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Akutagawa is often like this is my cat, he's a fucking idiot but he's also deifically powerful and as soon as I put his little cat clothes on him, he's going to fuck up your shit beyond your ability to currently conceive. And, like, he's referring to Atsushi, who is standing right there.

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Akutagawa: Do you follow Beetlejuice rules, where I summon you by saying your name?

Atsushi: IDK, how often do you talk about me when I'm not there?

It's pretty funny to think about the fact that in terms of time, it's probably been barely a minute since Akutagawa shouted his ever iconic "Return the Weretiger to me!" so I imagine when Atsushi does just appear seemingly out of thin air, he's a bit confused and wonders if he's had the power to manifest people this whole time and why didn't he try it sooner

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Finding this post and others like it is so fun because every time I see 'I think Bill would-' 'Bill in- 'Bill wearing' there is a second where I'm like, 'which Bill?' From Doctor who? The Kill Bill? Is that possibly the boy from Stranger Things?

Then I scroll and it is ALWAYS the Triangle Fucker (affectionate)

I think Bill would wear this unprompted

oh absolutely

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Bro needs to check that that paper isn't a death note or something-

Who's gonna tell him

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Fourteen clocking Sixteen on the way to big Tesco

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I mean, if you'll permit me to share my opinion, I don't think the issue is about Poppy or Belinda specifically. I have a theory posted that originally RTD wrote both seasons with the intention of one companion, Ruby. Which isn't such a far reach, seeing as there's quotes saying that he's actually had plans extending up to season 18.

I think when I say that it feels like Belinda has been sidelined in this finale, it's more a reflection of her actual literal role and screentime. She spends part of the finale in her Stepford Persona, before being literally locked in a box. We don't even cut to her, except for that frankly hilarious piece of editing where we leave Ncuti skysurfing across the Thames and the music cuts out.

Season finale's always have the companion do something interesting, absorbing the time vortex, walk the Earth, form a time lord/human metacrisis. But you know who does that in Wish World/Reality War? Ruby.

Ruby in fact is more resistant than the Doctor to the Wish World of Conrad. She starts rebelling with Shirley. Ruby has a final confrontation with Conrad, Ruby is entrusted with Project Indigo. Hell, we spend more time with Carla and Cherry than we do with Belinda's parents. And it is Ruby who even reminds the Doctor that he has a daughter, or at least convinces him. This feels like Ruby's finale.

This doesn't mean Belinda is a bad character! Honestly, I prefer her to Ruby. But the closing of her character with Poppy feels like an incompatible end with what we were shown so far. Belinda has never really spoken about children, so we never truly got an idea that she was with some secret desire to have children. But this ending would be Perfect for Ruby. For her to have a child, born of a wish? Poppy is a gorgeous parallel to Ruby, and Ruby has always loved children. It's baked into her character.

And I understand that her never speaking about children is not meaning that she doesn't want children. But as a TV series they had a chance to establish Belinda as someone who loves children, but they don't take that opportunity. Changing her into a single mother as a retcon isn't necessarily bad, but it's VERY abrupt. And again, we have never seen Belinda express any sort of interest in motherhood, while Ruby finding and raising a child, just like Carla raised her, would be a perfect foil to the 'hurt people hurt people' theme that's been running through the season. Her passing on her mum's goodness.

Her saying that she wants to be locked in the box with her daughter is a moment that makes sense emotionally. Her saying that she wants to stop travelling because of her daughter makes sense emotionally. But a companion should have more of a role to play. These are Watsonian fixes to a Doylist problem. I have a theory that originally Poppy was taken by the Rani, and the 'Ruby using Project Indigo to break into Conrad's room' was originally part of a rescue mission for Belinda to rescue her child. But of course, it's Ruby's season finale.

(Side notes for this theory, I feel like Conrad Clark was a replacement for Allan Bludd from the Robot Revolution, the noticeably sexist and obsessive ex boyfriend of Belinda who she broke up with at 16. They wrote Conrad in for lucky day and repurposed him for the sake of the season finale.)

Originally, this story was supposed to be a chance for Ruby to step away from the Doctor. Her saying that 'okay, two seasons were fun, but I need to take care of my daughter' and the Doctor having to loose both her and Poppy.

