Update from The House of Plague, Day 55 (Lockdown memes!)

[elisi]

We all agree that March was six years long and April has lasted six minutes, right? Can we get some sort of explanation on that. Genuinely baffled by how elastic time is right now, but more by how we seem to be experiencing it in similar ways.

— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) April 29, 2020

Little Britain:

your aunt at the NHS clap #nhsclap pic.twitter.com/jodnCrG769

— Will Hislop (@WillDHislop) May 7, 2020

(Direct link to video: https://twitter.com/WillDHislop/status/1258457955189641224)

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How to pretend you’re in a beer garden

-Carry four full pint glasses back and forth across your lawn
-Put all your condiments outside until they’re really warm
-Keep saying “don’t worry, he/she’s friendly” about your dog
-Worry your face is going very red
-Sit on your sunglasses

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) May 9, 2020

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My favourite coronavirus cartoon
(do any of my followers know who drew it?) pic.twitter.com/RisgF3Zzwv

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 5, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1257638762877771776)


Easing lockdown?



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Celebrity lockdown:

If you are a celebrity and you wonder what you can do for the people, it’s this. Stay home and silently take out your garbage in Hammer pants. This is the pinnacle of celebrity service. pic.twitter.com/rRAk793P2G

— Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) May 5, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/manymanywords/status/1257507816232890369)


Remain Indoors...

almost 2 months into stay-at-home orders playing nothing but animal crossing for 10+ hrs a day pic.twitter.com/drp9oxUF8f

— lem 🍋🌸 (@lemdraws) May 3, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/lemdraws/status/1256775925007634433 - because this post wouldn't be complete without an Animal Crossing reference)

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Doctor Who

So, choose your lockdown house! I am torn between House 1 (War is terribly laid back, and Jackie and Donna and River would just be endlessly entertaining), House 2 (Amy & Yaz would be great together, and Simm!Master is excellent company during hiding out from angry mobs for several years forced quarantine) and House 4 (but it has to be Trenzalore!11, the younger version doesn't have the patience).




And finally...

I'm not crying, you're crying. pic.twitter.com/UbybXkxhAq

— Gareth Fouche (@GarethFouche) May 9, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/GarethFouche/status/1259144824202170368 - a story to restore your faith in humanity and how people can kind in the midst of a crisis.)

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I enjoyed these, particularly emotional baggage and the Jam Master story. But it was the cat that made me start laughing.

[elisi]

I figured that there'd be something in there to tickle anyone/everyone. :D

[juniperphoenix]

Wow, house #6 would be a special kind of uncomfortable.

[elisi]

I don't even know what to do with 6. I presume they just scrambled all the Doctors/Masters/Companions, but... Poor Wilf, he'd have his job cut out.

[promethia_tenk]

My immediate reaction to the Houses is to wonder what sick sod decided Rory should have to ride out quarantine in house four. I mean, the 10th Doctor and Dwahan!Master together!?!? The world is not ready for that level of angst chaos. And Clara might otherwise be alright, but set against those two? Poor Rory. Poor, poor Rory.

I think I'm going with house five, but one is a solid back-up, especially if Twelve is too early in the game.

On Verity they did a silly episode where they did one of these for Modern Who that they found on the internet and then made up their own Classic Who version. One of the houses involved both Jackie Tyler and Nardole in the same house and thus my major take-away for the entire episode is that I require fic about Jackie Tyler and Nardole quarantining together immediately.

[elisi]

My immediate reaction to the Houses is to wonder what sick sod decided Rory should have to ride out quarantine in house four. I mean, the 10th Doctor and Dwahan!Master together!?!? The world is not ready for that level of angst chaos. And Clara might otherwise be alright, but set against those two? Poor Rory. Poor, poor Rory.
I think it must have been random. And yeah, poor Rory. Unless he and Clara team up & lock up Ten & Dhawan!Master and then have a nice lockdown together. That could work.

I think I'm going with house five, but one is a solid back-up, especially if Twelve is too early in the game.
Five looks good, yes. Although as you say, it does depend on where along the timeline people are. (Power of Three Eleven would be literally insufferable, as we saw...)

my major take-away for the entire episode is that I require fic about Jackie Tyler and Nardole quarantining together immediately.
omg, yes.

[owlboy]

Clara would have them sitting in separate time-out corners while she and Rory do shots

[elisi]

I concur.

Also Clara is probably the only person who could keep both of them under control. And then she gets Rory for company, since he's lovely and chill and spent 2000 years keeping himself entertained. :)

[owlboy]

i miss clara

[elisi]

Me too. I have various fic-snippets where Clara shows up and meets Thirteen, but they never really *worked*. IDK.

Thirteen NEEDS a Clara.

[masakochan]

Not to mention how one of her echoes spent god-knows-long as a Dalek- keeping herself company.

[elisi]

I think it was only a year, but yeah, she just made up a happy life in her mind and ignored Reality.

(I could so do that.)

[promethia_tenk]

Lol. Somehow I feel like the correct response to that is still 'poor Rory.'

[owlboy]

my brain is running away with this now. like missy was a serious threat but dhawan!master is so broken down and emo Clara'd just be like ''god, whatever'' and kick the shit out of him. and every time Ten tried to interject she'd just Glare him into submission. and poor Rory is in the corner with a bottle of grey goose like, I guess this is happening.

[elisi]

Every house is just a fic prompt...