#series: the deca

[sugarskies]

The girl stared at Drax, her previously blonde hair streaked with artificial coloring. A single drop of the goo slid down and landed on Drax’s head. “I’m guessing that wasn’t meant for me?” “We meant it for my ex-boyfriend,” said Mortimus. “We meant it for Magnus,” said Drax. She furrowed her brow. “So, you meant it for his ex-boyfriend who’s named Magnus?” “Uh… yes.”

Rallon tries to restore the Deca's meetings. Theta discovers a shocking secret. Drax goes on a date.

[pack-coven-thing]

*drops in to show this and then leaves because I have this thing called three separate anxiety disorders*

[whoisthemaster]

Why does no one ask, Master Who?: (#1 - Koschei)

Why does no one ask, Master Who?: A Character Study Series

This was one subject I was excited to cover, especially after just recently getting into Russian folklore. And of course since this is technically the first master (as according to the fandom, EU content, and The Sound of Drums ), this had to be the one to cover first (especially because of the symbolism present here that I feel is so important to beginning our journey exploring who the Master is.)

Though the young first Master’s name is never revealed to us in the show, how did we get the name Koschei? Let me direct you to the way of the Extended Universe.

May I introduce you to a series of wonderful books? 

Let’s start with the one that introduced the name Koschei for the Master:

1. The Dark Path by David A. McIntee (published March 1997)

A wonderful novel that features one of the earliest encounters with the Master and the Doctor, greatly expanding on their personal histories on Gallifrey. This story in particular is iconic because it’s one of the many origin stories explaining how/why he became the Master. I honestly don’t wanna spoil it for those who have yet to read it, but I did leave a spoiler review on my main blog awhile back. 

This book is important, however, because this is where the Koschei name began. As the book states, this is the name he was going by before he decided to take the title; The Master, by the end of the book. 

2. Divided Loyalties by Gary Russell (published October 1999)

2 years later, this book was released. It’s another fantastic novel which is iconic for showing the begins of the Deca and giving us a glimpse into the childhood’s of the Doctor, the Master, the Rani, and so on. I also don’t want to spoil this for those who haven’t read it. Honestly, it’s an experience, and I’ve posted about it a lot on my main. 

However, it also features the Master using the name ‘Koschei’, but in the Academy! And when alluding to the characters fates at the end, it even mentions what happens in McIntee’s ‘The Dark Path’. 

Bonus: It is also the book that gives us the Master’s house as being Oakdown, hence most of the fandom calling the young Master; Koschei Oakdown. 

So, still....Why the name, Koschei? 

What is the significance of it? Where did it even come from?

The answers lie in a character from Russian Folklore...

Koschei the Deathless (aka the Immortal)

As the wiki describes: “He is an archetypal male antagonist in Russian folklore. The most common feature of tales involving Koschei is a spell which prevents him from being killed. He hides his soul inside nested objects to protect it. For example, the soul (or in the tales, it is usually called "death") may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a far island. Usually he takes the role of a malevolent rival father figure, who competes for (or entraps) a male hero's love interest.”

Sounds kind of familiar, right?

It’s very symbolic to who the Master becomes:

Someone always managing to cheat death, and never being really killed off.

Being the constant rival of the Doctor, sometimes abducting his companions.

In some tales, Koschei can cast a sleep spell, almost like how the Master hypnotizes others.

Not to mention, having a fascination with the Russian culture as shown especially in Dhawan’s era. 

[yellow-faerie]

In typical fashion for me, I have fallen into AU hell for Doctor Who and I am really living it up over here

[theangelshavethephonebox]

Just finished writing the longest page askdjfadsjf it's theta/appearances

also damn we need more editors because I cannot make pages for every single one of these damn sources on my ownnnn guys come to my wiki and edit please it's so cool and hot over here I swear

the page is so fckn long I had to make it IN MY SANDBOX because the damn edit page kept crashing lol

The Cursed Beast ^

[crehador]

parting thoughts on fractale:

fascinating and robust worldbuilding, strong start. lost my interest at some point along the way but i can't quite put my finger on when or why. overall a solid sci-fi, not the best but certainly not the worst (cough listeners cough)

[boombox-fuckboy]

May 3rd is Bandcamp Friday, which means artists on Bandcamp get more out of your purchases. Why not support some of your favourite fiction podcasters, and get some crisp audio in the process?

