Shibari meets art meets freedom
Don't make me choose.
Nope, still haven't seen Sunday's Doctor Who special but given the fact it involves pirates, there's probably a ship as well. Can it at least fly? Remember how Kylie's Titanic flew in space? And no, I'm still not curious about the penultimate appearance of Jody Whittaker as the Doctor. That bad? Yes.
Who? Me? Yes I love bondage, so what?
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| Ikki No Ko Exhibition "Red", Tokyo 2015 |
Over three series current Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnal tied himself (and his successors) up in knots. Add to that Jody Whitaker's lacklustre performance, almost as if she doesn't want to be there and you have a 50-year old show on the verge of cancelling.
Nothing is what is seems to be anymore, something not even Hugh Grant, yes there are persistent rumours, can fix. Doctor Ruth on the other hand...
The only ones who consistently seem to believe in Chris & Jody - and no that's not a 90's boy-girl band - are the folks at The Guardian newspaper. By accident I discovered this morning tonight is the penultimate episode featuring doctor Jody. "Man the cannons and buckle up for an Easter special at sea with the Time Lord (we have the wonderful Jodie Whittaker for one more special later in the year)." Clearly someone hasn't been paying attention over the past few years. Or is it that the Guardian's regular reviewer has access to episodes one or two days before they are shown on television and that writing an honest expose means risking early access?
Chibnall has been exploiting minorities throughout his tenure to distract the viewers from just how awful his writing is. The Doctor is no longer just the last of their kind. No, now she's some kind of intergalactic superstar, courtesy of the Timeless Child. Chibnall also brought back the character of Jack Harkness for about ten minutes, referred to the Osgood twins trying to whip up some hype plus more nonsense.
Being white myself, I found the episode with Rosa Parks bordering on the white savior complex at least. What I missed most afterwards was commentators being critical. No, everybody was happy. Doctor was doing the right thing, whatever that is. Probably making white folks like me feel a little less guilty. Saying the episode was subpar almost feels like heresy. But if Mr. Chibnall really cared about the trending topics he touches upon he should have done three things. Look for an actress whose personal gravity matches that of a Timelord. He should have also left the writing to those who are more skilled at it. If he had done that, there would have no need to loot the treasure trove of political correctness for personal gain, which is the third thing he should not have done.
Tonight there's this encounter between Doctor Jody and madame Ching, a real-life Chinese pirate queen. Once again an odd choice. Chibnall probably chose Zheng Yi Sao because she's a woman. But what if he swapped Jody Whittaker early on for Jo Martin, who plays Doctor Ruth? And instead of a Chinese lady pirate opted for Stede Bonnet, a rich Briton who gave it all up to become a pirate? True story.
Some people celebrated the first Timelord of Colour but to me Doctor Ruth was nothing but a cheap ploy in order to prop up the ratings. And yes there's a parallel with the Rosa Parks story. As a Timelord Jo Martin outdid Jody Whittaker many times, so why didn't they choose her as the first female Timelord? The latest James Bond 'No Time To Die' is a horrible movie but what they got spot on was the replacement for Daniel Craig. Lashana Lynch as 007 blows you away. If you want to send a message to the world, this is how you do it.
Meanwhile a group of renegade Timelords now live outside our known universe. They are locusts that destroy one universe only to move on to the next. Only thing I'm wondering is whether they take the Weeping Angels with them when they hop from one galaxy to the next. Reduced to being the Timelord's errand boys, they instantly stopped being scary. I almost felt sorry for them, like I do for the Ood.
Anyway I wanted to write a quick note to accompany today's image. Failed again. It's tangled web reminds me of the mess Chris Chibnall leaves behind, including the disfigured Weeping Angels.
Let's just hope Hugh Grant is not going to be the next Doctor, not that I think so. I'd love to see Doctor Ruth take over. Thinking of the red string of fate, Korean singer IU, who plays the owner of the hotel Del Luna would be an excellent choice too. And if they have to be a native English speaker my vote goes to Kylie. All I hope for is this Voyage of the Damned to end.;
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| Comedian Bill Bailey reimagines the Doctor Who theme as Jacques Brel-esque Belgian jazz. |
Events so improbable somebody forgot their cake and left it out in the rain...
Yesterday on the OWK: Das Omen -Eleven Schools of Magic
PRESS RELEASE: Per April 01, 11:11 qPMT Other World Kingdom s.r.o. - the recognized leader in fantasy worlds where [selected] [3] women rule over men - will take over the micro-nation of Hogwarts Castle.
"This acquisition is a remarkable milestone in the history of our company", says Aleš Sadil from The Other World Kingdom in Zlín "Rather than hostile take-over the new - and impoverished - management prefers the term synergistic dualism when it comes to combining the best that both worlds have to offer."
