#but she's donna she can do that

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

'The Church on Ruby Road' has a thin plot, an underdeveloped threat, and a rather abrupt ending, but it succeeds where something like 'The Woman Who Fell to Earth' failed because it is very much a story about the new Doctor becoming friends with their new companion. The Doctor and Ruby are the focus and priority, this is the their story, how they meet, how they become friends, and why they end up travelling together. It is all about establishing that crucial connection between the main characters, but also the chemistry between the leads. Like the best new doctor/companion/era episodes, it knows when to just stop, take a moment, and let the leads just play off each other.

#doctor who #dw #the doctor #ruby sunday #the church on ruby road #rose tyler #donna noble #amy pond #clara oswald #bill potts #yes i lfet out smith and jones #i'll be honest and say it is the weakest of rtd's new companion eps #it is rather unfair that donna essentially gets three #and they're all bangers #but she's donna she can do that

[i-like-media]

Hundreds of people have said it before me, but it's really so powerful Donna's first WILLING adventure with the Doctor is an insanely emotionally moving one with a very deep message that arose from her compassion (The Fires Of Pompeii)

Even if you don't know Catherine Tate is known for her wit and comedy, Donna herself is introduced as a very comical character. Her theme is comical, her actions and sass is meant to be read as comical and both Runaway Bride and Partners In Crime have a totally different narrative structure because of it. Like, both episodes having a lot of humour based around an unexpected scenario forcing both to improvise in funny and chaotic DIY ways.

When you first watch these two episodes you have no reason to believe their run together is going to be anything else! So it was such a brilliant decision to have the episode right after she joins the Doctor be one in which SHE'S pushing a moral dilemma onto the Doctor. To be all fun and games until she learns people are going to die and the Doctor plans to do nothing about it. To then also KEEP on pushing the subject DESPITE the Doctor, this alien she at this point still knows very little about, speaking about the world and time with a sense of authority like there Truly Really is nothing they could do.

The fact that the character who's introduced to us as the comic relief IMMEDIATELY turns around and tells the Doctor he's guilty of the death of a teenager and everyone around him if he refuses to help at all... That's such a powerful move.

#like showing empathy for someone who will die is something every companion would do. but Donna made it her whole business to tell the doctor #he is WRONG and rubbing it in so heavily as to why standing by would make him guilty... that is something few dare to do #no one tells donna noble what she can and cant do and what is and isnt right. shell always be the judge of that #donna noble #the doctor #tenth doctor #10th doctor #doctor who #doctor who analysis #analysis #episode analysis #the fires of pompeii #runaway bride #partners in crime #talkies

[madrac]

do you think thirteen dropped yaz off and went to regenerate on her own because she couldn't bear the thought that yaz might've stopped loving her after regenerating. do you think her mind went to clara. to "please, just see me" and "im not your boyfriend" "i never thought you were" "i never said it was your mistake". do you think the doctor feared that, maybe, the kind of love she would've been able to give her after regenerating might not have been good enough. i am miserable

#yaz would've hit fourteen with a stick repeatedly i think #and she would've had a chaotic crush for donna #and she would've been amazing with fifteen can you even imagine #yasmin khan the woman that you are #also i LOVE to think that there are still ripples of clara's presence in the doctor's life (derogatory) #clara oswald doing god's work and destroying this idiot alien #doctor who #dw #yasmin khan #thirteenth doctor #thasmin #god save the queen (yasmin khan)

[covertblizzard]

jaykyle au where they're theatre kids in the same school but they're not the actors jason's the scriptwriter/director and kyle is the prop manager (i don't know the official terms sorry) and they'd probably do an amazing job on the backstage setting if they could stop arguing for 5 whole seconds about their artistic visions and ideas and how "this would obviously work better this way"

