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ladyonyx04 said
I almost cried. Not even Amy's good bye made me almost cry. And not since Ten's goodbye have I outright bawled my eyes out and considered that an emotionally traumatic experience. But....fuck. I have never before wanted as badly as I do right this very second to go into that show and fucking hug those two and share my love for the both of them while shaking the other while screaming: "HE/SHE IS LYING TO YO FACE! WAKE UP PLEASE!!!"Ugh I so needed to hug the both of them. For real.

Ugh I knooooooow!!! D: And that is just one of the reasons why it is so concerning that Clara is basically turning into the Doctor. The lieeeees!!!! DX

Plus... THEY KILLED SO MANY CHARACTERS THAT I LIKED IN THAT FINALE!!! D:

But... at least the Brigadier came back. That was beautiful.

Also... my OTP is canon. The Doctor only kissed one person in all of season 8... and it was the Master. That made my shipper heart soar. <3 <3

Also... that Davies-style ending. Ooooooh jeez. XD Suddenly I am very curious as to where this is going.

OH! And, apparently I am the biggest nerd ever, because as soon as I heard Missy say "10-0-11-00 by 02", I let out the loudest fucking gasp and then I was like "No... noooo waaaaay" for reasons that my roommate did not understand. Then they went on to explain that that's where Gallifrey was originally, and then my roommate reacted similarly. So... basically, I apparently memorized the galactic coordinates for Gallifrey without realizing it, to the point where I could recognize a seemingly-random string of numbers in the show before anyone explained what they were. And I'm pretty sure those numbers were only mentioned once in the show before this point.

So yeeeaaaah...

I got Alice written finally which is fantastic and I love it.She was all, 'man write me' so I did and she's pretty much what I think I'd do but with adventures with Lewis Carroll as they haven't done a famous writer *loading symbol*...since Ten. Eleven just met famous artists and queen Pharaoh's.

Huh? What exactly are we talking about? o.o

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Magic Magnum said

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Uhhhh I was pretty fucking terrified of Clara when she was tossing all those TARDIS keys into the lava. @_@ Like... lots of companions try to make the Doctor break the laws of time in order to save someone they loved. That's not exactly new (Father's Day especially comes to mind). But most of the time the only real reaction I have is "Oh, honey, time doesn't work that way" with a little pat on the head. But this is like... holy shit. Clara. Calm down. I'm really really sorry, but time doesn't work that way. Please don't do anything rash. @_@

And I mean... the whole notion of the Doctor being scary when he's angry was kind of always a thing. The ending to Human Nature/Family of Blood was kind of dedicated to showing that, to give one example. Plus there's the whole "demons run when a good man goes to war" thing. The Doctor's normally a nice guy (or at least he tries to be one), but get him angry and there'll be hell to pay. @_@ Clara's acting the same way, now...

Though I think the Doctor implied that she was PMSing when he scanned her with the screwdriver and said "Yeah, you're just a big mess of chemicals right now" which is uh... wow. That's an interesting addition to the list of things a screwdriver can do.

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Magic Magnum said

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Oh, I'm well aware of the reference to Flatline. It's not like it was something that happened a good handful of seasons ago, and I'm fairly certain it's pretty fresh in everyone's memories. In fact, looking back on it, it's pretty clear build-up to this episode - as Flatline established that Clara is kind of already turning into the Doctor, as his personality traits are starting to rub off on her. Therefore, she can imitate him very well.

However, one could also argue that Flatline would make the whole Clara-is-the-Doctor thing more convincing at first, since it has been shown that she can pull off the Doctor so well - well enough to actually be him. That's one of the things that was running through my mind when I was still debating whether or not I could believe what had just happened.

Also, and this is the part that I think is slightly annoying... They've kind of pulled the exact same fake twist twice so far. Like, the "I'm the Doctor" line was used with pretty much zero context in a teaser trailer for Flatline. That got me really interested in the episode, and I kind of praised it for being a fantastic teaser trailer since it did exactly what that sort of advertising is supposed to do - get people interested. Really interested. Granted, what actually happened in that episode was far from any of the barely-fleshed-out theories that my imagination came up with right off the bat. But, the episode was still really enjoyable and, given the circumstances, it was fun to think of Clara as the Doctor, even if it was made clear that she wasn't really the Doctor, just... a close substitute. So, I didn't feel like the trailer was being misleading.