I do agree that the message was deeper than 'you need a child to be fulfilled' and Belinda is a great character. It just feels like she was fully ignored in this season finale.

I hope I've explained my perspective well!

Bless RTD for one thing in this last special and that's for giving Jodie Whittaker better writing in two minutes than she had in her whole season. I don't even ship Thasmin, and I don't like the Doctor saying 'I Love You' but that interaction? Warmed my cold dead heart.

(Also, honestly loved the story of Poppy, unironically and wholly. I think it's so heartwrenching and fulfilling, and I adored seeing Anita back, she was my favourite part of the Christmas special. But like, can't believe he made me genuinely delighted with 13.)

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I have a little conspiracy theory. I think Belinda was never supposed to exist.

Lemme explain.

So, I believe that Ruby was supposed to be a companion for two seasons. I think they had fair notice, probably before they started filming the first, but I think the general storylines were already put in place, and major episodes, specifically 'Robot Revolution', 'The Well' & 'Interstellar Song Contest' were already largely drafted.

I didn't dislike Ruby as a companion, but I really did quite love Belinda. But I feel like this ending feels matched with Ruby's themes, as well as the FINAL episode basically fridge Belinda, literally trapping her in Stepford before having her literally locked in a box.

Final episodes, especially Companion final episodes always involve the active companion. Especially in an RTD season. Rose becomes the Bad Wolf/gets locked in an alternate dimension. Martha walks the entirety of the earth to unionise the human race. Donna unlocks the metacrisis. Even in Steven Moffat, Amy brings back the Doctor, Clara jumps into his timestream, Clara basically drives both the season 8 and 9 finale two parters.

Belinda does... Very little, comparatively. Even her moments with the Doctor feel strange, there's no fallout of her calling the Rani's forces on him, not even any fallout to them being married. She gets a scene where she runs off into the woods to scream, but she doesn't even get an explanation as to who Poppy is from Space Babies, and how the Doctor knows her.

Comparatively, Ruby not only has the emotional weight of stopping Conrad, she also convinces the Doctor of Poppy's existence. Hell, Belinda isn't even THERE when they give the God of Dreams and Wishes to Ruby's family for them to raise.

Theory. Alan Budd was Conrad. Ruby was Belinda. Season 2 starts with a flashback of her kissing Alan, noticeably sexist and disrespectful, names a star after her, and we cut to seventeen years later. The MissBelindaChandra Bots, now known as the 'MissRubySunday Bots' grab her and take her away. The Doctor, of course, comes chasing after her, and the two reunite. This also answers the question as to how Mrs Flood is both Ruby's and Belinda's neighbour. They're the same character. It should be the same house.

The season, largely, continues as normal. Ruby and the Doctor have very much the same dynamic as Belinda and the Doctor. They probably rewrote a lot of the dialogue for a more combative dynamic to distinguish the two. But generally, the two are pretty close, best friends, dressing up and goofing off, and on a rewatch, even when Belinda's words are her own, her actions never feel far from Ruby's.

(I'll admit that's a stretch as 'companion' characters tend to have the same actions, but I hope you understand what I mean.)

Season 2, the vindicator isn't a thing. Ruby admits to enjoying life with the Doctor, and they commit to a couple of funky trips. Replace the 'something is connecting us' speech with Belinda with something like 'the whole universe, and I found you twice/Doctor, I thought I might have to live my life without you, without the universe, let's go everywhere'. This even helps the moment where the Doctor promises Rose that she Will see him again seem to make a lot more sense. Bear in mind, Joy To The World still takes place, so he still has his 'missing Ruby, making two coffees' arc.

(This opening would probably be a parallel to Partners In Crime in some senses? The Doctor and Ruby in the start of Robot Revolution being like the Doctor and Donna constantly missing each other.)

Here, the vindicator never existed. Anyways, it's never mentioned more than a couple of mentions per episode, and even as the deus ex machine weapon against Omega, you could remove every mention of it from the season and it would be fine. The Doctor and Ruby don't have any pressure on getting back on time, they're vibing. It is very much like the last season, only replace the Susan Twist cameos with Mrs Flood cameos.

In 'The Well' we get an indicator that the human race is not in fact gucci. And in 'Interstellar Song Contest' Graham Norton pops up and tells them that the Earth was destroyed on the 24th of May. And this is like Journey's End, when the Doctor and Donna return to Earth, and then the planet vanishes.

