[ SECRET POST #3861 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3861 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.



__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06. [broken]


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.













Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #553.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

02. http://i.imgur.com/c0xT3GR.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Make a choice which is controversial but don't go in neck deep. Sounds about right, actually.

[(Anonymous)]

It's easier to shit on people who are happy, I guess. Seems like a valuable use of your time, eh?

[(Anonymous)]

...I don't think she seems bland?

[randomdrops]

Right? I keep seeing people complain about how bland and generic she looks and I just...don't really agree? I've only seen her acting a bit, so no real judgement on that yet but what I did see wasn't bland or horrible so..Idk.

[diet_poison]

idk I've heard a lot of people say she's a very good actor and suits the role well. (I'm not familiar with her.) Are you mad because she's white, or do you just really not like her? You can't please everyone.

[were_lemur]

There is literally no possible choice that would satisfy all of the fans.

They pushed the boundaries on one front (casting a woman) but balanced that out with being "safe" on other fronts (she's white, conventionally attractive, and generally well-regarded, rather than being a complete unknown.)

While it's not the be-all and end-all of diverse casting, it seems like a reasonable middle course for the BBC to take.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the next Doctor will be an MOC and they're trying to ease us into it. It'll be at least half a decade before we see another white man in the role.

[(Anonymous)]

LMAO. I bet you wanted Idris Elba.

[(Anonymous)]

Elba would make an interesting choice, but Patterson Joseph would have been an awesome pick.

[(Anonymous)]

lmaooo so true

[(Anonymous)]

Who wouldn't? Or Helen Mirren.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah. As James Bond, maybe. But I don't think he's quite the right fit for the Doctor.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so confused by the last sentence. Just... you do know that quite a few experienced and respected British actors have appeared on Broadchurch? Why the fuck are you referring to it like some sort of conspiracy theorist? "Ooh, she only got the job because she was on this other popular and successful British TV series! How scandalous!"

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Well, they do share showrunners and there was a lot of cross-over talent.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I don't know. I'm already rolling my eyes at the "which 21st century gender and sexual identity are Time Lords" wank.

[(Anonymous)]

... Should we just start taking a shot, every time someone wanks about whoever the most recent Doctor Who casting choice is? They're always either too young, too old, too ugly, too attractive, too... "not the gender I wanted them to be." It's the same every Doctor.

[(Anonymous)]

There's always a certain segment that won't be happy no matter what. People were bitching that Capaldi was too old. If they'd cast a POC woman, people would still be saying it was done to placate the SJWs or say she doesn't look POC enough.

[(Anonymous)]

Weird how people's standards for "interesting" are always so much higher for female characters.

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't seen Whitaker in, like, anything, and I'm not going to look her up. (Before the next season, in any case.)

I don't want to be thinking of other characters she might have played. I want to see her version of The Doctor.

Will she be quirky? Austere? Will she fill out a cricketer's outfit as Six, her closest visual match, did? Rock a Tom Baker scarf? What's her visual style going to be? (I'd feel oddly disappointed if she were in a dress, but I'll give it a go.)

Tool-user? Improviser? Perpetrator of atrocious puns?

So... many... questions...

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, OP, meet http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/1650347.html?thread=967048619#cmt967048619

Are you the same person? Just curious.

[tentaclecore]

She was the opposite of bland in Attack the Block, but if you're gonna base your assumption of her ability on one role then that's your prerogative. More Doctor Who for us, then.

[ninety6tears]

Have any of you complaining about how boring she is considered...waiting...to see how she does in the role?

[(Anonymous)]

I was hoping the role would go to Hayley Atwell. I also would have liked Rachel Weisz or Gina Bellman as the Doctor.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh look, another angry sexist Doctor Who fan. Because we haven't had many of those lately. /s

Jesus christ I don't think I've seen one positive secret about her casting. Why are yall so goddam negative and mean?