mufalo: Twelve & Clara: all episodes 9×08 «The Zygon Inversion» —   So you must have thought I was dead for awhile. —   Yeah. —   How was that? —   Longest month of my life. —   It can only have been five minutes. —   I’ll be the judge of time. Source: mufalo

An alternate reading of Whouffaldi that might make Hell Bent a bit sadder. We know the Doctor and Clara do not communicate their feelings directly. Yet we know from copious on-screen evidence that the Doctor was in love with Clara and vice-versa. But what if the Doctor and Clara never properly realized how the other felt until the very end? I’ve read a few comments suggesting that Clara may not have truly realized how much the Doctor was in love with her till the Cloisters, for example.

thescholarlystrumpet: Oh, it’s ok, Anon. I didn’t need my heart today… (Ok, but yeah… I kind of had that reading of canon, too. Clara’s reaction to what he had undergone just to save her… it was so raw. I think she always knew he cared about her but not to that depth until that point. …

ampersands-and-bowties: I think this is among my top favorite scenes between Twelve and Clara, if not my very favorite. It’s such an understated moment, but just like so many other quiet moments between them, it defines their relationship so brilliantly. Up until this exchange, I’m not sure either one of them realized how much the …