If she acts like someone actually interested in medicine on Torchwood, I would be thrilled. So far, she hasn't done much that anyone with a CPR course couldn't handle (I mean, I can diagnose a concussion and the best treatment for it and I only had high school Health). The most involved thing she's done was the 'bones of the hand' speech, which anyone with a good memory and a course in Anatomy could pull off.
I think we might have to come to a draw on this topic. The preceptions on Rose's storyarc will ultimately be opinion. I can respect that.
But I don't understand the reasoning on why you put weight on a non-existing element versus the several examples seen in the canon of the show, in particular Martha's interest/use of medicine. Martha stated from the beginning, even well into FoB, that she was pursing her studies to become a doctor. She wants to become a doctor. Period. And even if you choose not to consider her using her basic knowledge of CPR and treating a concussion, you still have her utilizing the more complex knowledge in the Lazarus Labs. It's what moved that plot forward.
But you're going to ignore all that and argue the platform that because she didn't have medical jargon shooting out of her mouth at every opportunity or wasn't performing an alien autopsy on poor Boe or whoever, that suddenly it must be the writers trying to tell you that "OMG. She has no interest in medicine!", despite the fact they continually tell and show you that she has an interest in medicine.
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Date: 2007-09-23 08:11 pm (UTC)I think we might have to come to a draw on this topic. The preceptions on Rose's storyarc will ultimately be opinion. I can respect that.
But I don't understand the reasoning on why you put weight on a non-existing element versus the several examples seen in the canon of the show, in particular Martha's interest/use of medicine. Martha stated from the beginning, even well into FoB, that she was pursing her studies to become a doctor. She wants to become a doctor. Period. And even if you choose not to consider her using her basic knowledge of CPR and treating a concussion, you still have her utilizing the more complex knowledge in the Lazarus Labs. It's what moved that plot forward.
But you're going to ignore all that and argue the platform that because she didn't have medical jargon shooting out of her mouth at every opportunity or wasn't performing an alien autopsy on poor Boe or whoever, that suddenly it must be the writers trying to tell you that "OMG. She has no interest in medicine!", despite the fact they continually tell and show you that she has an interest in medicine.