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This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

CREDIT TO @sentientsky FOR MAKING THE POST THAT GAVE ME THIS VISION

#doctor who #whouffaldi #dw #this is how you lose the time war

hotd tells the story of an undying love between two women which consistently overcomes the violence of war, feudalism, and patriarchy. the affection between rhaenyra and alicent weaves through the narrative to tell us something larger about misogyny, gendered violence, etc., that is far more compelling than f&b's incessant and arguably banal “male primogeniture is bad,” thesis. rhaenyra and alicent are not “codependent,” and hotd’s writing (with regards to this relationship) is not “misogynistic;” this relationship is a representation of the power of love against seemingly insurmountable odds and the consequences of rejecting adherence to duty in an inherently corrupt sociopolitical system. rhaenyra and alicent’s dedication to one another sharply contrasts the brutality of the dance, compelling the audience to contemplate the futility of the conflict, the pervasive nature of misogyny, and, ultimately, the faculty of love as a means to combat suffering.

#hotd #rhaenicent

severedreamlandheaven

Sigh ❤️

#whouffaldi #doctor who #dw #no one will ever be them

adiabat

i’m not aromantic but i believe in their beliefs

adiabat

for me being bi has contributed a huge amount to noticing all the ways in which romance and friendship run together and i think in general people would benefit from recognizing that romance and friendship are socially constructed categories used to describe a vast, nebulous, and often overlapping range of feelings

#me af

notyoujamie

#doctor who #dw #clara also being here no one is doing it like her

ryanxross

The Pitt literally has everything. Socially awkward and highly competent autistic coded character. Sarcastic asshole with a heart of gold. Nervous white boy with the saddest eyes you’ve ever seen. Nepo baby child prodigy. Milf with a mysterious past. Noah Wyle. Need I say more

#the pitt

delightfuljay

This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

CREDIT TO @sentientsky FOR MAKING THE POST THAT GAVE ME THIS VISION

#doctor who #whouffaldi #dw

drop-of-infinity

sometimes I think about the things Elphaba and Glinda compare each other and themselves to in For Good. Glinda calls Elphaba a sun and a boulder, and calls herself a comet and a stream. Elphaba calls Glinda a wind off the sea and a skybird, and calls herself a ship and a seed. and not only is that so loving it hurts, it’s also so real and in character. Elphaba is earth and growth and fire. Glinda is water and light and air.

#gelphie #wicked

katherinemckay

something my brain has been thinking over is how the wizard having no powers basically shatters elphaba's worldview, but it actually reinforces glinda's in a lot of ways? like it essentially proves her thesis of "it's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed" / "did they have brains or knowledge? they were popular" etc. so to me it makes sense that she would be frustrated at elphaba's approach, because in glinda's eyes, it was just confirmed that the only way power is maintained in their society is through perception & image. i think the wizard has confirmed for her that perception has more impact than actual aptitude/skill, so she sees elphaba's approach as 'hurting her cause forever' even though elphaba does have more actual power and ability than the wizard.

elphaba does a 180 to breaking outside of the system because her belief in it has just crumbled, so she sees no value in adhering to it and trying to play by its broken rules. but glinda doubles down on staying inside, because its very flaws have actually further convinced her there's not a realistic path outside of it. interesting stuff

#gelphie

lonelyzarquon

#whouffaldi #doctor who #dw #no one will ever be them

theendlessbond-deactivated20251

they make me SICK

kirasbluelipstick

That's enough! Pls make it stop MAKE IT STOP

#gelphie #wicked

iamonlyhereforthefreefood

When Everything Everywhere All at Once said “The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind, especially when we don’t know what’s going on"

When the Good Place said “Why choose to be good every day when there is no guaranteed reward now or in the afterlife… I argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, we are not in this alone.”

When Jean-Paul Sartre said ”‘Hell is other people’ is only one side of the coin. The other side, which no one seems to mention, is also ‘Heaven is each other’. Hell is separateness, uncommunicability, self-centeredness, lust for power, for riches, for fame. Heaven on the other hand is very simple, and very hard: caring about your fellow beings.“

#eeaao #tgp #be kind

why-and-or-bother

Doctor Who is the only show where you could ever have a T-Rex and the birth of Christ in the same episode and have it not even be within the top 10 craziest things the show has done

#doctor who #dw #that’s why I love it so much

drop-of-infinity

I don’t think we talk enough about how the entirety of Wicked is built on the irony of No One Mourns the Wicked. The musical exists because Glinda feels the need to tell Elphaba’s story, because she is in mourning and entirely alone in that. Glinda’s love is what creates the musical because no one mourns Elphaba except her, and that is an incredibly lonely place to be. She’s just lost two of the most important people to her, and all she’s trying to do is make someone, anyone else see how important they were.

#gelphie