Fiction Podcasts

Anamnesis (Full Audio Drama + Soundtrack)

Awake

Camlann (Season 1)

The Dungeon Economic Model (The Complete Series)

Folxlore (Part 1 • Part 2)

Inn Between (Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3)

Old Gods of Appalachia (Season 1 • Season 3)

Sidequesting (Season 1 • Season 2)

The Tower (Part I • Part II • Part III)

What Will Be Here

Podcast Specials

The Deca Tapes (Puzzle Box)

The Dungeon Economic Model (Halloween Special)

Leaving Corvat (TEMPLE OF SLEEP)

Welcome To Night Vale (Live Shows: Condos • The Debate • The Librarian • The Investigators • Ghost Stories • All Hail • A Spy in the Desert • The Haunting of Night Vale)

Where The Stars Fell (The Christmas Chronicle)

Music From Podcasts

The Adventure Zone

Aftershocks (Soundtrack)

Alice Isn't Dead (Music From)

All My Fantasy Children

Among The Stars and Bones (OST)

ars PARADOXICA (When I'm Not Here • Electric River (End Theme))

The Ballard of Anne & Mary (Soundtrack)

The Big Loop (OST: FML • The Fugue )

The Deca Tapes (OST)

The Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio (OST: Season One • Season Two)

Dreamboy (Silent Night, Holy Night)

The Dungeon Economic Model (Royal Musical Accompaniment • Chill Beats to Build Profitable Dungeons To)

Eeler's Choice (OST)

The Fall of the House of Sunshine

Folxlore (Music To Dance With Your Inner Demons To)

Friends At The Table

Gospels of the Flood (Soundtrack)

Greater Boston (Soundtrack, Seasons 1-3)

The Grotto (Soundtrack)

Hello From The Hallowoods (Starcrossed Gods OST)

It Makes A Sound (Wim Farros: The Attic Tape)

Kane and Feels (OST: Volume 1 • Volume 2)

Lake Clarity (OST)

Leaving Corvat (Re-mastered soundtrack)

Liars & Leeches

The Lost Cat Podcast (Musical Features)

Malevolent

Midnight Radio (OST)

Mockery Manor (The Music Of: Season One • Season Two • Season Three • A Midwinter Night's Dream)

Neoscum

Nowhere, On Air

Old Gods of Appalachia (What is Sung Under The Mountain Vol. 1 • The Land Unknown (Theme) • The Bride • Familiar & Beloved)

Our Fair City

The Pasithea Powder (Theme • Mary Ann • Odysseus)

The Penumbra Podcast

The Polybius Conspiracy (OST)

Re: Dracula (Concept Album)

ROGUEMAKER (Soundtrack)

Rogue Runners (OST)

Skyjacks (Call of the Sky)

Station Blue (OST)

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

This Planet Needs a Name (Albums: The Nameless Songs - Landing - Growing - Shifting)

The Tower (Original Score: Part I • Part II • Part III)

Unplaced (Soundtrack)

Unseen (Soundtrack)

Where The Stars Fell

WOE.BEGONE

Wolf 359 (OST: Volume One • Volume Two • Volume Three)

Zero Hours

2024 Bandcamp Friday Dates

May 3rd

September 6th

October 4th

December 6th

[bogleech]

For HAGFISH DAY I am also going to share my review of the anime series Deca-Dence, which was previewed on my Patreon earlier this year.

This anime has an extremely unique and absurd twist revealed in only the very second episode.....but more than one internet reviewer completely misunderstood what was going on and even gave the series a negative review as a result!

[chipchopclipclop]

Please.... Recs for anime about middle aged men..... I beg of you

heres a list from me thinking and also checking my mal lol

Ristorante Paradiso / middle aged and up men working at a restaurant, based on a manga by natsume ono, the anime adaption looks a little wonky at times but the ps2 graphics kind of added to the charm for me lol, the mc specifically chases down a gilf iirc. her power.

