Genuinely torn between wishing thasmin had more closure in POTD and the same treatment as past doctors/str8 yt ships, and actually really loving the bittersweet ending and thinking that it made sense for both characters
Like obviously the biggest comparison is tenrose, they kissed multiple times for various reasons. Rose actually confessed her feelings. And even if Ten technically didn’t, his duplicate likely did and it ended with a kiss. Their arc had emotional closure.
Thirteen did basically tell Yaz how she felt in LOTSD that left so much open, and Yaz never got to actually tell her. Their romantic arc felt like there was no closure, like there was more left to be said. Plus Thirteen is the first doctor who didn’t kiss someone even once. what’s the difference here? Why didn’t we get that? Because they’re both women? Because one of them isn’t white? Both?
But ON THE OTHER HAND, after Thirteen talked about her feelings in LOTSD, I think she still feels bad about that and doesn’t want to pour salt in the wound when she can’t give Yaz what they both want. She wants them to just enjoy their time together. And I really think deep down both of them know that it won’t be the same with another regeneration. Yaz said herself, thirteen is “my doctor”. It makes sense that’s why the Doctor wants to be alone and it makes sense why Yaz gives her that, so Yaz chooses to leave. She leaves because she loves her Doctor and respects what she wants, even though it hurts. Yaz gets to live out the rest of her life, and that is enough to make the Doctor happy. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful, they loved each other and that love meant everything, even though they ran out of time.
I love the story, and the nuance and heartbreak is on brand for DW, but as someone who’s very passionate about representation in media it’s very conflicting when you look at the glaring differences between some of these relationships
Wanted to post this for pride month, I've been playing Mass Effect: Andromeda and absolutely love the romance path with Vetra. She's an absolutely great character and getting to know her and Sid through her story has made me just love her. She and my Sara Ryder have had some great space adventures together while kicking some Kett ass and exploring a new galaxy.
Rewatching The Halloween Apocalypse and there’s a moment in the episode where the Doctor and Dan are walking ahead to look out the TARDIS doors at the edge of Earth’s solar system and Yaz is following behind them, looking at the Doctor. And I don’t know if it’s intentional but then it cuts to what looks like Yaz’s POV because it’s just of the back of the Doctor’s head as she looks out at the universe, and it lingers on that shot for a beat, almost like Yaz is just gazing at the Doctor for a moment as she looks out into space.