#Elton Pope

[timelordgifs]

DOCTOR WHO, S02E10 Love & Monsters

#dwedit #doctor who #userbbelcher #cinemapix #chewieblog #usertom #userveronika #filmtv #tvedit #tvcentric #dailytvfilmgifs #tvandfilm #tvfilmsource #cinematv #dailytvwomen #season 2 #s02e10 #rose tyler #elton pope #* #by lanie

[casasupernovas]

the doctor staring at child elton like this makes me laugh everytime

#looking at him like he forgot to pay his taxes #doctor who #tenth doctor #10th doctor #love and monsters #elton pope #no relation to olivia pope

[too-funky]

Tenth Doctor | Love & Monsters

#david tennant #tenth doctor #billie piper #rose tyler #marc warren #elton pope #doctor who #love and monsters #dwedit #rtdedit #my gifs

[dw-companion-bracket]

DW Companionbait Bracket - Round 0

#doctor who #poll #companionbait bracket #elton pope #sally sparrow #canton everett delaware iii #idris #rigsy #ruth clayton #karvanista #eustacius jericho #claire brown #inston vee vinder

[sygzie]

i don’t understand how people don’t like love & monsters it is legitimately one of my favorite episodes! elton. linda. musical linda. jackie tyler. mr blue sky. the vlogging. we forget because we must. it’s sweet and odd and funny and sad and everything i love about doctor who wrapped into 45 weird ass minutes i love it idc (and okay the end is questionable but i forgive it)

#rtd era i LOVE YOU #dw #doctor who #love & monsters #love and monsters #elton pope #rtd #rtd era #russel t davies

[ghoulsister1]

🐚Merrow AU Moodboard: Elton Pope🐚

"But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that"

-Elton Pope.

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Elton is a shy but sweethearted Merrow. He loves to collect all sorts of things, mostly little trinkets and bits he finds from wrecked ships and stuff dropped by humans like rings, necklaces and such. He has soul cages like any other Merrow, used in catching the souls of drowned sailors and fishermen. Though Elton will collect a soul, he later releases them as he doesn't want them to be trapped.

Elton will go up on land from time to time as long as he has his cohuleen druith. Without his cap, Elton can't return to the water.

If you do happen upon this cute Merrow, be sure to say hi and maybe chat a bit. Elton loves meeting new people and making some friends.

🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧🐚🫧

#mythology #mythology moodboard #mythology au #mythology and folklore #merrow #merrow au #merrow moodboard #elton pope #doctor who #marc warren

[familyparadox]

Of all the people who have become obsessed with finding out what that Doctors deal is Elton Pope got out the best. Yes his friends are all dead and his girlfriend is a paving slab however if we look at the other two major Who theorists in Universe we have:

Clive: shot by an Auton

James Stevens: lost his girlfriend, Shot JFK (if the Xenomorphs did not get him first) and then probably shot himself

So all in all at least he is not massively depressed and dead or killed JFK (if the Faction Paradox did not get him first) (if a Renegade Time Lord did not get him first)

#doctor who #dweu #faction paradox #Elton pope #love and monsters #who killed Kennedy #the kennedys #the Kennedy assassination #tw suicide

[clusterbuck]

oh honey didn’t lizzie mcguire teach you not to trust fancy italians named paolo

#also the story is wild read the article lmao #it involves the pope and elton john and also putin #shush emma

[companion-showdown]

Who would make the best villain

ROUND 0 MASTERPOST

#villainous: round 0 #I think after everything she's been through #francine deserves to be left alone #on the other hand i think being turned into a paving slab is amazing motivation for being evil

[ven8s]

the power of juno (3) ☆

🌟 juno is an asteroid representing the ancient roman goddess of the same name. she is the wife of jupiter and is equated to the greek goddess hera, who is the queen of the gods.

🌟 i have noticed that people with prominent juno in their natal charts are elevated amongst their peers. there is literal royalty here as well, or people with honorary titles / have played royalty.

