Question 5

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I know, what kind of imbecile can´t tell the difference between breaking wood and breaking bone. Deletants.

Noobs are bad enough, but this noob has a battleaxe.

[Edgedancer he/him]

Noobs are bad enough, but this noob has a battleaxe.

And Quota strikes me as the kind of guy you would find in LOL, so we might get our flamewar afterall.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

And Quota strikes me as the kind of guy you would find in LOL, so we might get our flamewar afterall.

 

According to headcanon, he trolled Backtrack's Firefly wiki. So if you want a flame war, he's ready.  

 

Also, I found the perfect Christmas song for Nighthound. 

[Kobold King he/him]

According to headcanon, he trolled Backtrack's Firefly wiki. So if you want a flame war, he's ready.

 

Also, I found the perfect Christmas song for Nighthound. 

 

A certain "SushiGirl500" is still rampaging the Fractured States in search of the guy who left mean comments on her YouTube channel.

 

 

As long as we're likening Oregon characters to classic Christmas specials, Aldo's father was the evil magician from the original Frosty the Snowman. #headcanon.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

A certain "SushiGirl500" is still rampaging the Fractured States in search of the guy who left mean comments on her YouTube channel.

 

 

As long as we're likening Oregon characters to classic Christmas specials, Aldo's father was the evil magician from the original Frosty the Snowman. #headcanon.

 

He never trolled Newcago, oddly enough. Which is a shame, because he found some Steelheart/Faultline fanfiction lurking in the deepest, darkest parts of the internet that he wanted to share….

 

 

In the unwritten, unaired epilogue for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Doctor Funtimes travels to the Island of Misfit Toys and adopts them all. Just as soon as she stops squealing in delight over a talking Charlie-in-the-box. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

I just had a very nice christmas dinner/cake/presents giving. I like christmas.  

 

So, given that TvTropes actually has a play-by-post-game section, does anyone feel like making a page? 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I just had a very nice christmas dinner/cake/presents giving. I like christmas.

 

So, given that TvTropes actually has a play-by-post-game section, does anyone feel like making a page? 

 

Me too!  

 

Seriously? That's awesome. Though the only drawback I see is that we would have to put almost everything in spoiler tags.  

 

Also, in honor of Funtimes' approaching backstory, I have updated my Epics of Oregon post with two new Epics.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I´m back to the ponies!

Me too!

 

Seriously? That's awesome. Though the only drawback I see is that we would have to put almost everything in spoiler tags.

 

Also, in honor of Funtimes' approaching backstory, I have updated my Epics of Oregon post with two new Epics.

Awesome.

 

Probably most of it, yes. Although it should be fine to leave open general basics like Lightwards wanting to create his empire.That shouldn´t be the argument to stop it though.

 

Ah, that´s what you were doing there. Actually, I just had a thought, given that Soulflicker is kind of a vampire Epic, could Nighthound and Red trigger something for Funtimes?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I´m back to the ponies!

Awesome.

 

Probably most of it, yes. Although it should be fine to leave open general basics like Lightwards wanting to create his empire.That shouldn´t be the argument to stop it though.

 

Ah, that´s what you were doing there. Actually, I just had a thought, given that Soulflicker is kind of a vampire Epic, could Nighthound and Red trigger something for Funtimes?

 

I noticed.

 

No, not at all. The only reason I brought it up is because my phone, for some reason, doesn't show highlighted text, so if I decided to peruse our awesome page on my phone, it would be mostly blank space. I mean, I know what happens, but still. I say we go ahead with it, though. 

 

They definitely will. Which reminds me: I have her first flashback written, and although it'll take Quota to trigger it, Red and Nighthound will be enough to trigger the next one. So I'll need to get her second flashback written before she sees Red and Nighthound together. 

Edited December 25, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Edgedancer he/him]

I noticed.

 

No, not at all. The only reason I brought it up is because my phone, for some reason, doesn't show highlighted text, so if I decided to peruse our awesome page on my phone, it would be mostly blank space. I mean, I know what happens, but still. I say we go ahead with it, though. 

 

They definitely will. Which reminds me: I have her first flashback written, and although it'll take Quota to trigger it, Red and Nighthound will be enough to trigger the next one. So I'll need to get her second flashback written before she sees Red and Nighthound together. 

