A very brief(ish) chat about Doctor Who, that is several years late and says nothing about any of the things I actually care about or episodes I am actually interested in but which I want to say anyway
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*squints* I'm...having trouble telling/remembering how much NewWho you've seen. Because on the one hand I'm like YES, OMG, THIS but on the other hand I'm like WAIT TILL YOU SEE HOW THEY FUCK OVER DONNA. (But you know about River? So, arg.) As much as I love Rose/Nine, the epic that is Rose/Ten just gets more and more fucked up. I was sort of done with Who by the time Eleven came along, but then I decided to fucking BINGE THE ENTIRE SERIES, ALL OF THE NEW SHIT, and then ended up watching Eleven and Eleven is so much better than Ten could ever be. All of Ten's fucked up dramatic selfish stupidity gets erased.
....anyway. What I'm trying to say is stick in there. Because it gets a lot worse but then it gets so, so, so much better.
haha THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I TANGENT. oops. nah, I've seen all of Nine and Ten, this just isn't about any of the episodes/plots I actually give a fuck about. it's more about an explanation of my issues with Steven Moffat, and the way his way of seeing the Doctor does not mesh with mine sometimes, and why I've been resistant to watching any Eleven
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EXCEPT. Then there's End of Time. and there's the reality check of exactly what he did, and why, and the reminder/realization that while he can mourn for what his people became and he can grieve for what he had to do? it needed doing, and he would damn well do it again, and he doesn't need to carry the guilt and personal responsibility of ending his people in the way that he has been for the past four seasons, because his people as he knew and loved them were gone way before he trapped them in time, and that wasn't his fault, it was their own. and that fixes him a little more, and he dies again, and he says his goodbyes and it is heartbreaking as fuck but it means that when he's born again he gets to be even more fixed, because he can let go of that guilt
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I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, I'VE ONLY JUST STARTED ON SERIES FIVE, SHH SHHH I'LL GET THERE. Give it, like, a week, two tops. though also feel free to spoil me since you know how I am about spoilers.
I'm sorry, I can't. I can't spoil you. I know how you are about spoilers, but that episode, dude, is probably singlehandedly the best episode in New Who. You know that bit at the end of the gas mask two parter where Nine is all JUST THIS ONCE, ROSE, EVERYBODY LIVES. And I cry like an infant? It is an entire episode of that feeling. Like explode in your chest amazing and die.
Anyway. >.>
I totally agree with everything above, btw. 100% I just found it amazing that, like, as I was watching Ten I loved him so much, over the years, right? But then when I went back and watched all the episodes together in a period of a few weeks, I just wanted to be like OH MY GOD STOP MUGGING AND WHINING ALREADY. I don't know. I do still fucking love the conclusion of his and Rose's storyline in Bad Wolf Bay (except how I don't because it's not him, not really, and it's not fair to her) and I still miss Rose and Mickey and even, my god, her mom. ...and I want more Donna. And Donna's gramps. Now. >:[
did I ever tell you that I refused to watch The Doctor Dances for like a billion years, because The Empty Child creeped me out so much? true story. Kendra was like "what? JULIE. YOU NEED THE ENDING. IT WILL BRING YOU JOY, I PROMISE" but I was so dubious because are you my mummy and NIGHTMARES FOREVER. but she was right of course. anyway. I'll watch it soon I'm sure! I don't have as much time to sit still and watch things as I'd like, but the seasons are short so it won't take that long
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...I would just like to say that I was SO EXCITED to see a post with your name on it. And then it was all Dr. Who and I've never ever seen Dr. Who, so BOO on YOU, JU(LES). BOO. =|
AW hahaha I'm sorry! watch some Doctor Who, it is life-improving :D I'll do another post soon! this Friday, probably, when I've got time to sit still. that'll be about IRL stuff so that should be better I guess! though it'll be more gripe-y. um. something to look forward to?
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....anyway. What I'm trying to say is stick in there. Because it gets a lot worse but then it gets so, so, so much better.
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Anyway. >.>
I totally agree with everything above, btw. 100% I just found it amazing that, like, as I was watching Ten I loved him so much, over the years, right? But then when I went back and watched all the episodes together in a period of a few weeks, I just wanted to be like OH MY GOD STOP MUGGING AND WHINING ALREADY. I don't know. I do still fucking love the conclusion of his and Rose's storyline in Bad Wolf Bay (except how I don't because it's not him, not really, and it's not fair to her) and I still miss Rose and Mickey and even, my god, her mom. ...and I want more Donna. And Donna's gramps. Now. >:[
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