So, since recently we've been revisiting the topic of 13 essentially confessing to Yaz that she loved her, just not in those exact words...
And because I've been meaning to do this anyway for a coupla weeks now but I've been lazy, plus at times I wasn't sure I'd find the right words to express myself properly...
I'd like now to revisit what (to me personally) is the closet thing to an ILY that 13 ever said:
For the Doctor, the concept of "forever" is more real, more concrete, than it is for the rest of us. Her own memories of her past lives stretch back thousands of years, and based on the events of TTC she's potentially billions of years old, possibly older than the universe itself.
She might continue on for billions more years, outliving the universe, outliving time, going on and on... quite literally...forever.
So when the Doctor says the word "forever" in this context, it isn't the same as when we mortals use it. For her, "forever" is a very real possibility.
And if she could, she would spend that "forever" with Yaz.
Until time itself runs out, and even beyond that, she would choose to be with Yaz.
That is commitment on a scale we simply cannot conceive of. And in it's own way, "I wish this would go on forever" is just about the biggest confession of love she could possibly make.
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Things that I appreciate about 13th era that I never see talked about:
Jodie doing a Lunar New Year video
Everyone in Sea Devils being cast respectfully to their/the characters ethnicity, not just going "well they're Asian so close enough". (+ the director was British-Chinese)
Thirteen wearing a gorgeous (masculine) cheongsam jacket - my heart SANG when I saw that, that's how you do cultural exchange/appreciation correctly, I'm still on cloud nine about it.
Bel is so fucking cool. "Love is the mission" is a banger line.
The show has a history of being genuinely racist towards East Asians and generally ignoring/erasing us so I treasure Chibs' era for this, I felt so seen and included for the first time.
This is the great thing about the Chibnall era people who hadn't really seen themselves in the show before got to, and they adore the episodes where they see that rep, like the Sea Devils or TTC where lots of people who were adopted saw themselves. I think thats a beautiful thing, and something I appreciated about the era, it doesnt need to be something I see myself in I just love that lots of different people got to see themselves.
But honestly its seems like the wider fandom can never praise anything that they cant personally see them, they would rather drag it down and pretend theres nothing good there.
Also I think the show was really trying to be more open to everyone and bring more people in and do things right and get the right people in the room to make the stories etc. Maybe they didn't always get it right but I believe they were always trying, and you can't ask for much more then that because thats how people get better at these things, by doing them even if they have a mis-steps and then learning and trying again..
I'm really glad 13 era who tried to go further than just British history, so more people could see themselves in the show and have the show explore their history. There are so many other countries with rich and interesting histories! Hopefully Legend of the Sea Devils is only the first episode exploring Asia and the wider region and not the last!
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obsessed with the way that the lighting rods line up to form a crown or halo above her head. one final moment of crowning glory as the doctor before time starts running out for her
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OK so this moment, this exact moment...
Between Yaz saying "no" and when her lips start to curl upwards into a smile...
This was the moment Yaz truly accepted in her heart that she loved the Doctor, that she was in love with the Doctor, and that there existed the chance that the Doctor would have those same feelings towards her.
So much meaning in the space of about two seconds.
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