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Four Excited Spiders

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q-for-short asked:

Halloween discourse! Since I too agree that fall and Halloween are the best season and holiday, how do you feel about the War on Christmas? I think we need to seriously escalate the war to retake the valuable territory that is November, which Christmas has been unlawfully occupying for decades. November is FALL month and as we expand the territory into September, we should remember that November is rightfully ours too! We need a post Halloween buffer state. All fall belongs to Halloween!!!

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pervocracy answered:

I agree of course, but I need to remind you that Halloween expansionism has a dark history which we must be mindful of.

The logical solution here is to strengthen the position of Thanksgiving to prevent Yuletide encroachment, but… eh, Thanksgiving.

How about Harvest?  Decor, seasonal merchandise, and general mood shall be themed to the Harvest until December 1st.  Harvest shall be “mildly Halloween” insofar as it is more focused on corn and pumpkins than on skeletons and ghosts, but ultimately owes far more loyalty to Halloween than Christmas.

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fourexcitedspiders

But harvest festival is in September, so it can work as a buffer to keep Halloween from encroaching on summer, but it can’t do anything on the Christmas side. 

I recommend that Americans adopt bonfire night. Very autumnal, very cosy, with pretty fireworks and cheerful murder themes. Plus it does the job of keeping Christmas contained just as well as thanksgiving without having to do all the cooking and being civil to relatives. 

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Making an arc out of series 11 (and other fixes)

I DON’T MEAN TO HATE - I genuinely really liked this TARDIS team, Jodie has completely won me over and the episodes not written by Chibnall were great - but this series does have several frustrating Issues.

One recurring problem I see people having is that the finale didn’t feel climactic because there was little build up.

A few easy ways to fix this :

The Ghost Monument

  • Establish the threat of the Stenza - ravaged worlds better (show us the dangerous flesh eating water instead of telling us about it and have more time with the Remnants)
  • Have the Stenza using Desolation to create weapons of mass destruction remind the Doctor of the Time Lords’ tactics in the Time War, (that’s why she’s so interested in the planet) and establish that Yaz wants to know what happened to the Doctor’s people/family
  • The racers should’ve had their planets stolen, not just enslaved, to establish the mystery of the planets Tim Shaw is stealing

Yaz

  • I think what the TARDIS team in this series was meant to be split between the familial relationship between Ryan and Graham, with the standard swept-off-her-feet almost romance between the Doctor and Yaz in the background. They didn’t focus on Thasmin too much because I think Chibnall assumed ‘oh, we’ve seen this before’
  • SHOW THE GROWTH OF YAZ AND THE DOCTOR’S RELATIONSHIP. IT SHOULDN’T BE ROMANTIC (YET) BUT JUSTIFY THEIR DEVOTION TO EACH OTHER
  • Because Yaz is a police officer have her 'investigate’ the Doctor’s past - especially her family, as that’s an important part of her character and theme in the series as a whole. Since Chibnall loves Classic they could mention Susan
  • This makes 13 talking about her Gran in It Takes You Away an important milestone in their relationship

Yaz to Ryan about the Doctor’s family:

GIF by 164cm-of-talent
  • I like the idea of Thirteen being easily distracted and careless (“I’m almost going to miss you.” / “Hi Yaz, forgot you were there.”). Her being slow to trust contrasts nicely with Jodie’s infectious enthusiasm. Have Yaz’s role be to keep Thirteen focused, grounded and on-track when she needs to be.
  • This way we have a parallel - Yaz gets the Doctor to open up as Ryan gets closer to Graham

Ryan

  • Have the Doctor and Ryan’s relationship develop - in The Woman Who Fell to Earth they suggested the Doctor would take that nurturing parental role for him (“That’s the kind of thing Grace would’ve said”) but it’s not really built on. All the pieces are there (him being immature and using weapons in the beginning)
  • A common complaint about Ryan is that he rarely actually does anything - he just stands there and says “they’re gone!” or “it’s a spaceship!”. So have this be part of his character. In the early episodes have Yaz be the most active companion (allowing her to develop!), with Ryan in the background, and have him become more and more active and competent as the series goes on.
  • For this to work I suggest shuffling the episodes - have Demons of the Punjab take place earlier in the series and Rosa take place later (?)