(I really see a LOT of Donna's era in this season)

So, in Wish World, the Doctor and Ruby are married. Replace the scene where Ruby knocks on the door and says everything is fake with Ruby being the Doctor's wife telling him that she doesn't remember their daughter. Keep the scene of her being asked about giving birth to Poppy and screaming in the woods, keep the scene of her finding Shirley, only this time, someone else calls the police on both the Doctor AND Ruby. Which is why we get zero fallout of the Doctor feeling like he can't trust Belinda. Because here, they were BOTH reported and taken in.

So in Reality War, Ruby is the companion confronts Conrad, except it isn't Conrad in this version. It's Allan. Noticeably sexist Allan. Belinda even says 'all you ever did was correct me' and that's what he's doing. Correcting the World, in his image. His obsession with obedience.

Hell, it even makes Poppy make more sense. Poppy is born because 'Allan' would want 'Ruby' to be a mother, and in season 1, we see Ruby ask the Doctor if he has children, to which he responds that he will have. Ruby sees him with the space babies. And RUBY, who remembers Poppy, tells the Doctor NO, that she was real, that Poppy existed and he NEEDS to save her. Ruby even tells Poppy 'I wish we were (your parents)' which would make space babies make sense.

Maybe the Zero Box exists, maybe it doesn't, but midnight hits and it's the 25th. And Ruby convinces everyone as to Poppy's existence, and the Doctor leaves, pours regeneration energy into the time vortex, bringing Poppy back and entrusting her to Ruby. (Poppy returns, but is fully human.)

This works for Ruby's themes way stronger. Ruby's arc was always about finding her mother, and being a foundling. I mean, she was even wiped from existence. (They try to make Belinda relate with being trapped in a time storm which is weak).

This is RUBY'S story. Even the idea around family, we get wonderful moments with Cherry and Carla, and after a whole season of Belinda nattering about her parents, we only see her mum for three seconds. And I think they wrote Lucky Day to establish Conrad, and explain why Ruby matters to him.

I don't think this makes the season bad at all. I am a bit upset that Belinda seems like such an afterthought as a character. But here's my theory all the same.

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fifteen: hey, just wanted you to know that she knows. she knows you love her, and i know it's not good enough because you want to say it. you almost do, once. on a beach, a million miles away, right in front of her. wanted you to know we make the same mistake.

thirteen, remembering bad wolf bay, words faltering around 'i love you' as Rose Tyler's world, a world he can't feel the rotation of, vanishes like smoke. remembers being younger, harsher, softer, in love. remembers the regret: so true bestie i DO miss having sideburns

thirteen: hey just popped in to tell you you're tearing apart reality btw. you're gonna destroy the world and also us

fifteen, not taking in a single word: god so true bestie i DO miss being blonde

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Bless RTD for one thing in this last special and that's for giving Jodie Whittaker better writing in two minutes than she had in her whole season. I don't even ship Thasmin, and I don't like the Doctor saying 'I Love You' but that interaction? Warmed my cold dead heart.

(Also, honestly loved the story of Poppy, unironically and wholly. I think it's so heartwrenching and fulfilling, and I adored seeing Anita back, she was my favourite part of the Christmas special. But like, can't believe he made me genuinely delighted with 13.)

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I'm so Master-Traumatised that when the Rani went all 'queue music' and lowered the disco ball I was like 'oh no' because like...

The Master played Rasputin, I Can't Decide, Hey Missy and now I was fully expecting the Rani to waltz with the Doctor to... I don't even know. 'Die Young' by Ke$ha? 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley? Some unhinged bop of a beat. I was almost disappointed when an actual waltz played.

Point is 'Rasputin' Sacha Dhawan sprinted so 'Rani' Archie Panjabi could saunter.

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I've seen (and written) a lot of stuff about how 'Graham Norton AI' and 'Rylan Clark cryogenic?' which revolves around the idea that, if the Earth and Human Empire ends on the 24th of May 2025, how is there so much human culture in the future. Like the year is according to human calenders, we see Rylan Clark, preserved through cryogenic suspension despite the fact that we don't have that technology and the Graham Norton selling his image as an AI interface. Not to mention that we literally see humanoid figures 500,000 years later in the Well who, while unfamiliar with Earth, largely seem like humans from space colonies, as we've seen in previous future episodes.

