Reel Me In

Doctor Who Planet of the Dead | 2009

- Russell T Davies, The Writers Tale

actually your characters should be pure wish fulfillment and your writing should be entirely self indulgent and it should all be very, incredibly, undeniably horny.

i’m sorry but some people don’t get nine. he’s not a grumpy asshole, he’s grieving and alone and lost. and yet he still has so much love and curiosity and excitement, which are the hardest things to reach when you’re drowning in grief. but he’s one of the silliest and cutest doctors. he’s just also carrying the weight of losing everything and being constantly confronted with reminders of his loss and the possibility of more loss. and he’s in love, by the way!! desperately in love and knows it’s doomed, just like all of his loves. especially now that everyone who is like him has died. but he’ll hug anyone. he’ll smile and laugh and ask questions and promise a couple in love that they will get their wedding. he’ll take rose’s hand and hug her and laugh with her in the face of the worst danger because at least right now he does have that love, even if he knows he will lose it, and the freshness of his grief only makes him treasure it more. hope that helps!!

DOCTOR WHO

and it has made all the difference.

@doctorrosebingo for the free space square

this is among the most interesting posts i've ever made because the responses are truly ALL over the board

We’re sitting on a hill, overlooking a valley in a national park, with dozens of other people who are also staring up at the sky, knowing there are thousands of other gatherings like this across the continent, and I think it’s nice that, in our fractured and lonely modern world, millions of people came together for a few hours to watch something cosmically beautiful

When do you think cavemen figured out that you need a flared base for safe anal insertion? Can you imagine being the very first person to have that problem???

"What happen?"

"Thag fall on it 😶"

Broadchurch | 1.03

had to nab these tags from @ravenvsfox

And people really do try to interact with fandom like consumers! They want « content ». They act like they can get a refund on reading a fic they don’t like. They add fanfics to goddamned goodreads without a second thought without realizing that’s as ridiculous as adding your friend’s dining room as a restaurant on yelp just so you can post a review about it

'Fandom' is a contraction of 'fanatic' and 'kingdom'.

Fanatic, from Latin fanaticus "mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god."

Fandom is literally the place people go to be enthusiastically crazy about their blorbos! There are no normal people here!

#just opening livejournal would have killed you instantly

Another AO3 thing I’m curious about, how do yall decide if something is good enough to read? Usually I follow a rule of 1 kudos for every 10 hits. One because it’s easy math and two it’s yet to fail me. Thoughts? Do you just go for it and pray it’s good?

Also hits tend to refresh after 30 or so minutes, so if someone, even the author, is on the page for too many refreshes, the number goes up and the like to hit radio is ruined.

I read the tags, read how long it is, and then go from there.

Did you write the book of love? And do you have faith in god above if the bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow?