#anyway eve go make this episode a reality I need it for my amusement

[harapeveco]

Knk beach episode plot we need and deserve:

They go to the beach for some stupid reason don’t really think about it they are just there

Mai’s van is just cartoonishly filled with beach stuff (umbrella, towels, at least 7 floats, beach chairs). As part of the joke they filled it with so much stuff Tobi almost dies squished by them. For some reason they also put him in the trunk but Baku wasn’t he had a seat in the back seat

Basically Tobi gets bullied a lot for my amusement. Also he doesn’t want to be there at all

Speaking of Tobi he’s wearing the same outfit as Yusuke in the beach trip but instead of blue swimming trunks and a white hoodie the trunks are bright orange and the hoodie is black. He’s dying bc it’s too hot but he refuses to take it off

Only Mai and Rei know how to swim while Monika and Tobi use the floats

Also Tobi doesn’t like water in this one he’s like a rabid dog he will bite you if you even dare to think about it (Rei is bitten but actually manages to make him go in the water)

Yuu and Nagi are there too actually but the joke is they are all trying to beat Yuu senseless while absolutely no one questions why Nagi is there. They are besties in this scenario but like they aren’t does that make sense? It does in my head

Ryou is just there too he’s looking from afar witnessing all the shenanigans but he’s not a part of it he sees some shit going on and decides that’s not his problem he just leaves he won’t put himself in a situation

They eat popsicles. The joke here is that when asked what the strange flavor of the popsicle is the answer is just “orange”

We can’t forget the watermelon bit. Tobi hits Yuu instead of the watermelon but that’s on purpose

Also let throw in some beach volleyball bc yes idk how that will go but it’ll be a mess for sure

At some point and don’t ask me why or how they are in a boat. There’s a storm coming (again don’t ask me why or how it just happens) and fucking Tobi falls into the water and is drowning like the loser he is so ofc everyone is throwing stuff he can use to float but everything is actually heavy and sinks. “Throw things that actually float!” He yells. “Here grab this rope!” Says Mai throwing a rope he can grab onto. “Here grab this other rope!” Rei throws the end of the same rope thinking it was another one. “ITS THE SAME ROPE YOU IDIOT” he screams and drown and fucking dies. After the storms ends everyone is crying, Rei laments “I will never forget his last words ‘it’s the same rope you idiot’ 😭”

Thats it’s that’s how it ends

Jk they go to shore and Tobi is there like a wet kitty with the bat (or stick) they used for the watermelon waiting for them so he can kill them. Cut to the persona 4 chasing scene you know the one

You may have noticed Yukito has not been mentioned throughout the story that’s bc I forgot about him just like how Eve and Newo do every chapter. Sorry Yukito ily

The end

#btw the whole boat and rope boy wasn’t created by me im not that funny it’s a scene from a puppet show called 31 minutos #Pls if you know Spanish go watch 31 minutos best show ever it has not right being that funny #like it’s a kid shows but the jokes land better when you are an adult they have no filter LMAO #anyway eve go make this episode a reality I need it for my amusement #we need a beach episode AND a festival episode AND a culture festival episode too #we need all the tropes idc about the plot

[galactic-pirates]

Strange New Worlds - Episode 1

Paramount+ launched in the UK yesterday. As a side note I have a small amount of amusement as whomever designed the Disney+ website, did this one - they are identical! Anyway, the moment I finished the episode I had to login to raid so didn't have time to ramble. Let's see if I can remember stuff I thought!

So it's been 3 months since Discovery season 2 finale and Pike sure can grow a long beard in that time. I don't quite know what the logic was for showing that woman at Pike's cabin (establishing Pike is a ladies man??) especially as that's a recognisable actress and according to IMDB that's her only appearance in the show. Very strange (no pun intended haha).

Anyway, moving on. T'Pring has some major thirst for Spock. Although I confess my initial thought was why were they kissing with their mouths? I guess that was for the benefit of the casual audience as it would have made more sense as Vulcan's for their hands to be being all sensual. I read some dates and her "I won't chase you across the galaxy" kinda makes sense as isn't it like 8 years or something until the Kirk vs Spock pon farr fight?

