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excitedly waiting for this

I hope Kate Middleton is photoshopping those pictures herself. I hope she had a fight with the royal family and they are all outside her door, begging to just please, let us take one normal picture of you, they all think we murdered you! Kate! Kate!

And then she puts another, even shittier, photomanipulated pic on twitter.

we are witnessing the funniest time in history

Why are pole dancers usually mostly naked (and why am I usually not)?

I get this question from both directions, depending on how familiar people are with pole. In truth, I prefer the chrome for dancing, but silicone is better for videos.

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When you guys said one of the tumblr celebrities is a pole dancing archer I didn't realize you meant literally

local autistic person realises that in order to discover new music they have to listen to new music: 4 dead 26 injured

This is my experience with music

@declanlikesmusic @daysofkinzie

Merlin and Arthur

I was taking a short break from painting to work on a fanfic I’m writing. I drew this last month, and instead of painting another tarot card for the cartoon edition of my Merlin deck, I really wanted to get this painted. No idea what color I might end up splashing in the background, so for now, it’s just blank.

4.13 — The Sword in the Stone

HIS FACEEEE😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

honestly? that one David Tennant Richard II Kiss™ is my favourite acted kiss in history

look how ridiculously tender and how achingly desperate it is. so gentle, so kind, and yet so selfish at the same time. i've never seen anything quite so human

just. just look at these

there's something so genuine and chaste about this kiss, while also being gorgeously passionate and heated and...... it's just perfect

Wait why wasn’t good omens like this

"The Big Dipper as it is today (left) and as it will look in 50,000 years." Dream of stars. 1940.

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Doctor Who Christmas Special: Weirdly the most accurate portrayal of social work I've ever seen on TV

Every time I see a social worker or foster carer on TV it's like I'm looking into an alternate universe. Every soap and crime show, and pretty much every other programme is set in a world where the Children Act doesn't exist and where their version of social services is completely unrecognisable.

But, social work in Doctor Who is apparently not that different from the real world. I've been that social worker rushing around to place a child on Christmas Eve, and I've certainly grabbed the wrong sized clothes in a hurry or turned up at a carer's with nothing at all.

Lulubelle is Section 20. Her mother has voluntarily worked with social services for her baby to go into care because she's struggling, and because her family is complicated and not willing or able to support her. How often do we see TV shows actually understanding the law? Or showing that most parents who come into contact with social services are overwhelmed and trying to make the best decisions for their children, even though their own family didn't give them the tools the need to do that? It's also implied that the social worker would have placed Lulubelle with a family member if that was an option. They even showed the social worker giving the foster carer a pile of paperwork, arranging for contact between mother and baby to support them to bond, and hoping that plans could be made for baby to return to her mother's care soon!

Carla was amazing. I've met both versions of her a million times. The best foster carers are wonderful, but there are others who aren't there for the right reasons and you leave knowing the child is safe but wishing they were with someone who was more enthusiastic about caring for them.

Ruby's story was so poignant too. Adoption is the best possible outcome for some children, and lots of adopted children grow up feeling loved and wanted and have a wonderful life. But for many adopted children there is still a loss and trauma there, especially when they haven't been supported to understand their life story and why their biological parents weren't able to care for them.

If a show about a time traveller and baby eating goblins can manage a realistic portrayal of social work then it's clear everyone else needs to do much better.

doctor who with a 50p budget:

doctor who with disney money:

*THE GIGGLE ENDING SPOILERS*

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING

I’ve just read the novelisation of the Giggle and the ending has me on my knees - it goes into much more detail than the show so guess what

THE DOCTOR BOUGHT THAT HOUSE

THAT IS HIS HOUSE

He chose it, he went to an estate agents and said ‘I want this pretty house’, offered them £60, then rang Kate Stewart and discovered he was getting paid by UNIT this whole time, was able to afford the house/mortgage and BOUGHT THAT HOUSE

The Nobles still have a house in London but they STAY WITH THE DOCTOR NEARLY ALL THE TIME

He chose the house with a sunroom so WILF COULD LIVE DOWNSTAIRS COMFORTABLY