Having such rules and actually enforcing them are two different things. To be honest, I haven't looked at either in months, because while I initially subscribed to them when I started watching Series 3 about halfway into the UK run, I quickly grew tired of constantly reading comment threads that degenerated into name-calling about Rose and/or fans of that character. It may be that the mods have eventually listened to complaints and started nipping such things in the bud, but it just wasn't worth it to me to keep having to sift through all the dross to find something worthwhile. And it's not just the Martha-specific comms. It comes up in general-purpose comms like doctor_who as well.
I just don't understand why there has to be so much hating on Rose to make people feel better about their fave companion o'choice. I mean, no-one's under any obligation to like Rose, just as no-one's under any obligation to like any other companion, supporting character, or even Doctor, but I haven't seen the level of open hostility towards any other characters and their fans welcomed/tolerated like it is with Rose.
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Date: 2007-09-24 07:15 pm (UTC)I just don't understand why there has to be so much hating on Rose to make people feel better about their fave companion o'choice. I mean, no-one's under any obligation to like Rose, just as no-one's under any obligation to like any other companion, supporting character, or even Doctor, but I haven't seen the level of open hostility towards any other characters and their fans welcomed/tolerated like it is with Rose.