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just saw the new image for the Doctor Who Beatles episode

#the tags are sending me #i love dr who #this is a REAL COVER OF THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE #doctor who

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can someone hire me as a lighthouse keeper. my grip on reality is soooo stable and i will behave so normally under conditions of extreme isolation. and i promise i wont try to fuck the light

#this is the plot of hollow knight i think

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Cherry blossom axolotl 🌸

#if reincarnation is real. i want to be this in my next life #art

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you ever accidentally create a recurring theme in your writing. you start putting together an outline for something you’ve never written before and get partway through planning, rearrange the pieces, and go “GODDAMMIT THIS IS ABOUT GRIEF AGAIN”? because let me tell you,

#sure seem to write a lot about characters having complicated feelings abt their mixed heritage #and also abt ppl not feeling like they're Real People #thar definitely doesn't mean anything though. #i do also write a lot about ghosts #im sure theres other thingd

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Random headcanon I came up with early this morning, because I’ve been thinking about Gallifreyan language recently:

The reason why so many Time Lord things are decorated with circular Gallifreyan, often too impractically to actually be read (eg. on the Moment), is because it’s a cultural touchstone that remains from pre-/early-Pythian Gallifrey’s use of magical runes and sigils.

Presumably it was more typically Old High Gallifreyan used in that time (though The Timeless Children does seemingly confirm circular Gallifreyan existed at least as far back as Rassilon's time, if not earlier), however. Twelve describes it as ‘the language of the Pythia’ in The Lost Magic, and as Eleven says in The Time of Angels:

ELEVEN: There were days, there were many days, these words could burn stars and raise up empires, and topple gods.

This is obviously very reminescent of the Carrionites' (themselves from the Dark Times too) "word-based science" from The Shakespeare Code:

MARTHA: What did you do? TEN: I named her. The power of a name. That's old magic. MARTHA: But there's no such thing as magic. TEN: Well, it's just a different sort of science. You lot, you chose mathematics. Given the right string of numbers, the right equation, you can split the atom. Carrionites use words instead.

In other words, while they probably weren't actually intended as such and may have their own specific meaning, whether they be poetry, namesakes, histories, instructions, whatever... these are basically protective wards:

[ID: Five screenshots of Circular Gallifreyan in New Who.

1. Rassilon's Inner High Council meeting in The End of Time Part 2. The table and headrests are inscribed with circular Gallifreyan.

2. The Moment in Day of the Doctor. Gallifreyan writing bends round the edges of the wooden frame.

3. The 'whirligig' rotar in Eleven's second TARDIS, inscribed with individual Gallifreyan symbols.

4. Set photo of the glowing Gallifreyan writing on the steps of Thirteen's TARDIS.

5. Tecteun's laboratory in The Timeless Children. Circular Gallifreyan lines the light above her, and a door in the background.]

As a side note - if they actually are kind-of intended as a form of protection, perhaps this is why we were only introduced to Circular Gallifreyan in New Who, despite it seemingly existing through Gallifreyan history. Because it was retroactively inserted into Gallifreyan culture as a form of defense during the War in Heaven / Last Great Time War?

Regardless, this also opens up questions how many other Time Lord traditions are holdovers from the Dark Times.

For example, who's to say that the renegade naming tradition didn't begin as a form of protection from hexes - either from hostile forces in the pre-anchoring universe, or from oppressive magic-users back on the homeworld? This may also be connected to the change in Gallifreyan name format before and after the Intuitive Revelation (eg. ancestral -sti and -sor names), though shifting power structures, gender roles etc. presumably played a role too.

Heck, is this one reason why Gallifrey's own name has changed over its history? From Jewel to Gallifrey in Rassilon's time to try and protect it from vengeful Pythian curses. From Gallifrey to just 'the Homeworld' in the War to protect it from new rituals of alternative histories and paradox?

#ohh now this is juicy #doctor who #gallifreyan #circular gallifreyan

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[Ignore the previous poll if you saw it; I wanted the poll to go for a week instead of a day]

Idea stolen from @sillylotrpolls:

Counting all media, and you may take as generous a definition of companion as you like. To specify what 'number of characters' means in this context, if one character has multiple names, (fr'instance Bruce Wayne/Batman) that character only counts once. Otoh, multiple different characters with the same title, (ex. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, et. al.) might all be Robin, but they each count as separate characters.

As always, feel free to reblog for wider reach.