#jason todd #kyle rayner #jaykyle #mypost #dc thoughts #vp of the club: maybe we should find some other people to do the job if they can't get along? #pres of the club: no they're both talented af and i want this to be raving success just knock their heads tgt and tell them to play nice or #i'll make them wear the get along shirt again #WAIT ONE SEC DONNA'S THE PRES and overseer she's pissed bcos kyle played the same role last year and he was chill then #wally's vp no 1 and backstage manager and he's thinking of kicking kyle out #dick's vp no 2 and main lead and he's thinking of kicking jason out bcos it's embarrassing and annoying to work with your younger siblings #kon helps kyle with props and bart is one of the actors and kon is jealous af about it he grumbles a little #roy is the fight scene choreographer #i'm trying to think of something for garth but the only thing that comes to mind i'm not sure are fitting enough #actor manager? weapon manager? oooh maybe pet manager if they have animals... human and pet manager???? hr department but including animals #ooooh maybe pet manager if they have animals #raven can play bart's love interest (in play) maybe (wally doesn't like it and neither does gar for very different reasons) #eddie deals with the contraptions they build for this bubble machines smoke machines lowering and raising anything mechanical #rose and cass helps with the weapons stuff they keep fighting too and roy is TIRED #connor plays the villain he didn't mean to or want to but he got dragged into it and he's really hot and gunned in for next years main lead #he doesnt want this #steph and mia are hair makeup costume department but bart and kon love to hangout and help too #jennie-lynn and bart are in-charge of socials #tim pops up a lot because so many of his friends (and brothers) are here and when he does he helps steph and mia #damian too pops up to help with pet management and sometimes prop art #this is much to dicks annoyance jason is already here can his little brothers LEAVE HIM ALONE SOMETIMES UGH #damian (taking cues from talia and bruce loverenemies dynamic and wanting an artist in-law): we should set jason and kyle up #dick: no / tim: hmm / dick: NO #i want to add the yj girls (cassie cissie greta anita) but i know too little about them right now but imagine they're there and the roles #are to be determined

[jasongraceenthusiast]

“ten is a bad person” you never even tried to understand him

#hes so complex #i will never shut up about him actually #hes watched everyone around him perish and then he had to let the love of his life leave #everyone he loves he has to leave them #and if you watch his seasons after rose #you can see his decline #how he has so much on his shoulders #and honestly him and jason grace have so much in common (me when im multifandom) #his last words being ‘i dont want to go’ #because in the end he was still doing everything for everyone else #the weight of the world rests on his shoulders #and yeah he should have treated martha better #but he never said he liked her like that #he didnt play her she just was in love with a man who couldnt love her back #thats why his and donnas relationship is fucking gold #because finally he doesnt have to worry about losing someone that loves him like that #finally he doesn’t have to worry about losing someone who he loves like that #losing donna (at first anyway) hurt because she was safe she was comfortable #tenth doctor #doctor who

[fightwing]

bruce immediately asking if he hurt dick after days spent infected yeah okay dc i see this and i raise you: 😭😭😭

#such a difference between this #and like tita.ns year one when bruces first words were something like 'you shouldve figured it out sooner' #like GROWTH (the growth is me crying then to crying harder now) #also can i just say dg is so fucking stupid what do u mean he was going to reveal his identity to the president #like did we not JUST go through the grayso/n arc where he had to die and agent-ify and take down spyr/al to erase everyone knowing hes nwin #but overall love that the titan.s defeating beast wor.ld with the power of friendship #hate the rae cliffhanger like has she ever known rest but theres so much to unpack #titans spoilers #beast world spoilers #tuesday spoilers #comic spoilers #kory being the contingency for donna 😫 also the fact dick has custom made nwing logo manila folders 🫥🫥🫥 very on brand i fear #also roy was in the picture when the tower exploded so im counting that as confirmation roy is joining the team again #the teamwork of it all i love it here <33333 #* i'd love to write but it's just not realistic / ooc.