Rokuhou-dou Yotsuiro Biyori / middle aged and younger guys working at a restaurant (help) these guys aren't as old as the above but i think most of them will still appeal, a pretty breezy watch

Eternal Boys / middle aged men become idols 🌟 i had a bias against this show bc i like the artist they hired to do the initial concepts and didn't like the changes they made to the final designs but i did eventually watch it and like it so i came around (lol)

Tiger and Bunny / what if superheros but they were real (woah) im reccomending this WELL KNOWN SERIES bc the mc kotetsu is The middle aged anime man of All Time (Of All Time) even if i dont like the main ship the world pushes him into

ACCA13 / i thought about and literally 95% of the men in this are actually middle aged (including the mc) political drama show (and very beautiful) also adaption of natsume ono manga

Deca-dence / of the mc duo, one of them is an old man mentoring a young shounen protag girl (WATCH DECA-DENCE) there is old man yaoi bait potential

Sakugan / its like deca-dance but badly paced and not as good but i have to shill for faildads in anime

My Home Hero / father begins cycle of violence to protect daughter that spirals out of control, you should just read the manga for this one actually but the mc is also one of the Middle Aged Men of All Time to ME

My New Boss Is Goofy / slice of life peaceful show about office workers, everyone in this is very smooth bl ikemen so i kind of bounce of that design wise but its cute

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Big Finish series but it's just Romana's fanfiction come to life in the Land of Fiction. Just her silly Deca fanfic. Perhaps with some edits made by Braxiatel.

That's it that's the post

[incorrectquotesconaisseur]

Here are some of my favourite thoschei fics:

(for @hadesbullshit )

The Deca (Series One) by Victory (Barnable) -

And when push comes to shove by ichabodcranemills -

You don't have to kill me, just lead me there by z_in_a_blue_box -

Theseus' paradox by Lis_zimoy - https://archiveofourown.org/works/51052750

Second Draft by Verayne - https://archiveofourown.org/works/43899492

The only hell I'm going to by orphan_account - https://archiveofourown.org/works/12853668

the dying of the light by lupescx - https://archiveofourown.org/works/27632762

locked in orbit by yonderdarling - https://archiveofourown.org/works/3044741

after me comes the flood by Aria - https://archiveofourown.org/works/73096

Doctor Who Season Four by Aria - https://archiveofourown.org/works/13433

Need by Lamiel - https://archiveofourown.org/works/20320687

Timeless Horror by CheerfullyCynical - https://archiveofourown.org/works/34569250

suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee by ProdigalPragmatist - archiveofourown.org/works/52101307

The Game by Veryane - archiveofourown.org/works/48231109

Time Lord Victorious by Veryane -

Inhale by Veryane -

[sugarskies]

happy five years

[pack-coven-thing]

I've been currently hyperfixating on Academy Era Doctor Who and thought hey you know what's coming up? SATs and Finals! You know what you can't have to read fanfics after those? Your phone! You know what else you've been hyperfixating on? Bookbinding!

So I present to you in it's dubious quality (in terms of binding): a bound version of The Deca (Series 1) by @sugarskies !

(yes every chapter title is paired with Gallifreyan, I wanted to)

[iamalivenow]

Alive, I like one-man narrator podcasts like Mistholme, TMA, and WtNV 8D Any recommendations, particularly spooky ones?

im sorry if i rec you things you've already heard off but

horror podcast recommendation list part 4 people DO love talking into microphones

Mabel : mabel is a podcast about a woman named anna who is a home care provider for an old woman and tries to get in contact with the woman's grand daughter by leaving her voicemails. the show describes itself as being about ghosts, family secrets, strange houses and missed connections. its been going on for a few years so its got a healthy backlog. its very poetic.