Let's see what is next. Oh! I enjoyed the fact that Enterprise is getting patched up from the battle, all the crew are on leave unless needed, and Number One was like "nope, give me another ship I'm bored" as I got some major Eve Baird vibes from that. I watched the Librarians show premiere AGAIN the other day (I love it so much) and Eve's all "but sir what am I supposed to do for a month??" so yes very good.

Ortegas on the conn is something I want to see more of, with her dry wit of "why is it always when I'm in the Captain's chair" plus it's just the humour as well of the Captain, the first officer, Spock (who's basically second in command) just all on the away mission. Like yes lets just send our entire leadership down and hope nothing bad happens!

Oh I adored the humour and the banter between Chapel and M'Benga when they were chasing that guy around the ship. I also loved the little peek at Uhura's character. The dude was freaking out and she just chatted to him about something from his planet and totally put him at ease. Chapel practically didn't have to sedate him to be honest.

I haven't got a satisfactory answer off google and so I remain confused. Of all the characters (apart from Pike and Spock) then La'an was the one that got the most fleshing out this episode, so I'm guessing her backstory is going to be important to the seasons overall plot. However, I still don't get whether she's related to Khan or related to the scientists that created Data, or is it both? I watched Picard and when they went back to 2024 the Soong then pulled out a file which seemed to hint at Khan.

Speaking of 2024 I had a "can't quite believe they went there" moment when they showed footage with 'audit the vote' as a precursor to the second civil war and then world war three. To be honest that made me more scared than anything because it feels a bit too possible. While I would like the Star Trek future, I definitely don't want the nuclear armageddon they endured to get there.

Ok back to Pike and his soul-searching. Every now and then I find random bits on my hard drive and apparently after season 2 of Discovery I started a Pike fanfic. I had a "I don't remember this place" when I found the doc but it's a thing. Interestingly I had Pike as a prisoner in jail having done something very reckless because "if I know how I'm going to die, then my day is not today and nothing really matters" and then I was building up to basically Number One sitting on him and reaffirming what Cornwell said which is "you can't think like that, because knowing your fate doesn't give you God-like powers to just live through anything" as a bit of a reality check. This time it was a bit more subtle and La'an and Spock provided the nudge but it seems Pike got to a similar sort of headspace in the end.

There wasn't really enough Number One in this for me, and with her being the focus of the rescue mission (and then her injury) she didn't get to do anything badass either. However, I have seen some gifs and I know her moment to shine will come.

I liked the thing about consequences. I dislike that Starfleet command are idiots that don't understand them but I'm glad that Pike did. General Order Number One (aka the Prime Directive) shouldn't be a license not to clean up their own messes. As Pike said they had already interfered, so they needed to try and make it as positive as possible. The warp weapon wasn't part of their 'natural development' so letting them blow themselves up with it shouldn't be either. So good for Pike, but a bad look for Starfleet.

This was a solid episode. It had a good plot. There was some good character stuff, some humour. I wanted more but then I always do. I think they could have cut a few minutes of Pike and Spock at the start and given them to the other crew, but I'm hoping that Ortegas and the others will get their time in future episodes. That's the problem with decent ensemble casts, they'd need to double episode lengths to really give them the time they deserve.

Oh! One last thing I actually googled this after to make sure I hadn't misheard and I hadn't - Shuttle 'Stamets' I screamed because what a cool reference! I love Stamets and it was a nice nod. I mean as far as most people are concerned Discovery either never existed or was destroyed (I'm a bit fuzzy on which given the spore drive and wiping that from the records). But either way a little memorial to Stamets who is probably thought dead was nice.

I'm going to give this I think a 4/5 rating. That might go up or down on rewatches as sometimes context makes me feel differently about stuff. However, generally it was as positive and awesome as I'd hoped! Thus far I'm not disappointed and as I've kinda over-hyped this in my head, I am so relieved about that!

