#we're all rory

[stellaluna33]

Man, I know she was dumb and screwed it up, but sometimes it kills me a little thinking about the way Rory picked out a pretty dress to wear to the Summer Madness Festival and was smiling excitedly at herself in the mirror (when she knew Dean wasn't supposed to be back in town until HOURS later) and was anxiously looking all around for Jess while she was all dressed up (he'd told her "you look nice" the last time she'd seen him) and... Baby girl, how did you see this going?? She was obviously expecting it to go a lot differently than the way it actually went! How long had she been daydreaming about this? What did she think was going to happen? Probably something a lot more romantic than this. My poor, stupid baby. 😅😭

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

my greatest fandom flaw: i can never express my dislike of rory/jess to the full extent that i yearn to because i know it’s just way too taboo to ever unleash upon the world. i must remain silent on the matter to stay in the polite circles of society.

so i just have to keep it bottled up inside of me

F E S T E R I N G

[opshopqueen]

Cat in a box(s)

[bayrut]

I may have made a mistake.....

[heda-in-the-clouds]

Alycia dancing

[jigencaps]

[bardinthezone]

Watching Making myself sit through Moffat's Who, trying to give it a decent chance and I can't stand it already. Y'know why?

The stupid fucking love triangle.

Because not only is it just generally annoying as a trope, but it is so poorly written here. It takes over the show in a really obnoxious way and completely flanderizes characters who, in the first episode, were decent people.

Rory is portrayed as a fool for being... concerned that his fiance is cheating on him with the not-actually-imaginary friend she's been obsessed with since childhood, who she ran off with and kissed (A normal thing to be concerned about!!). And just generally, he's portrayed as a bumbling idiot. As the one who just gets confused and makes one-liners about being insecure. And both Amy and the Doctor just brush him off, leave him behind! Mocked by the woman who's supposed to be there for him and abandoned by the Doctor who's meant to keep him safe. He's being reduced to basically just comic relief here, and it sucks.

The Doctor is so.. aloof. More so than 10 and DEFINTELY moreso than 9. He's a silly, childish man who often fails to recognize the emotional consequences of his actions. He has his emotional moments, yes, but a lot of his writing falls victim to what I call "Sherlock Syndrome." When Moffat just writes an aloof super genius and expects the audience to fawn over him because he has good outfits and witty one-liners. Matt Smith is a fantastic actor and he carries a lot of his run, but putting glitter on a turd doesn't stop it being a turd.

Amy is yet another victim of the "every woman falls madly in love with the Doctor" pitfall. Worked with Rose, got old with Martha and after that almost every one-off woman who flirted with him just made me roll my eyes. Her obsession and anger with the Doctor didn't have to be romantic, but Moffat just couldn't resist writing a "strong female protagonist" who's sexy and she knows it, who loves having all the boys fawn over her and flirts without a care in the world. Who's a brash girlboss in charge of her boys, but who also turns into a sobbing damsel in distress at the slightest sign of danger.

All three of these characters are so blatantly characatures of themselves right now that it takes me out of it. They're all just quippy one-liners of their smartness or their brashness or their insecure foolishness. Can these types of people exist in real life? Yeah. But the way they're written about here is just obnoxious. I'm willing to accept that later Moffat seasons might be better than this (at least on the interpersonal conflict side of things), but it's season 1 and he's already dropping the ball so hard.

We could've gotten something truly marvelous, with a PLATONIC conflict based on the Raggedy Man from her childhood finally coming back and offering her freedom from a boring adult life. She's enamored with him, but doesn't entirely trust him because hey, he massively fucked up once already. Maybe Rory is concerned about his place in Amy's life, and Amy tries to be comforting. Maybe she messes up, maybe she says the wrong thing. Maybe she says the wrong thing right before losing Rory to the crack in space and time. But she has to try, because why should I care about a relationship where one person doesn't care about the other's happiness, at least a little? And right now it just feels like she doesn't.

I'm not saying shows shouldn't have interpersonal conflicts and flawed protagonists. They should! But to pull that off well, you have to make us want to see these characters grow. You have to give us a reason to enjoy watching these characters interact, even at their low points. And revisting Moffat's run as an adult, I don't feel enjoyment. I just feel annoyed.

[rotisseries]

judas' death killed people btw. judas obviously but there was collateral and it was me

[sprnklersplashes]

not to make being an older sister my one personality trait but youngest siblings who insist they have "oldest sibling energy" aren't infuriating but they are in the top 10 most annoying people

[ofcowardiceandkings]

everything just happens so much i need a break from ... yeah lol

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Eleven/Amy/Rory writing update (pt. 45)

Word count: 200k, bitches!

Y'know, I know I've knocked Steven Moffat's tendency to write too many "badass" speeches for the Doctor to say but you know what? If you find yourself writing a conflict scene for the Doctor and you have the power to make Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, or Jodie Whittaker say, I don't know, something like this (from an upcoming Thirteen fic):

“I know what’s best. I’ve always known what’s best. I know what’s best until I’m shown by better people than me that I’m not the best. But you’re in danger, you see, because there’s no one here to stop me. There’s no one here to make me better, because you took your chance away. I’m the best you’re going to get and therefore I’m the worst you’re ever going to suffer.”

Then you start to understand why Steven Moffat might have kept writing speeches like that. (Though I do think they're a bit more powerful when you use them more sparingly.)

Aka: I have limited (timewise) access to a computer at my parents' house (just like the good ol' days, though as an adult I am so much less worried about them getting a glimpse at I'm writing than I was when I was a teenager) and I'm getting in at least a little bit of writing while visiting!

[mysticmoondancer]

It sucks when you're sick, and all you really wanna do is work on your fanart for a fandom for a while, but you just don't have the energy or focus to 😔

[katya-goncharov]

anyway i think the least the doctor could have done is given some of the people who got zapped back by the weeping angels a lift back to the present. i don't care what convoluted reason steven moffat made up for why he couldn't

[heda-in-the-clouds]

Alycia Debnam-Carey on the run for 🌹

[baezdylan]

In which Amy Pond is a starship that marries the universe.

You are here because you want to know the truth about this starship, and I am talking to you because you're entitled to know. When this presentation has finished, you will have a choice. You may either protest. Or forget. 

(Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour (5x01), The Beast Below (5x02), Vincent and the Doctor (5x10), The Big Bang (5x13); To Love A Boy - Maya Hawke; The Big Sky - Kate Bush; The Waves - Virginia Woolf; Where The Streets Have No Name - U2)

[amtrak12]

Sidebar: I unlocked a new character motivation while editing over lunch and I am still HUMMING from it. It got so unexpectedly, yet perfectly, angsty that I lost my mind. MY OWN BRAIN PUT THOSE PIECES TOGETHER! Yet I couldn't believe what just happened 🤯

Anyway, how's your guys' writing going? Just as good? I hope just as good. May all of you unlock new plot points today 🫶