#uncle rusty

[magnetic-maverick]

Now hear me out

[jasperthecrab]

guess who's fallen for uncle rusty~

[eric9794]

Drawings I did from late February to early March

[kingofthevastwasteland]

The thing that still blows my mind about those first four seasons of NuWho is that Russel T. Davies, for all his faults, basically writes a heavily-religious counterculture screed for four years and even when that establishment finger-flicking is obnoxious or illogical it's still got so many layers of depth I'm finding new analytical and metafictional points to this day. It's not perfect. There's huge issues. But damn.

The other thing that blows my mind is that Steven Moffat's tenure thus far can be summarised as a shameless endorsement of white patriarchical hegemony where all the issues are meaningless and every side is dumb. There is no deeper meaning. That's it.

[normlivefan]

The Middle(season 5 episode 2) Heck on a Hard Body Norm Macdonald as Rusty Heck

[kingofthevastwasteland]

Fucking hell though, it's hard to go through Russel T. Davies run on Doctor Who and not be struck by how shitty the whole enterprise looks. Something about the direction is hella limp and washed-out and... odd.

For all his huge and egregious faults, Moffat's Who at least spent the first couple seasons looking sharper.

[kingofthevastwasteland]

Doctor Who: The Laconic Acidic Abridged Parody Satire Blog Series: S1 E1 'Rose'

(Addendum - all episode substance to be written in ALL CAPS because it feels right. All out-of-context statements made in italicised lowercase)

ROSE

LOOK AT SPACE ISN'T IT GREAT.

OH, RIGHT. SO TWENTY YEARS AGO AND FOR TWENTY YEARS PRIOR THERE WAS A SHOW ABOUT A GUY WHO WAS AWESOME AND MOOCHED AROUND HISTORY. MAYBE YOU HEARD OF IT, IT WAS CALLED QUANTUM LEAP. ANYWAY, DOCTOR WHO WAS COOL.

BUT FIRST, A GIRL WITH NO PERSONALITY. LOVE HER. SHE DOES BORING AND MENIAL STUFF AND HATES IT, JUST LIKE YOU, NOW LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE'S PRETTY AND BLAND.

HER MUM IS A TART BUT SHE IS FUNNY. YOU PROBABLY LIKE HER MORE THAN THIS GIRL, WHO PROBABLY NEEDS A NAME.

LET IT BE BEGONIA. OR NOT.

BEGONIA IS IN THE BASEMENT AND BASEMENTS ARE APPARENTLY LABYRINTHS, DIDN'T YOU KNOW THIS? ALSO FULL OF FUNKY DUMMIES. FUNKY DUMMIES OF DOOM! RUN, BEGONIA! LOOK A CHARMINGLY RUDE NORTHERN MAN, MAYBE HE WILL ESPOUSE THIS ADVICE TOO. HE DID, AND THEN COMMITTED WHAT AMOUNTS TO DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY (HE IS THE HERO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DEVELOP IMMEDIATE ATTACHMENT TO HIM, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW HE DIES AT THE END OF THE SEASON).

BEGONIA WILL NOW BE MOODY AND EVERYONE WILL JUDGE HER BECAUSE HER WORKPLACE EXPLODED, JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE. ALSO SHE WILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FLYING FUCK HAPPENED TO HER. THE TRAIL LEADS TO A POSITIVELY ENDEARING AND DANGEROUSLY LIKEABLE CHAP WHO IS ALSO A NERD, LOVE HIM TOO. I AM A GENIUS FOR SURROUNDING THIS BLANK HUSK OF A CHARACTER WITH LIVELY, ENGAGING SORTS.

ALSO A BIN ATE HER BOYFRIEND, WHO I HAVE NOT MENTIONED YET BECAUSE HE IS DISPOSABLE AND WITHOUT SPINE OR SPLEEN.

NORTHERN MAN! HE IS THE DOCTOR, AND KIND OF A JERK. LOOK, HE IS ALLOWING BEGONIA TO GET RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE TO DEATH, HOW SWEET. INSIDE HIS BLUE BOX IS A TOTALLY AWESOME RIDICULOUSLY DARKLY-LIT INTERIOR SCENE, OR TARDIS. SOME JARGON IS EXCHANGED BECAUSE JARGON IS MY LIFEBLOOD.

THE DUMMIES AND BINS AND CLONES OF BOYFRIENDS ARE OPERATED WITH THE LONDON EYE BECAUSE PHYSICS IS STUPID AND FOR UGLY PEOPLE.

THE DOCTOR IS PREPARED TO MURDER THIS LAST SURVIVOR BECAUSE HE IS A PRACTICAL HERO FOR THE MODERN AGE. UNFORTUNATELY, I BELIEVE HE IS TOO GOOD TO KILL PEOPLE, AND SO IT HAPPENS INADVERTENTLY AFTER SOME CLICHÉD MORALIZING. YAY GENOCIDE.

THE DOCTOR PROCEEDS TO BE BOTH SMUG AND NORTHERN FOR A BIT, WHICH APPARENTLY IS ENOUGH FOR BEGONIA TO: A. DISREGARD THE FACT THAT THIS MAN IS CLEARLY DANGEROUS     - ALSO THAT HE BLEW UP HER JOB AND LET HER NEARLY DIE TWICE B. ABANDON EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME AND SPACE, SYMBOLISED HERE BY HER BEING A RIGHT BITCH TO HER SPINELESS BOYFRIEND. LOVE HER.

THE END 

[what-would-omega-do-blog]

Russell T. Davies is having dinner beneath me, right now!

Oh, em, gee. Living above a chic bistro fucking rules.