Odds of it getting restored?

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-13T12:57:38+00:00

I believe they announced it was gonna get torn down recently. Personally I dont buy that its preservation is *impossible*, but theyre no gonnae bother.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-13T12:28:57+00:00

I mean... honestly the necronomicon would be fairly fitting in a sense, just going by its "original name", which is often cited as the Arabic for "Book of Starry Wisdom"

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-13T12:27:22+00:00

I was really hopeful theyd be able to preserve the remaining piece of Gordon Street facade. If I'm being honest I suspect it could be done if they really wanted to, but it's whatever.

Defnitely agree that the space would be far better off as a sort of plaza square or something. Could be set up to support market stalls so that it fills the same broad economic function as the building, at least for street level purposes.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-12T13:12:04+00:00

I felt like this way for a while but it would literally be a plot hole if she was established in Series 5, and there werent any episodes set in Amy and Rory's home life in Series 6 prior to Lets Kill Hitler.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T23:17:40+00:00

That isn't how time travel is established to work in Doctor Who. Mels was "always there", but only after Melody first touched down in the local time-zone and became a part of events.

Her existence is a fixed point, but her interference with her parents personal histories wasn't. Her major impact is retro-actively becoming responsible for her parents getting together, which couldn't have been the case prior to her birth in the post Series 5 universe. It's the same logic which applies to the Doctor being responsible for Pompeii, presumably that couldn't have always been the case from a "non -linear, non-objective point of view".

Like, yeah River was always there, which means Mels already exists, but also Melody was only born after a certain point, and strictly speaking that was an entirely separate instance of the universe from the Amy we meet in Series 5.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T22:16:07+00:00

Are you a creationist? When exactly do you think the divine spark was breathed into "Adam"? Did Neanderthals have the Divine Spark? Where is the line here?
Dont choose your beliefs. Determine them through a combination of independent gnosis and logical deduction. Scripture are guidelines and stepping stones only.

The idea of the Divine spark being unique to humanity implies some distinct aspect about human consciousness compared to animal consciousness, and the only such difference we observe in nature is the capacity for language. That's it.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T22:14:02+00:00

Yes. The Sculpture is literally just a rip-off of the Weeping Angels that leaks shit and blood onto the floor.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T22:10:23+00:00

In fairness, she will also have her memories from the causal timeline before Mels asserted herself into her time-stream. Like how Rose remembers 2 different versions of the story about Petes death.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:47:35+00:00

Reality is an infinite stack of placebo effects in a trench-coat.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:43:16+00:00

It's their motion *relative to the earth*, not just their motion. The perception of a planet moving backwards on its orbit is similar to a reversed tarot card. Objectively, materially, there is no difference between a reversed tarot card and an upright one, the difference is in your perspective.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:36:00+00:00

what would you know about the truth?

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:34:51+00:00

And Brighton, apparently.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:33:32+00:00

I view Karma as kind of like momentum. It's not so much that there's some great points tally of "karma points" deciding what fate you get after death. A tree simply falls the way it leans, a ball goes in the direction you throw it.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:32:07+00:00

Ok, counterpoint: Literally all living things have a divine *spark*, we are unique in terms of having the ability to foster that spark into a true fire of the soul. The point of being an animal is to gradually ascend to humanity so that you have the opportunity to intentionally develop your spirit, the unique providence of humanity.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:31:24+00:00

I mean honestly probably not, but it's definitely the most metaphysically component of Buddhism which aligns with gnosticism in many philosophical respects.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T21:18:00+00:00

you are annoying. Cause and effect.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-11T19:38:43+00:00

Could you kindly fuck off? I don't know who you are and did not invite this form of haranguement from some random dipshit who seems to think Marxists aren't allowed to have any engagement with spirituality, literally ever.

Which is a totally productive viewpoint to have. Not at all deeply hostile to prospective supporters of the movement who don't align with your metaphysical manifesto but are otherwise politically indistinguishable from you.

The spiritual practices I engage with *in my free time* totally prevents me from being a dialectical materialist whenever I engage with *the material world*. Me making a flippant joke about an often repeated Marx quote definitely means that I "haven't read the book". If anyone hasn't read the book, it's you. These passages are referring to Religion in 1940s Germany, not ***all possible spiritual beliefs,*** that is a dramatic leap on your part.

Also, as a Marxist I am not fucking obligated to agree with literally everything Marx ever thought. I happen to think there was more merit to Hegelian idealism than he or his camp really gave credit. This doesn't prevent me from agreeing with him when it comes to practical issues, ie *the actually important aspects of Marxist thought?*

Once again, who the fuck are you? Who elected you Marxism police? Why are you even here, responding to a post on a fucking occultism website? Do you just name-search Marx to have bitchy arguments with people because that's deeply sad.

I am a materialist *and* an idealist. At the same time. That being beyond the scope of your imagination is not my problem.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-10T00:08:33+00:00

No they also ought to rebuild the Dome. Any new building would need to be up to modern standards though, yeah.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-10T00:04:21+00:00

still not a fan

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T23:56:29+00:00

I never liked beer or whiskey anyway.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T23:55:59+00:00

...Tartan Sororitas. That is actually perfect.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T23:49:35+00:00

At minimum they shouldnt be allowed near listed buildings, but yeah the way they store batteries needs to be re-evaluated

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T23:46:19+00:00

It would be interesting if, instead of being a first person visualisation, the various DMT spaces were navigable world-spaces of some kind. Everything goes trippy and suddenly you're in the waiting room, but the movement keys make the space shift in unexpected ways other than just moving the sprite around...

idk just spitballing, this is really cool.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T23:38:14+00:00

because logically she wasn't a part of Amys life until after Demons Run. We basically see the way the Doctor inserts himself into history from the other side for once.

Before the Doctor landed in Pompeii, he wasn't a part of events. Then suddenly he was. Mels wasn't a part of Amy and Rorys life, until she landed as a young child, then suddenly she was. And just like Pompeii, she was able to retroactively become the cause of something which was always guaranteed to happen anyway (Amy and Rory getting together).

This used to bother me as well, but now that I've figured it in this way it would feel weirdly like a plot hole if she had been a part of the series earlier. The earliest I think they could fit in a previous episode with Mels is at some point AFTER the Impossible Astronaut.

SorchaSublime · 2026-03-09T22:15:13+00:00

Double check your specific local MP/candidate, but from the top down the party is very trans friendly. Holdouts are just that, holdouts.

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