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Title: DLZ (long winded blues of the never) Fandom: Doctor Who Editor: @isagrimorie Music: DLZ by TV on the Radio Summary: your methods dot the disconnect from all your creeds | there’s a straight line from twelve to thirteen

#doctor who #thirteenth doctor #my edit #bringing this back #because i'm reminded of my love #for both twelve and thirteen #my doctors #queue

cipher-fresh

Everybody apologize to Ncuti Gatwa

ozmaanodyne

#whooof #when the 1989 did the entry to the hiatus better #doctor who #reblog #queue

starrynightarchive

i find sherlock's relationship with touch incredibly interesting, especially when its related to watson.

throughout the show, sherlock is seen declaring his undying love and devotion for watson in the most matter of fact way possible. bouncing on his feet, eyes darting everywhere. standing firmly on the ground, gaze fixed on her. frenzied, relaxed. he has told her how much she means to him time and time again, in all ways possible. and yet, when it comes to touch, he shies away. those screenshots are from s5? s6? yeah so by that time he has made FAR more intimate declarations, so it stands to no reason why he should fuckin. poke her to wake her up😭😭

it is no secret that sherlock is, at least to some extent, touch averse. yes he has sex, but casual touch is Not his thing. whenever people get too chummy with him (physically) his look of disgust/unease is very apparent. to him, touch is usually seen as a means to an end. he seems to give touch easily when it's related to sex, something that gives him pleasure (which is also something he seems to view quite clinically. it's less about intimacy and more about endorphins and such. #asexualsherlock). he does not, however, touch people just cause. he doesn't give casual touches easily. so it's easy to say that even if he Does love joan a lot, he doesn't exactly like physical touch in the manner of hugs, arms on shoulders, etc. and its totally valid, because not being comfortable with physical affection doesn't mean you love someone any less.

but! it doesn't end here. sherlock's feelings about touch w.r.t joan evolves throughout the show, just as their relationship does.

in season 2, joan gets kidnapped. sherlock is beside himself, and mycroft tells him that joan is "the person you love the most in the world". very early on its established just how much she means to him.

this scene was so impactful. maybe more so than it would've been if sherlock hugged her or frantically checked her for injuries. the first time I watched it, I was struck by the sheer weight of his gaze as he stood in front of her and just. stared. how he crossed the distance between them and stood so close, and yet didn't touch. silent, but breathing hard. not a single movement made and yet, i could see him almost vibrating out of his skin. the noise in his head finally just. stops. she was here. watson was here. and he didn't need to touch to make sure, no—it was her. he could never mistake her. not her, never her.

and watson must've known it too, known his desperation. after all, she is the one who knows him best. that's why right after she sees him she says "it's okay. it's alright." when he comes close, she doesn't move. doesn't step back to put any distance between them. looks back at him steadily, sees the noise in his head, the trapped chaos in him. softly, softly, she says: "im alright."

this scene from s4 is the first time joan hugs sherlock. he doesn't seem to be expecting it, so he just. freezes. you can see him realising what happened only seconds after the hug got over.

this is so lovely because watson doesn't linger. she doesn't ask him why he isn't hugging her back, because she knows. she knows he isn't really comfortable with physical affection, and that's why throughout the series we see her keep any physical touch limited when it comes to sherlock. but sometimes it just bursts out of her, all that love and relief and just the sheer magnitude of it. so she hugs him, and doesn't wait for him to hug her back. sherlock has always been better with words and actions. she knows without a doubt that he loves her, so this does not bother her at all. but she needs to show it, you know. she can't bare her heart to him through words as often as he does to her. this is how she loves, and she's aware that this is not how sherlock loves, too. and she's okay with that.

what strikes me the most is the surprise in sherlock's face. the momentary glitch in his brain that is always in overdrive. he always does that whenever watson expresses her love for him, when she shows that she loves him as much as he loves her in her own way. it's baffling. he lies and he is rude and he is a lost cause. and yet, she loves him. his dear watson.