So, is there anyone here that actually has experience with editing TvTropes or will we just wing it?

 

Which is either shortly after the meeting or the next morning, depending on her knowing about the attack. Naturally that´s assuming Nighthound´s first impulse when showing of Red to Lightwards and Funtimes is putting on a highly sexualized blood drinking show and only a... who am I kidding, Nighthound would totally do that, especially when dealing with the two of them.  

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

So, is there anyone here that actually has experience with editing TvTropes or will we just wing it?

 

Which is either shortly after the meeting or the next morning, depending on her knowing about the attack. Naturally that´s assuming Nighthound´s first impulse when showing of Red to Lightwards and Funtimes is putting on a highly sexualized blood drinking show and only a... who am I kidding, Nighthound would totally do that, especially when dealing with the two of them.

 

I have a tiny bit of experience adding entries to pages that already exist. (And I'm not going to lie: I usually need to look back at the examples when I do it.) 

 

Whelp. I'll make sure I have her flashback written, then. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

I have a tiny bit of experience adding entries to pages that already exist. (And I'm not going to lie: I usually need to look back at the examples when I do it.) 

 

Whelp. I'll make sure I have her flashback written, then. 

That´s... at least more than I have.

 

Would it cronological fit to have it before the first one or do we have to arrange a meeting with Quota first? Also, just try to imagine Lightwards reaction to Nighthound and Ray.

[Kobold King he/him]

That´s... at least more than I have.

 

Would it cronological fit to have it before the first one or do we have to arrange a meeting with Quota first? Also, just try to imagine Lightwards reaction to Nighthound and Ray.

 

I have absolutely zero experience with TV Tropes. I'm not even sure where the sign-up button is.   That said, I'd be glad to help the project out in any way I can.

 

Lightwards would definitely object to the Nighthound/Red dynamic. He has no moral compass to guide him, but Even Evil Has Standards.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I have absolutely zero experience with TV Tropes. I'm not even sure where the sign-up button is.   That said, I'd be glad to help the project out in any way I can.

 

Lightwards would definitely object to the Nighthound/Red dynamic. He has no moral compass to guide him, but Even Evil Has Standards.

We´ll have to do on willpower then.

 

Naturally these standarts consist only on his personal aversions against physical intimacy, afterall even if it´s creepy as Braiz given Red´s willingness this is actually one of the less moraly evil things Nighthound has done. It still has to end and doing so would be Lightward´s one good deed but everything that is bad for Nighthound is good for everyone else.

Edited December 25, 2014 by Edgedancer

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

That´s... at least more than I have.

 

Would it cronological fit to have it before the first one or do we have to arrange a meeting with Quota first? Also, just try to imagine Lightwards reaction to Nighthound and Ray.

 

Well, what I was going to have happen was Quota and Timeport will be off spreading mayhem and murder, and Funtimes' initial flashback will be triggered when she accidentally passes through Quota's….not sure what to call it. Range? Field of despair? Anyway, when Altermind receives word that the MEE is attacking Thoughttown, Lightwards will have the proof he needs to believe Neverthere's warning. Funtimes will take Vanilla Sabotage back to the cottage (Nathan included; part of her revenge on Lightwards will be depriving him of his teleporter for the evening) and she'll take a helicopter or something similar back to the MoNA, probably arriving just in time for the attack to begin. So she won't actually meet with Quota, but Quota will sense her passing through and their enmity will be set. 

 

I have absolutely zero experience with TV Tropes. I'm not even sure where the sign-up button is.   That said, I'd be glad to help the project out in any way I can.

 

Lightwards would definitely object to the Nighthound/Red dynamic. He has no moral compass to guide him, but Even Evil Has Standards.

 

These are Lightwards' standards. They are little. And broken. But…still good. Yeah. Still good.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

When will the post be written?

 

Which post? The Nighthound/Red one, or the Funtimes one? 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Her flashback is written and ready to be posted, but it won't be up until the meeting ends.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

It's hard to say. It'll depend on how the conversation goes, I think; long enough for Lightwards to introduce Project Amber and for Altermind to put in a request for a floating museum.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I´m a bit bussy with christmas right now, so the next Nighthound post won´t be today and probably not the day after.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I've been trying to get my sister (who I introduced to Doctor Who) to watch "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" forever. Every time I told her we should watch it, it was always "two-parter this" and "gas-mask zombies that" and "I kind of want to sleep tonight" on and on and on. 

