Doctor Who: Doomsday note
Jul. 11th, 2006 03:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflyOne more teeny, tiny note for Doomsday
The idea that Rose (or anyone) should structure their lives around another person's wishes drives me absolutely batty. If I'd lived my life the ideal way that my mom had wanted... I would be a great deal less happy than I am now. I'd likely have more of a college education, but less hard-earned wisdom.
The idea that Rose is a selfish brat because she didn't choose her mother and family over the Doctor... again, it drives me a little nuts. It's a worldview that is so completely opposed to my own. I love my mother. I adore her. But if I fell in love with someone, truly fell in love, and they wanted to move halfway across the world, I'd likely choose to be with the person that I was in love with rather than my family.
Or, if any of you have seen Fiddler on the Roof, the situation makes me think of the marriages in that. None of the daughters pick the men that their parents would have chosen for them. Are they selfish brats for that? Is Hodel selfish for leaving her family to join Perchik in Siberia? Is having a dream and following it really considered selfish?
I find it all very baffling.
The idea that Rose (or anyone) should structure their lives around another person's wishes drives me absolutely batty. If I'd lived my life the ideal way that my mom had wanted... I would be a great deal less happy than I am now. I'd likely have more of a college education, but less hard-earned wisdom.
The idea that Rose is a selfish brat because she didn't choose her mother and family over the Doctor... again, it drives me a little nuts. It's a worldview that is so completely opposed to my own. I love my mother. I adore her. But if I fell in love with someone, truly fell in love, and they wanted to move halfway across the world, I'd likely choose to be with the person that I was in love with rather than my family.
Or, if any of you have seen Fiddler on the Roof, the situation makes me think of the marriages in that. None of the daughters pick the men that their parents would have chosen for them. Are they selfish brats for that? Is Hodel selfish for leaving her family to join Perchik in Siberia? Is having a dream and following it really considered selfish?
I find it all very baffling.
