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[ingravinoveritas]

Full three minute-long clip of David on the Reasons to be Cheerful podcast talking about Pride Month and gay/trans rights. Truly heart-wrenching to hear him get so genuinely emotional/choke up as he keeps going. Notable moments:

David: "When I was at school, calling somebody gay was like the worst thing you could be called in the playground, and now we celebrate it...[choking up] and it makes me a little bit emotional. That it just gives people a chance to be seen and celebrated and to be just--combating some of that snide nastiness that is...when Target have to...[trying not to cry] when Target in America have to take down their displays because people are so intolerant, I think we all need to put up our rainbow flags and we need to march and shout and--[crying] I didn't expect this to get me this emotional, I'll be honest with you, but--you just want your children to grow up in a world that is kind, and you want your children to be kind and you want your children to be accepted for whoever they are. Whatever they want to be. They should be allowed to be whoever they want to be." David: "When you look at it--when you take a step back and see how far we've come, it does give you hope. Because sometimes when you're right in the middle of day-to-day you think, 'Where are we going guys, come on?' Ed Miliband: "We were in the era of Section 28 and all that stuff. But it has to be fought for." David: "Yes, we can't take our foot off the gas, that's the thing. And we can't expect that we will always travel in the right direction toward acceptance. We've got to--we've all got to be fighting that fight every day."

[davidtennussy]

i'm so frustrated with this lack of transparency. why tell us specifically that we're getting a 2026 christmas special if that wasn't certain ? why tell us a script was written when it wasn't ? delays are one thing that i can understand. i don't get the lying though. now everyone is just disappointed. :/

[soundofbloom]

So anyway, planet gone, all rocks and dust but the human race lives on, spread out across the stars.

[problematic-character-tournament]

ROUND 1 — Match 29 of 138

Ayumi Shinozaki (Corpse Party)

Problematic because: "in one bad ending, she burns naomi’s paper scrap because she’s jealous over satoshi, intentionally trapping naomi in heavenly host forever. which is so fucking nasty and personal. it isn’t her trying to save anyone or fix the ritual or make some desperate heroic choice, she just lets her jealousy take over at the worst possible time and ruins naomi’s only chance of escaping." Propaganda: "relatable? hopefully not. iconic? yes. she has the worst occult hobby success rate in history, but she commits. she cries, she panics, she tries again, she makes everything worse, she feels awful about it, and then somehow finds a NEW cursed object to trust. absolute disaster class rep. i support her emotionally and oppose her logistically."

vs. The Master (Doctor Who)

Problematic because: "the master is basically the doctor’s worst friend from school if that friend kept trying to conquer planets, steal bodies, start cults, weaponise alien tech, and make the doctor emotionally miserable for sport. they’re a renegade time lord, like the doctor, but instead of travelling around helping people, they usually turn up with some plan involving mind control, political takeover, mass death, or “i am in charge now because i said so.” the classic era already has plenty - in logopolis, the master kills nyssa’s father tremas by taking over his body, then messes with logopolis badly enough that the doctor is warned it could cause universal disaster. new who just makes the scale even worse. as harold saxon, the master becomes prime minister, murders the us president on tv, uses the toclafane to conquer earth, keeps the doctor aged and helpless, and turns martha’s family and jack into prisoners/slaves on the valiant for a whole year. then in the end of time, he turns almost the entire human race into copies of himself, because apparently normal tyranny wasn’t personal enough. and that’s before missy and dhawan!master. missy builds an “afterlife” that uploads the minds of dead people so they can be turned into cybermen, which is a genuinely horrible thing to do even by master standards. dhawan!master destroys gallifrey, turns dead time lords into cybermasters, and later tries to force the doctor to regenerate into him so he can use her identity as a weapon. so yes: murder, body theft, mass manipulation, political dictatorship, cyberman crimes, gallifrey crimes, earth crimes, doctor-specific emotional terrorism, and a level of clinginess that should probably require a restraining order across time and space." Propaganda: 1. "they are not just evil, they are ANNOYING about it. every plan has to involve theatre. every betrayal has to be personal. every time the doctor tries to move on, the master appears like “hello :) did you miss me :) i have ruined another government.” i love them because the relationship with the doctor is so messy. they hate each other, love each other, understand each other too well, keep trying to save or destroy each other depending on the day, and somehow make “we went to school together” sound like the most dangerous backstory in the universe." 2. "The Master is so funny as a recurring villain because no matter the incarnation, the basic energy is always: I am smarter than everyone, I should be in charge, the Doctor is obsessed with me specifically, and if any of that is untrue I will make it everyone’s problem. Delgado has evil charm, Ainley has panto menace, Roberts is doing whatever the TV movie was doing bless him, Simm is feral, Missy is flirting with redemption and murder in the same sentence, Dhawan looks like he’s one bad conversation away from biting through the furniture. They’ve done basically every kind of villain nonsense available: hypnosis, disguises, political coups, body theft, Cybermen, fake afterlives, dead Time Lord armies, forced regeneration, turning humanity into themself, refusing to die politely. But the reason they work is that it’s always personal with the Doctor. The Master doesn’t just want to win, they want the Doctor to watch, react, argue, understand, maybe join in, maybe stop them, preferably all at once. Absolute nightmare bestie."