Miss Jackson who currently serves as Hogwarts' head mistress managed to retreat to the safety of Diagon Alley only just in time. From there Janet Jackson sent us this communique:
We're all doomed
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Miss Jackson before she became headmistress at Hogwarts. |
Yesterday on the OWK, part IX: Beggars Can't Be Choosers
The first sign of something scary building up, showed on my radar a couple of years ago. There's no mystery in why I take an interest in [what's left of] the OWK, but why would a slave care about the world of Magic Creatures? [1] After all, the world of Hogwarts and Harry Potter is sealed of from mere muggles like you and me.
True, but even the tightest seal is just that. It also can accidentally leak. Ask any of the Wise Goddesses of the wizarding world about the limits of magic and they will tell you there is an infinite number of them, almost all of which are invisible to even the Magical Community itself.
King of my castle anyone?
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| 'My home is my castle, besides who needs a king when you can have a slave crawling on all fours instead?' |
If you think French cleats are hot - finally figured out what they are? - autarky is even hotter. And not just because the OWK has at long last decided to dream big.
Continued from OWK VIII - Sublime Ladies are the 'Product'
Why ask people for donations to repair the castle tower and as soon as repairs are finished announce you're looking for another place. Honestly that makes no sense at all. Or does it?
A while back I dug a little deeper into the history of the OWK and ran into two interesting articles. Because I don't speak Czech - Google does - everything is translated by our digital overlord. Apologies in advance, I've only corrected the most obvious errors. [2]
Let's Be Careful Out There
Don't gamble away your once chance for happiness.
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"Do you like oranges or are you just happy to see me?" Scene for The
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Earlier this week I overheard some people talking.
"They thought he went missing but he was visiting his mistress. Now that he is retired, he does that every month as soon as he gets his pension. After a while he re-appears."
"You're kidding me, he used to be such a decent fellow, civil servant and so on, always the perfect gentleman."
"You know what, ever since he retired, he started wearing weird outfits, black latex and stuff. And you know what else?"
"Please stop, I really don't wanna hear it."
Non-consensual That includes missiles, rockets and so on
Lviv in war-torn Ukraine is under Russian attack.
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| Fanny Pistor (in furs, with whip) and Sacher-Masoch at her feet. Pistor was an aspiring writer who turned to Masoch for advice. |
Lovely weather in Holland today. Makes me forget it's raining a thousand kilometers to the west for almost a month now. Bombs from hell that is, Russian missiles torturing Ukraine.
The word sado-masochism is derived from the names of two gentlemen. Sadism comes from the French marquis de Sade, a hardcore, seriously non-consensual sadist who went nuts and eventually died in prison.
Who could've guessed?
Sometimes even the most 'natural uber-dominant' woman is doomed. Hard to swallow? Yes, letting go [of the dream] is always hard. Better ask yourself: whose dream was it anyway?
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Dante Posh pondering the past. |
Continued from: OWK VII - On becoming a Womanian.
Gamification is a technique social media uses to keep you glued to your screen. Click here and you get a bigger avatar [than your friend]. Do that and you receive another awesome badge. Time to go to sleep? Before you do, just one more thing. Don't switch of your phone just yet.
Born in 1483, Martin Luther is a seminal figure in Christianity. The scholar and priest is best remembered for nailing the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) of Wittemberg in Germany. In reality his "Disputes on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" was printed in the year 1517, spreading across Europe in under two months. His thesis is what started the Protestant Revolution that has divided Christianity ever since.
And much scarier than 40 years ago
Why should other people decide what's hot or not. [So non-consensual, it always has to consensual]
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| E.L. James and her red room of pain. It has been done at least 50 times before. |
'The original shock of Videodrome in 1983 was the idea that people would actually watch someone being tortured. In 2004, the Saw franchise was born and torture-porn movies are now old hat.'
- 'How a creepy 1983 cult movie got everything right about the internet.' [the Journal]
Everything connects to everything. Thanks Paltego for beating me to it, that's writing about the movie Videodrome. It's been on my to-do list for years and all of a sudden - all it takes is one tiny article on 1980s rock singer Blondie for you to blog about it? Thanks for nothing. As a fellow blogger you could've given me the heads up. Plus a few more years to come up with the actual copy. [3]
Leather works too
Smug Scientists Collective says Fifty Shades equals horror show. Femdom best way to keep women warm.
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Naked men, women dressed (leather optional): everybody's comfy. You see
my point? (Image: miss Red Stripe and lady Dalia of Cape Town's
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Yesterday was International Women's Day. Most serious male femdom bloggers have done a curtsy followed by the proper sucking up. Not Dutch, I was busy doing international stuff. Regret is best viewed through the rear view mirror, so here we go.
First of all thanks to those who spent their valuable time yesterday enlightening me about the cruel, male-dominated world we live in. Which we do. Crash test dummies are inevitably male and born at least 20 years before the 1970s. If you're a female driver involved in an accident, you're definitely out of luck. Somehow that feels odd.
Funny punni, as in predicament punishment, not pony
Just remember: Dutch is serious about kissing ass. And good at it.
People take femdom far to serious, if only they chased happiness or shared orgasms with the same vigour. I love femdom because I love femdom. And why do I love femdom? Because I love women. Women without femdom, yes. Femdom without women? Stop talking nonsense.