#got to 43 #thats every single tv companion (i can list em in order) and a few eus #honestly a lot of the eu just... doesnt do it for me? its too dark edgy esp the edas #id like to listen to more big finish but i struggle with audio id rather read a book #dont think theres any chars in the nsas that are companions... #and i counted the brig btw. he deserves it. #doctor who

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"he would not fucking say that" but its about a character being a leftist. he would not fucking believe that

#HUX???? #lmfao #genuinely one of my favourite things about writing tge #is digging into what their political beliefs are #like at the end of the day i'm writing this for fun so i'm not gonna write rightwing blorbos bc yknow. this is a hobby. #but it's REALLY fun to dig into what they believe and why they believe it #and also aggressively turning a liberal story into a sliiightly more leftist one lmao #thoroughly enjoy the amount of times this has been tagged dean winchester. #that man is a centrist at best

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i'm conducting an experiment. everyone who's from an english speaking country state your country, regional area and what you call the following images. i need to see something

#english + irish #1. fries. big chips are chips and the skinny ones are fries. #2. crisps #3. look like cheese and onion scones? #(that's scone to rhyme with gone btw.) #4. biscuits #5. fizzygood. (this is a blackbooksism.) #6. sweets/sweeties (occasionally candy) #7. fags #8. hat. beanie. #9. candyfloss

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Songs about Ireland / In Irish that I would recommend EVERYONE to listen to.

Firstly, we have Sinéad O'Connor's song 'Famine'. Sinéad was an Irish singer-songwriter and a prominent activist. A very interesting figure, who wrote beautifully poignant songs on issues Ireland faced in the 90's in particular, but these songs still remain very relevant today. This song deals with the truth behind the so-called famine in Ireland, and has been deemed controversial since Sinead first performed it.

Of course, next we have Hozier. 'Butchered Tongue' is a wistful song about the decline in the Irish language and Irish culture. It also touches on the pitchcapping of Irish Rebels during the 1798 rebellion against the british. Yes I cried when hearing this song for the first time.

Another Hozier song, that actually surprised me a lot, is 'De Selby (part 1)'. This song is the first time I have heard the Irish language in a song by a globally popular artist. The idea that this song was played, that Irish was played across the world still amazes me. See my translation for this song here. This song is incredibly beautiful.

A band that sings in Irish is Dysania, and I would really recommend their song 'Lasú Croí'. The song slaps, and they are incredible for keeping our language alive through modern music. I'd also recommend 'Bothar Briste'.

Another band that sings as gaeilge is IMLÉ. I'd recommend 'Éad' and 'Go Deo, Go Deo.' Their songs are incredibly moving, 'Go Deo, Go Deo' kinda reminds me of a calmer version of 'Army Dreamers' by Kate Bush.

'The Town I Left Behind' is also a classic song that practically every Irish person knows. I would personally recommend The Dubliner's version. As well as this I would recommend listening to 'Grace', and 'The Foggy Dew'. All these songs deal with Ireland's history in some way - from the troubles to the 1916 rising.

'Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears' is another well-known song that I particularly remember learning in primary school. The Irish-Americans might be interested in this one - it's a song about the mass immigration to America during the Famine.

#i can't rly speak irish but i got so excited about hozier singing as gaeilge #also highly recommend sinead o'connor #even if you're not a fan of her music (i'm not tbh) you gotta recognise how important she was and still is #rly vibing with imlé personally #adding my recs in the replies but ill add em here too: #city of chicago - christy moore #siún ní dhuibhír - ye vagabonds #amhran na farraige - lisa hannigan

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#voted candy mountain charlie #but this is Carl That Kills People erasure #memes

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i wanna study beshelar to find out what the fuck his deal is lmaooo

#funniest post on tumblr #(the answer is autism and ocpd) #the goblin emperor

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No you don't understand I need to see him crawling, covered in blood, horrifically injured, and traumatized

#<3 #so true op. i will be making amendments

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lizar Mouth perfec t size for put baby in to n\ap! inside very Soft and Comfort baby sleep soundly put baby in Lizard Mouth. Put Baby In Lizard Mouth. no problems ever in lizzard mouth because good Shape and Support for baby neck weak of big baby head. Alizard Mouth yes a place for a baby put baby in lizard mouth can trust lizard for giveing good love to baby. friend lizard

#skhdsmd #look i didn't get on with rain world but i fucking love the lizards #its actually okay for them to kill me bc sometimes they wiggle my dead body like a ragdoll #and its very cute #rain world

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#heartfelt apology from his parents. lol. lmao.

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#cries #u can see this so much in how he treats jo especially #doctor who #the doctor #third doctor

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”The spiral symbol is commonly held as the sign of life and represents the cycle of life as a whole, from birth, life, death and ultimately rebirth.”

#i do be enjoying a good spiral

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It is never too late to learn to speak Irish.

You do not have to be Irish to speak Irish.

Once you're out of school, there is no grammar police and most people are just excited to have someone to speak Irish with.

Incorporating Irish words into your day when you're not fluent (I have to go to the leithris, throw it in the bruscar, that's a gorgeous gúna) is an act of decolonisation.

Helping people to understand the language is an act of love.

Gaeilge go deo ❤️

#ty op #i will throw in the odd go raibh maith agat and le do thoil sometimes #the occasional cen tam e (not that i can spell that one) #phrases and things i used with friends #i should do it more often #irish