Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

"would of", on the other hand, is a compound – you cannot divide it into individual words, because you can't say "I of done it"

but you* CAN say "I would of done it"

so we have this divergence where a formerly derivable phrase is becoming a compound!

*"you" means "a speaker who considers this grammatically valid"

I've noticed an "error" that some local people make when writing messages: a few people have been writing "would of" instead of "would've"

At first, my Editor brain wanted to correct them, but then my linguistics brain took over – this is really interesting!

"would have" has a derivable meaning – each word stands alone, and you can easily figure it out:

"I have done it"
"I would have done it"

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And then there's the interstellar organisation dedicated to killing The Doctor.

Over and over again, Moffat makes the Doctor this mythical figure, that can never be defeated. And it takes all the fun and adventure out of it – I don't want an ultra-important person, I want to see a Doctor who goes on adventures, who follows where whimsy takes them, and who ends up saving people in distress.

But Moffat treats The Doctor as though they're a God.

One of the major gripes I have with Moffat's writing of Doctor Who (approx. 2010–2017) is that the Doctor is portrayed as being the most important person in the universe.

The speech from "The Pandorica Opens" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa74e8oAvIM ) is the doctor talking about how special he is.

Then there's the question ( https://youtu.be/lGDC0n89nhA?t=1m39s ). "The oldest question in the universe, and the one that must never be answered".... is "Doctor Who?"

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one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=557533618

the other: https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

one of them is a 90s-style fps, the other is a survival game

oh nooo

there's 2 different upcoming games called "Dusk"

suddenly: snoozy lizard

goodnight~

The Dominators gets a "maybe" from me – it's not awful, but also it's not great.

A tangent: The Dominators is better than The Keys of Marinus, which I gave a "Highly Recommended" rating. I consider "Highly Recommended" to answer the question "if you only watch 1 story from this season, which should you watch?", rather than say which story is the best.

Next up: The Mind Robber, which is a story I know I've seen but I remember nothing about it.

"Not to worry, the planet is safe. There's just going to be a localised volcanic erruption on the island."

"Aye, maybe so, but we happen to be ON the island"

Someone made a TARDIS model that's actually bigger on the inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzANSnyLiDk

Gods, the people on this planet are so intolerable – their answer to everything is to wait.

They're intended as a parody of Hippies - they're peaceful, but completely useless.

And it just makes the entire story frustrating

Currently watching The Dominators, the first story of Season 6

I loved it as a child, but now I'm rewatching it and it's boring. The only good thing about it is the Quarks: