the more i watch classic who the more i realise how COMPLETELY out of touch with reality those anti-woke neckbeards who go on and on about how rtd/chibbers “made it political” are. turned? doctor? who? political? the “militant pacifism” show? the “regular commentary on the dangers of nuclear weapons” show? the “we keep portraying the destructive effects of thatcherism on england as a dystopian dog-eat-dog future” show? the “every fucking science fiction tale is a thinly veiled, obvious allegory for a social ill” show? THAT doctor who? made it political? have you been watching with your eyes firmly shut and your ears plugged with cotton because what

(obviously once you’re deep enough in leftist media critique culture, everything is to some extent political, but this isn’t even about that — it’s far more surface-level. political themes? in MY show whose entire premise is revisiting historical events and/or future societies? no fucking way)

the patient -> the nurse

from a christmas-celebrating czech, here are some christmas traditions families sometimes keep which are not often noted in foreign sources, not very detailed or not closely explained:

families get together on the 24th of december. the gifts are hidden in the room with the christmas tree. (or, if there's nobody who believes in ježíšek and the traditions are just a formality, the gifts are set under the tree.)

usually the host cooks the christmas feast. the traditional food is fish soup, potato salad and breaded and fried carp. that's less and popular today as the consumption of christmas carp has a similar history the the american thanksgiving turkey (just too much fuckin carp dude), usually there are many options to choose from when it comes to meat, be it different fish, chicken and pork schnitzel, or meatless being breaded mushrooms or cheese, and common substitutes for potato salad is creamy mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes.

the rest of the family either helps or hangs out, watching christmas czech, czechoslovak, soviet or foreign (usually english, american or german) movies, eating christmas treats and cookies (cukroví).

when everybody sits down at the table for christmas dinner, it is prohibited to get up up until the bell rings. if the feast is too big to fit on the table, there are smaller tables set up around the big one, or only the host can get up. this rule is very amusing to parents (or patient people) because you can hold the whole table hostage while the children are So Desperate For The Gifts Uncle Come On!!! Why Have You Been Eating That Single Piece Of Fish For 4 Minutes 18 Seconds Now

after the food, traditionally one of the plates has a carp scale hidden under it, and the person who finds it will have great luck. today it's more symbolic, again, so either all the children/young couples find a carp scale, or everyone finds one, or of there's no carp served, there's usually coins hidden there.

the christmas tree is usually set up in the living room or just a different room from where the dinner is set. the idea is that while you're eating, "little jesus" can come and bring your presents and put them under the christmas tree. when he leaves, he rings a little bell, meaning you can get up and go get your gifts.

this is an illusion usually kept up by the host getting up to carry the empty plates into the kitchen. while they're away, they go to the living room where the gifts are hidden around, and place them under the tree. then they ring the bell and run back to the dining space, saying the he left just as they came in.

unless children who still believe in ježíšek ("little jesus") are present at the christmas table, it's usually just kept symbolically, and there's not that much emphasis on keeping the magic alive- for example ringing the bell at the table, or leaving without the bell.

when everybody is sat around the tree, the youngest usually fetches the gifts to everyone. (if they're too young to read, they bring it to someone who reads the tag for them.) it depends on the family, but sometimes everybody waits for all the gifts to be distributed to open the gifts, sometimes they open the gifts as they get them, sometimes everybody opens at once, sometimes people wait to see everybody's individual reactions.

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i think the monetisation system of gw2 is really cool but only buying expansions and not the living world packs means i have no idea who anyone is

the only context i have for logan and the charr guy is that i read a fan comic where they had graphic gay sex. is that what happened in game

anyone on social media have any nice things to say abt lazy in space bcus honestly i feel like im the only person who Liked it 😭😭 ive seen nonstop negativity on every social media im on its sucks so bad...learn to enjoy things

Scarlet’s Remains

i want you to be possessive ! make me yours !

the doctor arrives in the middle of a warzone and says: “give it time, everywhere’s a beach eventually” . and suddenly his inconceivable age becomes evident: he’s more of a geological process than a man. erosion is an inevitability

the gentle tide will lap at the landmines on the sand and smooth them into seaglass. no conflict lasts. that profoundly alien, eternal perspective demonstrated in just one line — ruby realises this person has seen everything and knows better than any of us that in the end all is sand and water and story and stillness

as you’ve probably already figured out, this is from BOOM. once again moffat appreciators how are we doing this fine evening

giggles nervously. what the fuck. haha. ruby my baby my girl my darling hang in there hold on. as they say… well that’s alright then

applied for a job at legoland 🙏🏼 dream summer gig honestly i feel like it would fit my personal lore to have worked at a theme park for a bit. just a retail vacancy was open but if they hire me eventually i hope to progress to character performer at some point … i can be a lego princess or whatever im serious this is one of the lucrative autistic adult temp jobs fr . put my theatre kid background on the cv just in case

not nearly enough people are fuming about the cass review. do you understand the eventual implications? trans people in the uk will be considered children up until the age of 25, and denied HRT/surgery/even basic measures like legal name change and social transition. all owing to a biased and largely unscientific study. you know what “treatment” for gender dysphoria is recommended by the review instead? conversion therapy.

this will kill people and they know it, because they prefer us dead and out of sight. the government, the NHS and even the opposition have made this clear again and again. a twenty-five year old can have sex, get married have children, join the military, earn a living, be halfway up the corporate ladder or highly successful in their chosen career field by that age, but they can’t transition under NHS rules. this is a death sentence for trans teenagers and they are going ahead with it. it’s trans genocide, same as across the pond.

i’m so afraid for my trans siblings and our futures. i’m so scared for myself. what are we to do if not even the party that is supposed to be on the “left” gives a shit about our safety and mental health as long as they get voted in? labour have become tories with a red coat of paint. it all feels hopeless

no sideblogs. we spam 1 million live posts about our current hyperfixation per day like men. until our mutuals softblock us in shame

on tumblr you can say words such as ‘doctor who is like mythology to me. it’s like an ongoing cosmogonic folktale’ and you will recieve 5 notes from people that are willing to indulge your insanity. in real life you say things like how are the kids and was your holiday fun and the weather’s lovely this morning. and i think that’s beautiful. autism.com/careers

first date idea: hey girl wanna go see an exploding celestial body (trauma optional)

“sometimes i think…. what if i’m the bad luck” “i’ve got no one” ah good to know not all the trauma has been therapised out of you my dude

casually drops this number like it’s nothing … sure he’s immortal and has spent way longer in arguably worse conditions, and doctor who fans are desensitised to incredibly long intervals of time spent just waiting, but rory was plastic for those 2000 years guarding amy and twelve never remembered any of his 4.5 billion apart from the 3-day cycle he spent alive before burning up. jack was conscious and aware and human for every fucking second of those nineteen years. in a maximum security prison. just going off the rumour that he’d find the doctor there. can you imagine . the devotion is insane and it never wavers