#ANYWAYS im still working on the sequel to my Snowmen era elevenmissy snowmen fic that really shouldn't have a sequel

[seaweedstarshine]

Rewatching my favorite Christmas special and I cannot get over “Psych*tic Potato Dwarf” as an insult from a person who — canonically — according to sources from the same writer — often hears voices that he has trouble distinguishing from reality. It's not just the one line, it's the fact that it’s the title of Strax’s theme! I always wanna call it out 😭, which works out in my The Snowmen-era Eleventh Doctor fanfictions because Strax is a nurse and would know what that word means.

Like, it does unfortunately fit the character because Gallifreyan culture is — canonically — systematically exclusionary of mentally ill people, and the Eleventh Doctor — canonically — hates himself more than anyone in the universe. But the choice?

#I think the real explanation here is that Moffat listened & learned & grew when it comes to representation during his run #btw psych*tic is censored btw for search reasons and uh. asterisks make ableist language less upsetting to look at? its true. #ableism #saneism #(I always see eleven as defining himself as a madman because it makes him feel braver. To him- madness is an act of rebellion- #Koschei was mad. Gallifrey openly rejects 'mad' people. he has a lot of baggage from being one of ‘the ones who ran away’) #that bein SAID #while like Moffat wasn't malicious like some *coughTHESOUNDOFDRUMScough* when it came to depicting psychosis- #he has a very specific way of showing his ignorance here #this is the man who wrote 'high functioning sociopath do your research' (which is. yay 'humanizing' low empathy symptoms! River Song too) #but please moffat do some research yourself before writing a line like that (I know that was like 2010 I know he got better) #words by seaweed #(eleventh) doctor is neurodivergent tag #ANYWAYS im still working on the sequel to my Snowmen era elevenmissy snowmen fic that really shouldn't have a sequel #also 'doctor who doesn't have canon' -hush. its canon as it gets #okay I think this been posted enough days ago for me to add the character tags for organizational purposes #eleventh doctor #strax