actually the worst thing about gallifrey being stagnant and never changing abd everything rassilon did he did for love is that he wanted it to be the three of them at the top forever. but instead it was just him. and everyone else was dead. doctor who voice itās an empty battlefield because everyone else has fallen
'No.' Rassilon was in earnest. 'We have time travel. Harmony. The Looms and the Houses. We have a future again. None of this was achievable without you. In the face of extinction, we have stability.'
'Too stable. Too much Harmony for ever and ever, slower and slower. Gallifrey without end. Gallifreya perpetua. Gallifrey ad nauseam.'
Imagine you're rassilon and you bring down the primordial matriarchy, banish irrationality from the universe, and shape all of spacetime in your image, and then your friend who made the power of time travel possible is lost in a cataclysm that was so unavoidable there is no alternate possibility where he survived so he's lost forever. Lol. And then your pet freak who provided the means to make your people everlasting tells you "your grand creation fucking sucks actually" and kills itself rather than EXIST in the future you created. For him. And then one fucktrillion years later he burns it all down. Another fucktrillion years later he boots you off the entire planet.
rassilon was in earnest... he thinks what he's doing is good!! and the other has helped him and never tried to stop him!!!! (probably because rassilon wouldn't have listened anyway and also rassilon owns it). the doctor has always hated gallifrey. rassilon who weeps for omega but tells the watch that if he ever returns they have to kill him. rassilon who threatens to kill the doctor. rassilon who tells the watch they have to kill the doctor if--
...the five doctors. rassilon asking the doctor(s) if they want immortality. and also the doctor recognising that immortality is a trap.
Like so far the things ive been working on in advocacy are real simple.
1. Ban on conversion therapy, which more often than not fails to do what it sets out to do and increases risk of suicide.
2. Stop the drag ban, which is an infringement on free speech and impacts more than just drag performers and is also stupidly-worded.
3. Single-seater bathrooms in government buildings, which would be safer for everyone.
4. Clean needle exchange program, which benefits people taking hormones but also people who still do insulin injections the old fashioned way.
I think these things are pretty reasonable. But other people dont and its been fighting an uphill battle to get any of it accomplished. The conversion therapy ban hearing was full of yahoos that thought we were putting gender-change clinics in schools.
my eda recs :) for anyone interested in getting into this series
i am prefacing this post with the note that i am an avid completionist and generally dislike telling people to skip certain books unless it's a john peel novel or placebo effect. however i understand telling people to read 74 novels is not at all accessible and i need you all to read. these books. please. please
this post is going to be long as shit i know it so i'm putting it ā here. books that can be skipped because theyre a bit shit will be colored red, ones that you Can Skip but are good/have some important character or plot bits in will be orange, and ones that are sooo good and necessary and the best books ever will be green. unfortunately i think a lot of the ones colored orange should be colored green but i know restraint. i can stay my hand. kind of
also i should say that i primarily read these for the characters - the plots themselves come second. so lots of my opinions come from the standpoint of which books have good characterizations. basically some of the ones that i color green would probably be skippable if any normal person were reading them but i'm insane!! and this is my list so fuck you!!!
The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks: ah my color trichotomy has bitten me in the ass on the first book. because truth be told i still haven't finished this one (nor have i really felt the need to yet), yet it introduces the first companion in the series, sam jones, and contains some other entertaining parts like the doctor getting caught with cocaine. as far as introductory books go it's meh
Vampire Science by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum: this book. i truly can't sing my praises any louder than i already have. orman & blum took the character of the eighth doctor as portrayed by paul mcgann in a few measly minutes of screen time into a fully fleshed out, compelling and complex character. if you're a fan of the eighth doctor but aren't interested in reading all of the EDAs you have to read this one at the Very Least. it begins, as all good stories do, in a gay bar. it features vampire squirrels, the doctor with kittens, and the doctor infodumping on the beauty of science in a speech? conversation? that still touches me to this day, four years after i first read it.