scene from s6 that kills me. my god. the way she's hugging him. the way she holds him closer even after he says "my personality has not changed, watson." what sets this hug different from the previous one is the ease of his shoulders. he didn't expect the hug, sure, but he doesn't look like his fight or flight response has been triggered, either. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS SCENE??? THE WAY HE DOESN'T TRY TO SHRUG HER OFF. he doesn't hug her back, sure, but look at the placement of his hands. after he gets the text he is holding his other hand in a way that makes sure he isn't jostling her too much. steadying their hug. he isn't the one who says "that's enough now, we have to go." WATSON is the one who pulls back after she's done. he is keeping her steady. HE IS KEEPING HER STEADY. HE DOESN'T WANT HER TO LET GO. WHATEVER!!

s6 again. here, he invites her for a hug, more or less. he is expecting it this time. arms open, grin blinding. he knows she'll come to her. he's home. he's back by her side.

the most interesting part about it is that he still doesn't hug her back. and it's not that he doesn't want to hug watson, no, but it's that it's too much.

it is established very early on that sherlock experiences everything—be it emotions or senses—a lot more intensely than the average person. throughout the series, there are many many scenes where he has declared his love for her and almost every time, he seems stricken. shaken by the intensity of the love he feels for her. it seems to hurt him sometimes, and often overwhelms him. he doesn't have anything against hugs, you see. he hugs marcus back in the beginning of s7, smiling. but never once has he hugged back joan (till that point) when she has hugged him. and i submit that it's not because he loves her less that he doesn't hug her back—it's because he loves her in ways he can't really express. it's bigger than him, you see. this kind of love is unfamiliar to him. what he had with moriarty was different. but this? he is utterly unprepared for this.

and then, crescendo .

no longer will he try to hold himself back. he almost lost her because he wanted to hold himself back, because he told himself that he is too much, too rotten, burning, burning and he thought he will take her down with him because his watson, his dearest watson, is good. she will follow him willingly. he thought he was sparing them both the hurt, and he almost lost her because of his stupidity. so it doesn't matter if his skin feels like it's on fire when he holds her. it doesn't matter if all the love he has labelled and put in neat boxes spill out, messy, never ending. it doesn't matter if she thrashes against his hold and tells him she's fine. it doesn't matter if she fights his love. he's staying. of course he's staying.

never again will he leave her. never again.

#he is the best sherlock #best sherlock and watson #tv: elementary #reblog #queue

It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth that RTD chose to cast Tennant after Jodie's run and that really emotional regeneration, and then bookending Ncuti Gatwa's run with Billie Piper.

I know it was due to Ncuti's schedule why they had to get a different actor but I wish RTD pushed production. Ncuti deserved to be his own Doctor in a new era.

#dr who #rtd critical

sneakypeddler

bad wolf studios i will never forgive you

#'generate content'#is now how you run a show russell #doctor who #reblog

Honestly, I'm not really surprised to know RTD didn't write a Christmas Special script yet, I remember in the Writer's Tale book about the behind the scenes of RTD's first Doctor Who run...

RTD wrote scripts very close to the edge, not exactly how Aaron Sorkin wrote pages on the day, handing out pages in the middle of shooting West Wing episodes.

But RTD really cut it close.

It seems he didn't grow out of the habit.

#dr who #rtd #rtd critical

6-and-7

Who shall be the next showrunner?

Paul Magrs

Lawrence Miles

The reanimated corpse of Verity Lambert

RTD in a wig so we don't realize it's him

The ghost of Mary Whitehouse

Pete McTighe

Voting ended on5h

isagrimorie

Maxine Alderton, writer of Haunting of Villa Diodati and Village of the Angels.

#maxine alderton #doctor who #has always been my candidate post chibnall #also rtd promised he would look for a new showrunner and didn't #reblog

evviejo

thirteen's era appreciation: 655/?

#god i loved this new year's special #jodie really got so comfortable as the doctor #in her third season #its why i was so sad her run ended #thirteenth doctor yaz #dan lewis #reblog

bravelittleocelot

I guess it's poetic that he revived it AND killed it

#rtd #reblog

penny-anna

my feeling with regards to the billie piper cliffhanger was like 'well it's stupid but i suppose if this is what it takes to secure the show's ongoing existence it will be worth it'. consequently i now feel comfortable saying: that was simply fucking stupid wasn't it

#doctor who #yeahhh #the moment i saw billie piper #i went wtaf #it would've been better if they faded to black #but no #reblog