🌟 they are all crazily attractive (or were) visually, but regardless of visual beauty, their energy and the way these natives carry themselves is immaculate. they tend to come across as open and welcoming as opposed to intimidating when compared to lilith natives, for example.

🌟 royal / religious natives ⌵

prince william, grace kelly, queen elizabeth ii, pope john paul ii, jesus

🌟 played royalty / characters with royal titles ⌵

cameron diaz (princess fiona), margot robbie (duchess of bayridge), anne hathaway (princess of genovia), catherina zeta jones (catherine the great)

🌟 figures with honorary titles ⌵

aaliyah (princess of r&b), beyoncé (queen bey), jungkook (golden maknae), britney spears (princess of pop), michael jackson (king of pop)

🌟 miscellaneous ⌵

mila kunis, brigitte bardot, chris brown, harry styles, robin williams, fred astaire, elton john, pharrell williams, novak djokovic, david beckham, abraham lincoln, kobe bryant, rafael nadal, rihanna

#astrology #juno #juno astrology #juno asteroid #asteroid astrology #moon conjunct juno #juno in the first house #juno 1h #juno 10h #juno conjunct mc #juno conjunct midheaven #sun conjunct juno

[captains0lo]

DOCTOR WHO LOVE AND MONSTERS: An endless rant about fan representation

I recently embarked on an exhaustive New Who rewatch with my partner. We had both seen the entire show up to Capaldi’s seasons (2014-2017), but had not watched everything, together. So we decided to remedy that situation upon finishing our last TV show we watched together, and get into rewatching all of New Who.

Such a rewatch entails, of course, relishing in the sheer magnificence of experiencing episodes like “Dalek” (Season 1, Episode 6) or “The Satan Pit” (Season 2, Episode 9), but also some less glorious moments of television like the ever-farting Slitheen of “Aliens of London” (Season 1, Episode 4), or the infamous and widely hated  “Love & Monsters” (Season 2, Episode 10). (You can like the Slitheen, but I find the never-ending fart jokes goddam grating after a while– its five year old humour)

I used to be a “Love & Monsters” hater myself (like most people – it’s a WEIRD episode). However, on this specific rewatch of the show I got something completely different from that particular last episode of the list. A quick search on IMBD reviews and some Reddit forums makes it quite obvious that, although its widely considered a meh-to-terrible episode, a lot of people have latched onto it as an original, quite unique and layered episode.

I so happen to be knee-deep in research for my Master’s Thesis, looking into a bunch of Henry Jenkins’ stuff and fandom, audiences and mass/popular culture and, with a reading of Convergence Culture (Jenkins, 2006) super fresh in my mind, “Love & Monsters” absolutely blew my mind this time around. So gather round, grab a snack and enjoy my unhinged ramblings at the intersection of my fandom and academic worlds. Cause if you have a thought and don’t immediately share it on the Internet, did you have the thought at all amirite?  (I really should not be writing this right now I should be working on my thesis but who cares)

Because I’m probably already massively testing your attention span, here is my main point for the rest of this post/crap essay: “Love & Monsters” tells the story of fans coming together and finding community in fandom, only for that sense of community and belonging to be destroyed and commodified as the corporate powers that be attempt to re-absorb and control fan modes of production and communities. (phew, say that 3 times fast). Now  why I think my point is somewhat original: honestly even for people who catch the not-so-subtle LINDA as geeky social inept fans  subtext, I’ve almost only seen negative takes (its mocking fans, showing them in a bad light etc…). While its definitely not all flattering, I think there is a sweetness  and positivity to this representation of a group of fans, so I  wanna make my case  for it I guess. 

Love & Monsters: a brief summary

Quick recap for anyone who has not watched the show or finds the detail of this episode a bit fuzzy.

The episode begins with Elton Pope, a man who becomes fascinated with the Doctor after an encounter with a mysterious blue box in his childhood.

Elton joins a group of people who also have encounters with the Doctor, forming the "Linda" group.

The group meets Ursula Blake, a woman who joins them after witnessing a Slitheen attack.

