#i think soldier obscura pulls this off very well

[natequarter]

tbh my issue with moffat (and on some level big finish) trying to show the time war is not how he showed it. i liked the day of the doctor. my issue is that he showed it in the first place. what gets across the complicated and messed up nature of the time war? entire episodes, entire boxsets dedicated to it... or one-off lines illuminating the horrors of it?

as humans, we fear the unknown. therefore, can we not conclude that the more we see of the time war, the less scary (and interesting) it gets? the greatest horror of the time war is that it is unimaginable. how about:

TENTH DOCTOR: I've taken lives. And I got worse, I got clever, manipulated people into taking their own. Sometimes I think a Time Lord lives too long.

or how about the master? utopia, where we learn the master has run from the time war. or the magician's apprentice? when missy looks terrified upon learning she's on skaro?

MISSY turning on the spot, taking it in, the horror, the horror!

MISSY: They've built it again. They've brought it back. No, no. No!

...after all, what could possibly scare the master?

#time war #doctor who #tenth doctor #missy #the doctor #the master #i think soldier obscura pulls this off very well #but. not much does

[strange-destinations]

Dear Yuletide Author Letter

(Please ignore this if you don’t know what this is about!)

Hello and thank you so much for writing something for me!! I adore seeing what people come up with for Yuletide and I am super excited for what you end up producing. I want this to be a good and enjoyable experience for you as a writer, so don't try to second-guess yourself too much - just have fun making whatever it is!

Squicks/DNWS - no sex, please! (And it also follows that I'd rather like to avoid any noncon, kinky stuff even if it's nonsexual, any other sort of sexual content, etc - that's just not my sort of thing, really.) Romance is all right, if that's the way that you want to take things, but I much prefer close friendships and family dynamics. However!! I am pretty much completely fine with body horror/violence, hurt/comfort, etc. 

I love good dialogue, character interaction, twist endings, and imaginative plots - and worldbuilding! Happy endings are preferred but not necessary if it just isn’t working for you.

AUs are... fine and good, as far as I can think of! (Obv no A/B/O or sex-related stuff please, but) canon divergence, fantasy, high school, etc seem all good to me! Especially if there’s a whole lot of clever nods to original canon in there. 

And I've just looked at all the fandoms that I've requested, and realized this: if you happen to know more than one of any of these fandoms and feel like writing a crossover between them, I would be delighted to see it and you should absolutely go for it.

Onto the fandoms!

Fandom: Ruby Redfort series - Lauren Child

Available:  I managed to acquire a copy of the full series online via my local library - and the physical copies were at my local library too. I don't have a link to them, I'm afraid!

My sideblog: agentredfort.tumblr.com

Tvtropes page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/RubyRedfort

Characters: *** Any from *** Ruby Redfort, Hitch, Blacker, LB

About the fandom: This series is very dear to my heart - I dragged its fandom out of the depths of Tumblr singlehandedly a year or two ago and have been creating content for it ever since

Prompts/suggestions:

I'd love to see some casefic! Blacker and Ruby working together to solve a puzzle or problem - either serious or mundane - or Hitch and Ruby on a stakeout of some sort. Or both!

Spectrum office shenanigans - stuff that happens between books, when Ruby and everybody else aren't in mortal danger and that LB will most likely glare disapprovingly at.

On the angstier side of things, if you want to stick Ruby in even more mortal danger than usual I am ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. Rescue missions hell yeah.

I feel like I'll be delighted with whatever you create, tbh. I can’t think of many ways you could go wrong with it.

Fandom: Bernice Summerfield (Big Finish Audio)

Available:  Via the Big Finish website, and all of the boxsets from Epoch to New Frontiers are available for free on Spotify! Just look up Bernice Summerfield there.

My sideblog: it's actually just my normal blog, believe it or not! therogueofblood.tumblr.com/tagged/bernice-summerfield

Tvtropes page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/BerniceSummerfield

Characters: *** Any from *** Bernice Summerfield, Irving Braxiatel, Jack, Ruth

About the fandom: It's like if Indiana Jones was shorter, actually did his job, and was a kickass woman who was also the Doctor's companion at one point! And also she has a considerably larger family than Indiana Jones. Her spinoff kind of transcends a lot of forms of media - she's in comics, print, animations, audio dramas, and one really hilariously terrible sort-of-fanfilm made by Lisa Bowerman and Sylvester McCoy when they were on some kind of cruise together. And it more or less transcends genre too. There's been musical episodes right alongside the episode where someone very dear to her manipulates someone else very dear to her into killing (you guessed it) someone who is also very dear to her. It's a wild ride. Anyway.

