#alwaysdramatizing

yeah, all of this is completely spot on. mickey’s joke about “the missus and the ex” being every man’s worst nightmare really shines a light on what they thought they were doing with this episode, and it does not impress me. it removes the focus from the doctor’s genuine pain over losing people and making bad choices, and instead makes it about his (fragile) masculinity.

more bitching below the cut.

in terms of plot/setting it's v fantasy/fairytale w a sci-fi explanation so i think it's rlly up to each person's taste in that regard but !

Yeah mood. I was really worried abt that with modern who that like... now that there isnt so much of a limit on like sexual or romantic content that they would just toss out the doctors asexuality and aromanticism. and theyve definitely tried with romance and yeah moffat with sex. like why is it such a bad thing to them to have a character where romance and sex arent a big priority??? I also feared this happened with 13 bc i worried a woman playing the doctor would be more likely to be sexualized. just like... the doctors relationships with their companions are so deep and rich but still fundamentally platonic and thats WONDERFUL AND GOOD and i feel like deciding it needs to be romantic or sexual to be that deep or important kind of cheapens it. 

Hey there! I think this fic was only posted on tumblr, so I’m afraid it was lost when the blog was deleted. I haven’t been able to find it anywhere else, and while I did manage to find my five year old reblog of the fic the text was under a read more, so I still couldn’t access it. I’m posting this publicly in case anyone else has an idea or knows where to find it?

omg Barry. I adore Barry. I want to have a cup of coffee with Barry and tell him about my worries. I feel like we all like Barry because he is so warm and inviting.  I think barry serves a very important purpose and this is stated multiple time throughout the movie. 

So, we know from Hedwig that Barry used to be the one that dictated who got the light, when, and for how long. This makes a lot of sense to me. Dennis is the protector in the most physical sense but I feel like Barry protects the alters like a mother hen. We see little piece of this when the real barry comes out at the end when all the alters come out at once. He grabs her face and tells her everything is going to be alright.  He functions the best when Kevin cannot. 

I believe he is the caretaker.

 Determining everyone’s time in the light shows that he is well acquainted with the other alters and understands their strengths and personal needs. He is the one who is maintaining their job and their appointments with Dr. Fletcher. Of course, Dennis is the one pretending to be Barry but when we see the video diaries we can see he was pretty accurate to his real personality. During Dennis’ imitation, he mentions that “Patrica and Dennis are very unstable.” So, I can assume it was his decision to ban them from the light- probably makes decisions like this for the group and that shows they probably trust him. Barry overall is very capable and social. He takes care of the other alters and by doing that he is indirectly keeping Kevin safe. I believe he is all the best parts of Kevin put together. Warm, giving, lively, and passionate (kind of makes me sad tbh).

Jade is really funny. I liked her a lot. We only see her twice but she has a strong presence. “Then why am I the only ones who has to take these you mother fuckers?!” LOL. Also, “ignore him… he is very unstable.” There is a sass to her- some bite. I feel like moments when Kevin has needed to speak out is when Jade takes over. She feels like this young woman who is very confident (princess is what comes to mind). If she is feeling something she is probably going to tell you. She isn't afraid of being vulgar or being heard- something that Kevin needs. 

oh, easily. the outfits! the body language and significant looks! the werewolf!! the foreshadowing!!! it's just so good.

the only thing that could've made it better...

no, yeah, it sucks. it truly just sucks. i think a lot of doctorrose shippers like myself scrap what we can from the trash-heap, namely in the form of them dancing... like, literally dancing, not the thin guise of innuendo over a deep bed of hypersexualization... hence me taking a dozen screencaps of that one scene, but there are so many things that people probably don’t even realize started in this episode that are just so embedded in fan content and it’s tiring.

also, i think it’s reasonable and completely justified to be uncomfortable!! especially when the sexual undertones are presented in such a careless, sexist way. it’s the difference between the way we interpret, say, the intimacy presented in tooth and claw and...whatever the hell this episode is.

like, the innuendo is constant and unrelenting, and the way the doctor wields that as a way of being superior to rose... as a way of making digs at jack... like, that’s just so misogynistic and absurd. the way rose throws herself at jack and the doctor, while simultaneously appearing uncomfortable with the situations she’s in? oh my god, it’s just so gross.