The group's meetings become more about their personal lives than the Doctor.

Elton falls in love with Ursula, and the group's dynamics change.

A man named Victor Kennedy joins Linda and takes control, pushing out some members and focusing on finding the Doctor.

It's revealed that Victor Kennedy is actually an alien called the Abzorbaloff, who absorbs people into his body.

The Doctor arrives too late to save most of Linda, but Elton manages to escape.

Ursula is absorbed by the Abzorbaloff, but her face remains intact in his body, allowing her consciousness to survive.

The Doctor traps the Abzorbaloff, saving Elton and the remaining members of Linda.

Elton continues his life with Ursula's face in a slab of concrete, grateful for the time they had together.

(summary provided by ChatGPT because I want to get to the good stuff, sue me, this is exactly the kind of stuff AI is good for)

I’ll also quickly add the following important contextual tid-bits about the episode. First and foremost, it was written that way (barely featuring the Doctor and Rose Tyler, focusing on people who’s lives have been indirectly touched by the Doctor and who are looking for him and generally Doing a Fandom about him) because the production schedule required simultaneous filming of a pair of episodes (because otherwise they would run out of time in the production schedule). They filmed the episode at the same time as “The Satan Pit” with a second crew, and the little screen time of The Doctor and Rose allowed them to film both episodes at the same time (and obviously feature a lot more heavily in “The Satan Pit”).

The other important thing about this episode (that I will admit actually harms my argument a little but I will tell you why I don’t care about that later) is that the main monster – the “Abzorbaloff” was designed by a kid in the context of a Doctor Who monster contest. Basically, the winner got their monster featured in a Doctor Who episode. So, RTD didn’t really come  up with the Abzorbaloff himself, but honestly I think the interpretation I’m about to make still holds (death of the author and all that stuff, I can interpret this episode how I want and so can you my friend)

Anyways, now that we’ve got all that out of the way lets get into the good stuff.

LINDA:  Fandom as community

The members of LINDA – London Investigation N’ Detective Agency – basically come together as a group initially because they all have an interest in “The Doctor”, as an elusive figure, permanently out of reach and that they don’t fully understand, but that has touched their lives quite significantly anyway. The original members of LINDA are Elton (POV character for the episode), Ursula, Mr. Skinner, Bliss and Bridget.

Other people who have discussed this episode in the past have pointed out that LINDA and its members resemble a parody of Whovians (see “thecoolkat”’s review in the links below, but also numerous ScreenRant or other such internet media articles), but I’d argue they serve quite well as a representation of a stereotypical image of fans and fandom more generally. Obviously, they are Whovians because the object of their fandom is LITERALLY The Doctor himself inside the story, but its more than that in my opinion. Let’s not forget when this episode aired (2006), fandom had yet to go fully mainstream – although the situation had markedly improved since the 90s when fans were still almost only the object of ridicule for anyone who was not themselves a fan. I’d argue that the members of LINDA quite accurately represent a few different stereotypes about fans common in the late 90s to early 2000s, but also many of fandom’s “redeeming” qualities that were starting to be acknowledged as well as internet fandom became more popular  and visible.

Our in-text fans do have some of the more socially-awkward trappings often associated with fandom by outsiders: they’re shy, unfashionable, perhaps slightly socially inept – possibly even infantilized or desexualized. (for more on fan stereotypes at the beginning of the 90s, see chapter 1 of Jenkins 1992). Its fairly obvious that, as others have pointed out, the members of LINDA are a parody, a stand-in for loser fans who have surrendered any other sense of identity to the object of their fandom. They are the hardcore Trekkies who get married in pointy Vulcan ears. Bliss, Bridget, and Ursula are single women leaning on the older side – although Ursula is the younger of the three, she’s also the most “visibly” nerdy, which “disadvantages” her romantically in other ways. Mr. Skinner is also presumably single, maybe even lonely – divorced, perpetual bachelor or a widower, I guess we’ll never know. Elton, finally, seems fairly normal by comparison, but its his obsession with the Doctor and some mysterious childhood trauma that does give him that slight “I can tell that guy is not fully right in the head” vibe.  

