Elpickett - El Pickett

Steven Moffat is great at writing one off episodes, and I'm so glad they brought him back for that. This episode was just chilling on so many levels, and felt like a really nice contrast to the previous two episodes which were much more light-hearted. I think in a lot of ways it reminded of episodes like the magicians apprentice or the doctors daughter, with people fighting for no reason at all while being so convinced they are right, and it felt really good to see ncuti acting in those types of scenes.

Steven Moffat coming back to Doctor Who after years away just to go after capitalism, organized religion as a cover for violence, the military industrial complex, AI, and “thoughts and prayers” in 46 minutes.

oh to be at such peace

current least favorite thing about my latest chronic illness flare up is how boring it is like I'm stuck lying down in bed and my brain won't let me do anything

like I was going okay I can't go into uni but I guess I can write my papers but nope not an option so then I was like well I can write fic but no also can't do that so then I was like okay let's watch the eras tour movie and I only got half way through that!!!

the point here is I'm bored and have most of the next chapter of my Tess lives story written but it's all disconnected scenes that I need to join up and I want it done and it's not :(

Omar, so sick of this bullshit, making Andhera teleport just to tell Rue how in love Hob is with them:

Endless ACOFAF

I remember books beginning to come out with queer characters, and that being a big deal, and the author taking risks. I'm in my twenties, and the change I've seen between my childhood and my younger sister's in terms of diversity and inclusion in the media is monumental, to an extent I don't think we often appreciate enough.

One thing that's likely not visible to all younger queers is that little kids shows have gotten radically queerer in the last 10 years.

I'm not just talking about Owl House, Kippo etc, much as I love them.

I mean like stuff for kindergardners.

Characters in Strawberry Shortcake and Superhero Girls and more have gay parents just unremarkably in the background. That was unthinkable 15 years ago.

But the thing that shocks me utterly is the casual inclusion of nonbinary characters.

Dee and Friends in Oz, Polly Pocket, Craig of the Creek...it seems like half the shows my daughter watches have nonbinary characters just seamlessly included. Not even a Very Special Episode. Just...here's the scarecrow in charge of scarecrow village who uses they/them pronouns that everyone just uses without comment.

I was almost 30 before I found the word nonbinary. For my kid to just grow up with this is astonishing.

Conservatives are so mad because it's INCREDIBLY hard to just put this kind of inclusion back away. Once something is normal, and clearly not causing anything bad to happen, it's hard to convince people to be scared of it.

Head Engineer, Melanie Cavill

Written twelve and a bit pages of fiction and have failed to finish one four page report oops

I wish to make an EVIL comment section, tell me one foul deed you have done this past week

I've recently started uni and this is exactly how we've all made friends

why is it so high????? Is everything on fire???? Also what does 70F even mean? I have no idea when things become hot as opposed to warm

also thank you to the person who put theirs up in celcius I actually understood that one!!

What’s the temperature from where you are right now?

i fully believe that if tess hadn't gotten bit, she would have gotten them to wyoming in a month and a half with sam and henry in tow, fixed ellie's survivor's guilt, bullied joel into growing the fuck up and feeling his feelings, and then settled in jackson with them once she realized the fireflies are fucking stupid and have no clue what they're doing.

and she would have looked incredibly hot the whole time