The Bodysnatchers by Mark Morris: this book is Gross, and i mean that positively. mark morris held nothing back when describing how disgusting and putrid london was in the 1800s (he's primarily a horror writer, and that comes through rather clearly in this book). i genuinely enjoyed this novel a lot, but i know it's not for everyone because again, it's quite gory and disgusting
Genocide by Paul Leonard: don't you just want to see the doctor in a sun hat? being tortured for weeks on end? don't you want to examine his morality in termsof what species he thinks needs to be saved or doomed? jo grant is there
War of the Daleks by John Peel: fuck john peel all my homies hate john peel. for some reason all his books in this range contain daleks and itās likeā¦why. get some creativity. everyone else did. bitch
Alien Bodies by Lawrence Miles: this novel is So Good. it introduces faction paradox, the war in heaven plotline, humanoid tardises, and a couple of the most interesting & fun side characters in the whole range (homunculette and marieeee <3 cousin justineeeeā¦ aaaaaaahh). I shanāt spoil the entire conceit of the story but just know itās. insane and fucked up and so so funny
Kursaal by Peter Anghelides: this is just a solid doctor who story, really. i wouldnāt call it imperative to the overarching plot of the novels (as tenuous as it is early on), but itās an enjoyable enough read. itās about an ancient race of alien werewolves underneath a theme park. what more can i say
Option Lock by Justin Richards: i recall enjoying the doctor and samās characterization in this one, and the story is like doctor strangelove meets, well, doctor who. itās skippable, but i had fun reading it, and thatās really all you can ask for
Longest Day by Michael Collier: this is the start of the arc where sam gets separated from the doctor. actually the most tense and stressed iāve been reading the edas was reading this and the next three books. itās so dire, but itās so so good, with incredible character moments from sam and the doctor. plus you have anstaar, nashaad with his metal legs, and some really fucked up body horror involving Time messing with peopleās existences and driving ppl mad and stuff. people tend to either love this one or hate it from what iāve seen, and iām solidly in the former category. would definitely recommendĀ
Legacy of the Daleks by John Peel: ughhhhhhhhā¦ ughhhhjhhhhhh i guess you have to read this one. i guess you have to. itās definitely an improvement on his last book but still. daleks again john? really? whateverrrrr.. some important stuff happens to susan is in this one though. and the master as well. so if you care about either of those characters you should read this i suppose
Dreamstone Moon by Paul Leonard: a general rule of the edas is paul leonard always writes excellent books (in my opinion, anyway), and this is not the exception. sam and the doctor are still separated, but theyāre in the same place and keep missing each other and its like UGGHHHH!!! UGHHH!!! but you have interesting commentary on capitalismās exploitation and effective revolutionary action and all that stuff. also aloisse is an incredible character and i love her
Seeing I by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum: HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LIRD!!!!!!!!!!! kate and jon do it again, those crazy bastards. you know how every author loves torturing the shit out of eight? these guys take that and run with it in the opposite direction, asking the question what if the worst thing the doctor could go through isnāt agonizing torture, but rather just a lack of enrichment in his enclosure? what if he had to stay locked up in one building for three years and couldnāt escape for the life of him? meanwhile sam, now a refugee with no social support (as she technically shouldnāt exist in this time and location), has to deal with homelessness, and has to decide whether itās better to have a stable, yet soulless corporate job - or do something thatās meaningful and benefits society. sheās at her best in this book for sure
Placebo Effect by Gary Russell: throws up. donāt read this because it is actually rhe worst book in the whole range and iām not joking. sorry gary youāre a nice guy but i thought the arguments against evolution that went on for like 3 pages were extremely egregious and also plain wrong. you may look at this book and think āoh cool! Stacy and ssard from the comics are in this one!ā well theyāre there for like a paragraph and donāt do shit. so
Vanderdeken's Children by Christopher Bulis: really fun novel thatās pretty much the epitome of the classic doctor who question āwouldnāt that be really fucked up and crazy?ā it also established the fact that the doctor told sam his real name which is really fun and awesome