Of course we get vague explanations, but I think the real reason is almost adjacent to the Pandorica. The explosion that send the cracks of time throughout space, it destroys everything, makes it so the universe never existed, but it takes about 2,000 years for time to run out. The eye of the storm closing in on the universe. I think this is adjacent to that.

We know the human race sprawl out across the universe in vast swathes in the Doctor Who Universe, and to have it be destroyed in 2025 before interstellar travel even was invented? My theory is that the human race is flickering out, slowly.

Like, humans would have colonised planets, been enslaved, rebelled, invented, formed new species. They wove themselves into the tapestry of the universe. So I think, when they were cut out before they did all that, the universe cut out a square rather than pulling out the thread. Time being rewritten, but the erased pencil marks still visible.

Say one day a human and an alien race form a different species, and that species becomes a whole race, with a history and lore and creation myth. Getting rid of that species is just a bit too much of a stretch, so there's just an adjustment to the creation myth of the species, without acknowledging that the human species should have been extinct. So human inventions are just reframed as inventions of a different species, human invasions are relabelled as the conquests of a race that the humans were allied with.

For events where humans are baked into a cultural event, but relatively unimpactful (Rylan Clark), they just quietly find an excuse (cryogenic suspension). I'm sure that other individuals tied to fixed points (Captain Brooke from the Waters of Mars in 2059) will have their own new alterations to the narrative. Maybe in this universe the story goes that Adeline Brooks was also awoken from deep freeze and investigating Mars as a possible human colony for the survivors, or scoped from the human race before it's destruction using time travel technology.

I mean we see it in Waters Of Mars! Adeline dies on Earth, but her granddaughter and her families legacy remains. Because the universe would rather rewrite history than replace it, keep the events consistent while altering the details.

So my explanation is that, humanity is being wiped, more from existence than impact. Humanity is echoing through the time stream, growing quieter. Maybe they're quietly renamed, colonies that spread out from Earth now certain that they are a native species of whatever planet they're on, the human race so far in the future shrugging as they say that they don't know the planet of origin for their species.

Duck pond where there isn't any ducks. Humanity where there isn't any humans.

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the symbiotic relationship between tumblr and AO3 should be studied in a lab

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You should remake a movie or franchise because you love it, not because you hate it. It should a labour of love, not forced labour.

can we like, have adaptations made by people who care about the thing they're adapting

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Would it be incredibly wrong to post both my chapter update and also the chapter that an oh-so-passionate fan of my writing generated using AI and shared with me? Like, keep the AI version as a separate piece but connect them in a series? Just to show how fucking soulless it is?

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Someone very thoughtfully told me about how they used AI on one of my current works in progress. I told them how happy I was that they liked my work so much, and asked to see the AI generated chapter before making it quite clear that while I can't control anyone's actions, I abhor the idea of my work being fed to the monster of the beast, only to have some heartless piece of generated AI be deemed satisfactory. When I asked how on Earth they could be unaware of how horrible people feel when their work is fed into generative AI machines, they protested that, they weren't publishing or posting anything! And besides, that was for artists, not for writers. Obviously.

Please take THIS as a sign. I may not be able to control your actions, but if you have any respect for anything I've written, I implore that you wait patiently for an update before feeding it into a machine that goes against all the love and passion I have for the stories I write. Because they're silly, but I write them out of love.

I'm also debating the idea of posting the AI version of the chapter as a separate work in the series, just so people can really see just how soulless it is.

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How can you fix dialogue?

So, rewatched 'The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos' which is in so many ways a bad episode made worse by the poor season that is building to it. But when I find myself not enjoying a series, I either find myself compelled to write fanfiction or evaluate how I would fix it.

I'm not writing fanfiction for season 11.

This is one of the weakest pieces of dialogue in the episode, early on. Screenshot from 'Chrissie's Transcript Site'

It's horrible, for mainly three reasons, but it's there for a purpose.

Graham's alleged arc has been in two parts, healing from Grace's loss, trying to travel as a way to escape/handle his grief and also reaching out to Ryan. His character is fairly comedic, but quite gentle natured, and somewhat of a pacifist, especially against Ryan, who is often seen as fairly aggressive in comparison. Ryan also holds more anger, towards his father for not being there, even though he's reached an understanding of how young his father was when Ryan was born, towards his own coordination disability.