Speaking of traumas though, we also find out fairly early on in meeting of all the LINDA members that Bridget’s daughter is a drug addict, and disappeared from her mother’s life, which obviously leads her to worry to no end and carry some pretty deep grief. (sidenote because that is not my main point here and this is already going to easily cross into 2000+ words: theres also some pretty significant amount of stuff written about fandom as a way to deal with trauma, that people retreat into fantasy – often as a byproduct of what we would call fandom – to deal with traumatic life events) (Hinerman, 1992, full source below)

So, our gang of nerds with various levels of social aptitude and trauma find each other, this group and sense of community that they so obviously share in the part of the episode showing LINDA before Victor Kennedy’s takeover. Although pretty much all of them are introduced with some of the “negative” trappings of fandom, LINDA is absolutely represented in the episode as a positive force and community in their lives. They begin by bonding over their “fandom”, theorizing about the Doctor as a metaphor, a role, a figure (like Mr. Skinner brings up in a whiteboard  presentation), but quickly their interactions evolve into something more. They sing, dance and share deep personal concerns and difficulties with each other (it’s at one of those sessions that we find out about Bridget’s daughter, for example, and we see the group be quite supportive of her in her pain). The point is, the people of LINDA could only have found each other through fandom, but their collective involvement in that fandom brought them something more; genuine connection and friendship. LINDA pre-Kennedy takeover is something that is good for these geeky, lonely, maybe a bit socially inept people, and would have continued being good for them if it wasn’t for…

Victor Kennedy/the Abzorbaloff as the embodiment of corporate media control

So, the members of LINDA have bonded over their shared passion for The Doctor, they’ve exchanged theories and eventually broadened their social activities to karaoke and emotional support-and even some romantic stirrings  for the Mr. Skinner/Bridget  and Elon/Ursula. In doing so, they have diverted some (although I don’t think all) of their meeting times to activities other than searching for and theorizing about The Doctor. Their fandom has ceased to be the sole reason for their weekly meetings, essentially. They’ve now made the group their own thing.

Who walks in next? Victor Kenndy aka the Abzorbaloff, a tall, mustachioed, robber-baron coded  and snob-ish figure, intent on  re-focusing the members of LINDA onto the search for the Doctor, under his leadership  and to his own ends.

I think Kennedy’s physicality even before his reveal as the Abzorbaloff is super significant; the robber baron appearance – complete with fur coat, cane and hat- screams “19th century industrial factory owner,” and I do believe that’s the  whole point. He represents the modes of cultural production that, in 2006, still didn’t know what  the heck to do with fans who take mass culture and make it their own through folk processes. Active audiences that make demands of producers, feel a sense of ownership of shows and characters, organize creative communities and  Active audiences that make demands of producers, feel a sense of ownership of shows and characters, organize creative communities and create fanfiction  or fanart that basically  represents  copyright violations NEEDED to be harnessed and controlled by producers (or at least that’s how a lot of producers, writers and networks felt  in the early  2000s). So the old-timey 19th century industrialist look given to  Kennedy’s human form is a metaphor for that old media magnate  mentality, that will only put up with fans that “work” for them and respect their “rules.” And, as we see in the episode, by doing so, he robs LINDA of basically all their fun and connection; they get sat down at individual desks, with piles of work to sift through. Fandom has stopped being fun as it gets controlled. They’re having such a terrible time in fact that the Abzorbaloff can absorb like 2 of them (Bliss and Bridget) before any of the other members of LINDA suspect anything is wrong; they just assume they stopped coming because the group absolutely sucks now.

So now on the absorption part; its not enough  for the Abzorbaloff to control everything the fans do, he needs to absorb and incorporate them into him to have full control; LINDA must become part of him to be acceptable. Ok I’ll admit this is pretty far-fetched, but honestly not that much. In Convergence Culture (2006) Henry Jenkins talks  a lot about fan theories, spoilers   and fan films. The latter, specifically the Star Wars fan films made in the 90s  and 2000s, have a super interesting history that I think makes  a compelling argument for the move of  media  corporations  from  attempts to control fans to trying to ABSORB their work into the acceptable corporate brand  when looser  control just didn’t cut it (because fans  are just like that, were fundamentally ungovernable).

