Hi! Remember me? Stalking your journal again because you say pretty things and I've got this strange Doctor Who addiction.
Hi, again! I've friended you, by the by.
Doctor Who is really, really lovely.
I so agree. Martha's really not doing anything for me. But you know what? That's okay. I don't think I need her to. I'd like to sympathize a little more with her than I do, but I'm so enthralled with the Doctor's story this season that I don't mind.
That's it, exactly. Martha seems to be more of a Classic Companion, not anywhere near as filled out as Rose was, but that's all right, because the Doctor is completely filling the Epic space. Lost love can be a very beautiful story, when well-told.
Maybe it's all my years of watching the Jossverse, but I really like the darker, almost bleak sense to this season. Oh, it *hurts* because I adore the Doctor, but it feels very right at the same time. And I appreciate RTD for actually following through on those emotions. But he's lost the Time War, and then he lost Rose, whose importance to him hasn't been diminished at all. No wonder he's in a dark place. If he was bouncing from the walls and impossibly happy, it wouldn't be true to his character.
Yes. Even if RTD hadn't said that he was a fan of BtVS, it would still be clear that he follows the same emotional school as Joss -- make it real. Events and disasters cause emotional pain that doesn't just fade away. Certain lifestyles take a toll on the person living them. The Doctor fell in love. He lost his entire people and then he found this girl. Nineteen years old, but with an intuitive and bright mind. Someone who gave him a home again. In S2, the Doctor's talking about how when the Time Lords died, "the universe became that bit less kind," and this has to be that all over again. Without Rose, the universe is that bit less kind. There's not as much light, anymore.
I'm really loving this season so far. I keep saying to my roommate that I can't believe that the show is actually shippier for Doctor/Rose without Rose on the show. Seeing how the absence of her weighs on the Doctor shows just how much he loves her. His laughter and giddy joy in S2 looks much less like traits of this regeneration and more like the simple happiness of a man deeply in love with someone who loves him back just as much.
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Hi, again! I've friended you, by the by.
Doctor Who is really, really lovely.
I so agree. Martha's really not doing anything for me. But you know what? That's okay. I don't think I need her to. I'd like to sympathize a little more with her than I do, but I'm so enthralled with the Doctor's story this season that I don't mind.
That's it, exactly. Martha seems to be more of a Classic Companion, not anywhere near as filled out as Rose was, but that's all right, because the Doctor is completely filling the Epic space. Lost love can be a very beautiful story, when well-told.
Maybe it's all my years of watching the Jossverse, but I really like the darker, almost bleak sense to this season. Oh, it *hurts* because I adore the Doctor, but it feels very right at the same time. And I appreciate RTD for actually following through on those emotions. But he's lost the Time War, and then he lost Rose, whose importance to him hasn't been diminished at all. No wonder he's in a dark place. If he was bouncing from the walls and impossibly happy, it wouldn't be true to his character.
Yes. Even if RTD hadn't said that he was a fan of BtVS, it would still be clear that he follows the same emotional school as Joss -- make it real. Events and disasters cause emotional pain that doesn't just fade away. Certain lifestyles take a toll on the person living them. The Doctor fell in love. He lost his entire people and then he found this girl. Nineteen years old, but with an intuitive and bright mind. Someone who gave him a home again. In S2, the Doctor's talking about how when the Time Lords died, "the universe became that bit less kind," and this has to be that all over again. Without Rose, the universe is that bit less kind. There's not as much light, anymore.
I'm really loving this season so far. I keep saying to my roommate that I can't believe that the show is actually shippier for Doctor/Rose without Rose on the show. Seeing how the absence of her weighs on the Doctor shows just how much he loves her. His laughter and giddy joy in S2 looks much less like traits of this regeneration and more like the simple happiness of a man deeply in love with someone who loves him back just as much.