#or look into the Abyss

[basmathgirl]

I’m a casual Doctor Who fan. I’m not too deep into the lore, I never watched Classic Who, I don’t watch interviews or bts footage and I only watched the entire series one single time. Therefore it is quite possible that the answer to my question is common knowledge among the fans and I just missed or forgot it.

Time and again I read about the Doctor being asexual, and sure you can conclude that from the things the series shows or rather not shows. So my question is: was it ever directly stated at any point that he, that time lords in general, are asexual? Because frankly speaking when I first read this notion somewhere online I was a bit surprised, especially because of the many flirty innuendos made by River Song. Besides I ascribed the fact that we never saw anything explicit to the show’s wish to appeal to a wide demographic.

Hello kind Anon

Ah, I can understand your confusion, because some things need to be defined properly, rather than you having to find out purely due to reading some obscure book or other.

Now, I may have watched Doctor Who from the very start, but I never read any of the books (I never felt they were aimed at me, nor appeared in the local library), heard the audios, or touched fanfiction until 15 years ago. But some things were always implied by the programme.

One of these was that Time Lords were asexual because they didn't need or use sex to reproduce. Probably too high and mighty for all that. I've no idea when I first heard about them using looms instead; it's just been there in my mind.

It was R.T. Davies and Steven Moffat who decided to 'sex up' Doctor Who by introducing love interests for the Doctor. Reinette and River Song being Moffat's creations, of course. It was also Moffat who decided that any child conceived in the Tardis is a Time Lord, not a topic that had ever arose before so it was never pondered. He also did horrendous things to that pregnancy which we are all meant to skip over and ignore (he must have been lovely to his wife when his kids were born *snorts my scorn* and yes, as a person who has given birth, I really resent the way he treated Amy's abduction) so have never properly considered what practicalities that meant. Apart from limited, finite lives. And don't get me started on the BS about River only being born to love the Doctor! Is that how Moffat truly sees women? What a prat.

But I digress. The 50th anniversary interviews with the old Doctors was funny because Colin Baker in particular was disgusted by the idea of the Doctor being in love with a human; a lower species. "Why?!" he demanded to know.

When the topic of a love interest for the Doctor was brought up in an interview with David Tennant, he stated that the Doctor is asexual. So it sort of became fact after that.

By being asexual, the Doctor is never a threat to children, the original target audience (despite loads of middle-aged men claiming it's all for them). they can trust his care and follow his instructions without fear. He's always been like a friendly onscreen uncle, and is a powerful role model. I suppose that's why it's always been implied rather than stated that the Doctor is asexual.

Well, it was, until River Song entered The Library and flirted with the Doctor as though we were expecting it. I personally was not. And she later snogged the Eleventh Doctor, as well as boasted she'd snogged a few other people. Fortunately, it never got more explicit than that.

River's flirtiness brings up more questions than answers. As you say, she represents diversity to appeal to a wider demographic; a space formerly occupied by Captain Jack Harkness.

But is this Time Lord behaviour? Hmm. I'm inclined to say: no.

#kind Anon #the Doctor is asexual #David Tennant #quote #Time Lords use looms instead #of needing sex #... #I also obviously have problems with Moffat's writing #so sue me #at least I remembered to put in a big ol' 'The' #to show how big the Library is #River never got to wear the Time Lord outfit #or look into the Abyss #like the Master was shown to do #hmmm

[mebis-art-dump]

At least she got enrichment in her enclosure now

#hollow knight #digital art #krita #fanart #mebi's art #sketch #rkgk #hollow knight fanart #hk the knight #hk radiance #the radiance #ghost of hallownest #ill forever be a void pocket dimension truther #no i dont care that this implies the inventory is directly connected to the mind dreams are weird enough as it is #just look at the abyss lifeblood chamber

[arcteris]

pictomancer is so vibrant and whimsical but now i'm thinking about the good dark, edgy potential

#ffxiv #ff14 #eris naydra #fray myste #“the voice in the abyss” is actually just fray saying your evil moogle art looks great #i don't think pictomancer is up eris' alley but all the artist jokes are SLAYING ME

[thepenguisalive7]

Same old same old

#If you stare at the abyss for too long it’s stares back at you #badboyhalo fanart #bbh #qsmp fanart #badboyhalo #c!badboyhalo #eggpire #At your wits end #doomed to repeat the same downward spiral to madness #though vaguely different #and it’s like you’re looking at a mirror of what you once were. #Qsmp

[salamispots]

some downtime doodling

#artists on tumblr #sketchbook stuff #particularly proud of the horse one haha #uhhhh been in a big hermit mode lately mfhfhg #haven't drawn a lot but still making things aka rug hooking haha #might post those next time? or wip of the one I'm working on #we'll see #kinda just wanted to draw without the whole mindset for me of 'oh wait gotta look up ref/plan stuff out' #anyways #-crawls back into the abyss-

[khayalli]

ever the one for blind sacrifice

#idk i spent the first hour of my day looking at paintings #found a new brush #and thought “I'm going to fuck around and find out” #and here he is #fearless reader fearless sacrifice #leonardo rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #tmnt #tmnt art #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #tmnt 2018 #chucks this into the abyss #I DUNNO IF I LIKE THIS ANYMOOOOREEEEEE #khayas art

[joongdoklove]

That's definitely one of Kim Dokja's wet dreams come true

#joongdok #orv #joongdoklove #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #orv webtoon #joongdok moments #look at him floating into the abyss #and the abyss staring back at him #chapter 191

[phyriaxi]

Since I am Very Normal about the Abyssal Hunters, may I kindly request one? Preferably Gladiia, but if her outfit's too much of a hassle, a Skadi is fine too

Gladiia (or Skadi… this looks a bit like both of them lol)

[ thank you for the request! ]

#she looks a lot like skadi here … sorry !! #I tried my best #this is also greyscale -> color process #my art #illustration #arknights #fanart #gladiia #グレイディーア #アークナイツ #artists on tumblr #digital art #イラスト #illust #rkgk #rkgkillust #csp #clip studio paint #abyssal hunters

[hellonoblesky]

Hannibal possessive over will blah blah blah NO. Hannibal is a jealous teenage girl he's not POSSESSIVE he's JEALOUS. Very different. WILL on the other hand. WILL is possessive. Bro signed up for therapy with Hannibal's ex wife just to talk about him and how he loved him more like be so fr, once that guy began settling into his feelings about Hannibal he was like "Yeah soooo he's only Mine, actually. Only mine. You can be in as many relationships with him as you want but he's Mine Forever actually."

