Middle Child Syndrome, in which a child automatically may become The Unfavorite or the rebellious Black Sheep, specifically because they are the easiest child to overlook. They're not old enough to be given the responsibilities and privileges of the oldest, and the youngest child took their spot as the spoiled and doted-on "baby" of the family. This tends to be more of an issue when there are three children rather than four or more. Oftentimes in media, the middle child ends up becoming more of the Deadpan Snarker or the quirky one for this reason.

The Un-Favorite: Where there's an Alpha wolf, there's got to be a Beta. When there is a first banana, there is a second banana. This is the person in the family who can't get a break. For example, this is the child who's the big let-down to their parents, the daughter that was supposed to be a son (or vice-versa), the child the parents had by accident when they'd already decided they didn't need another mouth to feed, the adoptive, foster, or stepchild that came before the parents had a biological child, the illegitimate child conceived by infidelity on the part of one of the parents (if not even worse). But all in all, this is basically the kid who is always getting the short-end of the stick. In some extreme cases, this may cause Rich Sibling, Poor Sibling, especially if one sibling is forced into service to the other. A regular line that may be entailed with this is a variant of, "Honestly, [name], why can't you be more like [favorite's name]?"

Inspired by: Edith Crawley (Downton Abbey); Fiyero (Wicked: The Musical); Logan Huntzberger (Gilmore Girls); Rafael Solano (Jane the Virgin)

PEGGY:

The Mediator: Idealistic and empathetic, Mediators long for deep, soulful relationships, and they feel called to help others. But because this personality type makes up such a small portion of the population, Mediators may sometimes feel lonely or invisible, adrift in a world that doesn’t seem to appreciate the traits that make them unique.

The Baby of the Bunch: Being the youngest of your group typically comes with some perks and challenges. On one side you're probably the cutest, have a pass to act immature, people like taking care of you, and you can embrace your fun side, knowing that the elders are there to handle the serious stuff. And if there's anything you're naïve about, you have plenty of others to give you the realest unfiltered advice without the generational gap and detachment that your parents or the Old Master have. On the other end, sometimes people don't take you seriously. There you're kinda stuck because no matter how old you get, you'll always be "the baby" in their eyes.

Indifferent Beauty: A character who is attractive, aware of their effect on other people, but doesn't care or at least doesn't value their physical attractiveness over their other traits. Often, this character is a consummate professional who is well aware of the fact that they could use their "assets" to get what they want by other means, but feels that it would be unprofessional or beneath their dignity, and is instead focused on proving that they can compete purely on skill, often to the exclusion of romantic opportunities. While such characters are not averse to dressing in sexy outfits, they don't plan on relying on or even exploiting their sex appeal - but the camera will often do that for them. Other characters' indifference is not due to regarding relying on appearance to be beneath their dignity, but rather that they consider it to be unimportant.

Spoiled Sweet: The Spoiled Sweet character is a naive, spoiled, rich or comfortably upper-class or upper-middle-class girl, who has everything they could ever want, but instead of being mean, she is as nice as can be to everyone. While still spoiled, slightly naive, perhaps shallow, maybe even a bit selfish at times, when it comes right down to it, she is a loyal friend and doesn't use her money or popularity as an excuse to treat everyone like garbage — though the trope Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense is in play, especially since a particularly common sticking point is that characters of this type often believe their friends and other loved ones deserve to live just as well as they do.

Inspired by: Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls); Beth March (Little Women); Pike Trickfoot (Critical Role); Peggy Schuyler (Hamilton: An American Musical)

#sim: princess charlotte #sim: prince peter #sim: princess margaret

18 notes · View notes

omegangrins · 4 years

Text

Chibnall, Children, Choice and Consequence

Allow me to introduce a companion piece to A Treatise on the Doctor:

It's pretty simple:

Chibnall knows what he's doing and is playing a long game to show how the Doctor needs to take more responsibility.

Let me start off with my favorite examples. That's right, plural.

Every single villain 13 faces is never defeated, merely pushed away from causing them any immediate problems. Tim Shaw being the prime example.

1&10. Seriously, Tim Shaw. Her plan was to use his own bombs on him and then teleport him off the planet. Even without Ranskoor Av Kolos, the Doctor should have thought to check in on him. Especially after The Ghost Monument showed the Stenza were a greater threat than she knew. She still hasn't even checked up on WHAT THE HELL THE STENZA ARE! They sound worse than Daleks but naw, let's go rain-bathing in the upper tropics of Canstano instead.

2. Ghost Monument. We saw the END of an interuniversal race. What the fuck is the beginning that got them there? Who is Illyn and how and why did he orchestrate a super race?

3. Krasko. Sent back in time. Really, Doc? Not gonna take a look at the device and see where Ryan sent the prick so you can double check that he's not gonna cause anymore damage?

4. President Trump analog. Ooooo, you looked at him menacingly, Doc, that'll show him!! Not like he's gonna KEEP DOING ILLEGAL SHIT LIKE THIS.

5. The Pting. She literally shunted it off ship to be dealt with by someone else BUT DOESN'T GO BACK TO BE THAT SOMEONE ELSE ONCE SHE HAS HER TARDIS. That's like leaving a living nuke floating around after sweeping it under the rug while you fly off to Paris.

6. The Pakistani-Indian conflict still happens and millions still die. Not her fault but still....

7. Kerblam. Sure, Charlie's terrorism was solved but not the underlying problem that led to it. Humans still can't work because corporations like profits over people.

8. Similar to the Punjab, how you gonna solve sexism, classism and all the -isms?

9. WHY WAS THE SOLITRACT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE??!! It's been around since before the universe. Why'd it decide to come back now? It's a whole universe trying to hug our universe to death. Maaaaaaybe we should check out why.

11. She's gets a pass on the Dalek. Fucking impossible to eradicate them.

12. The Master!!! Finally she checks up on something after the adventures... and it's horrible. With everything gone to shit in her absence. Seeing a pattern yet?

And Barton? And the Cassaven? They didn't disappear into smoke.

13. Multiple Earths being multiply fucked. Remember when I said the Doctor couldn't solve racism, classism, sexism, or any of the other -isms? Starting to look like she needs to TRY.

14. The Skithra FLY OFF after getting hit by a laser beam. That kind of thing tends to piss people off. Even if they're idiots using other's technology.

15. Jack. The Judoon. The Ruth Doctor. All things I'd start checking out if I had a time machine BUT

16. WE CAN'T cause the TARDIS emergency alert is going off and we need to hurry up and run and solve this problem before we run out of time in our TIME AND SPACE MACHINE. Leading to another problem the Doctor could help solve but won't. Plastic and over-consumption.

17. Oh yeah, let's trap two Eternals from another universe in the same place. There's NO WAY that could ever turn out bad.

18,19,20. And again. Cyberium. Pushed off Shelley onto herself and onto Ashad and onto The Master.

That's almost 20 "enemies" the Doctor still needs to deal with.

Oh, not to mention that they let UNIT go defunct because they didn't have the forethought to ask if they needed any money in their alien fighting budget. After asking for an office, a desk, and a job. Kinda funny that way, aren't they?

I hope by now you've gotten the idea that this is VERY deliberate. This is Chibnall laying down some very heavy pipe to smack the Doctor like a clothesline. There isn't a one of these situations that can't come around to bite her in the ass.

Barton, Roberts, Skithra. These are all very loose strands for a time traveller like the Doctor to get tripped up on. Chibnall's past episodes prove it. They're all about the Doctor learning how to take responsibility.

42: The Doctor almost gets Martha killed and almost gets himself killed trying to fix it.

The Hungry Earth: The Doctor (a thousand year old "adult") tells Elliot (a 10 year old kid) that "Sure it's totally fine to go get your headphones while we prepare for an approaching unknown alien force." And 11 rightfully gets his ass chewed for it by the child's mother when the kid goes missing because OF COURSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, JACKASS!

Cold Blood: I could write an entire essay about the Doctor's guilt over the Silurian/Human conflicts they've witnessed, but I don't need to. Because every single Silurian centered episode written in the new era is from Chris Chibnall. And you can feel the sad knowledge of Classic Who spill through. He KNOWS how many times the Doctor has fucked up with the Silurians (about 8 times in television format. And it's rough everytime. Rough.) and he writes those episodes like an apology on behalf of the whole human race. And the Doctor. You know why people are put off by Warriors of the Deep? 5 releases a gas that melts the Silurians. And though it's cheesy, the idea and execution is still horrible.

Add to that if the Doctor hadn't stopped to check the crack, then Rory wouldn't have waited and been around to be shot then absorbed by the time crack.

Power of Three: An entire episode about how the Doctor has a problem slowing down and really taking account of the lives of their companions.

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship: The Doctor actually tries to be responsible and pick the right people for a job. For once. But gets angry when they realize it's too late and there's another bunch of Silurians they failed to save. Classic!

Like I said, if you can't see the pattern, you're not paying enough attention to your responsibilites.

Which leads me to the why.