#star trek: strange new worlds

[ohliverfelicity]

chokehold

“Well, there you have it," Magnus sighed dramatically, "the things I would do for you, Alexander Lightwood."

or: when magnus proposes to alec, it doesn’t go as well as he had planned.

Mundane traditions were never Alec's go-to's but Magnus always entertained them because he found them endearing. The thing about mundanes was that they were so ignorant of the world that was devouring theirs completely, of demons and monsters, that they lived and loved carelessly and to the fullest and if anything, Magnus found that horribly wonderful.

So when it came to the stage in their lives where Magnus and Alec had come to terms with the unshakable fact that there would be no one in their lives but each other, Magnus looked for ways that were perfect enough in both their intention and presentation to ask Alec Lightwood to marry him. Magnus had watched innumerable episodes of reality tv shows and angsty movies alike to know by now at least seven different ways of proposing. There was the 'propose at the top of a roller coaster' option, but Alec was terrified of roller coasters though he'd never admit it, and the 'gather the whole family on a national holiday and set up a public spectacle' option but for one, he'd seen that one go downhill and end up in public embarrassment too many times when the significant other said 'no' and second, Alec wasn't fond of public declarations of undying love. At the end, what was utterly them, and said 'stay-home date, good food and a private evening to themselves' was the notorious hide-the-ring-in-dessert tradition. Alec loved it when Magnus cooked instead of magically conjured food and everything else was too uncharacteristic of them anyway, so Magnus planned the night of his life.

When the day came, Alec arrived home early with wild hair and a huge smile. He was told, like Magnus had watched on TV, that this was a good old, normal, plain-Jane kind of date.

"Magnus," Alec smiled brightly, approaching Magnus after he'd showered, "You look great."

Magnus looked at Alec with amusement, down at his half-sleeved grey shirt, an accomplishment of a change from his birthright black wardrobe.

"Alexander," he replied in his huskiest voice, "You're rocking the spring colours too, my darling."

Alec laughed with feigned exasperation and something carefree in his eyes that looked more beautiful than any clothing item would on him. Magnus had started witnessing that airy, freeing thing in Alec more and more often now: sometimes in the loose way his shoulders fell even when Magnus touched him around his mother, or in the way he intertwined their fingers on a crosswalk, and sometimes, just sometimes, like on New Years' Eve, in how Alec would kiss the sanity out of Magnus in front of a whole crowd of people without a backwards glance with that feeling of having nothing to lose.

The rooftop looked beautiful, with glowing paper lanterns and Christmas lights hanging along the walls. Magnus had set a table in the middle, lit with candlelight and adorned with flowers he couldn't name. There were platters of rice and sauces and meats and everything else that Alec liked best and Magnus promised him that nothing had been stolen by magic, he'd cooked it all himself.

"You know, you really didn't have to do all this," Alec said, "I know you're allergic to it."

"Allergic to what?"

"Manual cooking."

"Well, there you have it," Magnus sighed dramatically, "the things I would do for you, Alexander Lightwood."

"Oh wow, I never knew I could eat this much." Alec had been bullied by Magnus to try absolutely everything on the table because "I slaved over the entire day for you, Alexander Lightwood" and besides, Alec had truly been touched by the effort. He kept mulling over in his head the possible reasons that called for such an eager Magnus tonight and it wasn't anyone's birthday, it wasn't Magnus' yearly anniversaries of getting banned from anywhere in the world, so really, he resigned to  believing that since he loved good food and Magnus loved him, it was an innocent, uneventful gesture.

"Oh, but you haven't even tried the best part of the night yet," Magnus said to Alec's horror. Alec really was full and with training everyday to stay in shape, Alec wasn't used to downing so much at a time.

"Really, because I think you're the best part of my night," Alec said in a low voice, raising his eyebrow in that mischievous way Magnus liked, and it was only partially because he was trying to divert Magnus' attention from the food. Magnus looked at him intently and he almost caved in to kissing Alec right there and then, but he had an agenda and it wasn't going to get him engaged by the end of the night if he couldn't stay disciplined.

