and obviously you find yourself thinking oh i do wish i could get severed to do this one thing. would you actually maybe not. but you do wish you didn't have to undergo medical procedures you do wish you didn't have to do the things that give you anxiety you do wish you didn't have to do tedious tasks that barely even require you to be present for them. it's tempting. that's why the premise works. but the premise is also that somebody has to do it. somebody has to go to the dentist and somebody has to get on that plane and somebody has to write those thank you notes. just like somebody has to clean the house and somebody has to harvest the food you eat and somebody has to make the clothes you wear. you can't eliminate inconvenience you can only delegate it. you can't eliminate suffering you can only delegate it. and always the easiest way to live with this is to see that somebody as less than. less than you less than people. and if that somebody has to wear your body to do it well maybe it's not all that different. they're not a person. you are. it's capitalism all the way down baby
episode one: we rescued the space babies and the bogeyman, yay!
episode two: we went back in time to meet thr beatles and saved music!
episode three: doctor who steps on a fucking land mine.
me reading about the same two characters falling in love over and over again in new settings
Empire of Death, a Summary.
Dead Boy Detectives: a breakdown of Dante's hell.
Okay Okay Okay Thoughts:
(If you don't want spoilers look away now)
I actually really like that Ruby's mother is ordinary. Other people have said it better than me, but I love the way rtd writes companions who are at the end of the day completely ordinary, but become extraordinary because they choose to help people. (Clara and Amy are great, but the whole 'girl who waited' and 'impossible girl' thing can get old pretty quick)
THAT BEING SAID making a character be so freaking close to Lucie Miller and then making it not Lucie Miller is just mean HOw Dare- (I say, having never listened to her audio stories. its the Principle of the thing)
Still not over the 13 year old with a machine gun what the hell Kate
Sarah Jane and Four, I cry
mixed feelings about the episode as a whole, not entirely sure the build up payed off
love love LOVE the memory Tardis
Mel with Sixie's coat and Seven's vest I am Sobbing
Donna is going to kill the Doctor when she finds out Rose died (granted the whole world died but still)
RTD wrote a companion exit that wasn't tragic??? In this economy???
You cant hype susan up that much and then not show her you just cant rtd she better be in series fifteen I SWEAR-
Mel Bush is amazing. Send Tweet.
Okay back to Ruby girl I love you and the ending was sweet but everytime she calls Louis or whatever her 'real mum' I want to punch something CARLA SUNDAY IS THE GREATEST WOMAN ON THIS PLANET
honestly despite being the big season finale it felt kinda slow to me, I think its definitely the weakest episode of the whole season, (which, granted, this season has been incredible and every episode has been an 8/10 at least, this just didn't feel as good as the rest of it)
Millie Gibson and Ncuti Gatwa killed it with the acting
FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME WHO THE FUCK IS MRS FLOOD
Hey rtd did you give kate lethbridge stewart a boyfriend??? During pride month??? come here I just want to talk
I feel like there's gonna be a lot of negativity around this episode, and I don't want to add to it, because despite its issues I think it was overall a decent episode, its just that it was just a decent episode coming off an incredible season with a lot of hype it didn't fully live up to. mid-season it would have been fine, in some ways it just didn't stick the landing (but in others it did).
Idk despite my issues with it I did enjoy it overall. Ncuti is amazing and I can't wait for the next series :)
Crystal being too young to know how a VHS works and Edwin too old is my favorite underrated joke of the whole show
“It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.”
— Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?