this blog is, has been, and always will be a place for danny pink love and appreciation <3
one manipulative guy 👌
Literally all he ever asked of Clara was that she tell him the truth, not lie to him…
So manipulative, that!
well, to me it is, from the moment he starts to criticize 12 and his behaviour, barely knowing him, guiltying Clara into spending time with him and leaving her life in tardis for good, a life she loves although he really doesn’t seem to care about that fact.
but we’re all entitled to our own opinion of manipulative, i guess
Because Twelve’s behaviour towards Danny IS outright awful for most of Series 8. He’s judgemental and dismissive of him at almost every turn.
Likewise Danny sees Twelve as the kind of man who he’s served under in the army before – somebody who pushes you to do things that you never thought you could do until you scarcely recognise yourself.
Danny doesn’t “guilt” Clara into spending time with Twelve. He says “you’re never finished with someone while they can still make you angry” at the end of Kill The Moon, where Twelve WAS manipulative and Clara calls him out on that. At no point does Danny tell her what she has to do from there, he gives her ADVICE to help her current situation – that advice is to take the time she needs to cool off and then make a considered decision about what SHE wants.
I am not convinced we’ve watched the same show because I don’t know what to tell you if you think that’s “manipulative”…
By Lawrence Miles. Yes, that Lawrence Miles who wrote the Doctor Who novels and made the Faction Paradox series. Via his twitter: https://twitter.com/Lawrence_Miles
pt 2, and the show has always had political undertones ( the show’s main
villains are based off the nazis ), and sci-fi in general is a very
diverse and very political genre so I don’t get these white cishet man
babies crying about “forced diversity”
I have to admit that I don’t find “man babies” to be a particularly useful insult and the sad fact is that, no, not all of these people are going to be white, cis, straight men. But yeah, dammit, this stuff is so frustrating. And there’s just so much irony, it’s very difficult to take. I feel lucky that Doctor Who has increasingly pissed off these people. (The pinnacle of which probably remains the existence of a youtube video called “Radical Feminism: Doctor Who Hates Men”. And that was before Jodie Whittaker was cast…)
I’ve only watched a couple of minutes here and there of that youtube video (thank you for the recommendation!), but it seems amazing. The fandom here is full of LGBTQ+ people and it’s wonderful to see that acknowledged this way. You have to wonder if most of the people commenting even watched it, because it seems like a very personal, down-to-earth journey through the world of Doctor Who, as they address diversity and representation as something which isn’t just an online talking point for them. The contrast is stark, between the eloquence of that and… whatever the hell youtube comment section qualify as.
Pearl has been an absolutely magnificent new contribution to the show. She stepped into this juggernaut that we have and brought us a real living character in Bill Potts, who has her feet on the ground, and her heart in the stars. Which is where we all want to be, right? – Peter Capaldi
[two gifs from the teaser trailer of “twice upon a time” depicting a scene from “the tenth planet” (the serial in which billy hartnell as the first dr.who regenerated into pat troughton) – “love. pride. hate. fear,” says hartnell to a mondasian cyberman in black and white, 4:3 ratio. have you no emotions, sir?“ as he speaks color floods his features and the background widens, until we are in HD and full color, the end of the line being performed by david bradley]
[ID: a digital painting of the Third Doctor. They are swirling a wine glass in one hand while posing with the other hand on their hip. Their coat and trousers are a vibrant burgundy, contrasting with their frilly coral shirt and unruly gray hair.]
