Sometimes the universe throws my fave ships at me in random memes or random fan art and I'm just like "okay universe twist my arm why don't you I'll go read some more fanfics"

Words "Hello, Sweetie" were made to fall from twelve's lips

You know what? I'm gonna say it. As someone who is asexual and on the aromantic spectrum myself, I'm a bit tired of the Doctor Who fans who all say that Donna is the best companion of Ten's just because they were best friends and nothing more and that automatically makes her the best companion of RTD and for a lot of you, the best companion overall.

Listen, I LOVE Donna. Adore her. And I also think that her friendship with the Doctor is amazing. But it has always rubbed me the wrong way that the companions who have a romantic interest in the Doctor (and let me tell you, there is textual evidence for every one of them that the feelings were reciprocated in some way) are somehow considered lesser BECAUSE of that interest. That just because they fell for the Doctor means that their relationship with the Doctor is cheapened in some way.

I personally think that just as platonic relationships should not be considered lesser than romantic ones, the same goes in reverse. Amy, Clara, Martha, Rose, River, and Yaz's feelings may have some weak writing decisions attached to them, but so does Donna.

Personally, I love Donna's character arc/the tragedy of her ending, but I've always felt a little disappointed by the fact that her becoming the DoctorDonna in Journey's End was not predicated on her strong characterization/choices (Ala Planet of the Ood/Fires of Pompeii) but by "fate" pushing it to happen. It's honestly more Dalek Caan than Donna making all that happen.

This is NOT to say that I don't love Donna, but just to say that the fact that she had no romantic feelings for the Doctor doesn't automatically catapult her above the rest. Romantic feelings can lead to just as interesting, well-developed character arcs/complicated dynamics as platonic ones can, from the creator/created reciprocated question mark wanting but unable to choose each other over everything dynamic of 11amy to the fascinating destroying each other saving each other one taking all of the emotional toll but honestly craving that prophet-god relationship of 10martha to the shaping each other making each other kinder and braver reminding each other there is hope dooming and saving each other of 9rose to the full dooming each other but running straight at it full tilt because we are purposefully ignoring the turn back now signs of 10rose to the batshit insane codependent reflecting each other refracting each other who is Orpheus and who is Eurydice of 12clara to the there was always someone else in the room keeping us apart but you somehow became my whole world and I knew you from birth to death and we will never be anything more than a shut door of 13yaz to the you doomed me and saved me and you hate me but you might have loved me once and i will spend the rest of my life devoted to you dynamics of 10jack 11river and 12river.

Every relationship is interesting and personal preference might steer you in a certain way due the character arcs/ending preferences/etc., but elevating one over the other because the companion wasn't "foolish" enough to fall in love with the mad genderfluid alien in a box who ran away with you and stole you away to the stars doesn't sit well with me. Romance doesn't cheapen a relationship just as it doesn't automatically make it the ultimate relationship, either.

has this been done

Bill: Doctor, where’d you get that bruise? the Doctor: *flashback to walking into a pole while looking at his picture of River* the Doctor: i'm in a gang, Bill

im their only fan in 2023 </3

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The reason Twelve’s hair was so fabulous in series 10 is river sharing hair products with him on darillium and teaching him the whole routine thingy

the thing that gets me about elevenriver is that they're SO sweet and they're so exciting and soo into the adventures they have together but they both hide soo much from each other and are like do you like this version of Mr I m presenting you without any flaws or anything you can't know yet, do you like this me? and the other's like great masking! same here! I love this for us :) but eleven is still so eager to spend time with her while also running away at all times because he doesn't want to face that things and people and relationships have endings :)) but the thing that gets me about twelveriver is that they're past all that and river just came from one of the worst times of her life!!! and then she meets twelve who has lived without her for SO long and changed so much since that point of time she's coming from and is just SO glad to see her again and truly SEES her for first time and doesn't look away and wants to see the "damage" she's hiding !!

"what are you reading?"

"my diary"

"Is it sad?"

"why would a diary be sad?"

"I don't know, it's just... you look sad"

also. the way they immediately start to flirt once river knows he's the doctor and they're so touchy and twelve is picking up on what she said earlier, how she doesn't believe he loves her, and CHANGES SOMETHING !!!!! He then finally tells her his love through words, not just adventures together like his previous body did, but says "river, not one living thing, not one person on this ship is worth you." not one living thing!!!!! also. twelve built a whole restaurant with the best view of the towers which darillium is famous for !! for her !!!! and then he gave her her own sonic screwdriver, something special only he possesses in the entire universe (which will be used by his tenth regeneration to save her) and twenty four years on a planet she loves !!! twenty four years of linear time together !!!!!!!!!!!!

"All anyone will ever tell you is that when the wind stands fair and the night is perfect, when you least expect it but always when you need it the most... there is a song."

My favourite cards from my Paradox Power MtG Commander Deck

This is the gay deck. There's so many queer characters in this deck!

I also love the Last Night Together card for Twelve x River and the last two cards for Thasmin

Cover art for my story Love is a River, commissioned from the amazing @illustoryart.

when wind stands fair and the night is perfect, when you least expect it, but always when you need it the most...there is a song.

the final piece in my doctor/river trio: twelve and river! i’m so sad we never got to see more of them together, because peter capaldi and alex kingston had the SWEETEST chemistry. i love that river really did come back into his life when he needed her the most, and taught him how to stay still and live in the moment. i just know they snuck out and stretched those 24 years out as long as they could.

(this is available as a sticker in my shop!)