If you believe that romantic love is the only thing that matters, perhaps. If you believe that having a 'one true love' means that you never care about anyone else every again, perhaps.
What is the point of the concept of "one true love" if not to elevate that love above others? And please don't bring people's children and mothers and brothers into it. We're not talking about children and mothers and brothers. If a man's wife dies, and he marries again, how do you suppose his second wife will feel when cousin Edna comes over and tells her, "Y'know, his first wife was his One True Love, but he loves you, too"?
As I said, I blame Rusty for throwing the OTP pass more than the people who just picked it up and ran with it. But I do think it's terribly disingenuous to insist that you're very happy seeing Rose as the OTP, but in no way does that taint past and future companions -- disingenuous on Rusty's part as well as the fans. If he wanted to reinvent the series, he should have done so in a more honest way, along the lines of Battlestar Galactica, where the break with the old series is clear and up front. What's more, for Rusty to carry on with the series after he's compromised it, and to offer us new characters that he intentionally undermines (opening up opportunities for fans of his "authorized" ship to ask whether they new character is even NECESSARY) -- I mean, why?
Unless he's going somewhere with all this. Hope springs eternal. Cuz right now, it's a bloody mess.
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What is the point of the concept of "one true love" if not to elevate that love above others? And please don't bring people's children and mothers and brothers into it. We're not talking about children and mothers and brothers. If a man's wife dies, and he marries again, how do you suppose his second wife will feel when cousin Edna comes over and tells her, "Y'know, his first wife was his One True Love, but he loves you, too"?
As I said, I blame Rusty for throwing the OTP pass more than the people who just picked it up and ran with it. But I do think it's terribly disingenuous to insist that you're very happy seeing Rose as the OTP, but in no way does that taint past and future companions -- disingenuous on Rusty's part as well as the fans. If he wanted to reinvent the series, he should have done so in a more honest way, along the lines of Battlestar Galactica, where the break with the old series is clear and up front. What's more, for Rusty to carry on with the series after he's compromised it, and to offer us new characters that he intentionally undermines (opening up opportunities for fans of his "authorized" ship to ask whether they new character is even NECESSARY) -- I mean, why?
Unless he's going somewhere with all this. Hope springs eternal. Cuz right now, it's a bloody mess.