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Happy Birthday, O Queen of Whouffaldi Fanart! ^.^

I received several birthday well wishes and I do fully appreciate all of you who sent me messages today (I’m sorry I couldn’t answer, I was at work and then I’d just be like spamming the dash with a bunch of PCap gifsand now that I say that it doesn’t sound so bad)

But I like being called Queen of Whouffaldi Fanart because, that’s...a title to have..and I’m just like

I’m actually not like that I just really liked that gif.

THANK YOU!

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GitS for the meme?

From this meme.

Push off a cliff: Takakura

Frick frack: Motoko Kusanagi

Marry: Batou

Set on fire: Cruzkowa Bosyeltnov

Wrap a blanket around: Togusa

Be roommates with: Ishikawa

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thedoctorgoinghome replied to your post:

M//CU? Is it Jane? I adore Jane; she's amazing. (Funny how people seem to not like female characters that are normal-ish and awkward and nice.)

Yep, it was Jane. Here are some of the arguments I saved:

Person 1: I like her, but like: "omg I'm a regular girl and you're a big sexy god so I'm so attracted to you". that's like... that's the whole thing

Person 2: yeah tbh ur right, the whole basis of that relationship is thor's physical handsomeness and nothing else lol

Person 3: But yeah Jane's kinda just...there. There really isn't much to her character. I mean she's obviously just a love interest.

So of course I had to butt in and make a nuisance of myself, and remind them that she’s a scientist? and very smart? but Person 1 was just all “I never said she wasn’t” and Person 3 was just silent as the grave, so I eventually just effing gave up because they weren’t getting it. If I were more invested in the M//CU and knew more about it, maybe I’d have persisted, but I barely remember the first movie and never really watched the second.

I just wish people would stop shitting on normal/average female characters and criticizing them for the same things other female characters who get more screentime and are “badass” and “funny” and “hot” like N//atasha, which are both adjectives Person 1 used to describe N//atasha. xD Though I think J//ane F//oster was pretty butchered by the writing/screenplay anyways, so no wonder people just brush her off. Sighs.

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@thedoctorgoinghome Honestly, I probably should go but I really need to finish proofreading these 50 pages this girl's sent me. She plans to send me more and keeps adding more and more things, and I feel like I’m slowly going mad but I just want it over and done with. So yeah, I’m betting a big part of the pains is stressing out over all this proofreading to do.

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I do think you're right about the Doctor's personal storyline in the special being... like about his past relationships and not just one. We start out with a nod to Amy and Rory, for crying out loud! And then at the end, he says "Everything ends, and it's always sad," like a direct refuting of Ashildr's claim that there's beauty in endings and beauty in Clara's ending. I think this was definitely the Doctor feeling the weight of everyone he's ever loved, and it was bittersweet. (1/2)

           (2/2) Also, you said you caught a reference to Sarah Jane? I must have missed that—what was it? And were there other nods to Clara that I overlooked? (Tbh I *was* really caught up in the cuteness of Grant and Lucy—and the Doctor in full Dork Mode. <3 )            

The Doctor has faced a lot of loss and because of the kind of lack of focus in "Mysterio”, I don’t think you can peg his exact emotions and reactions to one specific relationship. And that was honestly what was impressing me for most of the runtime in the episode - however you chose to read it, you could kind of dig a nugget for your ship somewhere in there.

Because of this, I was thinking that the scene with 12 and Grant on the fire escape, where he salutes the universe for finding someone worse at romance than him, could be interpreted at things he let slip by. That really rang out to me as something like his relationship with Sarah Jane, which basically wasn’t allowed to go anywhere but there’s pretty clearly something there (and not just stuff implied from the New era).

In the big picture, I found this whole tone a hugely refreshing change from last year, which was just awkward and uncomfortable if you weren’t digging the relationship on display. I sat there like “wow, I actually don’t mind these implied romance cues because I am perfectly content with the ambiguity and thinking it’s Clara or something”.

Also Grant and Lucy were pretty cute so I was happy to have that to focus on.

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thedoctorgoinghome replied to your photoset: Straight up 20% off sale coming this weekend for...

Okay, so being a typography nerd, I gotta ask, what font are you using? I feel like I know it, but I can’t put a name to it. But it’s lovely! Kind of like the London Underground font.

Lemon/Milk, it’s a very good font. I like sans-serifs that have a touch of personality but are still clean and adaptable.

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thedoctorgoinghome replied to your post “Moffat Appreciation Day(s)”

Whoops, sorry, didn't even see my URL on this post. :P

I’m updating it, it wasn’t there before, so that’s totally my fault :).

taiey replied to your post “Moffat Appreciation Day(s)”

Yeah, same.

orelseatlastsheunderstoodit replied to your post“Moffat Appreciation Day(s)”

You can add me. I'm not sure if I can do it, but I definitely want to.

Added!

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thedoctorgoinghome answered your question “Moffat Appreciation Day(s)”

I had initially wanted to participate at least a little from my other blog (astudyinimagination), but, yeah, this November has been super crazy for me...

Oh, that’d be wonderful if you still wanted to make a post (or two...or eight :P). I’ll tentatively add you to the list if that’s okay!