The  TLDR of it all is that George Lucas and Lucasfilm (this was before the Disney sale obviously) flip-flopped a lot on their stance towards fan  creation, at first praising their creativity, but quickly moving  to REALLY intense cracking-down  on fanfics  and fan movies (spoiler  alert: the  crackdowns  started  to happen when  fans started to make it gay) (or generally sexual, but  mostly  the problem seemed to be  the gay stuff).  The thing is, its really hard  to control – let alone  know about- everything consumers  do or say about a brand on the internet. So  what does Lucasfilm do? They start creating official, Lucasfilm-sanctionned fan film contests-even letting fans use some assets like music or effects-but with really specific rules (and claiming the IP  for Lucasfilm, making it not belong to fans anymore, of course). So not profanity, no altering canon, and CERTAINLY no sex (AND  CERTAINLY NO GAY LUKE SKYWALKER)  (with the Chanel boots). You get it now right? Lucasfilm = Abzorbaloff. Or like  they WISH they could absorb fans  that efficiently, make them a part  of  the brand, under complete control. That’s still kind of the ideal  utopia  of media relationships for a lot of these producers too I’m  guessing: all the fan labour and productivity, without any of the potential tensions  fan creativity can create. Corporate-controlled fan clubs that uphold canon and are basically word-of-mouth and customer loyalty machines.

Except, that’s not how communities work. Communities work like LINDA; a bunch of seeming  randos  are  brought together by shared interest, but eventually a  deeper sense  of “us-ness” develops, and we start to care for one another and have our own agendas and  agencies. (heck, everytime Tumblr staff tries to get this site’s users in line we basically laugh in their faces)

So yeah, caveat about the Abzorbaloff though: as  I said earlier, a kid created this monster for a contest, RTD  did not create it. Therefore, I don’t know if the absorption power was like thought  about as deeply as I have thought about it. Nevertheless, I think the choice  to make the Abzorbaloff’s human  “Kennedy” disguise look the way it does and interact with LINDA the way he does speaks to my conclusions. While RTD didn’t create the character, he wrote the story around it, and I think he used it to great effect to tell a story about fandom, community, and media  attempts at control.

Conclusion

Ultimately I  saw a ton of parallels to phenomena documented in scholarship I’m currently reading in Love  and Monsters and I needed to get these ideas out of my head. I’m fairly  certain  im digging a little bit too deep into certain things, but ultimately my view of this oft decried episode is that it really  actually has a lot more to offer than people give it credit for. I also think it presents  an actually much more  sympathetic view of fans than we’ve previously recognized in it. Especially, it feels WAY more respectful and like  humorous than that god awful era  of 2010s fandom where  writers and actors would routinely shit on us in panels for shipping characters or depict us in their shows as crazy  conspiracy theorists who think they own  the show but actually can never be right (Looking at you Mr. Moffatt and Sherlock season 3). Personally, I much prefer the LINDA endearing weirdos with trauma, interests, and lives, who find kinship and community in each other.

Holy crap that was long. anyways. Really deep in the DW hole rn so I'm probably gonna write something about Martha Jones soon (instead of my thesis mehehehehehe)

Links and sources

I’m going to properly cite any academic articles and books, but since this is not homework and no one is forcing me to use APA 7, the random webpages, discussion threads and other miscellaneous stuff is getting dumped into a list of links. Anyways enjoy

“Real” Bibliography (nerd)

Jenkins, H. (1992). Textual poachers: television fans & participatory culture (Ser. Studies in culture and communication). Routledge.

Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York University Press.