The Scarlet Empress by Paul Magrs: much like paul leonard, paul magrs Never disappoints. this book is just so fucking fun. in essence, itās a road trip story. they drive across a planet listening to abba and visiting lots of kooky places and picking up lots of wacky characters. it also deconstructs gender and self-identity and what it means to be an individual. a cyborg and a giant spider get lesbian married. aewsome š
The Janus Conjunction by Trevor Baxendale: i really debated on making this one skippable, i did. because while it doesnāt continue any of the established plots or themes or whatever, it does show the doctor breaking the laws of time to save his companionās life, and thatās really cool we love that. thereās a lot of fun body horror too if you go for that sort of thing. and more giant spiders but these ones are differentĀ
Beltempest by Jim Mortimore: ok honestly? i didnāt vibe with this one. i know some people really liked it but i felt as if the characterization was Off. some wacky wild stuff happens to sam though
The Face-Eater by Simon Messingham: <-doesnāt remember much of this one cuz i was high while reading it. i think it was a solid story though?Ā
The Taint by Michael Collier: yayyyyyyyy fitz is hereeeee my babyboyā¦ lots of people donāt vibe with this one but i do. because i love fitz and everything heās in and him and the doctor are such bastards to each other in the beginning itās great. their repartee is genuinely so entertaining and really elevates the book for me, even if the plot itself is a bit mediocre. either way even if you donāt like it you have to read it because it introduces fitz. so there
Demontage by Justin Richards: telling you to skip this one would be a disservice. because technically it Is skippable, but it has some absolutely hilarious moments that really drive home the fact that fitz is Cringe. theyāre on a space casino called vega in the far future and fitz dresses in a (from everyone else's perspective) old-fashioned tuxedo. he smokes indoors and everyone gives him nasty looks because heās in the future and no one smokes inside. he asks for his cocktails shaken not stirred and the bartender fucking hates him. and he also accidentally gets involved in an assassination plot. but i suppose if you must skip it then go aheadā¦Ā
Revolution Man by Paul Leonard: mr leonard does it again. this is an excellent novel for both companions that begins with sam and the doctor engaging in leftist discourse with an anarchist and ends with the world almost ending. it happens.
Dominion by Nick Walters: you have to read this one just for the doctorās first gay kiss. sorry i donāt make the rules. also itĀ just features a neat concept imo and has a great moment where the doctor punches a pillow in frustration and then sadly apologizes to it
Unnatural History by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum: this book is one that i think every doctor who fan whoās ever gotten mad about canon not making sense should be forced at gunpoint to read. itās a novel thatās essentially one big metacommentary on doctor who canon & why it Doesnāt Matter At All, Actually; the doctor was birthed and he was loomed and both are equally true and untrue. also features the iconic paragraph calling the doctor a (verbatim) ābackrub slutā, as well as wrapping up the ongoing arc with sam jones hinted at in alien bodies and a few other books in a way thatāll have you side eyeing moffat very suspiciously
Autumn Mist by David A. McIntee: this oneās pretty good and has a couple great moments (fitz calling himself james bond, for one), but is, i think, ultimately skippable unless youre a world war 2 buff
Interference Books 1 & 2 by Lawrence Miles: nothing i can say will adequately put into words what these two novels made me feel, you hear me? absolutely nothing. good fucking god. jesus christ. holy fuck.. if i sat here listsing all the important and iconic moments in these books weād be here all shitting day and this post is already obscenely long. read these 2 books. then read them again.Ā
The Blue Angel by Paul Magrs: ok i know i just said this but HOOOOOO..WHOA NELLY! the blue angel is easily in my top 5 edas. it literally heavily features a canon domestic au wherein the doctor is a āmiddle-aged gay manā. fitz says he wants to get laid by the doctor. the doctorās mother is a mermaid. thereās off-brand spirk. someone turns into a giant squid. literally this book is so good they wrote a screenplay adaptation of it and a spinoff short story that you should also read
The Taking of Planet 5 by Simon Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham: youāre going to be hearing this a lot from me but we Are entering the part of the series where it really takes off and gets sooo fucking good. anyway this novel is sooo fucking good and quite important to the plot and establishes stuff about the war in heaven and gallifrey so. read it. also there's ELDRITCH BEASTS!