When you fly around time and space for thousands of years, you develop a few duties of care along the way. In every situation, you're the oldest. Technically the only adult in terms of experience. You have a responsibility to act a little less rude and be a bit more aware than needing cue cards to tell you that you should be sad about things around you. And that's the purpose of 13. She's unlucky but learning. Like 12 telling himself something with his face he couldn't say out loud, 13's instincts are leading her to a new place for the Doctor: being a caring, responsible person. Not so much laughing hard or running fast, but being kind. It's the one thing they recognized as a problem in themselves when seeing 1. Being a Doctor is about being kinder than that. Just because you HAVE to saw someone's leg off, that doesn't mean you can't wait a little and comfort them before you do it.

You wanna know what gave me every faith in Chibnall showrunning Doctor Who? 13 staying for Grace's funeral.

Do you understand how unprecedented that is? This is the same person who never said Goodbye to Jo Grant as she got married and fucked off into the night. The same Doctor who said, "I don't do domestic.", did it with Rose a regeneration later, and then closed himself off to everyone but a married couple he felt guilty about who ended up birthing his wife. Have you any idea the number of funerals the Doctor should have the common decency to sit through? This many.

youtube

So for 13 to stay around for the death of a woman she has only just met and not only that, BUT call out Ryan's father for not doing the same, it shows tremendous character growth. It's taken millennia but they're still changing.

Something similar happens with Rosa and The Witchfinders. Realizing that there a lot of companions who have been in situations that are sometimes worse than aliens, but they still manage to make it through. So she needs to buck it up and persevere for everyone else.

That's where her anger comes from, and really it's one of my favorite traits on her. It reminds me of 7. Someone impossibly old and impossibly kind saying to hell with it and at least having some fun with the evils who drag us through the universe. And just like Cartmel planned for 7, 13's past will come to haunt her.

That's where children come in. Most of us are crying babies to the Doctor.

There's this thing you notice most in British shows about answering the question directly as asked. Someone says "Are you sure?", you answer "Sure". That's a direct acknowledgement that you heard the question, understood it, and processed it enough to respond in a manner directly correlating to the question asked. Yas and Graham got it and said "Sure" but Ryan missed it and said "Deffo". This is like Elliot with the headphones. The Doctor should have immediately been like, "Okay, Ryan, it's obvious that you're still dealing with the trauma of your grandmother's death and probably not processing things on a logical level. I said "Are you sure?" Not "Are you deffo?" Because we are most definitely not deffo, Ryan. Graham, you wanna help here?"

I'm being sarcastic for points sake but you understand the idea. The Doctor knows better and has a responsibility as such. She should've really sat down with Ryan and Graham and seen if there was a better way to process their grief.

Because I'm fairly certain that "Deffo" is gonna lead to Ryan's death and Graham's cancer resurging as time cancer (I don't know what time cancer is. I just know it's bad.)

And that is gonna piss Yas off. Which will give you all that character you think she's missing (she isn't. Her character is in her subtleties and silences.). That's WHY her character is a police officer (like how does no else see that the man who wrote Broadchurch wrote an inspector character companion?) Imagine you're Yaz and you see the Doctor flying around in a big, magic box that says POLICE. As a fellow officer, you're gonna expect some basic safety protocols.

Like do a background check on everyone flying in the TARDIS to know whether they're stable enough (mentally, physically, emotionally) for time and space travel. It's no picnic. These people are going to go through hell. A little vetting and planning like Time Heist or Dinosaurs on a Spaceship goes a long way.

Secondly, full fucking disclosure.

"Oh. I can't die because I change my body. Oh. I have arch enemies that will try to kill and torture us any chance they get. Oh. My home planet is full of the biggest assholes in the universe and I'm including my arch enemies."

Third, police like to do this thing called "check-ups" where they go back to the scene of the crime in order to see if there is any more information that can be gleaned which you might not notice when you are busy running around trying not to be killed... Like, the Doctor has the perfect machine to do this with, but nope. Adventure done, run to the next place!!

These are all things you'd expect any reasonable person to do and say when taking others flying off into time and space and "helping". Even if they are an idiot passing through and learning. Especially when you consider the Doctor is vastly older and more experienced than everyone they encounter. They SHOULD know better. And they've got the lifespan to slow down. It's not like they need to be in a hurry because they're going to die at any moment like humans. The Doctor could easily stay for tea and it would be less than a drop in their lifespan.

Now, as usually is the case when I make these theories, I have a parts 1,2,3,4 and 6. There's allways this 5th piece I miss but I manage to get at the end.

But the 6th piece is the Timeless Child. The Doctor isn't a Time Lord anymore. They're not beholden to those people and ideas anymore. Even moreso, those people basically raped her childhood for their own gain so it's not like you'd really listen to them and their "policy of non-intervention".

I'm sensing a coming Trial of a Time Lord season (even believing these two seasons are the opening statement and preliminary evidence of the trial itself) wherein the Doctor finally gets the turnaround 6 deserved. A Trial of the Time Lords, if you will.

"In all my travels through time and space I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! The oldest civilization: decadent, degenerate and rotten to the core! Power mad conspirators? Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen — they're still in the nursery compared to us! Ten million years of absolute power: that's what it takes to be really corrupt!"

This is what it's all coming down to. Chibnall's takedown of the Time Lords. And The Master is going to play the most crucial role of all.

They're going to be revealed as an Ux alongside the Doctor and show how the only constants they have in this universe are each other and it's about damn time they work together and tell these high collars to eat Schitt while they explore every star and planet they can find.

Come on, the episode is called The Timeless "Children". If it was just the Doctor it'd be called "The Timeless Child". The Master says as much with the misdirect line, "built on the lie of the Timeless Child." since we see two kids playing in that flashback.

"Since always. Since the Cloister Wars, since the night he stole the moon and the president's wife, since he was a little girl. One of those was a lie, can you guess which one?"

Now we know which one was a lie, we know the Master HAS known the Doctor since they were a little girl. THAT little girl...

But this is all just speculation. It's not like Chris Chibnall could have been thinking about this for the past 40 years and was given a blank slate to do whatever he wanted for five years on his favorite TV show. If y'all want to think he took those reigns and is choosing to make things worse...

Well then you don't know much about responsibility.

I'll let the man himself tell you about it.

"Very early in my career,” says Chibnall, “someone told me that you learn more from a failure than you do from a success. And then I lived out that phrase for a year in Los Angeles. I learned that I would not work that way again or be put in that situation again.” The essential lesson was: “You either have to be in total control of a show or working with people who share your vision and will work with you to achieve it. Also, never work with 13 executive producers.

“Camelot was the classic case of too many cooks. It wasn’t a harmonious set-up and I think that does manifest itself on screen.

“I had a fantastic cast but you have to be free to tell the story you want to tell in the way that you want to tell it. What ended up on screen was not what I wanted and so it is a blemish on my CV.”

Credit to @thirteenthdoc

“You immortals - so entitled, so spoiled. You never clear up after yourselves and you always leave stuff lying around.” - Thirteenth Doctor in Can You Hear Me?

23 notes · View notes

harmonytre · 3 years

Text

Comic Plans

Current Projects:

Prismtale (Mondays): An Undertale AU involving NPCs and multiverse travelling. Multi-chapter comic and ongoing.

Mistbreak (Tuesdays): A Steven Universe AU with about 5 pages left of the comic. Then it will become an ask/drabble/design blog.

Flicker of a Neon Soul (Wednesdays): An Undertale AU where monsters have colored soul traits and humans have white soul traits. 10+ chaptered comic with many plans and plot.

Taffy and Steven (Thursdays): A Steven Universe where Steven and his gem are split into different people and Taffy is a wholesome boyo. One page left of the comic, then will become an ask/edit blog with occasional comics.

Future Fandom Projects:

Pokemon Nuzlocke Comics: Multiple regions and an overarching plot. I need to finish playing and writing the first arc before starting the comic. (long term)

Who I Am: A Pokemon comic where James from Team Rocket is a were-pokemon. I need to rewrite it first. About 7 to 8 chapters. (medium length)

Other Undertale AUs: Certain AUs will be revealed in Prismtale and turn into side blogs, and others will be one time comics. (varies)

Future Original Projects:

(One of these I want to make extremely interactive. Like the audience makes choices for the characters.)

Phantulfurs: A comic about teens with powers to see creatures no one else can. I’ve rewritten the first chapter multiple times, but I need to really write it out before starting the comic. About ten arcs. (long term)

Skryculars: A sequel to the above story. (medium length)

The Journeyers: A multi-book series with my cousin. About ten books. Involves animals, powers, and romance. Won’t give information beyond that. (long term)

Unnamed Animated Series: Still need to design the two main characters, but they’ll travel through many worlds from my dream world. (long term youtube series)

Unnamed Wings Story: Decided many many characters for a high school story with wings. Lots of diversity and LGBTQ. Problem is I don’t like writing high school stories and have no plot. ;^; (medium? short?)

Unnamed Long Term Comic: A story about a space girl with wings, a nonbinary person that can shapeshift and communicate with animals, twins with water and plant powers, and an angsty wholesome skeleton bean. No plot yet. (long term)

Short Term (below the cut, any catch your interest?)

(keep in mind many of these I wrote the descriptions for years ago or based off of dreams.)

“Orphan Dog” and “Martha’s Pack” An orphan finds out she can talk to dogs and realizes they are the key to finding her missing parents. (Wrote when I was 8, rewrote partially when I was 13. So very cheezy. Would be even cheezier if I didn’t rewrite it, but still drew quality serious art XD.)

