Anonymous inquired:

i just wanted to ask why the whouffle fandom has so much unprovoked hate on river? like it’s genuinely just what i’ve seen, people saying 11 and river’s romance was forced and stuff like that to bring down doctorriver and make whouffle look like the better ship lmao.. like i don’t hate either of the two but it’s really irritating to see it.

Well, this is one question that could resurrect a practically dead blog, lol. I’ll try and be as respectful as possible, although I do admit to some bias in one direction.

I agree that the hate between the ships is uncalled for and unnecessary. There’s no reason for hate to be slung at all. Everything is subjective to the viewer’s tastes. But, of the two, only one is verifiably canon. Spelled out, romantically canon. And maybe that’s part of the reason.

The relationship between the Doctor and River was lived in and already spelled out long before Eleven hit the screen. When Ten meets River, he finds out quickly that this woman knows him intimately, more than any person has or should. When Eleven comes around, it’s a little jarring. He’s very young and awkward. She’s older (than he appears) and very forward. Ageism definitely has an influence in the cultural feelings of the audience towards the two. Things come across as forced at times until he becomes more comfortable in the banter and flirts back. And don’t get me started on the convoluted back story the writers gave her. That is a rant from me for another day.

But Clara comes in. She’s young, pretty, and gives Eleven the same sort of banter. They flirt, and by this time Eleven’s had his flirting practice because of River. Still a bit awkward, but much more even in those conversations. They visually match each other. It’s more consumable to a causal audience. There’s also the “will they, won’t they” chase aspect that draws the audience in.

When you get to Twelve, that ageism swaps to a much older man with a younger woman, which for reasons only know to God, modern audiences still find more accessible than older woman/younger man. And when we get a River appearance, there’s little to no connection because, to the audience, River’s already dead. Twice over. We get so little time with them in their older incarnations that there’s little chemistry between them.

To sum up my feelings towards them, I think the dissonance between shippers comes down to a bit of jealousy that one ship was actual canon while the other was surmised canon, and that they power imbalance in the relationship seemed off. I do prefer whouffle to doctorriver, personally, but that comes down to writing more than the characters.

Please, let me know what you think! I’m open to more opinions and dialogue about both ships.

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“ uploading some remaining confessions I have in my inbox. I’m still looking for someone who is willing to take over this blog for me since I don’t have the time to continue this blog like I use too. so if you are interested in running this blog,...

uploading some remaining confessions I have in my inbox. I’m still looking for someone who is willing to take over this blog for me since I don’t have the time to continue this blog like I use too. so if you are interested in running this blog, please message me here or at my main blog: captnswan

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Please read, looking for a new owner! <3

Hello guys! Long time no talk! ;)

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I’m making this post because just recently I had a sweet person (not going to mention her url/name because I’m not sure if she wants to give that away) ask me if they could take over this blog. And, of course, I said yes! I would so deeply love someone to run this blog because I think this blog is a good thing for us Whouffle shippers.

But, sadly, regarding me, I just don’t have the time anymore with school and work. I so deeply wish I could continue but I don’t think that will happen considering how busy I’ve been. I’ve even barely been on my main tumblr. So it makes me really happy when someone asks if they can continue this blog.

But the thing is, the last time this person and I have talked has been a little over a week, and I was wondering if they still wanted to take on the job, so when I went on their tumblr, their ask was not activated, so I went to see if I could message her, and dumb me deleted my inbox, so I went on her tumblr to send a message and it wouldn’t let me. And I noticed she hadn’t been online since the last time we talked, which was a little over a week.

So hun if you are seeing this, please don’t think I’ve ignored you:) I’ve been trying my best to get in contact with you. If you are still up to the task, please let me know, and if you don’t want to run the blog anymore, that is completely okay too! I will understand! And anyone else out there, if you are interested in running this blog too, just send me an ask or message and we can talk.

But first I need to get things fixed with the first sweet person before I make any final decisions, I’ll keep you guys posted! :)

Thank you guys for reading and understanding. I was very hard for me to decide to give up this blog but I need to focus on school more, at the moment, and my work hours have been so shitty. So I definitely would love nothing more than to give this blog to another fellow Whoufflepuff! <3

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I seriously love you guys so much! <3333

I’m also going to post a few confessions that are still in my inbox (I have about 32 confessions still) so whoever runs the blog next will have some stuff to work on but I’m going to try my best to get all of those remaining confessions done, so the next owner doesn’t have to worry about that)

xoxo - whouffleconfession blog owner

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