Prompts/suggestions:

What I would most LOVE to see is some interaction between Benny and Braxiatel. Whenever you would like to set it - be it on Dellah, the Collection, Legion, or elsewhen/where - just them working together/snarking together/robbing a bank or art museum together. Or even just sitting down and having dinner together!

Some family/friendship content based on the Legion-era - adventures around/based in the White Rabbit; Brax cheating at Monopoly during family games night, everybody conspiring to throw Benny a surprise birthday party, etc.

Failing that, just… a good Benny story would be fantastic! Archaeology, adventure, any other combinations. Any era, any time.

EDIT: I’d also be really delighted if you did something related to one of the newest audios, Braxiatel In Love. Some missing scenes (esp. post Benny figuring what was up with Veronica the first time) or some aftermath, etc.

Fandom: Tanis (Podcast)

Available:  all episodes at http://tanispodcast.com/

My sideblog: meer-katnip.tumblr.com

Tvtropes page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/Tanis

Characters: *** Any from *** Nic Silver, Geoff Van Sant, Meerkatnip, Veronika Pilman

About the fandom: Ahhh, Tanis. What a goddamn weird podcast. I love the characters and the mystery of the show and the atmosphere (!! The atmosphere) but the pacing is not the best, I'll be the first to admit. I love Nic and Geoff (Karl?? Whatever his name is this week. I refer to him as 'Geoff' generally just for consistency's sake.) a lot, but my heart (as you may have guessed from my blog title) is reserved for Meerkatnip.

Prompts/suggestions:

If you feel like writing Geoff/Nic, go for it! Same goes for poly Meerkatnip/Geoff/Nic because that's very good (but I'd prefer not to see MK/Nic or MK/Geoff).

Worldbuilding!!!! This series really benefits from people adding to it in their own ways

Continuation of where Season 4 left off, or some earlier encounter with Tanis, or an exploration of any of the related myths and mysteries

Crossovers (stealth or otherwise) with The Black Tapes are also DEFINITELY on the table

Meerkatnip is a really good character. This is not a suggestion, it is a fact.

Fandom: Gallifrey (Big Finish Audios)

Available: Via the Big Finish website, again.

My sideblog: none, just my regular blog again -  http://therogueofblood.tumblr.com/tagged/gallifandom

Tvtropes page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Audioplay/Gallifrey

Characters: Irving Braxiatel, Ace McShane

About the fandom: Hmmm… it's like, uh - like the Office and House of Cards got married and had a baby, but on an alien planet. Except it's absolutely nothing like that. Basically, Gallifrey is a mess as far as politics goes, and the current President is trying her best not to let everything go to hell (with the help of her - friends? Colleagues? People who are trying to undermine her at every turn? It's hard to tell) and a bunch of terrible things happen, and then the Time War starts. It is, much like everything else in the Doctor Who universe, a wild, wild ride.

Prompts/suggestions:

……..sorry for being restrictive with this one as far as the characters go, but I just want to see some interactions between Ace and Brax. I have absolutely no idea why but I just have this strange craving for it. He’s basically her uncle right

They seemed to be getting on quite well pre-Soldier Obscura. Some good, non-angsty interactions between them would be, well, ace! Somebody made a post about them teaming up to pull pranks on Narvin and other Time Lords and that’s a frankly adorable idea. Alternately:

go full angst/horror/etc. Missing scenes from Soldier Obscura, stuff after Soldier Obscura (them meeting during late-game Time War/afterwards). 

If you would like to write this for me I would be eternally grateful. If you don’t know what Dr. Nyar is, don’t worry about it

Or whatever other direction you can think of!

Again, thank you for writing for me, and I hope you get something awesome in return from your own writer!

EDIT: I’m also open to receiving IF fics! Additional information over here if that’s something you feel like doing!

#yuletide #kitty rambles #2018