“The Agency” A girl named Jill has secrets. Major secrets. For one, she can turn into any animal at will including extinct, Fantasy, or hybrids. Don’t forget that she can also turn invisible and do telepathy. (Not to mention she runs an entire secret animal spy community…) When her best friend and spy ally, Izabella the opossum, goes missing, she must find what it means to be a true friend and showing that it’s what’s inside that counts. (Actually liked this one too. Even if it’s also cheezy.)

1. “Moos” A boy is adopted by cows and is granted the power to understand animals and turn into a cow.

2. “Moos: Vile Meat” Hoover is back and he must defeat the evil Haystack, a human entrapping calfs in little domes for eternity.

3. “Moos: Cold Cuts” Hoover finds a new ally, one who creates...snow?

4. “Moos: Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey” Haystack is back and Hoover and his friends must defeat him before he turns all pigs into stone. (Cheezy series?)

“Extraordinaries” Emma, her friend, Millie, her brother, Clark, and her dog, Charlie, have to travel to a faraway land to save Emma’s mother, who has been poisoned. Along the way Emma and the team must find how to deal with their newfound powers of Imagination. (This one was also pretty good! A story from Nanowrimo a few years ago.)

“The Hummingbird Did It” A hummingbird turns a lazy boy into a dog. The boy must venture across country to find the cure. (Was kinda boring and just me having fun with google maps lol.)

“Sunshine and Rainbows” A girl is taken to another world by rainbow dust and must find her way back to Earth. (Can’t actually remember this one.)

“Nature’s Lifeforce” A boy and girl are given the power to turn into any woodland creature and talk to trees. (Also can’t remember, but sounds cool.)

“Ravens” A girl named Hannah, a boy named Billy, a boy named Cameron, a girl named Lyla, and a boy named Clark, among other students, have their wishes come true. This creates a problem as Cameron becomes a dog, Lyla becomes a cat and Hannah and Billy become ravens. They fix the problem for everyone except Hannah and Billy, but embark on an adventure to find the scientist who can help them. (Based on a dream, I think.)

“Dragon wings” Hiccup and Toothless accidentally sit down someplace weird. They switch bodies and Toothless claims to have heard someone press a button. (ASDFGHJKL WHAT?! HTTYD short story)

“Melody Dreambubble” A weird new pony arrives in Ponyville. Twilight is curious to find that she has no Cutie Mark, was raised by wolves, and bears mysterious powers. (My Little Pony, kinda self insert, short story)

“Eyes of Gold/The Tower” A Fan Fiction based on The Ever Afters series and two stories rolled into one. Rory finds that her two best friends have been poisoned by a new dragon species/As Rory is about to enter a tower to save Chase a random girl shows up out of nowhere and has a weird habit of annoying Adelaide. (Was my first ever self insert? And based on a book series unlike the rest? Cool! Oh I even wrote ten whole pages! Neat. Featuring a girl chasing a dragon with a bedpan!)

“Roadkill” A man purposely runs over a deer on a freeway. The deer’s best friend curses the man, later to regret it because he has to undo the curse himself. (Lol, this was interesting.)

“Melissa and Steven Started a Food Fight” A completely random book that takes the characters through an adventure of explosions, unicorns, and talking squirrels. (Used a random prompt generator. Very random. And funny.)

“Before it’s Gone” A snooty teen crashes in her car and finds a surprise when she wakes up. (Oh yeah, another old story. She turned into a dog and none of the other dogs believed her.)

“The Unicorn Killer” A short story about poachers and Julia. (Yep. Short story.)

1. “Feathers of Gold” A logical young bird griffin, Gabriel, wants to find a way to stop to war between bird and lion in his land, Genetica.

2. “Scales of Emerald” A shy young dragon, Emmie, tries to keep her land, Reptilia, from destruction.

3. “Hair of Crystal” A brave young unicorn, Crystal, tries to find a way to join together the leaders of the land of Equinsta.

4. “Flames of Ruby” A vain young phoenix, Flaxter, tries to capture the eyes of girls. Taken place in the land of Flamia.

5. “Gems Unite” Gabriel, Emmie, Crystal, and Flaxter find out they are The Gems, the only ones who can save their world, Animagicia, from the beings, called Humurns, that are trying to destroy it. They must come together and find who they truly are. (Might have fun with this series. I’ve always loved mythical animals.)

“The Distance from Sam” An 8 year-old St. Bernard named Barry, a 3 year-old Golden Retriever named Mick, and a 1 year-old Sheltie named Sandy set off to return to their owner Sam, after being kidnapped and sent across country. (Kinda like Homeward Bound. Came in mind when I saw these three dogs alone by a street, no humans around.)

“The Skilled” Andy and Ashley(both fifteen) and their eight year-old siblings, twins Alex and Alexa, gain powers from the sewers. All: understand animals and fly, Andy: talk to toys, Ashley: speak to plants, Alex and Alexa: psychic powers. “I used to think my toys would come to life when I was gone. I guess I was right.”-Andy. Based on a dream. (Too many “A” names, oof. Also, toy Story much?)

“The Moon’s Eye” A teenage girl named April gets trapped under a snow drift and wakes up to be a wolf. A nearby wolf pack needs her aid and calls her The Mooneye, a changeling. (Cool. Cool.)

“Unusual Forces of Omnipotence” A woman and her horse are supposedly crushed by a U.F.O. When Tanaya wakes up she finds out she has super strong senses and can run as fast as her horse. Pluto the alien knows he’s going to be in trouble if his planet finds out he crash landed and accidentally gave a human the powers of her horse. He tries to fix it. Told from Tanaya, Sunray (the horse), and Pluto’s point of view. Based on a dream. (Sounds interesting! Title came from before I knew UFO was an acronym lol.)

“The Lawn” Unknown to humans, a yard full of statues come alive at night. There is an elk, two bears, four buffalo, a wolf, an eagle, three horses, a small boy, a moose, a bighorn sheep, and a rabbit. (Based on a real lawn I’d see on the way to school.)

“Dragon Eyes” Max has an ordinary life, until his family, him, and his three friends, Alice, Peter, and Samuel, are transported to another world. His parents are then kidnapped and they have to fight against an evil Mother Nature. Based on a dream. (Interesting. The dream was freaky.)

“Sweet Treat” Emily’s dad works at a candy factory, and one day she visits him and realizes his work is not all it seems… Based on a dream. (What? I don’t remember what was different about his work???)

“The Flight of the Supernatural” Randy thinks he is mostly a normal kid. Sure, he and his dad live inside a mountain, and sure, some flying species of human killed his mother, that doesn’t mean he can’t live normal life homeschooling and watching TV. But unfortunately, Randy’s life turns around when he finds out he can fly. Is his father telling the truth? Did his own species kill his mother? Based on a dream. (Actually REALLY loved this story.)

“Whispering Willow” A girl named Willow helps 20 wolf cubs escape a pet store and then is recruited by a zoo. Pretty soon all of the animals know her as Whisper. Based on a dream. (Cool. another animal whisperer.)

“The Invasion of Our Minds” Little black aliens invade Earth and only one person can stop them: Julia. Based on a dream. (Oh RIGHT! Yeah I remember that.)

“The Marble Island(Possibly a short story?)” Julia goes on a trip to a new marble island only to find the owner turns people into stone figurines. Based on a dream. (Links to the previous story, I think.)

“Have some candy!” Violet, an expert on strange occurrences, needs to help a group of people who mysteriously turned into animals after attempting to grab candy bars from a bin in a local store. Based on a dream. (More animal transformation.)

“The Guide to Mythical Creatures I Made Up” A guide to everything from the Mystic Melody to the Gollan. (I don’t remember either of their designs! :P )

“Trying to Get Back to Mom” Michael and Annabelle meet new friends, while they frantically try to reunite with their mother. (Don’t remember.)

“Surprise of the Future” Pearl travels to the future and has to fight her now-evil brother in his stone mansion. (Not Pearl from SU. Based on a dream.)

“All for You” A man has to overcome many obstacles, such as mermaids, yellow smoke wolves, and magic maps, to save the world and his girl. (Oh yeah, this was a cool one. Based on a song, but I can’t remember which one.)

“The Stranger at the Door” Keith and Amber have lived with their grandmother for many years, but now they live alone and nobody knows. Then a strange girl arrives at the door. She claims they will have to leave town within 2 hours or risk being stuck in a quarantine zone. There will be traffic jams and other hindrances, so it's best to leave right now without taking anything with you. Unsure about everything, including this strange girl, the teenage boy disagrees to the proposal, if all this turns out to be true, this choice will seem foolish. His younger sister does agree. But what if this strange girl can't be trusted. Or what if all this is an elaborate trap. How could an ordinary teenage girl and boy end up in a situation like this. Time to find out. (Oh, a quarantine story? How long ago was this? 2017 I think.)

“The Beginning of the Hybrid Brothers” A backstory that shines a light on how Ralph the Rat-Man and Dr. Discord came to be evil. (YES, MY TWO VILLAINS NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT ARE STILL DEAR TO MY HEART HNNNNNNNG.)