Demons of the Punjab

  • The Thijarians have had their planet stolen, not just destroyed (it would still kill everyone)
  • That way when we see the hologram of what happened to their planet we establish the threat of what will happen to the Earth if Tim Shaw wins in the finale
  • (the powder they have can still be the stuff left over afterwards)

The Tsuranga Conundrum

  • Have the medical ship be a war ambulance helping victims of the Stenza
  • The general on board has fought the Stenza
  • The asteroid field they have to fly through (which we should ACTUALLY SEE) is not just an asteroid field but the wreckage left behind by another missing planet.
  • Replace the P'ting. It may be cute but the vast majority of people thought it was ridiculous. Instead have it be a Stenza weapon left over as the ship is flying through the site of an old battle - it can still be small and destroy the ship from the inside out, but its design can be more threatening, it can be more sympathetic (it was experimented on/created to kill, it isn’t evil) and the Doctor can face off against it, trying to fix the ship as fast as it disassembles it, while Yaz runs around trying to catch the thing

Finale

  • Have each of the missing planets throughout the series be named - that way when we discover the stolen planets in the finale there is emotional impact because their being stolen has caused so much suffering.
  • This way not only are the Stenza a lot more threatening because they are present throughout the series, there is more build up to seeing Tim Shaw again
  • Also, the subplot about returning the planets is more emotionally impactful - the Doctor is retroactively providing closure to lots of the side characters from the series
  • Finally the threat to Earth is much greater - the companions have seen what losing your planet does to a person emotionally, and they fear that
  • WHEN THE EARTH IS THREATENED CALL BACK TO YAZ’S FAMILY SO WE FEEL SOMETHING
  • Also the continuing thread of missing /lost planets could link to Galifrey, raising 13’s emotional stakes
  • Multiple people have complained the plot thread about the planet attacking you psychically and erasing your memories went nowhere - when 13 and Yaz take those devices off they get slight headaches
  • Instead have the planet actually attack them - 13 and Yaz have to remind each other of their memories and their families - exposing Yaz to a rare snapshot of the Doctor’s lonely childhood on Galifrey
  • This gives Jodie the opportunity to do some SERIOUS DRAMATIC ACTING and finally opening up about Galifrey to the whole TARDIS team gives a climax to her relationship with them, as well as the relationship between Ryan and Graham
  • The Fam line is cute, but we need ACTION to evidence this growth - this way throughout the series we’ve established how much family means to 13, how much she wants that, and Yaz saying “I’ve always liked fam” means so much because it means she understands 13 as a person
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fourexcitedspiders

Please can the beeb employ you now because this is so thoroughly spot on. All of this would have turned a good series into an utterly brilliant one. 

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Here are some cool gals looking mighty dapper! You can click on each photo for names and here’s some info on each fabulous woman:

Lily Elsie: English actress during Edwardian era, famous for being in many musicals and operettas

Josephine Baker: French bisexual actress, singer, and dancer who rose to prominence in the 1920s, refused to perform for segregated audiences, active with the French Resistance during WWII and the Civil Rights movement in the 50s

Dorothy Arzner: American lesbian film director who was the only female director in Hollywood during the 1930s, created the first boom mike for the Clara Bow film “The Wild Party” (1929)

Dorothy Mackaill: British-American actress who was involved in the Ziegfeld Follies, also notable for her silent-film roles

Daphne du Maurier: English bisexual author and playwright, famous for her works like Rebecca and “The Birds”

Frida Kahlo: Mexican bisexual painter, known for the feminist and nationalist themes in her paintings, created 55 self-portraits and once stated “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”

Hannah Gluckstein, known as “Gluck”: British lesbian artist known for her evocative Modernist paintings, adopted the name “Gluck” because she thought the sex of a painter is irrelevant

Olive Thomas: American silent-film actress, involved in the Ziegfeld Follies, possibly the first “Vargas Girl” after posing for pinup artist Alberto Vargas

Jessie Matthews: English actress, singer, and dancer who rose to prominence in the 1920s and 30s

Katharine Hepburn: American actress who helped to create the “modern woman” image in Classic Hollywood during the 1930s and 40s, wore trousers before it was fashionable for women to do so, won four Academy Awards for Best Actress

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HUMMUS HOPE IN A JAR

Hummus Imperialis

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McNugget Magical Moringa

Strawberry Pilé

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telesilla

Dolmades Origins

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Truffle Dramatic

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kernezelda

Boiled Peanut St Ives

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magpiedminx

Cheese Vaseline.. I don’t think I like this game.

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songscloset

Roasted Cabbage Helping Hands. I’m not sure this works.

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rivendellrose

Veggie Burger Simple.

I’m sure it doesn’t.

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gaslightgallows

Clementine Nothing. 

…That’s surprisingly compelling?

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fourexcitedspiders

Rice ball E45. 

I think this makes me a manic pixie dream robot O.o

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patdevilles

I’m not saying this is Essie Davis having an intergalactic lesbian encounter with a space lady…but uh, yes I am.

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firesign23

Ummm.

Ummmmmmm.

Welp, I’m fucked.

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heavyheadedgal

I have no idea what this is from but it has improved my Monday 10000%

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