Frontier Worlds by Peter Anghelides: i canāt tell you to skip this one because itās so good. fitz goes by the alias frank sinatra & also talks like him for a solid portion of the book. we get excellent compassion moments. great doctor moments (including that Hot and Sexy dream he has about the tardis!) and all in all itās a wonderful story
Parallel 59 by Stephen Cole and Natalie Dallaire: lots of stuff happens in this one, especially to fitz. by that i mean it gets referenced quite a bit later so i would recommend if you want to catch all the references. also a woman worked on this one so you already know eight is going to be written phenomenally and very sensually.Ā
The Shadows of Avalon by Paul Cornell: rather important development happens to compassion in this book (understatement). but itās also a really good story in general with lots of memorable bits - paul cornell wrote one EDA and did a great job and then vanished from the range. it also has the BRIGADIER and his ROMANCE with MAB the BIG BOSOMED CELTIC QUEEN so like.. read it??Ā
The Fall of Yquatine by Nick Walters: a pretty important thing happens to compassion in this one too (another understatement). also withnail & i references galore, fitz has a bad time (has he had a Good time for the past few books? questionable!), and the doctor spends time with a gay baker/contraband parts dealer
Coldheart by Trevor Baxendale: you could skip this one but why would you even want to? itās literally one of compassionās best stories and has plenty of excellent doctor and companion moments. itās just fun and engaging and an outstanding doctor who story. and, as always, fitz is effortlessly cringe as ever <3
The Space Age by Steve Lyons: this oneās just boring and kinda stupid. nothing big or important happens and you can tell steve lyons didnāt care for writing compassion at all. skip it
The Banquo Legacy by Andy Lane and Justin Richards: Big Plot Developments in this one - mostly in the beginning and end. also the only (?) mention of irving braxiatel in the whole run! itās written from the POV of two Normal people not on the tardis so itās interesting to see how they perceive the doctor and fitz, and how this contradicts the way they define themselves in other books where weāre privy to their internal monologueĀ
The Ancestor Cell by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH AAAAGHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HFHOA8U8OIA AOUIY4P98 YT39 7UGHYIB3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this one drives me insane and there are parts of it i reread nearly every day. because iām CRAZY. itās a controversial novel in the doctor who fandom because of how it handles gallifrey and faction paradox lore but WHO FUCKING CARES? FATHER KREINER IS BACK BABY
The Burning by Justin Richards: this is the start of the Earth Arc, so itās the first portrayal of the doctor stuck on earth without any of his memories. itās a bit slow at the beginning, and as a normal doctor who story i would consider it subpar, but the characterization of the doctor really carries it i think. you see how losing his memory impacted his restraint with things such as hypnosis and Other Stuff I Shanāt Spoil
Casualties of War by Steve Emmerson: this has the first appearance of the Note, so itās especially important for that reason. but itās also just a neat story that has way more elements of a fantasy than a sci fi and again, seeing how the doctor acts now, stuck on earth without his memories, and juxtaposing that with how he acted before, super fun and neat
The Turing Test by Paul Leonard: if i could graft this book onto my DNA i would. i already KNEW the circumstances surrounding alan turingās death and yet i still cried about it while reading this!! paul leonardās portrayal of turing as both a gay and autistic man (though the latter is never explicitly stated) is INCREDIBLE and i really canāt recommend it enough just based on that. but the story itself is amazing and really delves into the doctorās Differences and his desperation to leave earth after being stuck there for decades.Ā
Endgame by Terrance Dicks: people really like this one and i guess i had fun with it but i just canāt really get into terrence dicksā writing style. that being said it features the doctor listless and just so sad and depressed so you kind of have to read it. if thatās not reason enough thereās a fat gay alcoholic spy who absolutely rocks
Father Time by Lance Parkin: i hate that this is green. i hate it. i hate this fucking book. i hate lance parkin also. but this is where miranda (the doctorās adopted daughter) is introduced so alas, you must read it and imagine a version of this book thats infinitely better in your head. sorry!Ā
Escape Velocity by Colin Brake: this oneās mid but itās the end of the earth arc and fitz and the doctor reunite and ANJI KAPOOR IS HERE!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!! so if you read this and get a lil bored just know itās about to get so fucking good you guys
EarthWorld by Jacqueline Rayner: genuinely canāt say enough good things about this one. itās funny. itās angsty. itās all in all just a really fun book. and itās the shortest one i think so like you have no excuse to not read it
Fear Itself by Nick Wallace: this is technically a PDA because it was written after nine was announced, thereby making 8 technically a āpast doctorā, but who give a shit. read this one are yoyu kidding me. read it read it read it read it READ IT. thereās a twist in it that rendered me absolutely catatonic for about a weekĀ