Linerman, S. (1992) “ ‘I’ll be here with you’:  Fans, Fantasy and the Figure of Elvis.” In The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media (ed. Lewis, L. A.) Routledge. pp. 107-134

OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT (May 2023 version) [can you summarize the plot of "love & monsters" (an episode of doctor who) from beginning to end as a series of bullet points? (include spoilers)] https://chat.openai.com/c/7ef1ccab-c6ed-488c-99c8-3a94b877fe4a

Links

Reddit threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/ex3zvm/why_love_monsters_isnt_the_worst_episode/?rdt=51957

IMDB:

Youtube:

Doctor Who Confidential on the filming of “Love & Monsters” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGDMg4XZ1s

TheCoolKat:https://thecoolkat1995.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/doctor-who-love-and-monsters-2006/

#doctor who #new who #tenth doctor #doctor who season 2 #dr who #doctor who love and monsters #doctor who love & monsters #russell t davies #doctor who analysis #media analysis #fan studies #henry jenkins #media studies

[racefortheironthrone]

Please don't shoot me and I'm not saying a marriage annulment is anywhere near the horror of things like Muslim travel ban or family separation policy, but Thomas Cromwell more and more kind of reminds me of Stephen Miller or some other horrible toadies of the Donald Trump administration where those flunkies find a dumb legal rational. I just never found taking on decade-long mostly failing legal battle over Henry VIII's misreading of a passage from Leviticus to marry someone else that heroic.

So I think this is somewhat unfair, in that aides of various levels of moral character have been finding legal loopholes for political figures of all stripes pretty much since the dawn of time.

In the case of Thomas Cromwell, I think you have to analyze his political actions from the perspective of a closeted Protestant who was trying to create a space for his religion in a political context in which, if he was found out or if he was anything less than a brilliant polymath at the very top of his game, he would be put to death as an upjumped commoner and heretic. (As he eventually was.)

So from that perspective, the annulment was less important as a vehicle for Henry's desire for a son and way more important as a vehicle for getting a closeted Lutheran (Thomas Cranmer) to become Archbishop of Canterbury and getting a closeted "evangelical" (Anne Boleyn) to become Queen. Similarly, however petty and personality-driven Henry's breach with the Pope was, Cromwell was able to see that it created an opening for an Act of Restraints in Appeals that would create an independent Church of England and begin the English Reformation.

In analyzing the rest of Cromwell's work as a minister, I am particularly influenced by the books The Tudor Revolution in Government and Reform and Renewal by Geoffrey Elton. As Elton lays out, Thomas Cromwell and his staffers basically invented the Early Modern state in England, and had Henry not been such a greedy warmongering bastard and Parliament not been quite so elitist, if he'd had his way in all matters, Cromwell would have made Early Modern England a much safer, wealthier, more productive, and more economically secure country to live in.

Unfortunately, Tudor politics was one that was played to the death, and not even a Thomas Cromwell could win forever.

#history #tudor england #thomas cromwell

[casasupernovas]

i know that tardis ride after the doctor turned ursula into a face in a paving slab was awkward af.

#rose tyler #tenth doctor #10th doctor #elton pope #love and monsters #doctor who #rusty tee you will pay #ursula blake #hell to the naw

[dw-companion-bracket]

Companion Bracket 2: Companionbait Bracket!

here we go another one of these BUT this time, it's companionbait, i.e. characters who are introduced and portrayed as characters that could be companions, potentially even offered the role by the Doctor at some point, but for one reason or another never appeared past their first serial.

There's many characters who I consider absolutely perfect examples of this trope, and some who are essentially stand-in companions who kinda have to go in here, but then there's also a bunch of characters who I'm not entirely sure about, and therefore to narrow down the numbers and also allow for extra submissions, I'm gonna run some polls to see who gets in before I start the bracket itself.