“Unnamed but same as the blank” A girl named, _____, lives in a family of nine. She and her mother are the only ones who aren’t “Morhumals”, or people who can turn into one animal. After the twins mess-up and send a “Morhumals” hunter after them, it is up to ___ and her sister, ____ to rescue them.

“Song of the Siren” ____ is back after her fourteenth birthday. She finally has received her animal and must follow her family to the mythed Siren hideout.

#story #comic #HarmonyTRE #comic plan

6 notes · View notes

timeagainreviews · 4 years

Text

Reappraising Companions

Years after having watched every available episode of Doctor Who, I've had plenty of opportunities to rewatch episodes time and time again. As with most movies and television, I've found revisiting certain stories and eras has caused me to see them in a different light. A story I may have once reviled is suddenly more interesting. I even came to appreciate Peter Davison's performance as the Fifth Doctor for its subtle nature. But what about companions? Are there any companions I didn't care for at first, which I've softened toward over time? That is the question I wish to explore.

Below I've chosen a selection of companions of whom I had initially disliked for various reasons. They span across multiple eras and both the classic and modern versions of the show. With each companion, I have endeavoured to be fair in my reappraisal, but this doesn't mean I've changed my mind. I would also like to state that none of these appraisals are about the actors. My goal is to evaluate companions by the way they were written. The performance will come secondary.

1. Danny Pink

I chose Danny Pink to kick this list off because he is the reason I am writing this article in the first place. Recently, I took to rewatching a selection of Danny Pink episodes, in hopes that I may find something I didn't initially see. When Samuel Anderson was cast as Danny, I was excited. I've always been a big fan of male companions. They offer a different dynamic to the TARDIS that we don't often get to experience. However, in the wrong hands, they can be exhausting. Enter Steven Moffat.

When Steven Moffat took the reins of Doctor Who, he introduced us to Rory Williams. A smart, loyal, and combative male companion, not at all enamoured with the Doctor's mystique. At his worst, Rory was made to compete with the Doctor for Amy's affection. At his best, Rory held the Doctor accountable for the lives he brought aboard the TARDIS. With Danny, I felt like this is what Moffat was trying to do again, but this time, it wasn't as successful.

When we're introduced to Danny, we watch him and Clara fumble over their words like teenagers. It's meant to be cute, but their chemistry is non-existent. It feels like watching an episode of Coupling, in that it's painful and causes me to scan the room for exits. Their adorkable awkwardness is supposed to endear us to their relationship, but it seems forced. This is compounded when the Doctor enters the equation. Forcing Danny to fight for something very few of us in the audience believe in the first place.

Once again we find the male companion being forced to compete with the Doctor for the affection of a woman. But in this instance, instead of holding the Doctor accountable, Danny seems to hold the Doctor in contempt. Coming from his own history of military training and PTSD, Danny projects all of his inner struggles onto the Doctor. Which is unfortunate, as Danny's inner turmoil is his most humanistic trait. This wouldn't be the first time in Moffat's era where the Doctor's nature as a hero was called into play. The problem with Danny's appraisal of the Doctor as a general, barking orders, is that he's wrong. And we as an audience know it.

Not only do we know it, but so does the Doctor. The Doctor even gets a character arc over the identity crisis Danny gives him, wherein he realises Danny is wrong about him. Danny, however, never comes around to the Doctor's side. Even in his final moments on screen, he remains combative with the Doctor, in an exhausting refusal to grow as a character. We're supposed to believe he's come to some sort of character growth of self-acceptance by sacrificing his chance at a new life, for the life of a boy he mistakenly killed. Instead, he carries the same chip on his shoulder to his grave.

Danny is a companion wholly failed by writing. Even at his most heroic, it seems in service of making the Doctor look like a buffoon. His mimicking a soldier while yelling in the Doctor's face is embarrassing for everyone involved. Imagine this is your boyfriend meeting your friends. You would be mortified by his behaviour. Now imagine you have to lie about hanging out with your friends because it might make your boyfriend upset. Now imagine this friend is a very dashing person who constantly puts the lives of others before him. Danny and Clara's courtship is a romance by gaslight.

2. Clara Oswald

Clara is a whole other can of worms. I could probably dedicate an entire article to her character. I should clarify that my initial dislike for her character is somewhat mired in personal disappointment. By the time Clara was introduced, we had seen a string of modern human companions. We got the occasional tertiary companions from the future, such as Captain Jack or River Song. But we hadn't had a main companion from the past, future, or another planet. So when Jenna Coleman was introduced as Oswin Oswald, Junior Entertainment Manager of the starliner Alaska, I was very excited. Finally, a companion from the future! I was so ready for the Doctor to go on a quest to save Oswin from the cruel fate of becoming a Dalek. What an exciting storyline that was going to be.

And then we see her as governess Clara Oswin Oswald. Ok... Well at least she's still from a different era, right? Oh, she's dead now too? Oh. Much like Moffat's Dracula, all of this great promise was suddenly dashed against the rocks of a contemporary setting. Sigh. I was so excited. What we're given in “The Bells of St. John,” is a new character with less direction than either Oswin or the governess before her. So much that Moffat had taken to literally modulating her brain with an app. Maybe she's really good with computers now? Sorry friends, much like Rose Tyler's gymnastics and Peri Brown's botany, it's never going to come up again.

And this is the biggest issue I have had with Clara Oswald. She spends most of her screen time fluctuating between what character they're writing her as this week. The writers simply didn't know what to do with her while the Doctor tried to figure out why she's so "impossible." One week she's wacky, one week she's stern, another week she's bisexual queer bait. Her characterisation is all over the charts, which sadly, tracks with her entire storyline. She's a woman, fragmented across time, and so is her personality. And don't even get me started on that impossible girl nonsense.

Steven Moffat once said in an interview that one or two people usually guess his big reveal ahead of time, but that no one had guessed Clara's. Perhaps that's because nobody's fan theory was "It's going to be absolute shite." Instead of just being a woman who gets to be her own person, she has to become the most importantest companion. She has to save the Doctor by being planted throughout his timeline, saving him from the Great Intelligence. You know, by sometimes being born as herself, and other times being born as a Time Lord. Sometimes knowing who the Doctor is, other times having no idea whatsoever. Sometimes having a name that is a play on of Oswald, or Oswin, or Clara. And at no times did it make any kind of sense.

The funny thing is, that for me at least, Clara's character doesn't really become interesting until all of that nonsense is behind her. The Clara I find most compelling is the Clara in mourning. Clara post-Danny Pink is a Clara with focus. Her mood swings seem more from a place of destructive behaviour in the wake of great loss. Watching her hold the TARDIS keys hostage above a volcano was some seriously gripping stuff. Aside from the gross digs at her appearance, I found the Twelfth Doctor's relationship with Clara far more endearing than that of the Eleventh Doctor. It may have taken them until her final moments as a companion, but they did get her right, in the end.

3. Melanie Bush

Back in 2015, I had the opportunity to meet Louise Jameson, who played Leela, my all-time favourite Doctor Who companion. I also got to meet Colin Baker, who was all charm. Also in attendance was Bonnie Langford, aka, Doctor Who's Mel. After having gotten autographs from Louise and Colin, and having circled the convention hall a few times, I decided "Sure, why not. Let's meet Bonnie Langford. It's only 10 quid for an autograph." Upon meeting her, she was a very kind woman, and even still, I was racking my brain for something nice to say about Mel. To save face, I lied a very simple lie. I said, "I really liked you in Doctor Who." She smiled, said thank you, and signed my picture. And I walked away, taking my shitty liar mouth with me.

Because the fact is, I didn't like her in Doctor Who. I found every moment she was onscreen excruciating. From her poodle haircuts, to her 80's disaster attire, to her fat-shaming the Sixth Doctor, to her constant screaming at every little thing, she depressed me. I spoke in my review of "Terror of the Vervoids," just how weird it was that we're never actually introduced to her as a character. Instead, Peri is written off, and suddenly, Mel is there, already chummy with the Doctor. You guys know Mel, she's the Doctor's friend, because we told you she was! Instead of getting to know Mel slowly, we're thrown into the deep end, forced to sink or swim within the curls of red hair piled high. Mel doesn't just come out of nowhere, she comes on strong. Fitness expert Mel here to get your fat Doctor Who loving asses into shape. Drink this carrot juice you geek pig!

Not even in Big Finish audios was I finding myself warming up to Mel. When Ace was introduced, they couldn't have pushed Mel out quicker. I found everything about Ace immediately refreshing. Here was a calm and collected badass rebel that I could get behind. It's ironic then; that it was in the Seventh Doctor era that I have begun to find something likeable in Mel. Much like Clara Oswald, a changing of Doctors enriched my appreciation for her character. This appreciation didn't come immediately, mind you, it came about around my third or fourth watch-through of "Paradise Towers."

Perhaps it's the influence of Andrew Cartmel, but with the Seventh Doctor, I have begun to appreciate Mel in the snarkiest manner. Mel is best utilised as a commentary on the Doctor/Companion relationship. She's precocious to a fault, she chews scenery, she screams at the drop of a hat, and she is oftentimes a naive idiot. Yet in "Paradise Towers," it becomes hilarious. Like much of the 80's era of Doctor Who, there is a very "2000 AD," atmosphere to the stories, and I could easily see this as a setting for Judge Dredd to drudge through, busting skulls and filling bodies with bullets. Setting the sunshiny persona of Mel against this backdrop is so brilliant that I can't imagine another companion in this story. Where she would usually grate against me, her sharp contrast from the things happening around her is exactly why I began to soften toward her.

