It threatens the narrative

Elliot. 24. UK. Mainly Doctor Who posting. Find my fanfiction on AO3 at 'timeisweird'

[occamchainsaw]

jabba jabba goofy ahh marbles

[mipper42]

i forgot heather existed until i found one of my childhood dr who mags and was jumpscared by the mccrimmon bloodline.anyway i think it would be funny if one of jamie's ancestors was just a carbon copy of him. jamie 2

[carefulzombie]

“how are the companions from pre-vaccine times not getting sick all the time?” the doctor gave jamie a vial of mysterious liquid when he came onboard the tardis. jamie drank it and become immune to not only every disease ever but also probably lived until he was 130

[mogblin]

the thing about job searching is i see all these job postings and im like i dont wanna do any of this for any of you

[cesiousblue]

pls look at this picture of Roger Delgado cuddling a wiener dog while wearing a cozy sweater

[natyillustrates]

do not repost my art pls

The Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton.

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[Image ID: A full body drawing of The Second Doctor from the science fiction TV Show, Doctor Who. He is standing looking to the left of the image with a perplexed/annoyed expression and a hand resting on his chest. His other hand is holding his sonic screwdriver, pointing upwards. His flute is resting in his coat pocket. End ID]

[ohwhatagloomyshow]

do you remember why you followed prev

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Remaining time: 3 days 19 hours

[magiefish]

I read “Fear of the Dark” recently and it was actually pretty good for a Doctor Who novel, I would recommend it if you enjoy angst, horror, and good characterisation with above average side characters (don’t listen to “The Dark Flame” afterwards though you will spend the whole time going “Trevor you hack this is just Fear of the Dark again!”).

However. There was a metaphor. Which threw me slightly.

Mr. Baxendale why. Are writing this like the primordial darkness from before time began and which lingers in the space between galaxies and drives planets to cycles of debauchery and ruin as it eats the light from the stars is about to kiss Five. Why. Would you do that.

[magiefish]

Reading this bit felt like being hit with a succession of vine boom sound effects one after the other.

[penny-anna]

Everyone needs to stop saying death of the author when what they mean is separating the art from the artist. Like FR stop it.

[penny-anna]

I know it's mainly just ignorance of what the term means but I do wonder if this happens in part bcos 'death of the author' sounds so dramatic like oh this author is dead to me, I don't care about them anymore. Whereas 'separating the art from the artist' is a lot more neutral and well. In CERTAIN CASES it is kind of immediately apparent that you cannot.

[penny-anna]

TO REITERATE:

Death of the Author is a term coined by Roland Barthes for his essay of the same name in 1967.

In brief: death of the author is the concept that analysis of a work of art should not be focused on the artist's intent; the artist's intended reading of their own work is just A reading and no more valid than anyone else's.

A good straightforward example of this in practice is the response to Andy Weir and Project Hail Mary. Weir is adamant that his work contains no politics but I would say that PHM is pretty clearly a story about climate change.

You can apply death of the author to any work of fiction and it has nothing to do with whether the author is a good or bad person.

[urie]

stop calling it a girl dinner and call it by its formal name: Fend For Yourself dinner in an ingredients household

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[redstonedust]

bri'ish food is nothing special but every time i walk into the local fish n chip place i ask for a medium and they hand me a parcel of vinegar soaked fries so thick i struggle to carry it home with two hands. they look me in the eye and know theyve given me enough potato to feed me for a week. and for what. like 4 quid. you gotta respect the quantity over quality approach of it sometimes.

[bsideheart]

more characters with psychic powers who get migraines and seizures after they use them. i wanna see someone kill a bunch of ppl with their mind and then lay in a dark room vomiting for two days

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!

[what-even-is-thiss]

You’d think that once you finally get long term access to a cat and your yearning to have cat access is fulfilled that you’d become slightly less obsessed with seeing people’s cats but no if anything it gets worse

[what-even-is-thiss]

Now that there are two whole cats in my life I have become even more obsessed with cats. Tell your cats I said hi.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am reminded every day why I love cats because they’re right there, doing cat things, being absolutely adorable and committing cat crimes. They are friends with me and are so soft and also sharp.

[benjacksonstanaccount]

[mipper42]

why did he do this

[phoebefeastofsteven]

I like how the EotD scripts have the train game as the Daleks pushing around a chair with the Doctor sat on it but then someone clearly worked out in rehearsals that they could just stick Pat directly onto a Dalek and pray he balances well enough