"Alec, darling, as much as I love you, the chocolate fudge cupcake I made for you loves you more, you're absolutely going to have to give it a shot."

If Alec was anything, he was stubborn by default and he'd really try anything to took to not eat it.

"How about I eat it tomorrow? Magnus, I love you for the cooking but I'm going to explode if you make me."

At this point, panic started rumbling in Magnus' stomach because maybe he shouldn't have tried to force Alec to eat absolutely everything on the table, maybe he should've done dessert first, veggies later—

"Okay, I'll eat it," Alec sighed. Magnus looked up, surprised. Alec smiled at him, "Well you look so sad I'm not eating the cupcake thing, so preventing self-destruction isn't worth seeing you worried."

Magnus was confused until he realized the horror of Alec not getting to the cupcake part must have gotten to his face and as guilty as he was in tricking Alec, he was grateful for his concern. Besides, it would only take one bite for Alec to bite on the ring.

Alec sighed with a smile, "Well," he picked up the cupcake delicately and without flinching, "go big or go home, right," put the entire thing in his mouth in one go, just as Magnus registered the sight with horror and had time to say, "No, Alec don't—"

Everything that happened after happened way too quickly. Magnus was reaching for Alec in horror, Alec Lightwood, epic soldier and powerful Head of the Institute choked on his own wedding ring, several utensils clattered to the ground, and somehow, after lots of dragging and coughing, Magnus managed to lay Alec on the ground, with his arm under Alec's head, trying to get him to breathe.

"Oh for God's sake Alexander, the whole thing? You can't take things slow can you," Magnus mumbled with an ugly combination of worry and anxiety.

 All he'd wanted to do tonight was to propose to the light of his life to marry him and he instead had him on the concrete floor of a rooftop, under the most romantic moonlight and the coolest night wind, choking out empty air instead of a "yes, Magnus, yes."

Marriage was a big deal for everyone, mundane, shadow hunter, downworlder alike, but for Magnus, it was colossal. It was acceptance and finality and finally calling a place home because home was where he'd smell Alec's clothes and hear Alec's voice. It meant Magnus still owned a villa in Paris and a mansion in Rome but home was his loft in New York City. Magnus Bane loved a place of a few two thousand square feet, decorated not with paintings of L'arc de Triumph or any work of Picasso, but with sloppy photo booth pictures of Alec and him, with a bedside frame of Alec Lightwood on his 20th birthday, where the couches were draped with Alec's jackets and the laundry bin was filled with nothing but seven pairs of Alec's black jeans. He'd never had that dependency before, never waited up for anyone after midnight before. He'd loved before, yes, but this was so much more than love. It was need and it was trust and it was everything that could break Magnus and he was holding it dearly in the palm of his hand and offering it to Alec tonight in a chocolate fudge cupcake, if only Alec would say yes.

Alec coughed a final time, his eyes red and his throat hoarse and he coughed up the culprit in his hand.

He groaned, "I think I'm okay now," Alec said hoarsely. Magnus almost laughed.

"You can't get rid of me with a poorly cooked cupcake. I'm not that eager to leave," Alec joked and Magnus had just looked a little wilted. Alec sensed that he had murdered, or rather, had choked up the mood and then spat it out, so he brought his free hand up to Magnus' cheek.

"Hey, I'm sorry I choked on your cupcake. It really was good though, don't look so upset, I loved it," Alec grinned. Magnus looked down and him, at the way he was still looking up at Magnus with his cheeks flushed and eyes eager and Alec Lightwood had never looked more beautiful.

He smiled, his heart ramming against his chest because Alec still hadn't opened up his fist to see what he'd choked on. He was almost afraid of what'd happened next, he'd had everything planned out and then this happened and there was nothing else to do.

Magnus took a deep breath, preparing his heart for a massacre and whispered, "Open up your fist, Alexander."

Alec looked confusedly at Magnus and then his hand, then shifted his eyes slowly back towards Magnus' face.

