Well Shit

So I think I figured out what Fifteen's problem is. Not as a flaw in the writing, mind. A flaw in the character.

Every New Who Doctor has been a reaction to the trauma of the Time War.

Nine raged

Ten ran

Eleven repressed

Twelve wallowed

Thirteen regressed

Fourteen finally admitted he had a problem and sought help.

And Fifteen, I'm certain now, relapses.

Fifteen started out doing great. All his trauma processed. Ready to face the world. And maybe at first it worked (though sadly we didn't get to see his many offscreen adventures with Ruby). But like... you don't stay better. You have to work at it. And he's very much not doing that.

There's a brittleness to his good cheer. Be it the gods of chaos, the loss of a lover, or his first real confrontation with racism, he doesn't deal with adversity very well. He breaks down, he hides, he acts like everything's fine. It's not fine though. He's not okay. He might've dealt with his problems, but he didn't equip himself with the tools needed to deal with new problems.

He's gonna crack eventually. We can already see it happening.

first two episodes were iconic, Percy is a sassy little nightmare as he should be

I'm already so much more committed than I ever was for the movies, it's almost like letting the authors write the shows helps it stay true to the source material

PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (2023-)

i cannot be the first person to post this here but i am going so fucking insane about the gaia music collective's one day choir singing wait for me. the opening harmonies are you KIDDING me

I went on a walking tour in Granada today and it ended up being just my partner and I and the tour guide (paying 40€ for a private tour instead of 200€? an absolute win), who was a) our age and b) even more of a history nerd than me. What followed was two hours of intense history learning (as I kept asking questions) and it was an absolutely delightful time of two history nerds nerding out, and my partner being excited to learn as well but just being amused. be! supportive! of! other! people's! interests! it's more fun for everyone

no offense but if someone is excited about something and you make them feel stupid for being excited about it you are the worse type of person

Cats and train miniature

no but we should

given they were the only people not yet involved in the parentcule, but definitely will be considering jawbone and Sandra Lynn have hopefully worked out their shit and would potentially be open to that

consider: no inter-friend group dating not just because they are all friends and don't see each other like that, but also because all the bad kids are now at least tangentially related

have we as a fandom considered what the thistlesprings canonically being swingers/having a sexually open relationship could do to the parentcule?

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

dude the drizzle is gorgeous! I'm also so impressed with the piping!

Inspired by the latest chapter of Parallel Lines by @hypnotisedfireflies, and also @elpickett's cake, I made a honey cake today. It's delicious, and next time I make it I will find a way to cram even more honey into it. Also, I'm really proud of how it looks! My cake decorating can usually be described as 'functional' at best 😂

the "you're cargo" to "it's okay, babygirl" to "it wasn't time that did it" pipeline goes so fucking crazy bro