[companion-showdown]

Who is your favourite companion?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

propaganda under the cut

Donna Noble

no propaganda submitted

Barbara Wright

Come on; she's the teacher who taught the Doctor to be a decent person. Without her 99.995% of the series would never have happened. Also the Aztecs thought she was a goddess and I mean; I'm pretty sure lots of fans agree! (@hartnellwho /@elden-12 )

#showdown 2k24: quarters #barbara can do this right? #right?? #without barbara there'd be no donna #and i dont mean that in a she was the first way #i mean that in the sense that nobody can call the doctor on his bullshit like she can #like there is so much barbara in donna #and in every companion who refuses to take the doctors shit

[yesokayiknow]

clara: ok but i HAVE to ask: how come like no part of you is into the master if you have the doctor's brain

the doctordonna: well see i kept just enough of my humanity to not be attracted to mass murderers

clara, who is 100% secretly dating missy: hahahaha yikes! anyway.

#missy scratching at the tardis door like why aren't you obsessed with me and donna's like literally why do you even need to ask #doctor who #donna noble #clara oswald #donna can admit that the master is like visually attractive btw she just chooses not to see it bc of the supervillain thing

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

im gonna start biting things

#me rewriting three fucking episodes and the end of potd just to get yaz back in here bECAUSE SHE FUCKING SHOULD HAVE BEEN?????? #more likely than you think!!!!!!! #need to figure out how to write donna and like plot stuff. barely but still. plot stuff #but i will do it bc yaz should be here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #damn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #you can literally just have had her in here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i know differnt people wrote potd and the specials BUT #ITS NOT EVEN THAT HARD #if /i/ can do it #its not that fucking hard!!!!!!!!!!! #you can just have her in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[answer2jeff]

something i noticed in season 2 of The Bear:

Carmen rarely calls Natalie "Sugar" in season 2. We can see that Carmen's emotional distance from Natalie seems to decrease once she becomes project manager, flipping his entire life over once again; fulfilling just a sliver of his dream of turning 'mom and dads piece of shit,' into what it is now.

The nickname "Sugar" was given to Natalie from her mother in attempt to belittle her for a minor mistake she made in her childhood: one of the many ways Donna victimized her children.

Carmen often referred to Natalie as "Sugar" during season 1 whenever he needed a favor or was beyond frustrated with his sister. Although it's a very small change, shortening it to "Sug," and then even replacing it with "Nat," was an amazingly subtle way of the writers showing their sibling bond repair itself.

#they're everything to me #they're so precious #carmen and sugar #natalie berzatto #carmen and natalie #sugar berzatto #jeremy allen white #the bear #i love this show so much #best siblings #donna is the fucking worst #Natalie definitely has mommy issues #francy fak?? #no she can go fuck my love #use your brain babe #this is such a small detail but it's so perfect #plz don't flop #it's gonna flop #but what can ya do #carmen berzatto #carmy the bear

[starfiretruther]

funniest misconception about donna is that people assume she’s emotionally stable and well adjusted meanwhile she’s internally waging war with god and having 10 different existential crises

#she’s not doing ok she just has her hair done that’s literally it #she maintains the visage of perfect girl and goes ‘CAN A DEPRESSED PERSON DO THIS’ sure girlboss whatever you say #donna troy

[spaciebabie]

count how often i make a post about missing choir here's post number whatever. i miss choir

#spacie spoinks #im gonna do it next semester . but i miss it. so bad brah #i need 2 sing or ill die #also hearing donna lynne champlin sing makes me less insecure of my voice cuz shes also operatically inclined #and her voice does the same thing mine does where her vibrato is very strong and she sounds fucking AWESOME #maybe i....sound awesome too..... #such a fucking. skilled musician . im listening ta her sing face your fears from cxg #and . when the final note came i was like. is she gonna be able 2 hit it. b/c usually thats a very hard note 2 hit #head on w/out your voice cracking since it sits. in a weird place between headvoice and chest. aND THEN SHE HIT IT??? #CRAZY EPIC STYLE????? #LIKE THE SUPPORT ??? AND THEN SHE LIFTED HER SOFT PALLET I HEARD IT BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I WAS LIKE :JAWDROP: #NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK IM TALKING ABOUTTTTT SOBS #CHOIR PEOPLE/PEOPLE WHO LOVE TALKING ABOUT VOCAL PERFORMANCE FOLLOW ME SO I CAN SCREAM WITH YOU #sigh #anyways