 

Well, I finally got her to watch it with me. 

 

The ending made her cry. (I wiped a tear, too.) And she's now a fan of Nine. 

 

Victory. 

[Kobold King he/him]

It's hard to say. It'll depend on how the conversation goes, I think; long enough for Lightwards to introduce Project Amber and for Altermind to put in a request for a floating museum.

 

So... is Altermind's high school going to have gravatonics installed? Because then we will fairly literally have "Sky High."

 

 

 

I've been trying to get my sister (who I introduced to Doctor Who) to watch "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" forever. Every time I told her we should watch it, it was always "two-parter this" and "gas-mask zombies that" and "I kind of want to sleep tonight" on and on and on. 

 

Well, I finally got her to watch it with me. 

 

The ending made her cry. (I wiped a tear, too.) And she's now a fan of Nine. 

 

Victory. 

 

 

Those episodes will, in my mind at least, always epitomize what the ideal Doctor Who story is like. It's set in a true-to-life historical setting, but has strange and fantastic elements that enrich the primary setting instead of clashing with it. We're treated to a wide array of diverse and fascinating characters, ranging from Nancy to Dr. Constantine to Captain Jack Harkness himself. And last but not least, the Ninth Doctor is simultaneously alien and likable, a combination that is all too absent from many Eccleston episodes (and I'm sad to say, from many Capaldi episodes of late.)

 

All in all... those episodes are a piece of art, of a caliber seldom reached by family television.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

So... is Altermind's high school going to have gravatonics installed? Because then we will fairly literally have "Sky High."

 

 

 

 

 

Those episodes will, in my mind at least, always epitomize what the ideal Doctor Who story is like. It's set in a true-to-life historical setting, but has strange and fantastic elements that enrich the primary setting instead of clashing with it. We're treated to a wide array of diverse and fascinating characters, ranging from Nancy to Dr. Constantine to Captain Jack Harkness himself. And last but not least, the Ninth Doctor is simultaneously alien and likable, a combination that is all too absent from many Eccleston episodes (and I'm sad to say, from many Capaldi episodes of late.)

 

All in all... those episodes are a piece of art, of a caliber seldom reached by family television.

 

Is this what Altermind will ask for? Because I think this is what he should ask for. (Although, back when CorpseMaker was taking the armory, we kind of killed off most of the characters from that movie. Oops. ) 

 

They're beautiful, in every sense of the word. The story is so complete, yet leaves you wanting more. The dialogue is wonderful. And the finale….it's a tearjerker in the best way. Those episodes are the sort of fairy tale I wish I'd heard when I was a kid: about a strange, wonderful man who shows up in a funny little box, lands in a place where things are going wrong, doesn't know what's happening but does his best—and when the time comes to step in and be the hero, he tells a poor young woman to be the hero he knows she is. 

 

And everybody lives. Just this once, everybody lives. 

[Kobold King he/him]

Is this what Altermind will ask for? Because I think this is what he should ask for. (Although, back when CorpseMaker was taking the armory, we kind of killed off most of the characters from that movie. Oops. ) 

 

They're beautiful, in every sense of the word. The story is so complete, yet leaves you wanting more. The dialogue is wonderful. And the finale….it's a tearjerker in the best way. Those episodes are the sort of fairy tale I wish I'd heard when I was a kid: about a strange, wonderful man who shows up in a funny little box, lands in a place where things are going wrong, doesn't know what's happening but does his best—and when the time comes to step in and be the hero, he tells a poor young woman to be the hero he knows she is. 

 

And everybody lives. Just this once, everybody lives. 

 

Don't worry. I think we still have room to introduce "Royal Pain" and "Zack Attack." And in the worst case scenario, I can make Sam an Epic with the power to shapeshift into a guinea pig.

 

 

Exactly. There's a growing trend in the entertainment industry that pushes for all shows to become "darker and grittier." Steven Moffat has spoken recently of how the entirety of Season 8 was meant to do this--to make the show darker, less friendly, and to inflict more "realistic" consequences on the characters. Moffat emphatically stated in an interview that he wanted to eliminate the fairy tale aspect of the series.

