#modernwizard

[pandorkful-art]

@modernwizard saved me from getting an overdraft today and I was overcome with an URGE to draw a quick thank-you sketch!

Uh, I got a little carried away and spent 6 hours on this ahahahahah <3 Maaan I’ve missed being on Vyvanse, being able to focus again is SO NICE!!! :D

Man I love Shalkaverse, it’s been years since I’ve doodled these 3 and it was so fun to revisit them :D <3

[tooquirkytolose]

Your comic about the protective mom telling the fairies to stay away from her brown daughter has some great implicit commentary on the insidious adultification of Black girls, as well as the equally harmful belief that Black women = saviors! It makes a clever comic that much more powerful and poignant.

Omigod i had absolutely no intention of this when i drew/wrote the comic but im glad you can see it as such! And you're so right!! More black girl characters who can be soft and delicate and protected, less black girl characters who are tough and mean and the protectors!

[sclfmastery]

SUPER important headcanon about “rehabiliated,” “redeemed” Master  from talking to @modernwizard​ who is a fucking genius:

She's talking about how her Alison Cheney and Shalka Master interact in her fanfictions, referring to it as “nonsexual kink,” for context: 

ModernWizardToday at 1:32 PM She uses the kinky ideals of discussion and respect and safewords and negotiation as a way to frame her relationship with him. "You want me to interact with you? Then follow my standards." 

 ModernWizardToday at 1:33 PM He chooses to submit to her because he asserts his independence from the Doctor by actively making that choice.[1:40 PM]

So here is the idea i draw from that: the Master interacts with companions, choosing to be conciliatory and courteous ("submissive" in his pov) to them because to do so is an act of benign but definite independence from the Doctor (his reliance on the Doctor as a defining factor of his identity has always chafed him, and even more so now with the Timeless Child mess).

  That act of independence is  making a friend with one of the Doctor's companions, an emotional bond, a relationship, which is not contingent on the Doctor's approval, but rather, on the Companion's "rules" of interaction.  

Therefore, an act of submission becomes an act of defiance and autonomy, allowing him to maintain his identity of “Master” but in a way that’s benevolent and respectful toward another person! 

Another key element: NO Master requires that a black or other POC muse refer to him as “Master.”  “M,” “O,” or “Koschei,” depending on the Master and the level of closeness with the companion, is instead used.  Because even if the BBC doesn’t recognize this (see Simm Master and the Jones family), it’s got hella problematic real-life implications. 

[pandorkful]

Tell me more about the modded Sunsational Something-or-Other Ken. What was modded? How hard is this guy to find? This might be a good base of a likeness doll I'm thinking about, but that depends on whether the default guy is readily available and pretty close to the current appearance of yours. Thanks.

Sorry for the late reply!

Not a lot was modded, I just carved out his neck connection to fit modern connections. This is what he was like new: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-SUNSATIONAL-MALIBU-KEN-DOLL-Mattel-Barbie-MIB/401502901029?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D39260%26meid%3D756e8febd4f54c38aaa8b0a68c43a7ad%26pid%3D100022%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D192129960978%26itm%3D401502901029&_trksid=p2055119.c100022.m2048 I lucked out and won mine for around $45.

Kattis has a better close-up of his face: http://kattisdolls.net/facesIII/fcKenAA81.htm

This head is kind of a revision on the 1969 Brad head, who came in a much darker skin tone but with sculpted hair: http://kattisdolls.net/facesIII/fcBrad69.htm

They’re both a little difficult to find for under $100, sometimes you’ll luck out and find a handful listed on ebay, but lately it’s always just been the same couple of dolls relisted over and over in the triple digits.

[natalunasans]

... it’s like psychic paper

only it tastes how you hoped it would taste, and it gives you the effect you hoped it would give

[modernwizard]

The Master is a wizard in his own mind

So I got my first Hot Toys body today for the Master. Aside from some squeakily tight joints, it far surpasses all other male action figure bodies that I have ever encountered. It can even do a decent fetal position!

I also got my second “Chinese suit,” as the first one’s plastic snaps broke off. I replaced the snaps on the first with some metal snaps, only to discover that the snap position interfered with all that cool HT neck range of motion. Ugh. Fine. I guess he’ll be wearing something less restrictive. Hey, at least the pants are nice.

Now on his new and improved body, the Master is wearing the same pants and shoes as before, but I swapped out the “Chinese suit” jacket for a shirt that I commissioned from @dollsahoy about 16 or so years ago. I requested a sort of poet’s blouse with a black flaming vest so that I could make a doll of me in my Modern Wizard form. Anyway, apparently this shirt also fits HT male figs! Huzzah! Here’s the Master discussing his clothes with the Stylist:   

Panel one: “So…what are you calling that look?” 

Panel two: [thinking]

Panel three: “This is the ‘Everything else is in the wash, and I lost my favorite pair of gloves’ look.” 

Panel four: “I think it needs a pointy hat and a cape.” / “Indeed. Would you believe that I misplaced those too?”

[oak23]

modernwizard replied to your post: me, who’s been collecting dolls for over a decade...

You have 650 dolls??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! O_O That’s the population of a small town!

Yes I do!! Though 400-ish are in storage rn so it’s more of a sci fi space ship where 2/3s of the population is in statis

[sclfmastery]

Hey @modernwizard I remember when you asked me to join your zine, and I was literally in the middle of moving across state and couldn’t contribute. I’m sure it’s amazing (I shall buy), and if I might make an honorary piece that I might have put in the fanzine now, that you can use in any way, I’d love to <3