Ok, I have a job for the next week teaching English, but gorging on Tumblr posts about both Downton and Doctor Who have given me major emotions that I need to get rid of or I will not be able to concentrate.
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Cut for a massive essay, SORRY BUT NOT REALLY )
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Godddd, Anna and Bates! Bates is a bit sanctimonious but I will give him a pass because he's an ex-soldier with a war bond with Lord Grantham so he probably has a soldier's code of honour about debt and loyalty etc. BUT I LOVE ANNA, oh jesus she's just so good but with a graceful quiet wit to her and she doesn't suffer fools, people like that are my kryptonite! ALL MY TEARS FOR HER, SHE NEEDS TO BE HAPPY.
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Like, does anyone ACTUALLY think Rory would use his sword on the Doctor for hugging Amy too long? REALLY? XD
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(1) The narrative can be sexist without any of the characters in it being sexist. The pregnancy arc for Amy is an example of the standard misogynistic sci-fi pregnancy plot because the narrative was contrived around her in such a way that she had no agency in it -- her whole arc for the first half of the series was all about things that were being done to her: she was kidnapped, she was turned into a ganger, she was rescued, etc. Amy's whole arc for the first half of the season took place in the passive voice and, moreover, it was an arc which was all about her body: you could have replaced Amy with literally any (cis) female character of child-bearing age because it wasn't about her, it was about her womanhood ( ... )
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She's completely passive *in that storyline* because she doesn't even know what's happening to her.
I don't care what the origins of Rory's behaviour are. The point is that, yes, he does try to go over Amy's head to deprive her of agency. That's a thing that he does.
Is a joke. He's not serious.
It's not a joke, especially not when you're shoving people out of the way to assert your authority over their body.
As The God Complex itself does point out.
... it actually doesn't. The subtext of that episode is that it's time for Amy to grow up and start living a 'real' life "for her own good".
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>>The subtext of that episode
It's not even subtext... but I'm not sure why growing out of your unhealthy childhood dependance on a crazy dude who's actions could get you *killed* is a bad thing.
Not interested in a debate that dismisses context tho, sry.
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