#opal speaks

[squishyliger]

killing him moodboard

[opalescent-cheetah]

"my blue, and your orange... I guess something will remember us." --River Song, Archipelago (The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed)

blue and orange.

orange and blue.

they are intertwined, always.

she is blue, like the TARDIS - his TARDIS, her second mother. blue like the diary modelled after it.

he is orange, like the life she breathed back into him, lifetimes sealed in a single kiss. (clock that blue light flare on river too-!!)

blue and orange. orange and blue. the colours where they come to life.

even his TARDIS interior is blue and orange: the echo of a timeline that still lingers in soft whispers.

from an artistic perspective, these colours were probably only used together so often because they're complementary, which can add depth and distinction to a shot. but still, it feels meaningful: they're complementary. just like river and the doctor. so different, and yet they look and work perfectly together.

now, if you'll allow me to stretch the point a little further, let's go back to lake silencio, at the junction where sand meets water:

(i'm calling this a stretch because i'm well aware the sand is more yellow than orange, lol. but those colours are analogous so... i figured the idea was worth keeping in)

she emerges from the water, so cold, so blue.

he descends from the sands, golden and warm.

they meet where land meets water, orange yellow meeting blue. he is the sun and she his sky, and at 5:02pm, the universe folds itself around them, curling in on the point where these colours converge.

[pale-opal]

Just got back from watching TADC episode 8.

I can't feel my bones.

[dollset]

hows everyone doin?

[opalnym]

Someone asked what I do for work and I said “I’m a tourist attraction” and please I need the world to know how funny that actually is lol

[aquaticdreamcreature]

I love water and being in water. it’s one of the most calming things in this life

[freezinglemur]

I've been thinking about this for too long

They're here to Mess You Up on the battlefield

THIS MADE ME CACKLE it's too early in the morning to be trying not to laugh. I am laughing anyway. This is great though I love it I am putting this on my fridge equivalent :)

[opalinedaydreams]

ok but the transition of Charlie texting his friends being like ‘what does it mean when straight bestie hugs you for like fifteen seconds’ and then tao texting back like ‘bro he thinks ur the girl from when he was thirteen that he was not so secretly in love with/it’s fated by the stars’ and then CUT TO NICK, fondly staring down at a picture of the snow day on his phone, which is later one of his self described ‘favorite days ever,’ wherein Charlie is just smiling and covered in little white freckles of ice, center frame. Olympic level scripting/acting/production u guys. Olympic level. 🥇