Not even the ire from the Kangs could shake Mel's confidence, which is oddly what makes her cool. Or "ice-hot," as they would say. For the first time, Mel's headstrong sense of self makes her a rebel. She doesn't need to follow a crowd to feel accepted. Sadly, very few writers were able to find this core to Mel, but it was enough for me to be able to look at her in a different light. I could finally look at Mel and say I did like her in Doctor Who. Even if it was just for a moment, and even if it was somewhat at her expense. From a very cynical perspective, Mel can actually be pretty fun.

4. River Song

I know a lot of you are probably aghast to see River Song on this list, but I assure you, I have my reasons, and they are not without consideration. I should begin by saying some good things about River. She's smart, she's competent, she's got a healthy grasp on her sexuality, and she's cool. Why then did I not like her very much the first few times I watched her? Well, if you hadn't noticed, the bulk of this list are characters written by Steven Moffat, and once again, it all comes down to writing.

We're first introduced to River in the Tenth Doctor two-parter "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead." At first, she's just one of a team of forgettable space scientists on an expedition. However, as she finds out the Doctor is who he is, her entire demeanour changes. Like Mel on steroids, we're given a heaping dose of "Who does this bitch think she is, being all familiar with the Doctor?" Only, instead of it lasting one episode, it's every interaction we have with her character beyond this point. Instead of getting to watch River and the Doctor grow as a couple, we're forced to watch them meet in opposite directions. It is the antithesis of "show, don't tell." Everything about the Doctor and River's relationship is implied. "You're going to love me someday," she promises. Couldn't we just see it play out naturally? Spoilers.

This idea is one that can only really be done on a show like Doctor Who, where things are wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. The problem is, this doesn't mean that the idea is worth exploring, or even successful. It's made even worse when the relationship implied is one deeper than friendship. The Doctor is famously chaste, married only to his TARDIS and what lies ahead. Because of this, the idea of a person the Doctor will someday trust enough to share his real name and eventually marry carries with it a sizeable amount of convincing. Such a huge shift in the show's dynamic requires a lot of character development. Sadly none of that is to be seen onscreen. Who is Jim the Fish? Who cares? Steven Moffat's joke of "I'll explain later," became painfully prophetic of his time as showrunner.

I've got no complaints about River being a Time Lord, or even her being the child of Amy and Rory. Those elements are fine, really. It's the way in which she is presented which I find most detrimental to her character. I never did buy into the idea that the Doctor loved her as a wife. Their wedding seemed necessary to save the universe, as opposed to a union made out of love. Any kind of enjoyment I've ever gotten out of River stems mostly out of my love for Alex Kingston's performance. Where the show fails to establish her, she more than makes up for in style and substance. I grew to like River Song, despite the show's failure to ground her properly. River grew on me as she always said she would, but by no effort on the part of the writers. River is cool because River is cool, not because it was inferred that she was.

5. Susan

If you’ve followed this blog long enough, you’ll know I’ve already mellowed on Susan. In my reviews of the First Doctor era, I’ve had mostly good things to say about her character. This doesn’t change the fact that I found her utterly irritating at first, and it feels appropriate to talk about it here.

My initial dislike for Susan is a lot like my intial dislike for Clara. A lot of it was wrapped up in my own expectations of the character. Susan is the Doctor’s granddaughter. She is a Time Lord, therefore she should also be brilliant. And we get a lot of that in her first episode. She is mysterious, she’s enigmatic, and she is brilliant. Even her teachers at school found her perplexing. But the show doesn’t continue down that line. In fact, there are times when they make Susan borderline stupid. But how much of this is clouded by my own preconceptions?

For starters, Susan wasn’t a Time Lord. At least, not then. She was just a young girl. She may have been smarter than her fellow students, but this played more into how she was raised. So when the show depicts Susan screaming at every little thing, grabbing her hair dramatically, it smashed apart my mental image of a Time Lord. I couldn’t appreciate that they had her act this way to help sell a bad effect. Oftentimes Susan, like many Doctor Who companions, had her character sacrificed to make the baddies scarier. It was a product of her time, and even still I feel her character suffers for it.

However, one of the things I have discovered through repeat viewings of the First Doctor era is the surprising amount of character development among the TARDIS crew. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Susan all go through deep character development that was sadly often secondary in classic Doctor Who. Before the nature of the Doctor and companions was transient, there was a feeling of a family bond forming. Through this, I have come to find Susan to be a rather deep and sensitive person.

When it comes time to say goodbye to Susan, I can’t say I exactly agreed with the method. The Doctor locking her out and deciding she was mature enough to set out on her own felt hasty. But I would be lying if I didn’t agree that Susan had gone from a little girl to a young woman at that point. When you stop expecting Susan to be the Doctor, and allow her to be a kid, she grows on you instantly.

6. Adric

Let's be honest; it's not really original to hate on Adric. It's nothing new to point out what a bad companion he is, but here we are. Something I constantly endeavour to do on this blog is to be fair. One of my biggest complaints about the Doctor Who fandom is the proprietary attitude people take toward the fandom. The "I don't like it; therefore you shouldn't like it," attitude spat with such vitriol is one of the worst parts about being in the Doctor Who fandom. So when you say "Adric is my favourite companion," I'm not devising an argument for how wrong you are, it's fine. Like who you like. This doesn't mean I'm not also thinking in my head "What? Why?" Because I honestly, without malice, do not understand.

The most I ever enjoyed Adric, was in his introductory story "Full Circle." Setting him against a group of fellow Alzarians dilutes his lesser qualities. In fact, when paired with Varsh, he almost seems likeable. Sadly, we have to say goodbye to Varsh, and it's downhill from there. We're forced to watch a contrarian boy genius butt heads with the Doctor while he waddles around in a toddler's outfit while showing off his pound shop sheriffs badge for "mathematical excellence," to anyone who will listen. Adric is so obnoxious that he makes Wesley Crusher seem likeable in contrast.

However, it's not just his contrarian nature that makes me despise Adric, he's also disloyal to the Doctor and his friends. He's so susceptible to bad ideas as long as they a presented logically, that I've dubbed him the Ben Shapiro of the TARDIS. He's a smarmy little shit who believes himself superior to women, and he's really got no justification for his ill-placed self-confidence. Constantly demanding respect while giving very little reason to deserve it, he's like a poster child for incels. To make matters worse, he's oftentimes wrong and easily duped into taking the side of evil, turning him into more of a liability than an asset.

Recently, the idea that the Thirteenth Doctor could save someone from sacrificing themselves by using the TARDIS at the last moment to save them came under fire. "Why didn't the Doctor do this for Adric?" they said, forgetting conveniently when the Twelfth Doctor did the exact same thing in "Into the Dalek." But yes, why indeed? Why would the Doctor ever let a duplicitous, argumentative braggart die by their own stupid need to solve a math problem? My headcanon is that the Doctor got better at flying the TARDIS. The real reason is that people hated his character. The silence over the credits after Adric dies isn't out of respect for the character. The real reason is that the BBC couldn't secure the rights to Kool and the Gang's "Celebrate Good Times," before it aired.

Listen, I am not unsympathetic toward Matthew Waterhouse. He never should have been given such a big role, considering his utter lack of ability at the time. I imagine it was his own insecurity that fuelled his on-set antics. Giving unsolicited advice to veteran actors is cringey, but also the actions of a young and naive boy, in over his head. I know I said I was going to try and treat the performance as secondary, but in this case, it goes hand in hand. He has the stage presence of a fake. Every moment he's onscreen is disingenuous. The fact that he is present at the death of my favourite Doctor, stinking up the scene is genuine pain to me. If he has been made better in Big Finish, I've not yet heard it. As of now, there is nothing I've seen of Adric that has changed my opinion. But I'm glad if he makes you happy.

#Doctor Who #Danny Pink #samuel anderson #clara oswald #jenna coleman #Melanie Bush #Bonnie Langford #River Song #Alex Kingston #Susan #carole ann ford #adric #Matthew Waterhouse #tardis #bbc #companions

11 notes · View notes

antagonistchanremade · 5 years

Text

So, Sensei Dare, my animesque Doctor Who AU, is a complete reboot of Doctor Who canon, but when I first started it in 2012, it was actually continued from what was at that point the most recent episode, the series 7 episode The Angels Take Manhattan (though I later retconned it so that it actually continued from the series 6 finale, The Wedding of River Song, and other events happened to result in the Doctor splitting off from the Ponds). The AU started with the eleventh Doctor dying and regenerating into the twelfth; but since Peter Capaldi hadn’t been announced yet at that point, I had to come up with my own.