"Okay," he said tentatively, and Alec's fingers opened to reveal a shining, (magically cleaned, he presumed) silver ring on his palm. It had thin, elegant carvings on the outer edges that was simple and remarkable in its making. The first thing Alec thought of it, strangely, was that the clean styling was so Alec-like. It took Alec a while to understand what he was looking at, why there was a random ring he'd never seen in the cupcake Magnus had made him, why Magnus had insisted he eat it. Did Magnus want to show him a new ring? He'd never done that before. If not, then why—

Oh.

Magnus practically witnessed the hurricane of questions and confusion pass over Alec's features, his eyebrows knit in concentration, his eyes shifting to process his thoughts and then, Magnus saw, the moment, the eureka moment, when it all clicked into place, and for all the emotions in the world, Magnus felt cold fear rise up his throat.

Alec froze, his pupils blown as realization finally dawned and he finally thought that for all the battle plans and strategies he could think of, why hadn't he known what this was before? Somewhere, a string in his heart went loose and Alec felt like he was breathing for the first time because he didn't deserve this, he didn't think he could ever have this and how did he get so lucky—

"Yes," he whispered with awe, after what Magnus will describe had felt like a decade, to their children.

Alec looked at Magnus and this time it was just raw awe and wonder that was choking the air out of his lungs when he tried saying it louder, "Yes, I'll marry you," and he didn't give Magnus a chance to finally let go of his breath because too quickly, they were kissing and it felt infinite and perfect and for a moment, all of New York held it's breath as Alec Lightwood kissed life back into Magnus Bane.

That night, Alec laughed like he had conquered the world.

"Angel, Magnus, murdering your fiancé via unintentional choking would've sure landed you in the next edition of World's Best Husbands."

Magnus had laughed too, because it all felt unreal: the words, being able to laugh as if there were flowers planted in his lungs and feeling Alec's laughter build a home in his bones. He didn't know which was more magical, that Alec Lightwood, doused in cool moonlight, looked like a mirage laying there in red silk bed sheets, or that looking at him, Magnus feared that he would perish in the strength and intensity of what he felt for this Lightwood boy.

And when Alec leaned in and kissed him this time, Magnus knew it was neither. The only magic in the world was this and this and this.

#malec fic #alec x magnus #sh fic #fluff actually #malec fanfic #malec #shadowhunters #tmi fic #and marriage proposals #married!malec #kinda #i mean #i had fun writing it #myfic

[yeonchi]

Doctor Who Series 11 Review Part 5/10: The Tsuranga Conundrum

Air date: 4 November 2018

Be honest here - who thought this episode was going to be something Japanese-themed from the title? Surely I wasn’t the only one.

To say the least, a third of this episode was weird, a third of this episode was mature and a third of the episode felt like a children’s TV show. That’s my spoiler-free thought for this week.

We have now reached the halfway mark for this series, so I’ll be giving my mid-series thoughts at the end.

Once again, spoilers after the break.

Episode Background

The Doctor and her friends are searching for something on Seffilun 27 (though she believes that it could have been on Seffilun 59) when they discover a sonic mine. Failing to place the mine in a temporal lock, the Doctor and her friends are hit by the blast and are taken to the medical ship Tsuranga, where they regain consciousness after four days. Disobeying advice from chief medic Astos, they begin looking for an exit, meeting Keeban neuropilot Eve Cicero and Gifftan Yoss Inkl. The Doctor learns that Tsuranga is actually an automated ship on its way to Resus One when an asteroid seemingly crashes into it. From that point on, strange things begin happening and the Doctor must find a way to keep everyone alive until they get to Resus One.

Male pregnancy - an SJW thing or overreaction?

The first SJW red flag I found in this episode was Yoss, who was being transported to Resus One in order to give birth. The reason I say this is because I’ve seen comments from people who are outraged at things that seemingly defy what nature intended. I, for one, could honestly care less about this and let people birth or adopt children if they decide to do so. After thinking about this, I may have found a way to downgrade this red flag by utilising references from the episode and in nature.

