Asylum of the Daleks. DW S7.1

[elisi]

These thoughts are going to be brief - not because there's not a lot to dig into, but because this week is so busy I can't describe it. So I'll touch on the major imagery and leave it at that for now...

Comments

[zanthinegirl]

Nods. And I keep thinking that Amy & Rory are a mirror for the Doctor & the Daleks. Love and hatred, but also connectedness/ disconnectedness. I'm not articulating it very well, but it's fascinating me.

[elisi]

Love and hatred, but also connectedness/ disconnectedness. I'm not articulating it very well, but it's fascinating me.
I know what you mean! I was going to write something about the love/hate theme, but forgot/figured people could probably see it anyway. But yes - v, nice mirroring.

[anonymous]

Man, after seeing how deeply you dig into these episodes, I'm surprised your head hasn't exploded. If this is just the beginning, I can't wait to see the rest.

~ srmcd1

[elisi]

Man, after seeing how deeply you dig into these episodes, I'm surprised your head hasn't exploded.
The main issue is just finding time to write it all down - all the meta just appears on it's own, I swear. (Well, not quite - I talk everything over with Promethia!)

If this is just the beginning, I can't wait to see the rest.
Just wait until I get to Oswin!

[ladymercury_10]

oh, nice catch with the eggs, there. Lots of double meanings.

Oh my goodness, she even sort of looks like Cal, doesn't she?

This is all the best Moffat again. I am so very happy.

[elisi]

oh, nice catch with the eggs, there. Lots of double meanings.
IKR? It's brilliant.

Oh my goodness, she even sort of looks like Cal, doesn't she?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everything ties back to the Library!

This is all the best Moffat again. I am so very happy.
Me too! *hums*

[ladymercury_10]

It's like someone looked at the whisk attachment on a Dalek, thought of the obvious, and then came up with the most brilliant way to work it all together, COMPLETE WITH SOUFFLE JOKES. It's amazing.

[elisi]

This. There's all these deep layers, but on the top it's just this frothy delight of goodness and daft jokes! HOW DOES HE DO IT?

[redjaywrites]

Plz be Omega!
PLZ BE OMEGA!

[elisi]

Pretty please Santa Moff?

[lyricwrites]

But she is a mirror absolutely EVERYTHING, and I think I know who she is, and it all ties together beautifully and I... really can't talk about it all now.

Not that you have to answer, but I'm curious: do you figure you know who she is by name, or in more general terms? Because I'm pretty sure/hoping hard that she's going to be the person that the Doctor puts back together, in contrast to the various people he's torn apart or turned upside down or just generally shaken the hell out of-I think doing that would be a huge turning point for him. But I haven't (yet) connected her with any character we already know.

[elisi]

Not that you have to answer, but I'm curious: do you figure you know who she is by name, or in more general terms?
Way back when it was first announced that the Ponds were leaving, I came up with a theory as to who would be the perfect next companion. It was kinda mad, but every. single. thing. has so far proved me right. (Well - almost. But. It's uncanny.)

Because I'm pretty sure/hoping hard that she's going to be the person that the Doctor puts back together, in contrast to the various people he's torn apart or turned upside down or just generally shaken the hell out of-I think doing that would be a huge turning point for him.
That would be very awesome indeed.

But I haven't (yet) connected her with any character we already know.
*grins* I shan't say anything then. But I'll write a long post at some point, nailing my colours to the mast. And if I'm wrong all of fandom can laugh at me. But... damn, I want it to be true.

[purplefringe]

BUT BUT BUT NO! That's NOT FAIR! You can't not say anything! That's just MEAN! Who is Oswin??

I meant it the other day when I said I was super excited about your meta - this was wonderful. It is so very like my own thoughts, but actually coherent! :D Boxes, memory, identity, perception - Moffat really got ALL his buzzwords into this one, didn't he?!

Something else I thought of (amongst other things) - tying in with the theme of perception and identity, Amy Pond is surely the most metamorphosed companion of the new series? By which I mean, she has - nearly but not quite - been transformed into a Weeping Angel, a Dalek, and a Vampire-Space-Fish, as well as having her own Ganger, and being married to a guy who spent 2000 years as a plastic Roman. Sure, Rose was turned into a faceless person by the Wire, and was temporarily possessed by Cassandra, but I'm fairly sure Amy has undergone the most near-transformations of any companion. What do you make of that?

Oswin in the Dalek also reminded me of Amy in the Tesselector....

[promethia_tenk]

You know, I'd just been musing over this the other day. It's like Rory's thing is dying and Amy's thing is being possessed and transformed.

IDK, when I think of something I'll let you know . . .