 

This troubles me on a number of levels, as in my mind, Doctor Who is at its strongest when it embraces its whimsical side and accepts its status as a modern fairy tale. I may be in a minority here--plenty of people have applauded Capaldi's first series as a masterpiece--but personally, I found Season 8 to be extremely bleak and depressing in most episodes. Instead of uplifting tales like The Doctor Dances, where we see the majesty of the universe coming face to face with the beauty of humanity, we were given storylines like Kill the Moon...

 

Kill the Moon spoilers

...in which the Doctor has to decide whether or not to perform an abortion on a giant space squid that lives in the Moon. Or more accurately, he thrusts the decision onto Clara and flies away on the TARDIS without her.

 

There were plenty of people who adored the episode, but personally... I despised it. In my very humble and Matt Smith-adoring opinion, Kill the Moon was the antithesis to the hope and optimism that Doctor Who ideally embodies.

 

In case you haven't seen the episode I refer to specifically, I'll summarize my point: Season 8 tried to inject as much bleak and hopeless material as it could into the show. While I enjoyed many of the season's episodes, there were a few that I found uncomfortably rattling.

 

When I watch Doctor Who, I'm hoping to be filled with a child-like glee in exploring the universe and seeing fantastic sights and entities. I want to see sentient statues invading London, only to be thwarted by a clever young woman working with the Doctor. I want to see a race of squid-people who hold their brains in their hands and the Doctor's quest to save them. I want to see a ship full of clockword droids from the 51st century stalking Madame de Pompadour. I want to see a race of gas-mask zombies thwarted by a mother's love for her child in the middle of the Battle of Britain.

 

I am not particularly interested in seeing the Doctor burrowing through every dimly lit corridor in the observable galaxy, reveling in grey morality while insulting every human being that crosses his path. I found his treatment of Danny Pink in this series especially reprehensible.

 

...

 

Hmm. I flew off on a bit of a rant there, didn't I? I'll top it off by saying I harbor no ill will towards Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, any of the BBC employees who work hard to create the show, or any fans who have enjoyed the darker and edgier tone of the last season. I am merely saying that I enjoy the show most when it's embracing its whimsical, fairy tale side.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Don't worry. I think we still have room to introduce "Royal Pain" and "Zack Attack." And in the worst case scenario, I can make Sam an Epic with the power to shapeshift into a guinea pig.

 

 

Exactly. There's a growing trend in the entertainment industry that pushes for all shows to become "darker and grittier." Steven Moffat has spoken recently of how the entirety of Season 8 was meant to do this--to make the show darker, less friendly, and to inflict more "realistic" consequences on the characters. Moffat emphatically stated in an interview that he wanted to eliminate the fairy tale aspect of the series.

 

This troubles me on a number of levels, as in my mind, Doctor Who is at its strongest when it embraces its whimsical side and accepts its status as a modern fairy tale. I may be in a minority here--plenty of people have applauded Capaldi's first series as a masterpiece--but personally, I found Season 8 to be extremely bleak and depressing in most episodes. Instead of uplifting tales like The Doctor Dances, where we see the majesty of the universe coming face to face with the beauty of humanity, we were given storylines like Kill the Moon...

 

Kill the Moon spoilers

...in which the Doctor has to decide whether or not to perform an abortion on a giant space squid that lives in the Moon. Or more accurately, he thrusts the decision onto Clara and flies away on the TARDIS without her.

 

There were plenty of people who adored the episode, but personally... I despised it. In my very humble and Matt Smith-adoring opinion, Kill the Moon was the antithesis to the hope and optimism that Doctor Who ideally embodies.

 

In case you haven't seen the episode I refer to specifically, I'll summarize my point: Season 8 tried to inject as much bleak and hopeless material as it could into the show. While I enjoyed many of the season's episodes, there were a few that I found uncomfortably rattling.

 

When I watch Doctor Who, I'm hoping to be filled with a child-like glee in exploring the universe and seeing fantastic sights and entities. I want to see sentient statues invading London, only to be thwarted by a clever young woman working with the Doctor. I want to see a race of squid-people who hold their brains in their hands and the Doctor's quest to save them. I want to see a ship full of clockword droids from the 51st century stalking Madame de Pompadour. I want to see a race of gas-mask zombies thwarted by a mother's love for her child in the middle of the Battle of Britain.