Who should advance?

Ayumi Shinozaki

The Master

Voting ended onJun 6

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[katestewartt]

[nipuni]

Repairs 🔧

[ambertea]

I did that job once.

[pepsimayo]

What are your pronouns and would you like to join my union

[lactose-intolerant-nihilism]

i love how this is always showing up on my dash entirely free of the context that the ood’s response to this question is ‘the beast shall rise from the pit and make war against god’

[doctorwhomemes]

[lgbtcharactertournament]

ROUND 2 — Match 104 of 143

River Song (Doctor Who)

Identity: Bi/Pansexual, explicit Notes: Is in a relationship with the Doctor (genderfluid, but presenting as a man), and refers to exes of multiple genders, including multiple ex-wives. Propaganda: "river is just unfairly good as a character because she shows up already knowing more than you, acts like that’s your problem, and somehow still manages to be emotionally devastating while doing it. things i will never shut up about: she’s confident in a way that actually feels earned. not “written to be cool,” but “she knows exactly who she is and she’s not asking permission.” she can handle herself. every time she’s in danger, she’s also the danger. LOVE that for her. she’s funny without being a quip machine. half the time she’s just casually roasting the doctor or everyone around her and it’s perfect. she’s romantic and intense, but she’s also not soft about it. she’ll love you and still call you an idiot. her whole timeline situation makes every interaction with her feel loaded, because she’s always carrying context you don’t have yet. and yes, the flirting is part of it - because it’s not coy, it’s direct. she wants what she wants, she says it, and she keeps moving. river’s energy is basically “i’m in control, i’m having fun, and i’m also not running from the serious parts,” and that combination is why she’s such a fan favourite."

vs. Cecil Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Identity: Gay, explicit Notes: Explicitly gay within the text and states disinterest in women. Eventually marries Carlos (a man). Propaganda: 1. "What would an LGBT character tournament be without Cecil? His love for his small desert town and its inhabitants and his tendency to use his radio show as a diary is so endearing to me." 2. "Cecil is such an iconic character to a lot of queer folk my age, or at least I think so. He's had a crush on Carlos from very early on in the series, and was one of my first explicitly queer relationships I'd seen as a teenager! And now they're married!"

Who should advance?

River Song

Cecil Palmer

Voting ended onApr 20

[welli-moon]

I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself.

[lgbtcharactertournament]

ROUND 1 — Match 70 of 286

Todd Chavez (Bojack Horseman)

Identity: Asexual, explicit Notes: Refers to himself directly as asexual on-screen, and has a multi-episode arc exploring his asexuality and the difficulty of finding compatible asexual partners. Propaganda: "His arc of discovering his sexuality is so, so relatable. I also love that the show makes it clear that asexual people can still feel romantic attraction, since he ends the series with a girlfriend!"

vs. Yasmin Khan (Doctor Who)

Identity: WLW, explicit Notes: Has romantic feelings for The Doctor (in a female regeneration). Propaganda: "Yaz is honestly such a ride because she starts out as the most grounded one and then you watch her get pulled deeper and deeper into the Doctor’s orbit until it becomes the center of her life. And I don’t mean that as a drag - it’s compelling because it’s messy and intense and not always healthy, but it’s real. She’s loyal to a fault, she sticks around past the point where most people would walk, and she keeps choosing the Doctor even when it costs her. She’s also quietly tough. People act like she’s “boring” and I never get it, because she’s the one who keeps it together when things are going wrong. She takes responsibility. She tries to lead when she has to. She’s not just along for the ride - she’s actively trying to be useful and capable in situations that would destroy most people. And when she finally gets angry, or hurt, or tired of being kept at arm’s length, it hits because she’s been holding it in for so long. And yeah, the feelings are part of why she matters to me: she’s not doing a neat little crush plot, she’s doing that awful thing where you love someone who can’t meet you where you are, and you keep hoping maybe this time it’ll be different. She deserves better, but she also makes her own choices, and that complexity is exactly why she sticks in my brain."

Who should advance?

Todd Chavez

Yasmin Khan

Voting ended onMar 19

[aenslem]

You know, Alien. The horror movie, Alien.

[dwgif]

Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference? 

DOCTOR WHO (2005– ) S08E11: Dark Water

[jirochek]

Alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune....

[axlhj]

- THE FOOL-

because I feel like he would jump off a cliff holding a balloon, believing he could fly.（I have no other meaning. I just want to express a naive and innocent state of mind）

[katestewartt]

[filmtvtoday]

MATT SMITH as THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR Doctor Who S06E04: The Doctor's Wife