This conversation is supposed to set up Graham's arc on whether or not he will kill Tim Shaw, who murdered his wife and Ryan's grandmother. But it is bad for three main reasons.

First, the lack of conviction. Telling the Doctor, fully unprompted his intentions, when he is aware she is a famed pacifist. It feels less 'I want to kill him' and more 'I want you to convince me not to kill him'. Some people said that he said this because he respects the Doctor, but that doesn't seem to come across at all. He doesn't ask for her advice, or respond to her point of view.

Second, the inconsistency. He hasn't shown any sign of wanting revenge in previous episodes, has never linked his grief for Grace to any desire to avenge her. Honestly, he doesn't even seem to mourn her all that much unless the narrative is asking him to. His alleged motivation for travelling is to heal, and he mentions Grace, but his healing process never feels truly significant or consistent. A lot of this era has the issue of isolating emotional moments from plot moments. You see an emotional conversation and then the plot kicks back in and the chance for a conversation or vulnerable moment is left behind in the dust.

Third, the dialogue. The Doctor doesnt respond with any understanding of rage, any sense that they want Graham to choose differently. They say 'go back to the TARDIS' 'you can't' and then deliver an ultimatum. And then they don't follow through! So the Doctor comes off as a patronising, controlling, unsympathetic person.

We later get this interaction.

Way to undo any shred of character these people had. Ryan is trying to convince Graham to not murder Tim Shaw, and Graham, whose most consistent character trait was reaching out and hoping that Ryan would treat him like a grandfather, rejects every effort that his Grandson has made. And Ryan, instead of responding to this abandonment according to his character, says what the plot needs him to say, slamming in an 'I love you' that feels unearned and ingenuine.

There's enough moaning about what's wrong with this episode. How could it be fixed?

First, have the Doctor approach Graham. As soon as she recognises Tim Shaw, have her look towards Graham and Ryan, clearly cognisant of what an emotional ordeal this will be for the two of them. Have her at least seem like she's aware and considerate of the emotional state of two people who are supposed to be her closest and dearest family. So as they're walking together, have her pull him aside, more casually falling into step as Ryan and Yaz walk ahead. Have her appeal to Graham's core character motivations.

This is how the conversation could go:

Doctor: Ryan's been quiet.

Graham: I hadn't noticed.

Doctor: That's why I did. Normally when your Grandson goes quiet, you're the first person to pick up on it. You're Supergramps, able to identify a disgruntled kid from even a fraction of change in their decibel level.

Graham: Grace was better at it.

(Pained silence.)

Doctor: I'm worried about him.

Graham: Yeah, me too. How long have I got, realistically speaking? And his dad's not the most reliable bloke. He found his mum's corpse. He saw his Nan fall. And that's because of that fella. (Clearly referring to Tim Shaw).

Doctor: You've got time. Both of you. Grace brought you together, but you chose to plant your feet in it.

Graham: Ryan hated me. Was never good enough, for his Nan. He was right, of course but...

Doctor: Doesn't seem like he hates you now. 'Granddad'. Planted feet, a step forward.

Graham (wry chuckle): Yeah... Yeah I suppose so. But still. It's not just Grace that he hurt. Not just me. And now, we're chasing after him again. If one of us gets hurt, if one of us-

Doctor: We won't. I'll never be any less sorry, for loosing her. But Ryan needs his granddad.

(Tense silence.)

Graham: I, I know what you believe Doc, but I just keep thinking. If we killed Tim Shaw that day, my Grandson wouldn't be in danger now. None of that fellas crew would be in danger.

Doctor: And we would be murderers. That's not the future I want for you.

Graham: What it did to Grace-

Doctor: Will never stop hurting. (Pause, no pretense at casual discussion). Never. You'll carry her with you for the rest of your life. But if you kill Tim Shaw, that's just another life for you to carry. And you can try and justify it in your head, you can play the hypotheticals. But I promise, from one Grandfather to another. You will never believe yourself. You'll never be free of that.

Graham: ... He can't do this. (Clearly referring to Tim Shaw) He can't keep hurting people, and leaving broken pieces behind.

Doctor: And we won't let him, I promise. But Ryan Sinclair needs his granddad more than Tim Shaw needs an executor.