[tiredthingbehindyou]

Downloaded Resident Lover last night

I am in love with Donna and want to steal her

#tired's rambles #why is she so pretty #i want to steal her #i'll learn about gardening #she can do whatever she wants to me #i'll learn Italian for her #donna beneviento #resident lover

[caitlynmeow]

Modern AU

Cassandra has a death wish with the drinks she makes. Bela is surprised her sister didn’t get a heart attack. But that is only Bela, what does she know when it comes to the things that her sister does. As long as she’s handling this madness just fine, Bela shouldn’t have any reason to complain.

But the eldest daughter feels obligated to mention what is mixed with the vodka. Because different people like different things right? Some prefer cranberry, others prefer cherry soda, and then there is Cassandra’s mix which is vodka and red bull. Of course, it isn’t for show, Cassandra does drink that monstrosity and thinks most people are okay with this thing.

It isn’t only vodka. On occasion, Bela saw her sister mix espresso with red bull when she needs the extra burst of energy after staying up very late. How her sister didn’t drop dead after drinking that is still something Bela wonders about to this day.

Cassandra never listens though. She thinks it’s okay and as long as her body isn’t rejecting this then why should she stop?

On a morning while the girls were staying over at their aunt Donna’s house, Cassandra did toss espresso in a glass full of the energy drink. It was then that the three sisters saw their very kind and very soft-spoken aunt snap.

Donna is very against energy drinks. To the Italian woman, if you need energy you get it from caffeine that’s either in tea or coffee, and that’s about it. Energy drinks are a huge no in her book and she often speaks about it. To see her niece nonchalantly mix two things that have no business mixing together, the woman was sent over the edge.

Donna might have over-dramatized it. She didn’t have to go as far as to mention how she would tell Alcina that she stood by while her daughter killed herself. Because the woman is convinced that the second Cassandra drinks the beverage, her soul will depart from her body.

Daniela, trying to help her aunt calm down, mentioned that she should relax because “Cass does this a lot you really don’t—“ But she was interrupted because what do you mean she does this frequently?

Donna wonders how Alcina allows this. To which the daughters gulped because their mother doesn’t really know and they figured that what Alcina didn’t know wasn’t going to hurt her. But of course, Cassandra is cocky and thought her aunt wouldn’t even know what red bull is which is apparently not true at all.

#house dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu #daniela dimitrescu #bela dimitrescu #headcanon #alcina dimitrescu #house beneviento #donna beneviento #resident evil village #resident evil 8 #re8 #Cassandra is so hardcore she’s downright a hazard to herself #but she claims this is what she needs to get through a day after only getting three hours of sleep #but her mom doesn’t accept it because 1) WHY DID YOU ONLY SLEEP FOR THREE HOURS??? #like Alcina really lost it there and cass just—brought this on herself #because now Alcina makes sure her middle daughter is going to sleep early #she literally is like ‘now I can’t trust your judgement so I have to make sure you’re getting enough rest’ #which is followed by Alcina literally hovering over her middle daughter and literally forcing her to stop everything she’s doing and go to #bed. Cassandra hates it and always argues that it’s not even 10 pm no way she’s going to sleep now #but it’s her mama so she really can’t win that argument #it doesn’t stop her from trying tho #but she ensures a long period of forced early bedtime which she hates but can’t really get out of #because when Alcina is your mom there isn’t anything you can get past her #Alcina is like ‘if u don’t know how to manage your time so I will manage it for you’ #and Cassandra hates it because she loves the night #but decides to milk it since her mama isn’t budging #so she gets dramatic and demands more attention #to the point of spending some nights with her mother in her room #but really she’s just being a stupid needy baby because Alcina LOVES having her daughters around #and having Cassandra spend some nights with her is actually something she loves

