butterfly | (no subject) (Reply)

In the list of Things That Amuse Me Greatly, the way point of view shades things is really close to the top. The current amusing example is the big conversation between Ten and Rose in the middle of School Reunion. Everyone gets the same words, everyone gets the same facial expressions. But when someone doesn't like Rose/the Ten&Rose relationship, that conversation means, "Rose, you aren't special. I loved other people before you and I'll love people after you. Get off your high horse."

If, on the other hand, you ship them, it means, "Yes, Rose, I have loved people before and left them. But I promise that I won't do that to you -- you're special." Basically, they're completely opposite readings. And I've seen over a dozen posts on both sides of the issue, all absolutely certain that their side is the one that canon's on. This sort of thing happens all the time in fandom, but it normally isn't quite so obvious.

In other news, Father's Day totally made me cry when I rewatched it Friday.