Before I set those up tomorrow though this is the opportunity to send me asks about who you think should be included under the definition of "single-use almost-companion - a character who acted as a temporary companion to the Doctor and perhaps was even invited onboard, but who was never in more than one episode"

The list of ones I'll be putting to a vote and the one's I'm 100% using is below:

Already absolutely using:

Lynda (Bad Wolf) Mrs Moore (Rise of the Cybermen) Rita (The God Complex) Astrid Peth (Voyage of the Damned) Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter) Clara Oswin Oswald (The Snowmen) Madge Arwell (The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe) Christina de Souza (Planet of the Dead) Jackson Lake (The Next Doctor) Chief Engineer Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Express) Grace O'Brien (The Woman Who Fell to Earth) Cass (Under the Lake) Ida Scott (The Impossible Planet)

In the vote tomorrow:

Nasreen Chaudhry (The Hungry Earth) The Tardis / Idris (The Doctor's Wife) Owsin Oswald (Asylum of the Daleks) Ruth Clayton (Fugitive of the Judoon) The Ghost (The Return of Doctor Mysterio) Erica (The Pyramid at the End of the World) Agent O (Spyfall) Claire (Flux) Karvanista (Flux) Jabe (The End of the World) Joan Redfern (Human Nature) Madame de Pompadour (The Girl in the Fireplace) Sally Sparrow (Blink) Maebh Arden (In the Forest of the Night) Canton Everett Delaware III (The Impossible Astronaut) Psi (Time Heist) Saibra (Time Heist) Elton Pope (Love & Monsters)

#im also just doing new series so no duggan sorry #i love duggan but he's the only classic series one i could think of. and it therefore didnt seem fair. #doctor who #companionbait bracket #dw #i'll set up the poll for this at about this time tomorrow i think #gives 24h for more submissions #idk if companionbait is the best term to use but i like it

[drwho-shipbracket]

Bracket F: Pairing 14

Which Doctor Who rarepair do you prefer?

#doctor who #poll tournament

[ghoulsister1]

Marc Warren Characters & Their Reaction To You Owning Squishmallows/Squishables Pt 3

⚜️Comte De Rochefort (The Musketeers BBC 2014)⚜️

●Looks at them with disapproval, scowling at their plush faces. "Please tell me they won't be always on our bed" Rochefort Says. You frown and pout with your best puppy eyes at him.

●"But Rochie, I love them and they mean a lot to me!" You Say, fluttering your eyes at him. Rochefort scoffs but gives in to your charms. "You are too charming my little vixen" Said Rochefort smiling at you.

●But of course, Rochefort has declared war on those plushies.

●Will toss them off the bed. "They are crowding the bed" is the response from him. Will eye them with contempt. "Y/N is mine you balls of fluff!" Rochefort would hiss at them when you weren't looking.

●Of course he pouts when you cuddle the plushies. "Seems you prefer those fluff rags more than me" Rochefort Whined, sulking away. You tilt your head and come over to him, plushie in hand and embrace him. You smile and kiss Rochefort's cheek. "Don't tell me you are jealous my love. You know I love you very much. Please don't be like that" You Say.

●Rochefort of course returns the kiss and looks at the plushie in your hands. You get a little nervous that he'll do something but smile when he just pats the plushie on the head. "It's kinda charming" is Rochefort's comment.

●Does buy you them from time to time, gradually grows to get used to them and maybe, just maybe likes some of them a little. But won't admit out loud though!

●He cares about you and loves you, so if these plushies are special to you then who is he to judge? He wants to make you happy and see you smile. Even if those plushies are on the bed!

●You gift him a plushie though he's reluctant to accept it at first because, well a Captain of The Red Guard can't be seen with such a thing. What rumours may circlet in the Royal Court?!

●For a Squishable it's Mini Ouroborus. He admires the plushies's dark noble look. If it's a Squishmallow, it's Gio the Gargoyle. He finds Gio quite charming.

●He does make you swear not to tell anyone about his plushie. "Swear to me you'll not speak a word about my, soft fabric companion. Promise me my love?" He Says looking straight into your eyes. You giggle and smile warmly. You reassure him that you won't say a word. Rochefort smiles at that and you two give each other a kiss. The fierce Captain of The Red Guard has a soft plushie companion. Aww🥰

🪐Elton Pope (Doctor Who: Love & Monsters)🪐

●Elton loves your collection and is impressed at how you build up your current Squad of plushies.

