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scifrey · 4 months

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ART THREAD

I have had the very great pleasure of commissioning some beautiful art to celebrate the release of my new novel Nine-Tenths. I'm going to share them all in this thread (and hopefully add to it if I'm lucky enough to be graced with more) so you can appreciate the talent of these incredible artists.

by Christopher Winkelaar

Nine-Tenths is set in a world where all the nobility in Europe are homo draconis - shape-shifting dragons who have the ability to take human form. Every culture in the world have dragons living among the humans, but the European and Asian nations are the only ones where dragons were historically elevated to the roles of monarchs, nobles, and emperors.

In a world where the American Colonies rejected British rule, this meant they were also rejecting draconic protection--and so while they won their Independence in 1793, they were soundly trounced in the War of 1812, losing all of New England, including New York State, to the British. They were absorbed into the Canadas, except for New York City, which was reclaimed by the Dutch and re-renamed New Amsterdam.

The Canadian colonies expanded west, as they historically did in our world, through a series of broken treaties with the Indigenous peoples of the continent, and the reprehensible colonialist practices which put the settlers in power today. It also means they were able to expand further south, without the Americans to bump up against.

This also meant that the Americans were unable to expand as far south and west as in our world, coming up against Indigenous dragon-protected lands, such as the Oniagara, or Aztec and Incan empires, which grew further north after Spanish contact, and flourished.

Unlike in the current version of Canada, the land was legislatively divided into much smaller provinces than currently exist, each overseen by a hereditary draconic Lieutenant Governor, who report to the draconic Governor of the Canadas, who in turn reports to the House of Lords in England (also dragons). Each province is divided into Duchies, Earldoms, and Marquessates, presided over by a noble dragon family.

As dragons are long-lived, the current Queen of England is Elizabeth (the first one). As she has not yet passed, the Kingdom of Scotland as yet remains separate from England. Ireland too is independent, the Irish dragons having beaten back the English ones. However, Wales remains a satellite colony of England, as the betrayal which brought about it's subjugation and the trickery around the hereditary title "Prince of Wales" still occurred. (This an important plot point).

by @seancefemme

This is the first piece of art I commissioned for the novel, and you'll note it's now become the cover art!

Meet the heroes of our tale: barista and disaster bi Colin Levesque, stuck in the middle of his quarter-life crisis and crushing on his cafe regular, Welsh dragon Dav, the Marquis of Niagara (though of course, Colin doesn't know he's the Marquis, and thinks Dav is just some minor noble with nothing better to do all day than hang out and read).

by @ibrithir-was-here

Colin works at Beanevolence, an indie cafe in downtown St. Catharine's, in the province of Upper Canada (Southern Ontario in our world). It's owned by his bestie Hadi, and he was only supposed to be a barista until he'd graduated. But now he has his Sustainable Tourism degree, and no clue what to do next. He feels completely stuck. Luckily he has Dav to distract him.

Except that one day Dav distracts him too well, which results in a kitchen fire. As an apology for the inferno, and to help the cafe get back on it's feet while the repairs are under way, Dav volunteers as the new bean roaster, creating incredible and (and ultimately social-media viral) coffee roasts with his fire-breath.

by @ibrithir-was-here

Colin and Dav start a flirtation at work.

Which leads to...

by @teejaystumbles

Luxurious dates and late-night smoochies.

by @pinkpiggy93

Which also goes a little bit viral. See, it turns out that the Marquis of Niagara usually keeps a low profile, and his sudden romance with a human has the gossip rags and tabloids all in a tizzy.

But more than that, it puts Dav under the scrutiny of Francis Simcoe. He's the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, a dragon with a hate-on for Dav, and the perfect ammunition to ruin his happiness.

Because, you see, it's against dragonic rules for dragons to be seen to be laboring in service of humans... and Dav's new gig at Beanevolence is about to--forgive the pun--land him in hot water.

➡️ Read Nine-Tenths Here ⬅️

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robiniswriting · 5 months

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david tennant, matt smith, and jodie whittaker: if doctor who calls me and im available I am so there

me: omg yes slay I love that for you

christopher eccleston and peter capaldi: there’s nothing on god’s green earth that makes me want to reprise the role of the doctor on television

me: omg yes slay I love that for you

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khruschevshoe · 4 months

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The way that Jack, Rose, and Nine feel far more like a poly trio in late Season 1 rather than any sort of love triangle is INSANE. The vibes are FERAL and IMMACULATE. The kisses in Parting of the Ways. The sharing-story banter in Boom Town. The flirting. "Buy me a drink." "Continue on with whatever you were doing." The dancing. Jack dancing with Rose. Rose dancing with Nine. Nine offering Jack a dance. Everything Ninerose related. "Before you, I was a coward." The fact that Jack only makes sure that Rose is safe before dying for them, Rose brings him back to life, Nine's every interaction with either of them in the finale...honestly the way that Ten interacts with Jack in Utopia (ESPECIALLY the scene in the radiation room/Jack's reaction to hearing Rose is alive) makes even more sense if you realize that he and Jack are exes and that they once loved each other and Rose equally and then the Tenth Doctor WRECKED that by leaving Jack behind

