#pro-moffat

[scrimbles]

haven't been on here in 3 years, amazing to see a lot of the Moffat discourse on here hasn't moved on from 2012

[frombothofmyhearts]

Not to get into the ~discourse~ side of things, as it were, but sometimes I think about how so much of Chibnall's era disregards, resets, or simply spits in the face of so much of what Moffat tried to achieve. And listen, I’ve watched all of Chibnall’s era. Some of it I really liked. And I know Moffat wasn't perfect. Among many other problematic choices, the deification of 11 rubs me the wrong way, all these years later. But I think it's so interesting that Moffat actually chose to deal with the ramifications of his own narrative choices. The Doctor became the most powerful and important being in the universe - where do we go from there? We saw 11 then try to wipe away all traces of himself. The Doctor's name being the most important question that could ever be asked? Haha jk, the only name that matters is “the Doctor” because he chose it. And what makes the Doctor special? Well, that's exactly what 12 was searching for his entire life. What makes a good man? What makes a hero? Their choices - to stand up, to be brave, to help those who need help.

Except no, that's not what makes the Doctor special. Not according to Chibnall. In 13's era, we see that the Doctor is clever, brave, inquisitive, kind (although not to her companions... but that's for another post). But she's all those things because she's just supposed to be. There's no sense of earning that heroism, of having to fight impossible odds just to be brave at the end of the day. And is 13 special because of what she stands for? No, she - and every Doctor, by extension - is special because she is the Timeless Child, the latest in a long line of haphazard attempts to explain the Doctor's backstory. Your mileage may vary on the Hybrid storyline, but it preserved the mystery of the Doctor's origins enough that they didn't matter. Who the Doctor was born as... doesn't matter! It's who they grew to be. And that’s the beauty of what Doctor Who is trying to say to all of us: who you’re born as, who you’re told to be, none of that matters. What matters is how you choose to act.

Even more obviously, I feel my original point applies to how Chibnall treated the Master. Sure, you can argue that there's underlying sexism in Missy, the first female Master, also being the one most amenable to redemption and joining the Doctor's side (ignoring the fact that Simm!Master also redeemed himself in the end, I guess, and also had nearly as much romantic tension with the Doctor). But the whole point of that story is to show that we are MORE than our natures. We can be better than who we used to be. And Missy died a hero's death, only for the next incarnation of the Master we see (who is, while not confirmed, heavily hinted to be the incarnation directly following Missy) to be nothing short of a lunatic who hates the Doctor only because that's what he's supposed to do, as the Master. It all boils down to "these characters are who they are because that's who they've been" and all the sense of progression and earned character development from Moffat's era has been wiped away. And that's what I feel has been missing in the past few years of Doctor Who.

[theclaravoyant]

Say what you will about Steven Moffat, but just know that he responded to calls for diversity in who by creating four - FOUR - WLW. And only one of them is dead. And another is immortal.

[mahrosetyler]

I have been seeing a lot of Pro-Moffat and Anti-Moffat on my dash lately. Isn’t there a Meh-Moffat? Sometimes I love his writing, and sometimes I despise it. Sometimes his story lines just blow me away, and sometimes his plot holes make me want to scream. He is only human and I understand, but that doesn’t stop me from sometimes wanting to pull out his hair. 

[bwolonewolf]

I’m Pro-Moffat

So if you absolutely hate him please unfollow me now and or forever hold your peace 

[spilledparchment]

Doctor Who fandom, I think we’ve forgotten something very important. Namely, the super secret, suspiciously named Cobra organisation. 

It was mentioned in the Forest of the Night and fandom collectively went crazy because a name like Cobra in a show like Doctor Who porteneded bad omens for the finale. Then, of course, they didn’t show up in the finale and we all collectively forgot about them in favour of Missy.

Which, I mean, fair enough it’s MISSY. 

Since we’re in the midst of season 9 filming, however, I think I should just casually bring them back into the conversation. Moffat isn’t normally a showrunner who would say ‘Cobra’ when ‘the government’ would have been a perfectly good explanation for who authorised burning trees. He’s got something up his sleeve, I just know it.

[mikelpen]

Bizarre ‘Doctor Who’ Complaints: “Justification of Abuse,” or “Woe Be to the Woman who Steps Wrong in this House”

In the midst of a conversation about whether or not the Doctor should have gotten rid of Clara after her antics with the TARDIS keys, when it was pointed out that Clara’s poor behavior is somewhat balanced by centuries of the Doctor’s own poor behavior:

“it's his tardis....so he can act however he wants...and as a companion, I feel she should abide by whatever rules and be loyal, and not potentially put them in danger.” In other words, bitch better do as she’s told.

[matt0044]

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