And, like, here’s the thing; I didn’t know that Sensei Dare was gonna end up as some big AU that I’d care for yet at that point. I was just starting a new RP blog. And my theme for RP blogs until that point, out of a desire to stay unique (what was the point in playing a character that someone else was already playing?), had been crossover blogs- my initial RP blog when I joined Tumblr was a Doctor Who/My Little Pony AU, with Rory Williams as a cartoon horse; then, it was a Homestuck/TF2 crossover, where for some reason or another The Condesce basically became the Administrator and so Aradia became the RED Spy; then, my next character was not a crossover AU, but since the series was so obscure (and kinda crossover-y on its own), I figured it was still unique- Kaoru Matsubara, AKA Powered Buttercup, from PowerPuff Girls Z; and then finally, I did a TF2/Pokemon crossover where TF2 took place in the Pokemon universe and so the Mercs were having Pokemon battles, and I played Soldier (my url was “soldierjanedoewantstobattle”, which I’m still kinda proud of).

Anyways, Sensei Dare started with my next crossover idea: Doctor Who/Homestuck.

Namely, the Doctor can regenerate, and each regeneration looks and acts different... so there’s no reason that incarnation’s appearance and personality can’t be identical to a pre-existing character. Like, by doing that, I can essentially play two characters at once, by mixing the core personality traits that stay the same with every incarnation of the Doctor with the more fluid personality traits of the pre-existing character, as well as that character’s appearance.

So, the twelfth Doctor... was just Dave Strider.

And honestly? I stuck with this idea for a long time- where the Doctor would regenerate into a body and personality identical to a pre-existing character- but Dave was always one of my best choices, because A) he’s already heavily associated with time travel and stuff, B) I’d already been a Homestuck fan for about a year and this was when Homestuck was at the height of its popularity so I had plenty of material to work with, C) interacting with other Homestuck blogs gave me plenty of worldbuilding to work with for this early version of Sensei Dare, and finally, D) Dave Strider has very distinctive mannerisms, so it was really easy to communicate this idea of “The character looks and acts like Dave, but make no mistake, this isn’t Dave, it’s the Doctor“.

Initially, I was gonna stick with this idea for 3-4 months before moving on to my next idea, like I’d been doing before, but then I realized that, hey, the Doctor can regenerate multiple times, so why not try this idea with a new character? So after 3-4 months of playing the Dave Doctor, I decided to have the Doctor regenerate again, into a new character.

And here’s a new, equally key thing.

While I was playing the Dave Doctor, I basically had my Anime Awakening. If you’d asked me before if I liked anime, I’d have said yes, but I only knew the really popular stuff like Pokemon and Digimon and a few obscure niche shows like PowerPuff Girls Z; but when I was playing Dave Doctor, I ran into a Haruhi Suzumiya RP blog, and that inspired me to watch it, and then from there everything spiraled out. Before, anime was an interest of mine; now, it was my preferred style of storytelling. And you can bet your ass I was gonna start incorporating it.

The thirteenth Doctor ended up being Ritsu Tainaka from K-On! (when the canon thirteenth Doctor was announced, I was kinda amused to realize that my thirteenth Doctor was also the first female one, funny how that works). I decided to do the regeneration in a series of “Story” posts, and in the first one, I foreshadowed my character choice by having the Doctor encounter a pair of drumsticks in the snow (since Ritsu’s a drummer). Then, the Doctor died and regenerated into the new incarnation. From that point onwards, in both that version of Sensei Dare and the next reboot, every Doctor was an anime girl (with one minor exception; with 17, I experimented with a split timeline where in one timeline, 17 was an anime girl, but in the other, 17 was an anime boy; but I scrapped this idea, and when 18 rolled around, I made the anime girl timeline the canon one).

However, then I ran into a problem. Canon Who states pretty specifically and consistently that a Timelord can only regenerate 12 times for a total of 13 lives. I was on the thirteenth life. And that’s when I remembered the drumsticks. For one, they kinda had just initially existed to tease Ritsu; it seemed a little strange for them to be that noticeable for just some vague symbolism. Also, in canon, the Master managed to exceed the 13 life limit... and the Master was also strongly associated with a drum beat.

So I decided that the drumsticks were a sort of Regeneration-Enabling Tool developed by the Master. Like, if a Timelord that was out of regenerations was dying, the drumsticks would activate and give them the energy they needed to regenerate. And so, I had the Doctor realize this (it wasn’t that implausible that the Doctor would eventually figure this out from a single innocuous encounter, since the Doctor did notice them, and Timelords are regularly shown to have some psychic ability to recognize each other and their tech) and go on a quest to track down those drumsticks. And she found them! So, for the rest of this incarnation of Sensei Dare, the Doctor just carried these drumsticks around at all times so she could keep living.

I’m also just remembering some of the ways the Doctor died in that version of the story. 12 fell off a building because he was chasing someone and it was all icy and slippery. 18 locked herself in the TARDIS and starved to death (that one was, in retrospect, really dumb; but it’s dumb enough to be noteworthy). 16, in a Timelord Victorious moment of fury and recklessness, tried to attack a totalitarian government, but they shot a missile at the TARDIS, and the Doctor, out of said recklessness, had the door open, so the missile exploded in the console room. 14 got shot by a nazi (not even a neo-nazi, a normal nazi, since she was in 1940 Germany at the time).

19 and 20, the last two, were particularly fun; for the 21st Doctor, I decided to go with a Kantai Collection character, and I decided to lean super hard into the crossover, and so I decided to have the Kancolle Doctor come into existence via the Doctor fusing with the actual ship during regeneration. Like, the Doctor was Nenohi, so the 20th Doctor drowned in the middle of the ocean and encountered the remains of the IJN Nenohi, and because Shintoism (or at least my vague understanding of Shintoism), the ship had a sort of “spirit”, and that spirit reacted to the Doctor’s regeneration by integrating itself into her, resulting in her being both the 21st incarnation of the Timelord hero known as the Doctor, and being the living personification of an old warship.

Meanwhile, with the 19th, well... the Doctor died by getting hit on the head really hard. But while the cause of death was in hindsight kinda boring, the circumstances of her death were less so. I actually kinda jumped right from the 19th Doctor to the 21st, because I wanted the 20th to exist primarily for one storyline: Sensei Dare: The Movie (or rather, Sensei Dare Ka: The Movie, since I was calling it Sensei Dare Ka at that point). SDK:TM was a huge event; it was a huge RP with multiple RP partners of mine being involved in the story. I had multiple SDK:TM threads, for different parts of the story.

The plot of SDK:TM? The Timelords were returning. Since I split off from canon before the 50th anniversary special, I also decided that the 50th special wasn’t canon to Sensei Dare, so Gallifrey was still somehow locked off from the rest of the universe and still didn’t want to be. The Doctor realized this, and recruited allies to help suppress the scenario; but she failed, and even died and regenerated again during the whole mess. She was, however, at least able to stop the worst-case scenario (the Timelords just conquer the universe) from happening.

#sensei dare

3 notes · View notes

kazetoame · 5 years

Text

Twelfth Doctor

Peter Capaldi is such a grumpy Doctor. A grumpy Scottish older man mixed with traits of the 9th & 10th Doctors, it’s great. Once the story got going, Clara grew on me too. I like her much better playing off Capaldi than Matt Smith (he was with Amy and Rory with sprinkles of River for so long, I couldn’t take him with anyone else. Tennant played well with all three of his companions. Eccleston worked well with Rose, Capt Jack and Mickey.

#doctor who

1 note · View note

sidekickhq · 5 years

Note

Most wanted canon males? Thanks!!

bruce wayne, pietro maximoff, nick fury, eli bradley, phil coulson, teddy altman, stephen strange, erik lehnsherr, scott lang, miles morales, matt murdock, eddie brock, remy lebeau, charles xavier, bruce banner, barry allen, daken akihiro, clark kent, steve trevor, warren worthington ii, hank mccoy, leonard snart, namor, jean paul beaubier, peter quill, mick rory & arthur curry are all super wanted, and under the cut you can find some wanted connections for canon parents sent in by members !

NAOMI DANE-SUMMERS, our NAOMI SCOTT fc is looking for a MARCOS DÍAZ / FATHER / “STEPFATHER” connection who looks like ANY RELEVANT FC who is 45+ you DON’T have to contact prior to applying. ( Good Dad™ Marcos Díaz, naomi thinks the world of him !!! )

NORA LANCE-QUEEN, our JOSEFINE FRIDA PETTERSEN fc is looking for her FATHER / OLIVER QUEEN who looks like NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDAU, CHARLIE HUNNAM, MATT CZURCHY, RYAN GOSLING / ANY FC who is DAD YEARS OLD. you DON’T have to contact prior to applying. ( oliver queen may have his - many - faults, but nora was honestly… always sort of a daddy’s girl, and that’s an unfortunate trait she may never rly lose. pls bring green arrow dad. i can’t offer much, but i can give u all the angst u could want. )

TRIXIE ESPINOZA, our CHRISTIAN SERRATOS fc is looking for her FATHERS / DAN ESPINOZA & LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR who look like JAY HERNANDEZ, ALFONSO HERRERA, GABRIEL LUNA, ANY MEXICAN FC ( DAN ) / DIEGO LUNA, RICKY WHITTLE, TOM ELLIS, ANY FC ( LUCIFER ) who are 40+ ( DAN ) & 1000+ ( LUCIFER ) YEARS OLD. you DON’T have to contact prior to applying. ( healthy coparents, unite !! chloe and dan are two of lapd’s best and brightest, and trix loves her parents so much - but she ALSO loves her stepfather, lucifer, and he’s 100% on the same level in her mind as her birth parents. )

WILLIAM WADE WILSON, our BRANDON FLYNN fc is looking for a FATHER (WADE WILSON) connection who looks like RYAN REYNOLDS, UTP+ who is AGE you ( DON’T ) have to contact prior to applying at ( willicmwilson ). ( look, i just want a wade. I’m also willing to make you gif icons of Ryan as Wade if you’d like, just shoot me a message!)

