Do you hear the people sing?

Our voices won’t be silenced.

[atreeinthemoonlight]

Take her to your bedroom Rhaenys!!!

[davidhudson]

Happy 89th, Vanessa Redgrave.

Charles Jarrott’s Mary, Queen of Scots (1971).

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Does anyone have a high-res version of this image?

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Some rabbits really think they’re at the top of the food chain

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Oh jemma…

[atreeinthemoonlight]

Kate Stewart and Rhaenyra Targaryen both had visions of the dead walking past them, this entire TV industry, has truly gone mad.

The same plot point, over and over again, how many times do different women have to go through it before it’s enough? The answer is probably never.

[atreeinthemoonlight]

I’m curious if Kate were in the Three-Body universe, what would her deterrence level be?

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Another happy day!!

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Can’t say why, but I’m too happy today

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jemma angel

[shrmptst]

The full set of all of my LOTR pieces! they are currently available at Gallery Nucleus!

[atreeinthemoonlight]

My girl Osgood is about to lead her own chapter!!!

[daughterofheartshaven]

Bguhhhh I'm gonna regret saying this later but I do wanna throw out there that while I certainly have some things to say about RTD's writing choices for the last two seasons I really don't think Doctor Who being on ice as it were is his fault or as a result of those writing decisions. Disney set the show up to fail - given how much it seemed to advertise Who (not at all) and the fact that War Between still isn't on Disney+, I really don't think Disney would have stuck around if the writing was "better." And, like, while The Reality War has some new problems and stupid things that perhaps that the show hasn't done before, you cannot convince me it is in any way a new low for the show. This is Doctor Who, it has done many stupid things over the course of the last sixty years.

[atreeinthemoonlight]

They changed Kate from a lesbian to a straight woman. But to maintain the appearance of political correctness—since they can’t outright strip women of the right or possibility to love women—they also won’t come out and say Kate is straight. They never mention her interest in women, never show her with a woman for a single second, and yet they still insist she’s bi. They keep Kate’s attraction to women perpetually locked in a state of "possibility". Even though they’ve written Kate as straight, they still use “bi” as a weapon against the fans.

This is rooted in a deeply condescending mindset. Since Kate has already been established as liking men, why not graciously throw in a "she might be bi" as a token gesture? What’s the harm? In official Doctor Who materials, Kate has never been explicitly identified as a lesbian, we’ve already been so respectful to Kate’s lesbian fans🙃

But what they really think is: as long as I never show her liking women, she’s still straight. If fans want to call her bi, that’s their business. I haven’t taken away the possibility of her liking women, I just haven’t acted on it. I’m just ignoring you. And what’s worse, even if Kate does like women, so what? I’m just not going to let her like only them. Men come first. You want to see her with a woman? Get in line. And besides, being a lesbian is just too absolute, too narrow, it’s not inclusive. Bisexuality fits much better with the values of being more woke and diverse. Are you really trying to take away Kate’s potential to love men? How narrow-minded of you.🤗

[atreeinthemoonlight]

Tell me since when did Kate become a soldier? I thought I was playing a computer game, where you can change class at level 60. My starting class choice was scientist. At level 60, I can respec into soldier.

Not only do we have to congratulate her on her promotion, we also have to congratulate her on her career change from scientist to soldier🧐

[atreeinthemoonlight]

Rather than calling it lazy writing, I’d say the writers simply lack depth, and their perspective is deeply outdated. Whether it’s RTD or other writers, they’re just replicating examples they’ve seen in real life or in other TV shows: the older woman, younger man, strong woman, weaker man dynamic.

They’re just copying a pattern. They just take whatever they come across and use it directly, without any thought or adaptation. Once you look deeper, you realize it’s just a pair forced together to create "chemistry" and cater to certain people’s kinks. It’s all about instant gratification. Depth? There’s none of that.

A woman stripped of power, both on screen and off, is toyed with by men. You could see it as Kate having been successfully gaslit by those pathetic man. She didn’t need it, didn’t want it, yet it was forced on her as a responsibility, and she was conditioned into believing she’d wronged him

[atreeinthemoonlight]

I’m honestly relieved that Rhaenys died in S2, who knows how they would’ve written her if she’d stuck around