Vanishing Point by Stephen Cole: donāt skip this one even though itās orange. are you listening to me? donāt fucking skip it ok!!! steve cole is the #1 fitz/eight shipper and this really shines through here. also maybe iām just easily entertained by reasonably accurate science in my doctor who books but i liked all the genetics references
Eater of Wasps by Trevor Baxendale: trevor you sly dog you did it again. you mad bastard. not only is the storyline in this one soo gripping and also Quite horrifying but the characterization?? hoooooo boy. this is the book where āyou really love him, donāt you?ā āwell, i like to think weāre just good friends.ā comes from and so even if it was dogshit youād have to read it just for that like cmon
The Year of Intelligent Tigers by Kate Orman: holy. fucking. shit. good grief. the doctor has a boyfriend and they go on picnics and drink chocolate martinis together. the doctor becomes a catboy for a few months. this story takes place on a colony world whose culture is predominantly centered around music, so you have the doctor playing his violin (hot). you have scientifically accurate zoology/xenobiology. you have a Mysterious lost civilization. most importantly you have fitzās song he wrote for the doctor
The Slow Empire by Dave Stone: this oneās just FUNNY okay. dave stone has such a characteristic way of writing prose itās just kind of a joy to read. if you get the hard copy all of the bits from a side characterās pov is written in comic sans. while some of the characterization is a bit meh and anji didnāt Really live up to her full potential in a couple scenes iād still recommend it. thereās footnotes
Dark Progeny by Steve Emmerson: this is another one i colored orange even though i whole-heartedly recommend it.. itās a commentary on corporate apathy and greed and how it destroys entire planets and just a really engaging story besides. not to mention we get a āfitz fitz fitz fitz fitz!ā bit from 8 <3
The City of the Dead by Lloyd Rose: i canāt even talk about this oine lest i lose my mindā¦ not joking when i say lloyd rose writes some of the best and juiciest angst in the whole series like some of the scenes in there made me feel like i was being helplessly entrapped in flowing grain for a month
Grimm Reality by Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale: i really do sound like a broken record at this point but this is another one of those books i could never say enough positive things about. there are two novels in this series that genre-hop and this is one of them. the tardis lands on a world where everything runs on logic straight out of the brotherās grimm (hence the title). thereās magic cloaks and evil stepsisters and giants, and the doctor, fitz, and anji all have their own separate adventures so itās super interesting to see how each character deals with being in a fairytale. not only that but there are parts of the book written in the style of those old fairytales and i really do get a good kick out ofĀ gimmicky stuff like thatĀ
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street by Lawrence Miles: buckle the fuck up everyone and get out your highlighters and sticky notes because this one is so fucking dense youāll have no choice but to annotate and take notes, sorry! itās written in the style of a historical nonfiction which occasionally falls flat (whereās the fucking works cited, lawrence???), but the story is fucking crazy. you got arcane rituals, prostitutes doing sex magic that summon great apes, sabbath is here, the doctor is weak and sickly (always awesome), sabbath is here, the doctor gets married so he can save the earth, sabbath is here,
Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Paul Leonard: this is the petplay book featuring multicolored poodles that have human hands. need i say more?Ā
Hope by Mark Clapham: not the best book but itās got some pretty crucial anji moments in, and we all love love love anji so much so weāll read mediocre novels just for her!! (but we also see the doctor struggle with only having one heart so thatās fun too)
Anachrophobia by Jonathan Morris: literally my top 3 book in the series EASY. it takes place on a planet ravaged by a time war (as in a war that fights with weapons that fuck with time. not like That time war), yet despite that particular futuristic conceit the entire atmosphere of the book feels like something out of the 40s or 50sĀ - almost like the aesthetics of fallout, but instead of nuclear radiation itās Time. most of the story takes place in this sealed off bunker thatās doing experiments to try and develop time travel, and while theyāre successful in going back in time the guinea pigs who volunteered for the trial develop an illness that fucks up their personal timelines so bad they literally turn into clock zombies. and itās contagious. but no one can leave because theres fucked up time outside uh oh!!! if you liked the themes of war profiteering from boom in the new season youāll LOVE this book
Trading Futures by Lance Parkin: fuck you lance parkin i canāt stand your ass! you canāt fucking write for shit!!! iād recommend this book if you want to see anji referred to as āthe asian womanā more than her actual name :) and a southeast asian character with a name that might as well have been taken right out of a book written byĀ jk rowling. really the only good part of this book is when anji almost calls the doctor an otter-fucker
