All signs definitely point to Time Lady Clara – I’ve written posts about it before because it’s ridiculous how heavily it seems to point to that end for her – and honestly, I would love to see some people’s blood boil if they did it.

randomthunk: Yeah, I admit that part of me wants it to happen out of pure spite. But more of me just logically thinks, this is where the story threads are going and it would be a waste if they didn’t. What point is there to build up Clara’s increasing departure from normal human life, her …

Where It Hurts – marcasite – Doctor Who (2005) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works They stare silently at each other. He seems to be searching and she understands that there’s a lot between them unspoken. It’s something she can tell herself, over and over again, as if to make what this is between them something bigger. …

The reflection/mirror-as-identity motif.

bliphany: In 8×01, the Doctor is looking in a mirror(then the plate in the restaurant) while considering who he is. In 8×09, first “the Doctor sees what Clara sees” implies that they are the same identity. Then there’s a take that Clara is looking into a mirror while discussing with the Doctor. They are not just …