WINIFRED BANNER-ROSS, our SOPHIE TURNER fc is looking for a FATHER / BRUCE BANNER connection who looks like MARK RUFFALO, UTP who is 45+ YEARS OLD. you DON’T have to contact prior to applying. ( winnie and bruce spent a fair chunk of her childhood – ages 8 to 14 – in laga, east timor, to move away from general ross and help give timorese people access healthcare, farming, and education )

#canon rp #fandom rp #marvel rp #dc rp #appless rp #admin r #answered #most wanted

2 notes · View notes

taliesin-19 · 6 years

Note

OOooh I hope you have lots of fun!!!! You should definitely treat yourself and let’s hope this is a rare case in which the movie/play is better than the book/script! Who’s your favourite Doctor Who companion? And your favourite Doctor? Lol I can never choose- I love too many. Enjoy New York and please tell us how you found the play!

Thank you!!! Yes, the play was definitely better than the script. I still didn’t like the plot, but I warmed up to many of the characters. I’ll write up a post with more specifics though :)

In terms of Doctor Who…..I’m sure you’d agree this is an impossible question, but I’ll try and answer anyway lol. Also, I’m not well-versed in the old series, I’ve only ever watched the first Doctor’s seasons, so this will just pertain to the reboot.

This is a really long response ahead btw (because I can never just answer things simply), so I’ll add a read more link. Also, mild spoilers for DW, I guess?

That being said, my favorite companion would have to be….Donna. I loved her growth as a character, I loved her humor, her friendship with the Doctor. She came at a time when 10 needed someone to pull him out of his wallowing and remind him how beautiful and exciting and good the universe could be. For someone so brash and blunt, she had such a gentle heart. I think her character was a reminder to everyone that no matter how “average” and “normal” you may think you are, you can have such a huge impact on people (or the entire universe 😉) by just being a good human being.

Her ending was the most tragic for me because she lost all the growth she’d achieved by travelling with the Doctor. It was so sad seeing her interact with him in that last scene, never knowing what she could be capable of 💔

After Donna, it would have to be Rose (I won’t go into lengthy explanation here, but yeah I love her), then Martha and Rory, then Amy and Bill (Bill might move up after I watch her series a couple more times), and then Clara. Not that I don’t like Clara, I just don’t like what they did to her character. I think she had huge potential, and Jenna Coleman is an absolute delight, but I wasn’t a fan of the Impossible Girl stuff or even her ending really.

When it comes to the Doctor…this is really, really hard for me to choose lol. And every time I rewatch the series, my opinion changes. The first time I watched, 10 was my favorite. He was fun, energetic, full of wonder and hope (and incredibly attractive of course 😉😉😉). He was the most human of the Doctors which attracted him to a lot of people, I think, especially newcomers to the series.

But I think as I grew older, I found him to be almost too naive and too emotional. Too young, even. I’ve always loved the Doctor for his wisdom (among many other reasons), and I don’t think 10 is very wise. Now, I still love him, and I think these traits were necessary for the Doctor’s development. But this realization took him out of my number 1 spot.

That now has to go to 12. Specifically in series 9 and 10. One of my all time favorite DW moments is 12’s speech in “The Zygon Inversion”. It brought me to tears the first time I watched it. Obviously Peter Capaldi is an incredible actor. But I don’t think any other Doctor could have genuinely delivered a speech like that at their individual points in development, no matter how great their acting.

I adored series 10. I think 12 and Bill were a great pair, and I loved Nardole with them as well (which definitely came as a surprise lol)

But that’s not to say that I don’t love 9 and 11. Because I do. God, I love them. Series 1 will always be one of my favorites. What Chris Eccleston did in one series is remarkable. And he’s the reason I fell in love with DW. And of course, how could anyone not adore 11? After we all thought we would never recover from 10’s regeneration, 11 won us all over within his very first episode. He had HUGE shoes to fill, and he did so effortlessly.

My opinions are always changing as I said before. Different periods of my life make me relate to different companions and Doctors. But at the end of the day, I love them all. And I am sooooo beyond excited for series 11!!!

#asks #doctor who

5 notes · View notes

anotheruserwithnoname · 7 years

Note

Hi! Yes, that's strange... My original question was what do you think Clara thought of every incarnation of The Doctor and what do you think every Doctor thought of her? I think it's amazing how she's literally been there for him since childhood.

(For quick context: the “Yes that’s strange” in refers to a fault in Tumblr’s system that result in the original submission of this question being lost. Thanks to @altmerisynth for resubmitting.)

I don’t believe any Doctors prior to Eleven - other than the special cases of War and Ten - knew of Clara’s existence, or rather her echoes. As Clara herself says in “Name of the Doctor”, he rarely saw her. And we don’t know for certain that the Doctor was was seeing the same face as the Clara we know. And War and Ten would have forgotten Clara immediately after the events of Day of the Doctor. Clearly War was charmed by her, and Ten gave Eleven a clear “You’re a lucky guy” look after he kissed Clara’s hand. Eleven saw her as an enigma to solve, a reason to keep going after losing all hope following the loss of his family, basically. (Remember that at this point the canon was that this included River, until Moffat undid that with THORS. I won’t get into that again here.) But at the same time, The Snowmen clearly established that the Doctor fell for Clara Oswin fairly early on so there was that too. Deep Breath established in dialogue that by Time of the Doctor, the Doctor did consider himself to be Clara’s boyfriend (and her “pretending” he was I’m sure didn’t help). Twelve, of course, was totally in love with her - and he also bonded with her deeply on other levels. And you can tell in watching from THORS through to the end of Series 10 - there is clearly something missing in the Doctor. Part of that is in the performance - the chemistry between Peter and his post-Jenna co-stars never came close to what he had with Jenna - but I was asked to come up with a word to describe the Series 10 Doctor and one word came to mind - incomplete.

As for Clara, there’s no way to know what her echoes thought because so few have appeared in licensed media. To date there have been only 3 featured in a substantial way: Oswin from Asylum of the Daleks, Clara Oswin from The Snowmen, and Winnie Clarence in the DWM comic strip Blood and Ice. Of these, Oswin immediately started flirting with Eleven and Rory, but one gets the sense that she was already considering herself a potential romantic partner for Eleven by the time the truth came out. Clara Oswin fell in love at first sight and was drawn to him. Winnie didn’t show the same sort of interest. If anything, she was drawn to the original Clara. Which makes sense if the echoes only existed to help One to Eleven; Winnie might not have been meant to save Twelve at all.

So that leaves War, Ten, Eleven and Twelve as the Doctors Clara!Prime met directly. She certainly went sweet on War, and the fact she knew right away that he was the same man as the one she fell for (Eleven) sort of makes her hesitancy over Twelve in Deep Breath ring a bit false. I was rather surprised she didn’t flirt that much with Ten or express interest in him since that’s sort of the rep that incarnation had. But then they never actually got any alone time, unlike what Clara and War got. She did seem a little uncomfortable when his snog of Elizabeth I went on a bit too long, though.

Eleven, I think she fell for pretty quickly, though she remained suspicious of him for a time. It seemed to climax in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS where Eleven finally got some of his suspicion of her allayed and his frustrations out of his system, even if she doesn’t remember those details. The Crimson Horror had several outright romantic beats (remember “boop”?) and we know that by The Time of the Doctor, Clara was fully in love with the Doctor; this comes from Jenna herself, but also we had that moment where Clara (the known liar) stating under a truth field that she fancied Eleven.

As for Twelve, I think she would have carried on with him and progressed the relationship further, regardless of his apparent age, had Twelve not attempted to “friendzone” her in a moment of supreme self-doubt. Even as she was starting to court Danny Pink, we see her give the Doctor opportunity, most notably in Robot of Sherwood where, despite being in the presence of her fangirl crush, she spent most of her time gushing to Robin Hood about the Doctor. She took up with Danny, but very very soon it became clear she was conflicted, and this reached a head in Kill the Moon’s blow-up, which I still contend was her trying to find an excuse to cut herself away. I know because when I was a teen I did something similar - cut one friend away in favour of another by finding an excuse to explode. In Clara’s case, this didn’t last long and we knew in that final scene of Mummy on the Orient Express that a full-out love triangle was in play. She loved both men … but Danny could never compete with the Doctor. After Danny’s death, of course, she was all-in with the Doctor, to the extent of increasingly taking on his personality traits. Which, as we know, ended in deferred tragedy.

#whouffaldi #whouffle #clara oswald #twelfth doctor #eleventh doctor #doctor who commentary

50 notes · View notes

thornstocutyouwith · 4 years

Note

Fandom: AHS

Send me a fandom and I’ll tell you my

Favorite Character(s): Zachary Quinto’s characters, and Evan Peters Characters, That’s it. lol.