The Book of the Still by Paul Ebbs: this book is a WILD fucking ride. this book is fucking insane in the most positive of ways. paul ebbs writes an absolutely top tier eight that manages to encapsulate all the development he went through in the series as well as evoking the characterization from the 1996 movie
The Crooked World by Steve Lyons: this is the second book that does a genre-swap, but instead of fairytales this time the tardis lands on a planet dominated by saturday morning cartoon physics and logic. but the doctor & co being there begins to introduce Real Life concepts such as death and sex and swearing, so all these wacky cartoon characters whoāve spent their whole lives doing wacky cartoon things like blowing each other up with sticks of dynamite or hitting each other with big hammers suddenly find that these actions actually have very very serious consequences, which really kicks off when this storyās equivalent of tom rips off this storyās equivalent of jerryās head, killing him instantly. idk i just watched a lot of saturday morning cartoons as a kid so seeing the parodies of wacky races and scooby doo was very enjoyable. to me
History 101 by Mags L Halliday: to put it simply this book is about leftist infighting. to put it more complexly this book is about the spanish civil war and how differing opinions and principles can alter oneās perception of history - and what happens when history actually starts being changed in accordance to these differing principles. thereās also the subplot featuring fitzās homoerotic, yet very traumatizing, travels with a guy named sasha as they journey to guernica so they can watch it be bombed
Camera Obscura by Lloyd Rose: this is where sabbath and the doctorās relationship really reaches itās peak. this is The Esteemed Toxic Old Man Yaoi Novel. but also remember when i said lloyd rose writes the best angst? this holds especially true here. i wonāt spoil it for you but Something Crazy Happens to the Doctor! haha. haha
Time Zero by Justine Richards: this is just quantum physics: the novel. while fitz goes on his doomed siberia expedition with the geologist boytoy george in the 19th century, the doctor investigates some strange readings in siberia like a hundred years later, and some crazy confusing hijinks ensue! the events in this book kick off the arc thatāll continue for the next few books until sometime never where the multiverse is collapsing and the doctor has to fix it. even though he doesnāt know how. ALSO TRIX INTRODUCTIONNNNNN!!!!!!!!
The Infinity Race by Simon Messingham: this oneās whatever. the sabbath characterization is wack but there are a few good moments. you think itās going to be mostly about a cool boat race but sadly that comes secondary -_-
The Domino Effect by David Bishop: this book is ASS, both plot-wise and characterization-wise. it also just seems like the author was trying to be needlessly edgy when he developed the setting, and there are just some baffling moments where characters say and do things i frankly think they would never sayĀ
Reckless Engineering by Nick Walters: the events in this one center around a tragedy that is fucking batshit insane. the universe this takes place in features a post-apocalyptic earth. i shanāt say what this apocalypse was because finding out what happened is all apart of the fun guys. i canāt spoil everything for you
The Last Resort by Paul Leonard: what if a corporation discovered TIME TRAVEL and set up RESORTS all across human history? what if there was a mcdonalds in ancient egypt and advertisements for microsoft in the original version of the bible? also what if something just soooo fucked up happens so many times <3
Timeless by Stephen Cole: anjiās last book. sobs.
Emotional Chemistry by Simon A. Forward: idk what it was but i just didnāt really vibe with this one. itās not awful by any means and thereās a bit of plot carried in from the last novel that continues into the next but the actions that surround it donāt really matter i think. honestly iād just read a summary of this one and continue onĀ
Sometime Never... by Justin Richards: the culmination of the multiverse stuff. i liked it - miranda makes a reappearance, and the fact sheās written by someone other than lance parkin is already a plus. my only qualm is i donāt really like how it handled sabbath but thatās sort of how i felt about all the books post camera obscuraā¦ sigh
Halflife by Mark Michalowski: ANOTHER EASY TOP 3. iām simply obsessed with all of the concepts and tropes in this book, not to mention itās where fitzās infamous Ass Dream can be found. thereās commentary on racism, colonialism, and religion, and it also features cannibalism as a metaphor for love :D
The Tomorrow Windows by Jonathan Morris: another case of me coloring a book orange even though i think you should read it anyway. itās positively saturated with so many interesting alien planets and creatures and societies youād be missing out if you didnāt read this one tbh. itās also the first novel ever to feature the ninth doctor!
The Sleep of Reason by Martin Day: this one ok. itās another book written from the pov of an outsider and her insights into the doctor, fitz, and trix are interesting (and their characterization when they show up is outstanding!) but it feels like theyāre rarely in it & this close to the end of the series i just want to see more of my guys you know...
