Um, yeah, obviously I don't know you, I only got here because I have who_daily and don't have a life ;). But I would appreciate links to these essays so I may learn.
I guess what I still cannot figure out is why you think it's the only ship supported by canon. I really can't see what's different in the actual treatment Rose gets, just in how the producers refer to this treatment. I'm saying - dunno if it came through - that it's the only ship pronounced exclusive by canon, the only time we were supposed to believe that Rose is the Doctor's only love. You get a lot of ships in Who and a lot of them are pretty darn obvious - Eight/Grace is about as canon as canonically possible, to begin with. Four/Romana was so canon, the actors admit that the IC chemistry leaking into OC confused them into getting married. Really. This has happened before. What hasn't happened before is the show trying to convince us that a companion was ever-so-special. That's the batship, not the canonicity.
So that's what I don't get, and that's what I resent in the treatment of the ship, and that's where I believe RTD is taking on an authority he should not have. I might agree with his views here and there, but I still decry his attempt to force his views on me. I hope that makes more sense.
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I guess what I still cannot figure out is why you think it's the only ship supported by canon. I really can't see what's different in the actual treatment Rose gets, just in how the producers refer to this treatment. I'm saying - dunno if it came through - that it's the only ship pronounced exclusive by canon, the only time we were supposed to believe that Rose is the Doctor's only love. You get a lot of ships in Who and a lot of them are pretty darn obvious - Eight/Grace is about as canon as canonically possible, to begin with. Four/Romana was so canon, the actors admit that the IC chemistry leaking into OC confused them into getting married. Really. This has happened before. What hasn't happened before is the show trying to convince us that a companion was ever-so-special. That's the batship, not the canonicity.
So that's what I don't get, and that's what I resent in the treatment of the ship, and that's where I believe RTD is taking on an authority he should not have. I might agree with his views here and there, but I still decry his attempt to force his views on me. I hope that makes more sense.