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Essay: Understanding/Analysing the ultimate fate of River Song
Follow the fake cut to a very interesting and in-depth essay about River's fate.
It's written by BasiliskRules, who very kindly allowed me to post it.
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meta: The Fate of All is Always Dust - The Name of the Doctor (part 1 of 2)
In which the use of words, and names are very important; there is a big difference between knowledge/information/wisdom/myth; the Akashic Records, the Astral Plane and the Golden Ratio make a mystical appearance; there is a lot to say about form/emptiness, what the soul is made of and how things are more than the sum of their parts; the Doctor can ( Read more... ) -
meta: The Empire Never Ended - Nightmare in Silver
In which there is dualism, Zoroastrianism and the Goddess Isis; the Doctor is a Magician, Emperor and the Monster in the mirror; the theme park is the cauldron of rebirth; Philip K Dick's Empire never ended; and there is form out of nothingness.
Everyone who had ever lived was literally surrounded by the iron walls of the prison; they were all ( Read more... ) -
meta: The Bell Jar - The Crimson Horror
In which there is much riffing on the idea of the Bell Jar, both scientific and literary; some exploration of Welsh Saints, mistletoe and Sir Gawain; some subversion of the way symbols have been used up until now; and those old favourites of a monster mirror, the x motif, the chair agenda and eye symbolism.
The bright day is done, and you, my ( Read more... ) -
meta: The Meeting With the Goddess: Journey to the Centre of the Tardis
In which the World Tree is blatant, the Tardis is a Goddess, Clara's lessons about Death continue, the Doctor is in denial, Clara is most certainly not an android and a million other very interesting things occur.
Secrets protect us. Secrets make us safe. -
meta: Not Everything Ends, Not Love, Not Always - Hide.
In which we travel along the World Tree, the Forest is the Afterlife, there is both Love and Death, we are on the Road of Trials stage, the Doctor is Alec Palmer and River Song is everywhere.
This isn't a ghost story, it's a love story... -
meta: The Songs of the Red Snows - Cold War
This meta is late, late, late due to personal stuff, so I hope there is still interest in it ( Read more... ) -
Cold Meta
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meta: The Soul Is Made of Stories - The Rings of Akhaten.
...in which Who is totally aware of itself as myth, the World Tree is in play, the Leaf is life and death and life again, Clara eats the fruit of the Otherworld and is a contradiction, and the Doctor is a Sun God.
Do you mind if I tell you a story, one you might not have heard? -
A Song of Waking and Mirrors
Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten
spoilers through the episode.
meta: Myth, Chairs, Mirrors, Rings vs. Leaves
Special Guest Star: Ouroboros
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