The Deadstone Memorial by Trevor Baxendale: i loved the atmosphere in this one. itās more of a ghost story with sci fi elements, and the stakes involved arenāt Bigger Than Ever like they tend to be nowadays, but instead surround the wellbeing of a family of a single mom and her two kids which i appreciate - the doctor isnāt saving the Whole Universe and World; just a family from a small town; itās effective in getting the point across that the doctor thinks everyoneās important and worth savingĀ
To the Slaughter by Stephen Cole: this oneās fun and goofy and steve cole wrote it solely so he could fix an error from a fourth doctor serial in which the doctor got the number of jupiterās moons wrong. that being said the reason itās not colored orange is because the last book of the series is written by lance parkin and i want to help you procrastinate reading his godawful prose for as long as possible. your welcome
The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin: fuck you lance parkin
i think everyone who's ever been fucked over by the slow, bureaucratic, cruel, and expensive usa healthcare system should be allowed to beat one (1) hospital administrator with a pool noodle in public while the administrator tries to navigate an automated phone tree in order to make it stop
I donāt know if this is an obvious take or a hot take, but I think people need to start re-framing feminism as the fight for body autonomy as opposed to whatever this second wave revival gender essentialist bullshit we have going on right now. Once you reframe it in this way, itās easier to understand intersectionality and why cis women are not the only people who need feminism. The lack of body autonomy effects cis women, trans people, intersex people, disabled people, poc, homeless people, sex workers, etc. and your feminism needs to include and prioritise all of these groups of people (which will include men btw) because feminism is about autonomy, not about establishing a matriarchy. Body autonomy is the biggest threat to the patriarchy, both with reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and even the right to not be drafted into military services. Once body autonomy is established for everyone, the patriarchy no longer has a leg to stand on.
And body autonomy does include things that you donāt personally like either. I was prompted to write this post after a series of bad takes from progressives, but one of them was re-hashing the Sabrina Carpenter album cover drama with āI donāt think itās conservative of me to think that the album cover is a bad look when weāve seen images of women being abused in this wayā because I do actually think youāve failed to understand feminism by projecting your morals onto a woman who was consensually expressing her own autonomy just because she expressed it in a way that you didnāt like or that made you uncomfortable.
Body autonomy also means unhealthy choices. Body autonomy also means regret rates. Body autonomy also means freedom of sexuality. Body autonomy also means mutilation. If you believe body autonomy has limitations and exceptions, then your feminism is most likely surface level.
TERFs are some of the biggest opponents to body autonomy, and if you find yourself thinking āoh people can do whatever they want with their bodies as long as it doesnāt harm them or make others uncomfortableā then you are far more susceptible to TERF propaganda than you think.
OKAY CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE FUCK YOU SHIP A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN NEW JERSEY, ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT GET THERE ON TIME BECAUSE IT SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN GUAM?
SO FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, @homebeccer @phantomrose96Ā @cupcakecreeper AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO INTENTIONALLY SEND THESE COOKIES FROM TEXAS TO GUAM TO NEW JERSEY AND???????????????
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ITāS NOT AN OPTIONĀ ITāS NOT AN OPTION I CANāT I-
I COULDNāT EVEN HAVE SENT THESE COOKIES TO GUAM EVEN IF IāD HAVE TRIEDĀ
Ok I know this is super old now but I work at a post office and I was curious about the price so I did some digging and I still donāt have a definite answer because THE REASON it says āno shipping services availableā is because all shipping services were actually suspended to Guam at the time. As in no packages, parcels, letters, or mail or any kind could be sent to Guam. So not only is it mind boggling that it got sent so far in the wrong direction of its intended destination, but because nothing should have been able to get in to Guam period.
You QUITE LITERALLY could not have sent these cookies to Guam if you tried.
Need a strattland fic where Grace gets kidnapped during the project and stratt basically breaks down the door of every world leader to get him back. Like he goes missing and they get a ransom demand and then Stratt just vanishes for a week. Abandons the vat completely until she finds Grace and brings him back. And heās spent the whole week telling his captors that they arenāt going to get any money for him because heās not that important to the project (or anyone) and to please just let him go and then the navy seals or some shit rescue him and Stratt is waiting for him at the air field. And she acts like everything is normal, but she barely lets him out of her sight for like a month
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