But then in Death in Heaven, it was really clear that Moffat wanted us to think he was being for-reals this time. The dramatic pause immediately after that line as they cut away to the opening credits, and the fact that the animation for said opening changed to show Clara's face instead of the Doctor's showed that pretty heavily. It was almost like Moffat actually thought to himself, "Hmm... we can't trick them with that line alone. We already did that, so they'll think we're just bluffing again. How can we really trick them? Oh, I know, we'll change the opening theme. They won't think that we did that just for a trick like that. Especially not in a season finale!" ...But they did.

Like, part of me wants to be annoyed with the fact that they felt the need to mindfuck us that hard when it didn't even have nearly as good of a payoff as what happened in Flatline, as this was just Clara bluffing to a bunch of Cybermen and Moffat trying to play it off as something bigger. ...On the other hand, another part of me wants to laugh at the fact that they went to such great heights to try to trick us into thinking that was a thing, especially since they changed the opening credits. Part of me thinks that is just the most hilarious thing ever. ...So yeah.

In all seriousness, though, I'd like to state that the finale did still sort of continue the theme of Clara kind of being the Doctor in terms of personality. He definitely has rubbed off on her. Like, let's look at what they have in common now...

-Loving adventure to the point of coming off as almost addicted to it.
-Being fucking terrifying when angry.
-Plotting elaborate schemes to get what they want.
-Acting like they own the fucking universe and all its rules sometimes when they really want something.

And probably the biggest thing of all...

Lying. So. Much. Lying. Not only does Clara lie a lot now but she's good at it. Just as good as the Doctor, probably. And she lies for a lot of the same reasons as he does: to get information, to manipulate others, and to make people think that she's totally ok when she's kind of dying inside.

It's honestly really concerning.

Edit: You know I assumed you'd have fixed your broken hider by the time I finished typing all that. You might want to get on that, bro.

My roommate: Let's call her "Henry"

I am now watching Henry smear hummus onto her skin in small portions and lick it off. She claims it's "sexy".

She then asked why I was watching, as if I just walked in on her doing that. I replied that if she didn't want me watching, maybe she shouldn't do it right in front of me. o3o

Character Crossover Crisis City

I think I have an idea for a (Homestuck-based) challenge.

The objective of the challenge will be "Put the bunny back in the box".

The characters will be put on an island, and have access to a small box. The challenge objective would imply that a bunny used to be in that box. The goal? Explore the island, and find that bunny, and return it to its cube of origin. The catch? This island is full of strange, mostly dangerous wildlife and weird puzzles. :3

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6/10, because it's good but not exceptional - and I just get distracted by your avatar which is adorable and so much more noteworthy.

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Vordak said
In Death Note's case, i just stopped reading it when i realized that that girl would stay until the very end of the series.

:/ You're missing out on a lot, man...

I mean, she takes a back seat most of the time, anyway. At least for good chunks of it. And there are a LOT of other enjoyable characters to make up for her being there... Like, I really don't like Misa, but Death Note is still great...

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Soooo...

Dat season finale.

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xcalx1dw said
Yep, It was really cool

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Yeeeaaaah but, I mean, I can't get mad at the writers for that one. That's the marketing team's fault. They should... probably be ashamed of themselves. Especially since there was PLENTY of crazy trailer-worthy shit in that finale. There was no need to screw with us like that.

And, I mean... I know Seb's an AI, but, like... he's still dead, and, given the circumstances, I don't see him coming back... at all. But, I guess it is nice that he died squealing. Because he is just that awesome - it's an appropriate way to go.

I just still can't believe they killed off the in-canon Whovian. She was awesome. The very fact that she existed was awesome. D:

I wasn't sure whether or not to believe the whole Clara thing. On the one hand, you're right, it doesn't make any sense. On the other hand... it sounds like something Moffat would do. Also, like I said, they changed the opening credits just to put the finishing touches on the facade. ...I was really glad she was bluffing, though. It let the moment be awesome without coming across as a really stupid twist that makes less sense the longer you think about it.