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[moffatappreciationlife]

Does Moffat know about Moffat Appreciation Day and the countdown? I feel like he would be so encouraged by all this love! Maybe we should tell Sue about it on twitter so he can see all this appreciation. :)

I don't know how he would know, so I don't think so. I mean... in the way of "people appreciate him", this is a nice thought, in the way of "so he can see all this appreciation", it's absolutely and utterly terrifying.

[frecklestherobot-blog]

Danny Pink for the character ask? :)

I really love Danny. I think he is sweet and genuinely awkward (but in a way I really feel for).

I already ship Danny/Clara.

Danny/Confidence in his social skills

There's no mysterious back story? Idk I see plenty of people speculating that he's the Master or the war he was in was something else, but I don't buy it.

I want to see him and the Doctor talk about the maths the Doctor has been writing lately.

Ask me about a character!

[aflawedfashion]

I just wanted to say that I really, really appreciate your "Get To Know Clara" project! As someone who is very much like Clara, all the hate and misunderstanding toward her is so frustrating! It's nice to see some love for her. Thanks again! :)

Thank You!

And it really is frustrating! That's exactly what I said to someone who messaged me about this yesterday after I went in the tag and was just totally deflated by the "Clara is nothing but a flirty girl in a short skirt" comments. I'm less frustrated today and coming back to a bunch of messages like these is always nice to remind me of why I stick around fandoms.

It's especially frustrating, like you said, because many of us love  characters like Clara, identify with them personally, and relate to them while another part of the fandom is insisting they aren't relatable and writing them off.

No one can tell someone else what they can or cannot relate to. That's far too personal and unless you've lived all these people's lives, you just cannot decide that for anyone else, much less everyone in a fandom.

While I don't personally gravitate to her as much as some do simply because I can see myself in her, Clara is also the character most like me on Doctor Who.  I see a very realistic person in Clara.

The thing for me is that I personally relate to characters on more abstract ideas than on actual "this person's life is like mine" which makes the Doctor Who fandom more frustrating with it's insistence on what characters need to be like in order to be normal and relatable because I find myself most drawn to the characters who aren't like everyone else exactly because they aren't "normal" because that's what I find interesting, that's what I needed to see when I was younger more than normal, and that's what draws me in to a character.

The fandom can be a huge mess sometimes, but there are a lot of great people in it who really love these characters and really see them for who they are.

Big Doctor Who group hug for the unappreciated characters and all their fans!

There are a lot of us out there!

[tillthenexttimedoctor]

My headcanon is that Sarah Jane is actually the woman in the shop. I only say that because she actually uses the phrase "best helpline in the universe" in an episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures. Anyway, once Clara describes the woman to the Doctor, he sends a message to his past self and Sarah to travel to the future and give Clara the note! :)

Idk, I'm not sure how much I like the casting of a former companion in that role (especially one with no real connection to Clara), but it's your headcanon, not mine, and the idea of Sarah Jane helping them out that way nice. So really, just go for it :).

[jaclynsoldblog]

The Book Thief? :)

will look into it | added to TBR | on my TBR | couldn’t finish it | ugh | it was OK | really enjoyed it | loved it | LIFE RUINER | it killed me with wonder

It has been on my list for like FIVE YEARS, but it just never happened. Guess this is the prompting I needed; I’ll move it up to right after Maze Runner and tell you how it goes!