The arc is over, without Extremis ever affecting anything.
Perfectly good mindfuck wasted.
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#I’m not saying I even necessarily *like* mindfucks #(it really depends) #but dammit I know a lead-up to a mindfuck plot when I see one #and you can’t just do that and then *not deliver* #you can’t just have the characters ignore the single largest threat to their plan #and have them be *right* to ignore it #*headdesk* #Doctor Who #dw spoilers #The Lie of the Land #oh look an original post #negativity tw #reactionblogging
Also, please tell me I’m not the only person whose reaction to the next-time-on trailer was “what these people need is some key lime pie”.
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#…I’m the only one aren’t I #goddammit #Hidden Almanac #Doctor Who #high context jokes #The Pyramid at the End of the World #The Lie of the Land #dw spoilers #(although tbh it’s only a spoiler if you’re familiar with the Fathers arc of the Hidden Almanac) #(which you’re probably not) #(but just in case) #oh look an original post #reactionblogging
Place your bets on whether the Resistance will realise the need for frequent shadow-testing.
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#after last week’s stupidity my hopes are not high #in their defence it’s currently not clear if the Resistance even has access to enough background knowledge to figure this out #the Doctor’s alpha-timeline self #–and therefore all of his forks from that point on– #know about shadow-testing #but it’s not clear if he’s told anyone else #(I’m thinking the answer re: the Resistance is either ”no” or ”they find out partway through the episode”) #(and that the regeneration scene that’s going around in gifsets takes place in a shadow-world) #(leaning toward ”find out partway through” on the grounds that) #(IIRC) #(none of the characters have made *any* use of the information from the Extremis recording yet) #(all of their dealings with the Monks would have gone the same way if they’d never heard of them before) #(so I’m hoping the writers will realise they haven’t actually fired that proverbial rifle yet) #((but they might not because on the surface it *looks* fired already)) #((just in ways that didn’t actually affect the plot)) #tag rambles #Doctor Who #negativity tw #oh look an original post #reactionblogging #(sort of) #The Pyramid at the End of the World #The Lie of the Land #dw spoilers #(…I just realised I forgot to spoiler-tag my reaction post last week) #(oops) #(too late now I suppose)
Brinens and Things 