[aq2003]

there comes a beautiful time in life where i have to ask myselg th question, "did i accidentally project too hard onto the character that i only relate to a little bit and in doing so hugely missed this one entire aspect/interpretation of the characters . am i stupid"

#ARE THEY STUPID! #dr who #this is about ten specifically his relationship w martha lmao #m being so serious i genuinely did not. see the 'ten was on purpose leading martha on to make her think her feelings were requited' angle #until going out into the wild and reading the tumblr posts. like i genuinely did not. at ALLLLLL. its like a brick hitting my head #bc the ENTIRE time s3 ten came off to me as 'doing stuff w no romantic intent behind it but would consistently get misinterpreted as such' #cuz IIIIIIIII have done this. IIIIIIII have run into this problem before. and it sucks so incredibly bad. #i actually do want to think my og interpretation still holds water cuz like. well i could gather all the evidence but #first one that comes 2 mind would be him going 'it's like when you fancy someone + they dont know you exist' to martha. in episode TWELVE #two routes; either ten is needlessly cruel and callous even after a season's worth of building up trust and friendship w her #or he is on super 'i dont think she has feelings for me and this is a very unhappy coincidence of a line' cocaine #Or the 'she fancied me' line in s4 to donna. either he is disregarding all the good and positive impact she did him. or the fact that this #went over his head the whole time made him look back on that time w discomfort <- I DID THIS. I MIGHT HAVE BEEN PROJECTING #THIS ONTO HIM. AM I STUPID.?.????? #you know how mikage rgu can either be read as an incel or a gay man lost so completely in the sauce #ten is like in this same ballpark. i think. of 'emotionally manipulative and disrespects women' or 'aroacespec and missed the cues' #funniest possible options to pick from. ten my brother how did you set yourself up like this #absolutely not denying that he was toxic and unhealthy during s3 in like 500 ways btw. but well. ths is the one concwpt that #flew over my head. so completely. and i can kind of see it now but i also still find it hard to incorporate into my belief system #bc its like. brother I'M aroace and missed the cues too lol #tangential note we can trace many problems down to a writer's room filled w white people not giving #martha's character the respect/agency she deserves for the existing narrative she has. bc they pulled this w mickey too both in series 1+2 #if they wanted to portray ten as manipulative then him and martha should've been given more screentime #together where martha (or anyone else) calls him the FUCK out on this. and ten would need to suffer narrative consequences of doing smth #as fucked up as that rather than his happy stable dynamic he has w donna. if they wanted to portray him as oblivious then marthas character #shouldn't have constantly been boiled down to an unrequited crush (particularly her dialogue in the s3 finale - there's a LOT more reasons #why she would choose to leave/why their dynamic was unhealthy besides ten not returning her feelings) #if you read all these tags you may be entitled 2 financial compensation #ten and martha #aspec doc tag

[the-martyrfication-of-the-matron]

There is a reason im being hesitant to refer to Aphmau as 'Lord Avra of Phoenix Drop' in my rewrite.

But honestly the second reason is just the idea of her being lord is so outrageous because if this bitch can do it, so can anyone

#like sure she's nice and helpful and gets stuff done #but politics? This girl does not know what planet she is on do not ask her about the societal implications of the theocracy she is running #like she might wear the title lord as a funky hat when she stabs people but Garroth Donna and Visher are rushing to shut her up before she #can open her mouth in a meeting. because no they're not waging a holy war against Zane or legalising cannibalism 'because its natural' #aphmau #aphverse #rewrite #aphblr #minecraft diaries #mcd #ranthredo #avra of phoenix drop