for oncoming_storms: Songs with Time

To murder my love is a crime
But will you still love
A man out of time

The Journal of Impossible Things

November 1, 1913

There are rules for traveling with the Doctor. The dream with them is fading fast, so excuse me if this entry is somewhat disjointed, I'm trying to place them all together.

Rule number one is no wandering off. He's dealt with this many, many times. Having a companion or friend or lover (sometimes they appear to all be the same) wander away and he has to go find them. I think he partially enjoys this, taking care of them. They all appear to mean so much to him.

Rule B. Rule number two. He wants to take control of verbal communications with other people or beings, saying "Let me do all the talking". Why he's so adamant to make sure he is in control of the talking, I don't know. Perhaps he does not find them intelligent enough to talk on their own.

For all his affection for his human companions, he appears to be oft uncertain of their intellectual capabilities. Perhaps this is because he is so very intelligent in comparison to them, or perhaps it is left over from when he was young. His world, while beautiful, is full of prejudice based on intelligence, class, race, even what house one is…"sorted" (? perhaps different reference?) into.

As I've lost the rest of the rules, let me move onto this world of his. Orange-coloured skies. I most definitely remember them. Silver leaves on the trees. The scope of the world is overwhelming. It's so utterly alien, so completely a different world. When I dream that I am him, sometimes I forget that he is an alien, that his life was so different. But…it was. He is a man out of time.

This is, no doubt, why he makes up these rules for his companions. It is as when I traveled to here from London. I had set up perimeters for myself while I adjusted. He, on the other hand, never takes the time to adjust. He is constantly in a state of motion, and thus constantly creates things he can and can not do.

He even has rules for himself, though I can not possibly remember any of them. Save one.

Do not become attached.

What kind of a tragic life it is, to travel the universe with those he loves and yet never allow himself attachment.

Muse: The Doctor (Ten) / John Smith
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 383

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Holiday Preparation List

1) Wrapping paper
2) Bows
3) Tape
4) New Pair of Scissors
5) Tree (with very sturdy stand)
6) Ornaments that are shatterproof
7) Non-tangleable lights (not the blinking ones)
8) Presents
     a) For Rose:  Something shiny and pretty
     b) For Mickey: Something shiny and simple
     c) For Jack: Something shiny and inappropriate
     d) For Donna: Something shiny and expensive
     e) For Martha: Something shiny and useful
     f) For Astrid: Something shiny and from Earth
9) Stockings!  Variety of sizes and colors.
10) Coal (for the Master and the Rani)
11) Refill of atmospheric excitation cube on top of TARDIS
12) Holiday Foodstuffs
     a) Eggnog (and rum)
     b) Turkey (not the people of)
     c) Banana Bread (good for any occasion)
     d) Stuffing (for Turkey)
     e) Cider (with brandy)
     f) Variety of Greens
     g) Someone who can actually cook the meal
          i) Romana?
          ii) Jake (seems girly enough)
          iii) Jackie NO NO NO
          iv) Professional Caterer (seems most likely
          v) Doris (also excuse to see the Brigadier)
13) Miscellaneous
     a) Buy Mickey a K-9?
     b) New shoes?
     c) Need more tea
     d) Don't invite Donna's family
     e) Need reasonable Christmas music that isn't in Swahili.
     f) Don't drink too much this year, don't need to send another letter to Jack's SO.

Muse: The Doctor (Ten)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 218

TAMMY TIME! (Like Hammer Time but with golden asses!)

It's Tammy season again. Well, it's a new sort of Tammy season. Winter Tammys. Not unlike Winter Olympics, which means tobogganing. Which is a very dangerous sport.

That said! You know what you need to do! You need to vote Doctor Who muses! Get them nominated! To illustrate the fundamentals, here is a story, a'la dietennant...

( Cut to spare layouts if not brains... )

AND REMEMBER, GUYS! IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNING, IT'S ABOUT FUN!

Special thanks to ninewho and banished_dame for the great photoshopped graphics!