●Can sometimes be found lovingly cuddling some of them and of course you join him on the cuddle fest.

●Bounces them around while listening to his beloved Electric Light Orchestra and dancing around with them. Like seriously, I can picture that scene playing out!

●Nights in are spent with Elton, you and the plushies. Order some pepperoni pizza, some cola and a good movie or two, even watch a few cartoons. Cuddling up on the couch together, you holding a plushie and Elton holding one too. Awww!

●You two go out hunting for Squishmallows or Squishables, searching for ones to add to the ever growing squad. Even vlogging the experience and uploading it to the Web. "Elton & Y/N's Life With Squish" is the title.

●You buy Elton Daxxon The Alien Squishmallow and The Flat Woods Monster Squishable for his birthday. He was so happy he practically lifted you up and spun you around and gave you a big kiss. When it was your birthday he gifted you 4 plushies, two Squishmallows and two Squishables for you which made you practically jump into his arms and kiss him. So sweet!

●Elton will bring one of his plushies out in public to take pictures of or video them with you. He encourages you to do it too and so it becomes part of your vlog videos and posts online.

●Like "Out here in the park, having a picnic with my lovely Y/N and our cute plushies, Daxxon & Soraya".

●You two sleep together, in a soft nest of plushies that have a place on the bed. You two drift off in comfort and hold each other, snuggling up together.

●You two are the biggest plushie lovers in your neighbourhood and the members of LINDA know too since Elton brought Daxxon with him to a meeting along with you and your Squishable Cat Bee.

●You and Elton become "That cute couple who love plushies". And you both love it💘

🎩Edward Leeford. "Monks" (Oliver Twist)🎩

●Monks obviously is a soft and nervous boy. He adores your plushies and is at first nervous to hold one in case it's not allowed. You reassure him that he can hold plushies, there's no rules. "Just pick one up and give it a hug Edward" You Say.

●Hesitantly picks up the first plushie he sees, the New Jersey Devil Squishable. He gives a little hug and just feels all warm inside, all tension just leaves him and he's soon practically nuzzling his face into the plushie.

●You smile at happy he seems when cuddling one of them. He soon finds comfort in them as well as finding comfort with you. You often find him with the plushies around him, looking so cute and giving you a bashful nervous smile. You just giggle and snuggle up with him with the plushies.

●His seizures still continue and they cause him great discomfort and pain, whenever he has one and when it passes you make sit or lie down comfortably with a blanket and give him one of your plushies to comfort him. He happily takes the plushie and just embraces the plushie, nuzzling into it and just feels his tension melt away. It makes the recovery easier for Monks.

●He will buy a plushie whenever he can, loving the delight in your eyes and the smile that graces your face when he brings home a new plushie to you for your growing collection.

●You in return gift him a plushie just for him. If it's a Squishmallow it's Perkin The Mothman. If it's a Squishable it's Mini Phlox The Cat. He loves them very much and you can find Monks in the armchair, reading a book while holding Perkin close to him or just stroking Phlox like a real cat in his lap while he reads. Awww!

●The two of you sleep soundly together in bed, some of the bed plushies creating a cosy snug experience for you and Monks. Especially Monks who sleeps throughout the night, not a single nightmare disturbing his much needed sleep. Not while his beloved Phlox and Perkin keep watch.

●He would sometimes talk to his plushies, mostly chatting about plans him and you are making or how lucky his plushies are that they never got to meet his cruel mother. "Believe me Perkin, she'd tear you apart in front of me if I refused her requests" "You wouldn't like her Phlox, she'd take you from me any chance she could get!" Are some of the things he'd say.

●He's thankful that you, his beloved never got to meet his mother. She sounded so cruel and wicked. She'd definitely hurt Monks's plushies if she was alive and still was controlling Monks.

●You are happy Monks has found the plushies comforting and that he has two beloved plushies that he holds dear along with you, his beloved. Awww!

🩷Part 4 Coming Soon!🩷

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