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... )

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 inside it and none of them knew it. )

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 child, are for the dark. )

promethia_tenk made an awesome vid to the song Radioactive by Chasing Dragons. Love that song. Original post is here. Watch, then go leave comments upon its awesomeness!

a_phoenixdragon, do I remember rightly that you love this song? Like, a lot? Awesone vid is awesome.

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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. )

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 )

This meta is late, late, late due to personal stuff, so I hope there is still interest in it ( Read more... )

... I would make a Clara Oswin Oswald video to this song.

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This song is giving me feelings. They keep playing it on the radio over here in the UK, like they know. 

...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? )

First of all, hurrah that the show is back and what a great ep! Secondly - well, nothing secondly, except here is meta! Featuring nursery rhymes and Celtic myth, the Question and the Quest, the mirrors and the web, forests and leaves. Oh, and Chairs.

( ...and remember )