#ninerose #ninth doctor #captain jack harkness #tenjack #tenth doctor #rose tyler #nine x jack x rose #ten x jack #tenrose #i was picking up ot3 vibes at age 13 before i even knew what polyamory was #doctor who #jack harkness #the parting of the ways #utopia

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tentoohasamortgage · 7 months

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god nine was so fucking in love with rose. "i'm so glad i met you." "i could save the world but lose you." dancing with her and not realizing they'd been teleported because he was so besotted. "i only take the best. i've got rose." hating literally every other man she so much as glanced at. i am fully convinced that nine had so little self control when it came to his love for her, and if he had not regenerated he would have acted on it a thousand percent. i main tenrose but ninerose hits so different. i absolutely love them

#tenrose #doctor who #tenth doctor #ninerose #rose tyler #ten x rose #tentoo x rose #tentoo #doctor x rose #nine x rose

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spideysenze · 4 months

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oh eleven and his cool hats

#ninth doctor #9th doctor #tenth doctor #10th doctor #eleventh doctor #11th doctor #doctor who #dw #dr who #he/she nine and they/them ten is canon and i will not be taking criticism

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aletterinthenameofsanity · 1 month

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Alright, I'll say it: Jack Harkness and the Doctor's relationship is possibly the most fleshed out/complicated dynamic in Doctor Who and that is INCLUDING the master/doctor relationship. Seriously, think about it:

the fact that when they meet jack is presented as sleazy con man and the doctor makes him brave- makes him good

but that they are both willing to die for rose as long as she is safe

and then she comes back and dooms them both to live (even though jack has already died for her and the doctor WILL die for her)

(ninerosejack is canon and you cannot convince me otherwise)

but then the doctor sees jack as immortal as someone he COULD spend the rest of his life with

and instead of embracing it like you'd think he would because he is so wrecked by people leaving him/being left by him the doctor RUNS bc the Doctor is so scared of jack of what he means of what he is

jack ends up abandoned in dalek dust goes back in time to find the doctor suffers a hundred years alone/being tortured but STILL WAITS

(screw amy being the girl who waited or rory being the boy who waited- Jack Harkness is the boy who waited and he did it FIRST)

Jack finds out that he was abandoned. that the man that he loves HATES the sight of him. that the doctor would rather have a genocidal murderer than have him

and so Jack gets the hell out of dodge to go to a man who DOES love him

and don't get me wrong Jack loves Ianto and Jack DOES remember Ianto until he dies as the Face of Boe don't forget that (protecting Novice Hame from the virus as he couldn't Ianto

BUT AFTER EVERYTHING THE DOCTOR HAS DONE TO JACK JACK STILL LOVES THEM

Jack still considers five billion years cursed to never die to be BETTER than the alternative: dying a young time-agent-turned-con-man

Jack has more reason than any other companion save maybe Amy to hate the Doctor & yet spends 20 years in jail to rescue Thirteen still LOVES HER

AND AFTER FIVE BILLION YEARS HE ORGANIZES THAT FIRST MEETING ON SATELLITE FIVE HE ORGANIZES 9/ROSE'S FIRST DATE

jack harkness is a living ghost a reminder of the doctor's failures a physical fixed point and yet he still loves the girl who cursed him and the time lord that turned him into the kind of person that would give his dying breaths to protect the last of humanity in a dying city and tell the doctor that he is not alone

because fuck it, YANA was a warning but also a reminder a final gift

jack had been there all along, a ghost an echo a PROMISE

there is no more human character than jack harkness

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g3othermal3scapism · 5 months

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when your circle small but all yall crazy!! 🤣🤣

#nine :333 #i think about him telling the dalek to kys all the time #Not to my knowledge .#doctor who #rose tyler #timepetals #tenrose #tenth doctor #ninth doctor #text posts

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regenderated · 7 months

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"rank the doctors" based on what!? which one is my favourite? which one i think is objectively the best? which one is most fuckable? which one has the nicest voice? best costume? best actor? best writing?