(Silence. We hope that her point has gone through.)

Graham: You're worried about him?

Doctor: Always. Because he hasn't got a Grandson who needs him to be the best of humanity.

Graham: I understand. Doc.

(Two walk away. Graham's eyes fix on Ryan, before realising something.)

Graham: What do you mean grandfather?!

Boom! Show the Doctor caring for Graham, Graham caring for Ryan, Ryan clearly considering something that the Doctor is concerned for. Graham dealing with 'what Grace left behind' afraid for Ryan's future, which ties nicely to Graham being afraid of the home that is full of Grace, the tasks that he needs to do in her absence that only make it clearer that she is gone. And neatly, has set up a scene where Graham has to persuade Ryan to be the better man. So their conversation could instead go:

Ryan: They're trained soldiers. And they ended up like this. She never had a chance.

Graham: Your Nan was stronger than any soldier. Strong enough to know that hurting people doesn't help anyone.

Ryan: You sound like the Doc.

Graham: That sounds like a good thing. And you'd normally agree with that.

Ryan, clearly angry: She died, fighting him! And he gets to live, three thousand years. That's long enough. That's too long.

Graham: She didn't die fighting him, she died saving us. That fella, Tim Shaw, or whatever he likes to call himself, he doesn't get to touch her. Not even her death.

Ryan, scoffing: Right, it wasnt his fault, and Nan just- (turns away sharply, clearly unable to finish his sentence).

Graham, clearly choosing his words carefully: Well, I didn't say that. It was his fault. But, your nan, she used to say 'Be the better man'. And that, it's not about being better than people like him, the Tim Shaws of the universe. It's about being better than you were yesterday, and the day before. (Hesitantly reaching out.) Your Nan... Grace. She may have died that day, but I know you know she's still with us. So, she's still alive, in a sense. But if you kill him, you're killing four people.

Ryan, clearly only listening begrudgingly: Oh yeah? Who's that then.

Graham: Well, him, for starters. And yourself. Because, I love the doc, but you notice, don't you? She's killed people, and she knows she'll never be free of it. You kill him, it'll be you in the grave.

Ryan: I don't care about my grave. (Clearly a little curious, despite himself). Who else?

Graham: Your Nan. Because, she's in you, every second. Sometimes it's hard for me, to see her. Sometimes it's the only thing that makes this worth it. But if you kill him, and it's because of her... She won't have died saving us, she'll die on the day you give up on her, on being a better man. Tim Shaw will kill her, again.

Ryan, not longer angry, but still sullen: ... Who else?

Graham, clearly apprehensive: Me. Because... (clears throat) I love you. You're my Grandson.

(Quiet moment)

Ryan, scoffing, but clearly touched: How long you been practising that?

Graham, faux offended: I thought it was pretty good! I spoke from the heart!

Ryan: Well, never do that again. Seriously grandad, I love you, but you're kind of unbearable.

Boom. Graham gets to, at the very least come to terms with Grace's death and her memory, Ryan gets to untangle his anger and accept that Graham is staying in his life, and the episode is still terrible but I'm not God. Parallel to Ryan's father, who Ryan considers found it hard to stay, because Ryan looks like his mum. The Doctor's influence is clear, in how she has changed their viewpoint, but it also shows how she trusted the both of them to help each other, and their first I love you is something actually tied to a sincere moment where they accept their relationship. The Doctor gets a philosophy a little richer than 'we don't kill' and wants Graham to understand why violence will not help him, rather than obey her demand. So it feels less 'my TARDIS my rules' and more 'I know what murder and revenge does to a soul and I want to protect you, and your grandchild'.

So, the conversations feel like natural evolutions of the characters preexisting philosophies, they feel like sincere motivations compatible with their traits and we actually get to explore each character and how they relate, view and impact the others.

Anyway, this isn't hate, just a fun creative exercise. Love y'all!

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What part of 'crazy conspiracy theorist' makes me sound that I'm not aware of my own delusional state.

I am once again trying to connect the Sarah Jane Adventures to Doctor Who. The Sarah Jane Adventures had a Character called Rani Chandra. The Rani has just been introduced. The Doctor is travelling with Belinda Chandra. Please make this mean something I beg. Don't care if I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist, Doctor Who is almost as insane as I am.