The Deca Tapes: not technically one man but its one person per episode, the deca tapes are about several people with no recollection of who they are or how they got their carrying out provided tasks on a space ship. every episode is interupted by a news broadcast that somehow relates to the person narrating that episode. amongus jokes aside, there is a murder and they all handle it so incredibly poorly, but thats what we want in a horror podcast right? eight episodes, short and mean.

Modes Of Thought In Anterran Literature: okay, you're in college and you need to take a history class for your actual major. you find on that works for your schedule, the teacher is decent so sure why not. you show up to the lecture and slowly realize that this guy is lecturing with an absolute authority on a place that does not exist. modes of thought in anterran literature is basically a series of recorded lectures about a place that does not(?) exist but the guy lecturing is incredibly instant that it does. technically three season i think but the episodes are pretty short.

hope something here works for you <3

[phoenixlionme]

Fictional Characters that Exude Disabilityexcellence

Toph Beifong - Blind

Teo (ATLA) - Paraplegic; wheelchair user

Korra (TLOK) - PTSD

Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto) - wears glasses; her being the giftless one among her family has been compared to that of a disabled child in an able-bodied family

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) - confirmed to have OCD

George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life) - partial deafness

Milo Thatch (Atlantis the Lost Empire) - wears glasses

Izumi Curtis (FMAB) - chronic illness; missing limbs

Edward Elric (FMAB) - for most of the series, he was a double amputee (missing an arm and a leg) by the end of the series, he regained his arm but not his leg. As such, he started off as a double amputee but is now a single amputee

Lan Fan (FMAB) - arm amputee with prosthetic

Sterling Archer (Archer) - breast cancer (remission); tinnitus; implied to be autistic

Jack Russell (Bluey) - ADHD

Barbara Gordon (DC Comics) - paraplegic; wheelchair user

Victor Stone  (DC Comics) - multiple amputee

Hiccup Haddock and Toothless (HTTYD franchise) - both are amputees (Hiccup his foot; Toothless his tail) and both use prosthetics

Chimi the Skull Warrior (Maya and the Three) - albino

Rico the Rooster Wizard (Maya and the Three - stutter

Ororo Munroe (Marvel Comics) - claustrophobia

Professor Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics) - paraplegic; wheelchair user

Matt Murdock (Marvel Comics) - blind; uses mobility aid

Adam Evans (DC Comics) - dyslexia

Natsume (Deca-Dence) - arm amputee; uses prosthetic

Kitty Softpaws (Shrek/Puss in Boots franchise) - declawed

Daphne Paloma Vasquez  (Switched at Birth) - deaf

Garrett (Quest for Camelot) - blind

Sunny Nwazue (Akata Witch trilogy) - albino

Charlotte Webber (Marvel Comics) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; uses mobility aids (wheelchair and crutches)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) - deaf

Alinta aka Bolt (DC Comics) - double leg amputee; uses prosthetics

Mia Dearden (DC Comics) - HIV positive

Tony Stark (Marvel Comics) - heart condition; recovering alcoholic; PTSD, trauma

Jessica Jones (Marvel Comics) - alcoholism, PTSD, depression

Alicia Masters (Marvel Comics) - blind

Irene Adler (Marvel Comics) - blind

Tim Drake (DC Comics) - asplenia (missing spleen)

Kate Kane (DC Comics) - PTSD, recovering alcoholic

Cassandra Cain (DC Comics) - autistic spectrum, mute, dyslexic

Roy Harper aka Red Arrow (DC Comics) - arm amputee, uses prosthetic; recovering drug addict

Nick Fury (Marvel Comics) - partial blindness

Clint Barton (Marvel Comics) - deaf; uses hearing aids

Maya Lopez (Marvel Comics) - deaf

[theangelshavethephonebox]

No no no, you misheard. I don't want the BBC/Bad Wolf to make a Deca/Academy Era/ Young Doctor series. I want there to be an animated fanseries made with like 12 followers and one of them is the fckn social media person on the Doctor Who Instagram account and they start promoting the series on the account so much that we can't ignore it and it's basically canon and so this fanseries is treated as a legit doctor who spinoff as it's basically supported by the Beebs and then the series creator posts an episode where Thoschei fuck and everyone loses their shit