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I think, historically, you can definitely organize Doctor Who companions and their function on the show on a three-headed spectrum of 1. Has the emotional intelligence the Doctor lacks, 2. is incredibly competent in their field, which makes them very valuable when shit goes down, and 3. just loves the absolute shit out of the Doctor and believes in them more than anything. Every companion has some level of those three qualities (specially 3) but they place on different points on that spectrum depending on the character and what each Doctor needs out of their companions and what works best them.

So for example you have the prototypical archetypal companions of each side of that spectrum

Type 1 are characters like Rory, Donna, Jo Grant, who are usually there to remind the Doctor of what is like to not be a Time Lord, that they have the responsibility to help people and to care, and, ultimately, ground the Doctor..

Type 2 have some of most of the heavily underrated companions like Martha and Zoe Heriot, and some recognized to be the best ever like Sarah Jane, Jack, Ace… these often do not need the Doctor to get shit done and have many stories in which they are on their own. They’re very good fighters or extremely intelligent or both, and curiously I found that this archetype happened a lot more in classic who then it does in nuwho.

And, finally, Type 3, who are ones who are better and make the Doctor better because of their special bond. I don’t think any companion is a better example of that than Amy, but there’s also characters like Peri Brown, Jamie McCrimmon and Rose Tyler.

These also somewhat reflect the roles of the 3 original companions: Barbara (Type 1), Ian (Type 2) and Susan (Type 3).

Of course these characters aren’t set to a specific role and they can develop and grow, they might even change where they place depending on the season or the Doctor they’re with. Some might even be prototypical of two different types, like Yaz (2 & 3), or Victoria (1 & 3) or Clara (arguably all 3). But overall I think this is a good baseline to understanding how companions actually work on Doctor Who.

So if you put everything on a graphic, you end up with something like this (NuWho only), which is definitely not entirely accurate and is up to interpretation and discussion, but is a good illustration of what I mean.

I don’t think any type of companion is necessarily better than the other but I do think there’s some relevant observations that can be taken from this, like 3 out of the 5 white men to have been companions in NuWho serving as a morality guide for the Doctor, or the argument that the reason why Clara is so controversial is because she fluctuates so much inside this spectrum, going from genius (Asylum), to the Doctor’s emotional and moral guide (Day of the Doctor, series 8), to the Doctor’s best friend ever (series 9) - I say this a big fan. I also didn’t get into how effective each companion is in their roles, which is definitely a big factor, but it’s also a lot more subjective, so I’m not touching that. There’s not value placed here, it’s just a simple interpretation of the text.

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fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

adult women aren’t inherently creepy for being in fandom and having hobbies apart from raising babies and doing taxes

the vast majority of people pushing back against the worrying trend of instigating harassment over fictional characters and relationships aren’t incest supporters or pedophiles, actually

liking a m/f ship doesn’t make someone a dirty heterosexual invading your space

preferring gay ships doesn’t make you ‘’woke’’ and good

no one owes you a disclaimer that they are a good person who recognizes that their favorite fictional villain’s actions are evil and that they don’t condone those actions irl

liking a fictional villain is in no way comparable to advocating abuse/murder/genocide/etc and you’re a fucking idiot if you believe that

just because a woman is attracted to a fictional villain doesn’t mean she’s promoting toxic relationships or going to end up in a toxic relationship. assuming women can’t tell fiction and reality apart stinks of internalized misogyny 

some rando’s a/b/o fanfics have none of the level of influence that popular tv shows and movies spreading propaganda have

no one owes you a detailed description of their traumas and mental health problems

abusive relationships are not the same as enemies to lovers ships

y’all need to chill the fuck out over people, relationships, actions and events that don’t actually exist and learn how to enjoy and discuss them like normal people

fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

Its name reclaims a slur because the point is to say, “I am different, but that’s not a bad thing.” The queer movement is about upholding the right of all people to deviate from an oppressive cisgender, heterosexual, patriarchal norm. Broadening the spectrum of acceptable diversity; questioning and dismantling the social pressures that police and punish deviance. Changing not just our own lives, but how our entire society thinks about sex and gender.

That’s why “queer” embraces so many different groups. It’s not trying to erase their differences, but to try to coherently understand the complex overlapping pressures that affect each of them, and to extend our reach beyond the LGBT+ community. It’s about the right of lesbians to live without men and the right of trans and nonbinary people to be who they are, the right of asexuals to define for themselves what’s significant in their lives, the right of straight men to be vulnerable and emotional and nonviolent. When the great queering project is done, you will see the changes everywhere, not just in small LGBT+ enclaves.