 

I am not particularly interested in seeing the Doctor burrowing through every dimly lit corridor in the observable galaxy, reveling in grey morality while insulting every human being that crosses his path. I found his treatment of Danny Pink in this series especially reprehensible.

 

...

 

Hmm. I flew off on a bit of a rant there, didn't I? I'll top it off by saying I harbor no ill will towards Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, any of the BBC employees who work hard to create the show, or any fans who have enjoyed the darker and edgier tone of the last season. I am merely saying that I enjoy the show most when it's embracing its whimsical, fairy tale side.

 

I've still been trying to decide how I feel about this season, honestly. There have been some episodes and some moments that I really enjoyed. Missy was one of this season's highlights, in my opinion. 

 

Really, though, I think I'd like this season better if the Doctor's current personality made sense in light of his regeneration. The Ninth Doctor came to be after a war, in which the timelines converged in just the right way to make him think he'd destroyed his own planet. So when we see Nine electrocuting a Dalek, it makes sense. It makes perfect sense. He was born during a war in which he thought he did something so terrible, so unspeakable, there is no way to atone for it. He thought he had no choice, so when he sees a Dalek, he's going to react sort of brutally. 

 

So then we get to Twelve. In some respects, I like him. I like seeing a colder Doctor faced with tough decisions. I adored Ten and Eleven, but a more ruthless Doctor is a good counterbalance; in my opinion, it makes it easier to appreciate Smith and Tennant's optimism when watching a more pessimistic Doctor. But….looking at his regeneration, his personality doesn't make a lot of sense. Eleven didn't die during a war; he died after 300 years of protecting a town led to the Time Lords granting him another set of regenerations. He didn't die after making a tough decision, or thinking he did; he died at a good old age doing what he did best—protecting the innocent. He took out a fleet of Dalek ships on his own. He teamed up with the Silence, for crying out loud! Shouldn't Eleven's sweet ending have led to a sweeter beginning for Twelve? 

 

Just look at how Nine led to Ten. We have the postwar Doctor, coming to grips with his inner darkness and the things he's done—and in the middle of all this is Rose. His sweet companion, leading him to become a kinder, gentler man. And when he dies, he's reborn as Ten, one of the most cheerful, funny Doctors to date, whose ferocity is directed entirely toward preserving innocent lives. Then, Ten's death leads to Eleven, who seems to want to preserve some of Ten's kindness, but isn't sure how to come to grips with the things in his past, so he's more than a little bonkers. But his optimism remains. 

 

How does Twelve's personality make sense in that context? Don't get me wrong, I understand why Moffat did this season the way he did. A lot of fans were complaining that Smith was Tennant Part 2, and they were crying for a change. And, in some of the earliest First Doctor episodes, the Doctor isn't a kind, grandfatherly man. He can be a real jerk sometimes, and he sometimes acts selfishly. I get that, with Twelve, Moffat probably wanted to do a sort of loop—take the Doctor back to how he was during his first life cycle. In a literary sense, I see what he's doing, and I respect it. 

 

But it doesn't make sense in context. If he was planning to have Twelve be a darker Doctor all along, why not give Eleven a darker ending? (Not that I'm suggesting it; I loved Matt Smith's last episode and wouldn't change it for the world.) Looking at the previous Doctors in continuity, it just seems like they're making Twelve darker and edgier than Eleven because they can. 

 

And honestly, it doesn't feel quite right. 

Edited December 26, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Kobold King he/him]

I've still been trying to decide how I feel about this season, honestly. There have been some episodes and some moments that I really enjoyed. Missy was one of this season's highlights, in my opinion. 

 

Really, though, I think I'd like this season better if the Doctor's current personality made sense in light of his regeneration. The Ninth Doctor came to be after a war, in which the timelines converged in just the right way to make him think he'd destroyed his own planet. So when we see Nine electrocuting a Dalek, it makes sense. It makes perfect sense. He was born during a war in which he thought he did something so terrible, so unspeakable, there is no way to atone for it. He thought he had no choice, so when he sees a Dalek, he's going to react sort of brutally. 