#turtledove yells into the abyss #hannibal nbc #hannigram #murder husbands #like . Look. #Hannibal is a scorned cat. WILL is a possessive HOUND. #Do you see the vision or am I just too tired from school to make sense

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The World That Never Was

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #the world that never was #scenery #my gif #i really love how sora's side of this world is dark and eerie and fully leans into how dreams can distort and twist reality #the city looks mostly normal at first aside from the ghostly fog that seeps down from buildings and drifts along the floor and rises up #but as you keep going the ground beneath you is no longer a street but rather the faces of more buildings that stretch over an abyss #it's no longer the sprawling city you first arrived in but instead an uncanny one way path towards your destination #the buildings now twist and contort and are crooked and grow out of the ground in all kinds of ways that make no logical sense #it's the first time that a sleeping world looks easily distinguishable from the real world. it looks wrong. like a nightmare #meanwhile riku's half contrasts heavily by appearing to be fairly normal #the interior of the real castle never made any practical sense so nothing here feels too out of place compared to how it usually looks #it shows how much more in control riku is in comparison to how sora is losing his grip on reality as he descends further into their trap #cool stuff! love me some environmental storytelling #also i finished giffing every world in this game yippee i'm done (is covered head to toe in blood)

[long-live-astronerd-ghost-king]

Ectoberhaunt 2023 Day 22

Isekai: Portal Shenanigans ~100% silly memes~

Part 1: When will huge field trip fics return from war? + Dum-Dum Danno

Part 2: DPxDC crossover memes: Opening the portal to another dimension could not pass without consequences. Hello, new neighbors.

Not DPXDC crossovers memes next:

Part 3: Conjunction of the Spheres

Simple recipe: Mix superman, white hair, black clothes and mutations. Damn, you got Phantom!

Part 4: You can’t say Isekai without adding Asians to the mix.

#ectoberhaunt23 #day 22 #ectoberhaunt 2023 #ectoberhaunt #dp memes #dp meme #dpxdc memes #dpxdc crossover #dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc crossover #toss a coin to your ghost #I swear the statue from solo leveling is frighteningly looks like Clockwork #the one with the charming smile #ghost zone is abyss #danny phantom #danny fenton #Isekai: Portal Shenanigans #Portal Shenanigans #Isekai #field trip to ghost zone

[felixravinstills]

Lysistrata Vickers After Jessup's Death + Book Quotes (Ch. 17)

—The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

#font = nouvelle vague. #realized that there was a distinct lack of Lysistrata gifsets so i decided to fix that and slapped this together #I feel like her lack of gifsets is a result of her limited screentime but also look how many felix gifsets there are (that's my fault tho) #I remember after I read the book I wished the movie was actually a miniseries so we could explore her more even before the movie was out #abyssal stuff #abyssal gifs #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #tbosas #thg series #gifset #gifs #lysistrata vickers #tbosasedit #thgedit #hunger games #tbosbas #the hunger games trilogy

[voidedjuice]

Operators Whisperain and Andreana, returning together from a long mission in Iberia

#arknights #arknights whisperain #arknights andreana #basically whispys artbook page showed her having a red eye under her eyepatch and it got my neurons firing uncontrollably #like ohhhh she could also have some pseudo abyssal hunter dna in her?? hmhmhhmmmm #and then basically the two of them are both purple girls neglected by the narrative so me & a buddy of mine were chatting about the #m on discord and basically i have a new crackship now. yeah. no they havent met in canon they havent done anything in canon. at all basical #help me help us #my art #my artwork #digital art #illustration #digital drawing #artists on tumblr #anyways blease look at them i spent so much time and sanity trying to finish this

[lappbrained]

#laurentina does a little bit of hazing #fun fact i spent like 30 minutes looking for irene's sprites it was embarrassing #specter arknights #irene arknights #andreana arknights #abyssal hunters #arknights

[neanmoins-que]

^guy who can't be normal about the blur

#abyss watchers in lesbian and trans flag colors #in the end decided blood looks like ass here #ds3 #dark souls 3 #abyss watchers

[sleepyorchidmonster]

Lyney: Don't worry my dear siblings, home is wherever we are together!

*Traveler, sobbing and completely ruining the moment*

Lyney: Wha-

Paimon: No worries, they've just been separated from their twin for 500 years because of an Unknown God...

Paimon, noticing their shock: But they reunited! It's just that their sibling left on a mission five minutes later, saying that they "have to complete their journey" and "we've always had time".... Which means they haven't reunited at all, ha ha...

Liney, Lynette and Freminet:

Lyney, panicking: Do you want to see a magic trick!?!?

#genshin impact #lyney #lynette #freminet #traveler #everyone at the House of Hearth is now looking for our twin as well #they value family so gotta respect the traveler's dedication #paimon didn't mention they're working for the abyss because that's too much info to just give randomly #so let's just say that it's a looong mission #house of hearth: going on a mission is no excuse to ignore your sibling!