Well, One was a git at large before humans rubbed off on him. He didn't do it because he was supposed to be jealous of anyone, though, unlike poor Mickey's case.
What was it that made Six such an asshole (I say 'asshole' with love, but... yeah, asshole), then? He's spent ages around humans.
Wasn't me who said you're destroying the show - I'm just trying to point out why the idea of an only-Doctor/companion-relationship is distasteful to a lot of people. I think it's a relevant point.
It would be a relevant point to make if it hadn't been clear that I already knew it (as I said in my OP -- "If you hate Rose Tyler, then a series of television that is basically saying, "Yeah, that blonde chick? One of a kind," is pretty much guaranteed to piss you off."). I'm well aware of the reasons -- I've had these conversations so many times that I feel dizzy at the end of them, by all the circles we end up going around in.
I watch the show differently than you do. We view the character of the Doctor differently. We view Rose and her importance differently. I doubt that either of us will change our minds as a result of this conversation. I've fully thought out my position, which is subject to change based only on what I've not yet seen in Old Who or what's yet to air in the New and for y'all to come in here and tell me that I "don't get it" or that the only reason that I don't see things your way is because I haven't watched enough Old School Who just strikes me as the height of condescension (incidentally, City of Death was one of my first episodes, which I saw before I'd even finished the first new series).
I've had a lot of opinions about a lot of shows. Doctor Who is the only fandom where people seem to feel an evangelical duty to get newer fans to 'see the light'.
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Date: 2007-09-22 09:20 pm (UTC)What was it that made Six such an asshole (I say 'asshole' with love, but... yeah, asshole), then? He's spent ages around humans.
Wasn't me who said you're destroying the show - I'm just trying to point out why the idea of an only-Doctor/companion-relationship is distasteful to a lot of people. I think it's a relevant point.
It would be a relevant point to make if it hadn't been clear that I already knew it (as I said in my OP -- "If you hate Rose Tyler, then a series of television that is basically saying, "Yeah, that blonde chick? One of a kind," is pretty much guaranteed to piss you off."). I'm well aware of the reasons -- I've had these conversations so many times that I feel dizzy at the end of them, by all the circles we end up going around in.
I watch the show differently than you do. We view the character of the Doctor differently. We view Rose and her importance differently. I doubt that either of us will change our minds as a result of this conversation. I've fully thought out my position, which is subject to change based only on what I've not yet seen in Old Who or what's yet to air in the New and for y'all to come in here and tell me that I "don't get it" or that the only reason that I don't see things your way is because I haven't watched enough Old School Who just strikes me as the height of condescension (incidentally, City of Death was one of my first episodes, which I saw before I'd even finished the first new series).
I've had a lot of opinions about a lot of shows. Doctor Who is the only fandom where people seem to feel an evangelical duty to get newer fans to 'see the light'.