#doctor who #the doctor #nuwho #new who #9th doctor #10th doctor #11th doctor #12th doctor #13th doctor #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #eleventh doctor #thirteenth doctor #twelfth doctor #the answers to these in order are:#ten- nine- ten- eleven- eleven- twelve- ten #the 170 notes in one day???? holy fuck #we are at 550 notes and I am back with edits to the tags...#a few other ways to rank them #including but not limited to #“most likely to trip and fall” “most gender” “best cook” “coolest stims” “flavor. scent”#one person didn't realize that this was a doctor who post until they reached “best costume”#which means that they thought the previous questions were normal ones to ask about medical professionals #hi 837 notes. what the fuck?#I think this is my most popular post by far #982 notes now. any bets for when we hit 1k? oh my God #what the HELL is going on here /ref #1218 notes?? awww you shouldntve! for me?#update: 1640 notes this is weird i've gotten my first rude comment is this what you big Tumblr blogs feel like #AIGHT YALLSEY ON INSTA JUST POSTED THIS WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUCK

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pizza-with-death-blog · 1 month

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9 fell in love with life again because of Rose. Then on Satellite 5 he thought he saw her die before his eyes, got her back, then almost watched her burn from the inside out because she loved him enough to sacrifice her life for him. He then died for her.

Of COURSE Ten is afraid of love, and specifically loving Rose. He's held what he thought was her ashes in his hand, and his whole existence he's known that one day he might lead her to her death for real.

Nine fell in love with his pink and yellow human.

Ten was born in love with her, and that terrified him.

#I have so many feelings about these two characters #ninth doctor #doctor who #tenth doctor #timepetals #rose tyler #ten/rose #nine/rose #the doctor #doomsday #david tennant #christopher eccleston #billie piper #school reunion #the end of the world #the unquiet dead #the long game

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scroogemcducksbastardchild · 3 months

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i think the most devastating bit about doomsday is that ten had never had to live without rose before.

ten was born in front of rose. he existed as a physical manifestation of nine's love for her: the embodiment of all the wounds she had tended to without knowing. rose could not save the doctor from hating himself, but she let him love again. she laughed and listened to music and got chips with him, and "run for your life" became "thank you. i need you. please stay with me." to live without her, to live with the knowledge that he could never ever see her again would have been utterly SHATTERING.

#doctor who #doomsday #tenrose #ten x rose #nine x rose #doctor x rose #timepetals #rose tyler #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #david tennant #christopher eccleston #billie piper #new who #nuwho #regeneration

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claraoswalds · 8 months

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The End of the World // Gridlock

#MARTHA HATERS DO NOT INTERACT #dwedit #doctor who #usertennant #userveronika #userteri #ninth doctor #rose tyler #tenth doctor #martha jones #doctor x rose #ninerose #ship: better with two #*#it's just a rly interesting parallel to me bc it's like #almost the exact same scene? or at least they're offering the same sentiment (you're not alone you have me)#but the difference in how nine vs ten react is MASSIVE #and i think there's a lot that could be said abt it but. i will leave that to ppl smarter than me djsksklslsl

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scifrey · 5 months

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Fair warning: I am dropping a new novel this January.

It is a queer contemporary romantasy, which is a mix of "Red White & Royal Blue" and the Temeraire series.

It will be serialized exclusively on Wattpad to start, and I will be talking about it A Lot™️ for the next little while. I can feel the pre-cringe already settling in.

Gird your loins.

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mulderscully · 10 months

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1.10 | 3.05

#dwedit #dwgif #doctor who #dw #timepetals #doctor x rose #nine x rose #ninerose #ten x rose #tenrose #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #rose tyler #usernani #userlanie #usertom #useraurore #miatendos #s3 ten is such a widower i love it (crying)

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felicitywilds · 7 months

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the doctor just. knows rose so well it hurts me. the hologram message he left as nine in bad wolf-- like he PLANNED that shit out ahead of time. he KNEW rose would be stubborn and not want to leave him. he KNEW hed have to force her away in the tardis to keep her safe if push ever came to shove. and he knew shed argue with him. and that shed move closer, and that he could turn and end up looking right at her. and in doomsday. he grabbed both magnaclamps.

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tentoohasamortgage · 2 months

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can’t get over how fourteen is literally just the way fanfic authors have been writing ten for the last 15 years. fragile, bi-curious, girliepop, anxious, says the word “love”. rtd really fed us

#doctor who #tenrose #rose tyler #tenth doctor #ten x rose #ninerose #tentoo x rose #tentoo #nine x rose #doctor x rose

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metacrisisdoctor · 10 months

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1.03 | 4.13

#hands

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