 

So then we get to Twelve. In some respects, I like him. I like seeing a colder Doctor faced with tough decisions. I adored Ten and Eleven, but a more ruthless Doctor is a good counterbalance; in my opinion, it makes it easier to appreciate Smith and Tennant's optimism when watching a more pessimistic Doctor. But….looking at his regeneration, his personality doesn't make a lot of sense. Eleven didn't die during a war; he died after 300 years of protecting a town led to the Time Lords granting him another set of regenerations. He didn't die after making a tough decision, or thinking he did; he died at a good old age doing what he did best—protecting the innocent. He took out a fleet of Dalek ships on his own. He teamed up with the Silence, for crying out loud! Shouldn't Eleven's sweet ending have led to a sweeter beginning for Twelve? 

 

Just look at how Nine led to Ten. We have the postwar Doctor, coming to grips with his inner darkness and the things he's done—and in the middle of all this is Rose. His sweet companion, leading him to become a kinder, gentler man. And when he dies, he's reborn as Ten, one of the most cheerful, funny Doctors to date, whose ferocity is directed entirely toward preserving innocent lives. Then, Ten's death leads to Eleven, who seems to want to preserve some of Ten's kindness, but isn't sure how to come to grips with the things in his past, so he's more than a little bonkers. But his optimism remains. 

 

How does Twelve's personality make sense in that context? Don't get me wrong, I understand why Moffat did this season the way he did. A lot of fans were complaining that Smith was Tennant Part 2, and they were crying for a change. And, in some of the earliest First Doctor episodes, the Doctor isn't a kind, grandfatherly man. He can be a real jerk sometimes, and he sometimes acts selfishly. I get that, with Twelve, Moffat probably wanted to do a sort of loop—take the Doctor back to how he was during his first life cycle. In a literary sense, I see what he's doing, and I respect it. 

 

But it doesn't make sense in context. If he was planning to have Twelve be a darker Doctor all along, why not give Eleven a darker ending? (Not that I'm suggesting it; I loved Matt Smith's last episode and wouldn't change it for the world.) Looking at the previous Doctors in continuity, it just seems like they're making Twelve darker and edgier than Eleven because they can. 

 

And honestly, it doesn't feel quite right. 

 

I've seen some of the early episodes with the First Doctor--and frankly, he was kind of a jerk. He was a bad-tempered old man with a raging superiority complex, topped off with a reckless disregard for human life.

 

But the beautiful thing is... over the years, the Doctor has experienced the magic of character development. He's gone from a scrappy young teenager to a wise old man, right in front of the audience. He's learned valuable lessons, and has become a mentor to his companions. His development is far from over, but he's visibly further along the path to virtue than he was at the beginning of his journey.

 

Or at least, he was before Twelve. Nine, like you said, was a step backwards. Heartbroken over the loss of his homeworld and wracked with guilt, he regressed to a more mean-spirited personality. It was tragic, but it was never held to be "right." He was a man who was suffering, and a substantial part of the series centered around his healing. The character arcs of Doctors 9-11 can be defined as a doctor in desperate need of a cure.

 

Cut to Twelve. The actions and attitudes of the Twelfth Doctor are fundamentally at odds with the character development he's experienced for the past seven seasons. We saw him slowly, painstakingly learn to treat those around him with respect and kindness, suppressing his darker side to become a mad-but-kind man with a box.

 

Then, in a single sneeze of regeneration energy...

 

 

...all that character development goes out the window, with no stated rationale. He's 2, 000 years old and is acting like he's 400 again. The Twelfth Doctor is brimming with personality flaws, to the point that in half the episodes I can't even find it in me to like the guy. Yet the writers not only fail to explain his drastic change in behavior, but also seem to be of the opinion that there's nothing wrong with the way he behaves.

 

The Ninth Doctor was a man in pain. The Twelfth Doctor comes across like a self-centered slontze. The Ninth Doctor was a man in a slow state of healing, and was treated as such; the Twelfth Doctor, on the other hand, is presented as a new man altogether, whose personality flaws can be chalked up to "He's an alien, he doesn't have to be nice, if you don't like it than stop watching the show." (Which is an opinion I've found in disconcerting numbers amongst the pro-Capaldi fandom.)

 

The doctor, we are told, is in no need of a cure. And as long as his hate-motivated behavior continues unchecked, I will be worried for the future of the character and the show.