It is stated in the episode that both male and female Gifftans can be pregnant (gender equality right here, ladies and gentlemen), with the catch being that males can only give birth to males and females can only give birth to females. This makes me want to know more how the entire process works, but I digress. The point here is that Yoss is depicted as a humanoid alien with a different biology to that of humans on Earth.

In nature, female seahorses deposit their eggs into the pouches of male seahorses, who incubate them for 9 to 45 days. The term “male pregnancy” only applies to seahorses, giving them a unique status in that regard. There’s no such thing as transgender seahorses either, by the way.

In humans, however, the only way that trans people can get pregnant is if they were trans men - that is, they were born female and are transitioning to male - and they briefly stopped taking testosterone treatments. The nature-defying thing that some people (dare I say, transphobes) take from this is that men can seemingly get pregnant when in reality, nothing has really changed - the bottom line is that women can still get pregnant, it’s just that some choose to identify as men. There are no cases of pregnancies in trans women as of yet, though I pray for the sanity of this world when it happens (no offence intended).

So really, the SJW red flag in this episode can be negated if you think about seahorses (and maybe humanoid aliens). I feel kind of bad for arguing away the “SJW agenda” in the new series since people who honestly believe that said agenda is affecting mainstream media and entertainment are less likely to take my advice on these things. I’ll come back to this later.

Back to Ryan and Graham (character development)

The focus for character development this week goes back to Ryan, followed by Graham. As such, I could probably repeat my tokusatsu comparison from Episode 1 - Ryan symbolises the main Riders of recent Kamen Rider series in that his parents aren’t shown because they’re either missing or dead.

Though Yoss seemed excited at some aspects of his pregnancy, he worries that he is not ready to be a father, which is why he intends to give his child away once he is born. Ryan is reminded of his father upon hearing this and so, he confides about their relationship to Yaz. We also learn that Ryan’s mother died of a heart attack and that he was 13 when he found her body. He also notes that her death had an impact on his father, theorising that he was avoiding Ryan because he reminded him of his mother.

Later on, Yoss chooses Ryan and Graham to be his doulas when he is about to give birth. Graham mentions that he has watched every episode of Call the Midwife, but when they learn that they need to cut Yoss’ pregnancy sac open in a process similar to a Caesaran section, Graham reveals that he “always looked away at the squeamish bits”. The interaction between Ryan and Graham in this scene is amusing. Ryan encourages Yoss to at least be there for his child and be a better father than his father was, even if not perfect. Taking his encouragement to heart, Yoss decides to raise the baby himself, naming him Avocado. Graham attempts to fistbump Ryan again (like in Episode 3), but he gets rejected. Anyway, how do you do, fellow kids?

A kids’ show villain mixed with an adult plot in a “family show”

Let’s talk about the monster in this episode, the Pting. Having him be a CGI monster really shows how we live in a society. So, the Pting are tiny non-canivorous monsters that consume inorganic material to feed off its energy. They are impossible to contain or confine, they are unkillable, can live without oxygen and their skin is toxic to the touch.

At the same time, the Tsuranga is monitored from Resus One. The ship’s systems pick up signals of the Pting and send them back, leading them to send a response request to it, asking if there is a creature on board or not. The Doctor can’t take control of the ship or change its route because it can be detonated in event of a hijack. If they confirm that something is wrong, then everyone on board would have to evacuate before the ship is detonated, which they can’t do because the escape pods have been jettisoned. If they deny, then they have a total of three dismissals before they detonate the ship anyway as a precaution.

The Doctor and Eve deduce that the Pting is heading for the ship’s anti-matter drive, so Yaz and Ronan are tasked with keeping it away from the engine room. The Doctor later realises that the Pting intends to feed off the energy from the ship’s systems, so she denies Resus One’s response request for the third time and extracts the bomb from the engine room. She then attempts the lure the Pting to the bomb by placing it in airlock and speeding up the detonation. Indeed, the Pting finds its way to the airlock and eats the bomb, which detonates inside him before the Doctor jettisons it out into space.

