Theories & Headcanons

Chapter 5: Thirteenth Doctor Rewrite

I like Thirteen's basic character and a few things about her story, but I mostly really dislike canon from her onward. So I sorta just... mentally rewrote her.

Obviously she still has some trauma, the Doctor's always going to. But I like to think of her as the most healed.

After Eight's sacrifice, War's atrocities, Nine's rage, Ten's guilt, Eleven's self-hatred, and Twelve's breakdown...

After so many lifetimes since the war and the personality modifications Eight went with when he became War...

After finding out that Gallifrey is still standing and she never actually killed her own people or destroyed her home...

Thirteen deserves to be happy.

So in my head, she's lighter and goofier. She's finally given herself permission to breathe, to be happy, to explore for the sheer wonder of it again. She's still the Doctor, she's still saving people, she's still got her dark edges and things haunting her — but she's finally at peace with her pasts.

Also, I'm ignoring the Timeless Child because no.