friend I had a dream last night that some anon tried to claim that the way you shipped doctorrose meant that what you ACTUALLY shipped was tardisrose. (convoluted dream reasons. you know. in context the claim was understandable somehow, but bullshit.) they evidently considered this Inferior and were judging you harshly for Shipping Wrong. and this was such an infuriating misunderstanding of what I saw to be your very clear values, ideas, and beautifully nuanced interpretations of the show that I had to dust off my own decade-old Doctor Who Opinions to reblog and write up my defense for you. you had basically just told the anon they were ridiculous and wrong, but I was blind with rage at their bad faith, surface-level, asinine reading of your fics and meta. I had to lay out plainly for them the deep and carefully-considered themes in your work, and an analysis of what made your stories so strong and meaningful and compelling. my defense kept getting longer than planned, and writing it was getting in the way of other shit I was supposed to be doing. I kept having to save the draft and try to return to my responsibilities, only to stew on it so hard Iād go back to writing, as if turning back to an argument like āAND ANOTHER THINGā!ā
the thing is, i feel like that's something that totally could happen if this website's hatemail game was worth a damn anymore š but i love that your brain clearly tapped into some ancient 2012 dw fandom beef wavelength like it was giving you war flashbacks and you rose staunchly to my defense. you are a hero and an icon and i am so sorry that you had to, even for a moment, consider those dark dark days of yore. godspeed š«”ā¤