Favorite Pairing(s): I don’t really have pairing. None of them are actually all that interesting and/or they involve Lana (>:D)

Favorite Platonic Relationship(s) Pfft, none, they are all garbage people.

Favorite Quote: “Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.”Or “I am a millennial. Generation Y; born between the birth of AIDS and 9/11, give or take. They call us the global generation. We are known for our entitlement and narcissism. Some say it’s because we’re the first generation where every kid gets a trophy just for showing up. Others think it’s because social media allows us to post when we fart or have a sandwich for all the world to see. But it seems our one defining trait is a numbness to the world. An indifference to suffering.”

Who I Relate To Most: None. But If I have to choose one, Jimmy, Rory, March, Kai, or Kyle

Who I Don’t Really Understand: Lady GaGa (Her presence, at all, I understand her character.)

Who I Would Get Along With: No one. I hate most of these characters(Misty Day is the exception) lol. But I definitely would not get along with any of the versions of Lana the most.

Who I Wouldn’t Get Along With: Most of them. They are all more or less Terrible people. This show is full of terrible fucking people, though, so aaha.

Least Favorite Character(s): Lana (She’s every fucking character of Sarahs, Change my mind, you won’t.)

Least Favorite Pairing(s): All of them. Especially that bullshit at the end of Tate and Violets last year. I don’t believe it or it’s bullshittery of ‘Tate’s a good person’ now, ‘just for violet’ narrative. Miss me with that fucking nonsense. She should have stayed the fuck on the other side of the house. BUT Now, ghost’s got to bone and ruin the first seasons while doing it. MISS ME! lol

#Asks #MunAsks #VitreXAnima #haha #vitrexanima

0 notes

flytothsky-blog · 7 years

Text

Aside from the Doctor himself, Steven Moffat’s creation, River Song (Alex Kingston), has been one of the most enigmatic characters on the show. Thankfully, as the show went on, viewers were able to learn more about her at the same time the Doctor did, and as of now, Moffat has finally been able to come full circle and conclude River’s story on screen with “The Husbands of River Song”, in a fun and satisfying manner. Now that River’s story is done (with a few Big Finish Productions audio dramas here and there), we can now talk about the enigmatic woman with space hair, who always comes with a spoiler warning.

River Song was created by outgoing “Doctor Who” show runner Steven Moffat, and made her debut appearance in the Series 4 episode “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead”. Of course, as that episode ended with a bang, many were left wanting to know more about this enigmatic character who seemed to know a lot about the Doctor than he ever did, which bothered the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) a lot, and that she, somehow, was a time traveler. And it was seen written all over his face, especially when it was revealed that she knew his real name.

Viewers didn’t have to wait long to learn more about River, though, as Moffat took the opportunity during his tenure to slowly reveal who River is, and what her relationship to the Doctor really was.

Of course, as these two characters “never meet in the same order”, many viewers scratched their heads in puzzlement as they tried to figure out River’s timeline.

In preparing for this post, I actually went back and watched River’s timeline in order. Once you understand her timeline, you get to fully appreciate more how much depth and story Moffat gave to River, and everything makes a little bit more sense than it did before. I will be sharing an infographic on her timeline and the watch list order after the spoiler warning that is coming up.

Kingston, who was the primary actress for the character, gave stellar performances every time she stepped on the screen, and gave the character enough depth and nuances each time, even though she sometimes fully didn’t know everything that her character had gone through yet. However, Kingston never upstaged the Doctor during their scenes together, whether the Doctor be Tennant, Matt Smith, or Peter Capaldi.

As I cannot really talk much more about River Song without spoiling a lot of things…..here is your warning.

(I used the TARDIS wikia for this timeline and watching order).

If you ever want to watch River’s entire timeline, this is the best way to do it.

Doing a rewatch of River’s timeline, in order, allowed me to see events as they happened to her, and it also allowed me to see a better progression when it came to her character. Also, I was able to pinpoint the fact that “A Good Man Goes To War” is the moment in which both the Doctor and River are finally in sync, and he knows more than her in the progression of his own personal timeline; and that she knows more than him from “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang” onwards, with the exception of the knowledge of the circumstances of her death, and the Twelfth Doctor.

At this point, we know that River Song is Mels and Melody Pond, the daughter of Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill); and the Doctor’s actual wife. This, of course, means that during Series 5, 6 and 7, the Doctor had actually been traveling with his in-laws. However, when the “parents” are sleeping, the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), and River often go out on dates that, more often than not, are adventures that most of the time, doesn’t go as planned. Also, we do know that she is part Time Lord as the Silence and Madame Kovarian probably enhanced the existing Time Lord genes that were there due to the fact that she was conceived on the TARDIS and in the Time Vortex.

However, the two only actually were truly a married couple during the twenty four year night she and the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) had on Darillium.

The biggest loophole that many scratched their heads about was the fact that the older version of River didn’t really recognize who the astronaut was in “The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon” at first, and went so far as to fire her pistol at it.

Later on, in “The Wedding of River Song”, the Doctor mentions to her younger self that her older self probably doesn’t really remember that part of her past. I think, though, that this can be explained by looking at the fact that the War Doctor (John Hurt), and the Tenth Doctor didn’t remember the events that happened during “The Day of the Doctor”, and even the Eleventh Doctor had a hazy memory of it, until the event actually happened.

My guess is that since there were two versions of herself present, the same principal worked, and she later on figured out that it had been her younger version, when she said “Of course”, after emptying her gun at her younger self, and completely missed.

Acting wise, all of the actresses that portrayed Melody/Mels/River, did a great job in portraying her at each particular stage of her life.

Kudos however, goes to Kingston, especially as she was able to give such history between her and the Doctor during her first ever appearance, even though the actress herself didn’t know the entire story yet. And yet, when you do the watch through in order, the performance still works.

As a character, River inherited a lot of the dominant traits of her parents. River was stubborn, determined, feisty, faith in the Doctor,and daring like her mother; and had the strength, devotion, and the resilience of her father.

Little Melody was a strong survivor, who was also very practical. Mels, on the other hand, was a little bit more headstrong, reckless, and had a penchant for always getting into trouble. The younger version of River was more selfish, feisty, daring, and would do everything and anything to save the Doctor.

After the events of “The Wedding of River Song”, River still maintained her sense of adventure and feistiness, but had already learned from the Doctor the importance of saving others as well. This version of River began to show her quiet strength and resilience more and more, as I am pretty sure that it was hard to keep on lying to her parents and the Doctor all the time.

“The Angels Take Manhattan”, I think showcased this the most, because she was the one who encouraged her mother, Amy, to take that risk of being zapped by the Weeping Angel so that she can spend the rest of her days with Rory in the past.

However, these events hardened her a little bit, because she had to be the stronger one especially as she had to be able to rein in and keep her husband in check.

At this point, she had also been on many different adventures without him, so by the time “The Husbands of River Song” came around, we saw a River who was more mercenary than before, even though she was doing it for a good cause.

I have always thought of River’s days with Smith as the “dating phase”, and Kingston and Smith played off well against each other, especially when they were really flirting with each other.

However, I thought that she and Capaldi were just magical together in “The Husbands of River Song”, and that phase on Darillium is what I call “the married years”. During that period of time, they were able to actually live with each other as a married couple, and were able to hash out all the little problems they have as well.

So, by the time she met the Tenth Doctor at the Library, she is more empathic, more mature, and better at hiding her emotions so that she can focus on the task at hand, up to realizing that she had to sacrifice herself to save him, as he still has a lot to experience with her younger self.

I loved the fact that he was able to save her, and it is just a head cannon of both me and a friend of mine that when the Twelfth Doctor gave her the sonic screwdriver and demonstrated it by scanning her, he had actually done that to save a data copy of her so that the Tenth Doctor could save her in the data core in the Library.

As usual, I also made a playlist for River, and in doing so, I realized that most of the tracks that Murray Gold made that had a connection to River, whether it be her theme or not, were always tinged with hints of melancholy.

Here is the playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/12142470663/playlist/2kqnWQ49DycLNrpMW4Y0fp

Of all of Moffat’s original characters, River Song is definitely one enigma that many are glad was given the chance to be fully developed, and many are glad that her story has finally come full circle. Aside from this, her love story with the Doctor is probably one of the greatest love stories ever told on the show. We will definitely miss River and Kingston, and many are glad that we are still getting Big Finish stories to fill in the rest, but as we all know, stories do come to an end, and we are glad to have been witness to the story that was River Song.

What did you think of River Song? Are you looking forward to the Big Finish audio dramas? What were your favorite and least favorite River moments? Let me know what you think in the comments below!

She had us at her very first "Hello, Sweetie". It's time to talk about River Song! Aside from the Doctor himself, Steven Moffat's creation, River Song (Alex Kingston), has been one of the most enigmatic characters on the show.

#Alex Kingston #Amy Pond #Arthur Darvill #David Tennant #Eleventh Doctor #Karen Gillan #Matt Smith #Peter Capaldi #River Song #Rory Williams #Steven Moffat #Tenth Doctor #Twelfth Doctor

7 notes · View notes