Meanwhile, Eve offers to pilot the ship to Resus One, with the Doctor also offering to create a false positive cover signal so that they won’t detonate the ship. Though Eve was admitted with Corden Fever, the Doctor learns that she actually has Pilot’s Heart, something which she uses adrenaline blockers to manage in order to maintain her image and status in her galaxy. Her brother, Durkas, knows about this and continues to help his sister pilot the ship. When Eve succumbs to her disease, however, she gives control to him and he manages to pilot the ship safely to Resus One.

Is it me, or does this episode feel like a plot from a children’s TV show, only with more drama added? The Pting seemed to make this episode a bit juvenile, in my opinion.

Empowering confidence

Mabli was on her second tour of duty during the events of this episode. At the start, we hear her doubting herself on her skills, with Astos being the one of the only people who believed in her. The Doctor takes it upon herself to give her the confidence to believe in herself.

When the Doctor hears Mabli’s pessimistic comment, she compares the present problem to administering medicine, telling her to “imagine the solution and work to make it a reality”. The first time I watched this episode, I was too dense to realise this, but after seeing it a few more times, I finally recognised that there is a tokusatsu connection that can be made with that line and that is basically the underlying premise of Ressha Sentai ToQger, namely... (watch the video in the link to find out)

Other general thoughts

The Doctor doesn’t talk about her aversion to guns when stasers are mentioned. Presumably, this is because she (and everyone else) knows that the Pting can’t be killed. From what I can deduce, the Doctor is against killing and the use of guns for such a purpose. This will be going on the record in case she voices her opinion against guns at a monster that can’t be killed in the first place (or at least through conventional means).

There is no mention of what happens when matter meets anti-matter. If the anti-matter drive were to be damaged or destroyed, then wouldn’t the ship be destroyed instead of losing propulsion since the contents of the particle accelerator would leak out?

The Doctor’s sonic screwdriver gets eaten by the Pting and its energy sucked out. Isn’t the self-reboot feature a bit of a deus ex machina?

Grace is mentioned again in this episode. With all the mentions in the series so far, you’d think she’d come back by the end of this series. I mean, she is listed as a recurring actor on the TARDIS Data Core, so you never know.

Summary and verdict

This episode was weird and maybe a bit all over the place. The Pting is basically an antagonist from a kids’ show and its involvement leads the Doctor and the others on a rat chase. At least Yoss wasn’t written as a trans man, because that would have confused some viewers and added to the case of SJW pandering. Despite all this, it was a pretty decent episode, but even me saying that is being merciful towards the series.

Rating: 6/10

Mid-Series Review

At the start of the prelude, I wrote down two questions that I wanted to answer. Since we’ve reached the halfway mark for this series, I thought I would answer them at each stage of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure, starting from now. Keep in mind that my answers are not definite until I do my review for her final episode.

To answer my first question, Jodie Whittaker’s performance just seems okay to me, so the bar is still about average. The Twelfth Doctor’s speech in The Zygon Inversion was what made him my favourite Doctor (followed by Eleven), but I’ve yet to see anything from the Thirteenth Doctor on that sort of scale.

As for the second question, yes, the SJW agenda is starting to affect how I think about this series. Like I said earlier, I’ve been managing to argue away the SJW red flags I’ve been finding in this series. I don’t know if this will end up in me being in denial or whatever, but I’ll see where this gets me.

Here are my ratings for the series so far:

Episode 1: 8/10

Episode 2: 7/10

Episode 3: 7/10

Episode 4: 7/10

Episode 5: 6/10

Mid-series total: 35/50 (70%)

This series has been okay for me so far. It should be noted that each episode so far has been written by Chris Chibnall (with Malorie Blackman co-writing Episode 3), so my criticisms so far reflect his work just as it reflects this series. We won’t be hearing from him again until the series finale as the next four episodes will be written by different writers. I’ll be looking forward to writing my final review and verdict for this series.

We’ll be going back into history next week as Yaz meets her nan in the sixth episode, Demons Of The Punjab. Stay tuned!

#doctor who #doctor who series 11 #thirteenth doctor #doctor who series 11 review #thirteenth doctor review