Oh the wedding is so much fun to play with. Personally I think it's the ultimate gesture on the Doctor's part - it's not pity, it's not shame, he's marrying her in recognition of how much she loves him, and how important she's become to him.
And as his wife, he finally has a way to get through to her that risking the whole of reality for him is so very very much the antithesis of anything he could ever want.
My kneejerk reaction was to go "ARGHH GO D NO NOT A RUSTY MOMENT...." but then I stuck through it and I think chiefly because the way that Kingston acted it, and Moff wrote it, it's not so bloody gagworthy as it would have been under Rusty. Under RTD there would have been swelling music and teary eyes and fucking cartoon lovehearts appearing everywhere and god knows what fucking else. And after a season of everyone telling the Doctor he's a shitbag and should die, I think he kinda needed to hear it.
AMY THE PSYCHOPATH. Oh I fucking loved that.... "She didn't get it all from you, sweetie." BAMFY Amy, I do heart thee.
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I thnk it was the 'ultimate gesture' part that icked me, actually. It made it feel like a test, somehow: he knows the Teselecta is there and she doesn't, he knows he's going to tell her and she's going to follow through and it'll all be fine, and first he pushes her (by appearing desperate and scared and vulnerable) to admit that she's that bonkersly in love with him that she'd sacrifice everything else? I mean, he is an impossible show-off, we know this - but there was something that felt manipulative about it and that icked me. But I have a feeling that is just me
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well...yeah, possibly because it was :P (and see comment below, Moffat you bastard king of Trolls)
I am going :( sadfacey over the whole "Fall of the eleventh" because god dammit, Smith is the Bestest Thing Ever and I want him to stay on and on and on.
Amy I can take or leave, but I'll take a Rory to go as well :D
yeah, I basically brushed off the Rusty moment--thankfully they didn't actually dwell on it for very long, or make use of it the way Rusty did, which just makes the Rusty bit even dafter--and I still have NO IDEA how I feel about the whole wedding thing (though I did glee a bit at the Doctor's later line about River's nights--winter of 1814 or whichever it was, here we come!)--but I'm a lot more forgiving of Moff's series finales than I am Rusty's.
The skuuuuuuulls! Eeeeeeek indeed.
Mostly, I was thinking throughout the ep, "I could basically watch Eleven, Amy, Rory, & River forever and be perfectly happy with that," so it's a damn good thing there's fanfic, isn't it. (I totally, totally want to write wine-in-the-backyard scenes now, forever and ever and ever amen.)
The Rusty moment was extra-weird because it went nowhere at all, plotwise. It was just a reason to get them to go upstairs. I think Moff was just ripping the piss, tbh (just like he did with the Rose-a-like shopgirl in Closing Time, though frankly that pissed me off: don't diss out S1 Rose, Moff).
I COULD basically just watch them forever, omg yes. They are such a gorgeous, smart, funny, wonky team full of oddnesses and messed-up timelines and bad mother-in-law jokes. Pls to be writing me back garden wine-drinking catch-up scenes forever and ever, tyvm.
It was utterly bonkers to say the least. However it answered certain questions, Amy had her epic moment with Madame K that has been waiting to happen forever.
As far as the marriage goes ? If the Doctor is going to get married it'll be while the whole of reality is at stake. The Skulls were cool and I thought the whole eating of the chin man (Mark Gatiss) was pretty funny in a bad hammer horror kind of way. The Skulls were creepy when they moved.
As for the Question that must never be answered ? It most be really terrible. The Doctor's name must be Trevor!
Glad Moffat left a few questions hanging in the air (who blow up the TARDIS and why etc) and put some new ones in as well. The fall of the 11th has kicked off my Doctor Who 50th anniversary ominous warning bells.
They might actually produce a decent multi doctor story for a change (that's an assumption that Moffat will do a multi doctor story), though my gut instinct is Matt will bow out of the show during the 50th Anniversary stuff (Moffat says it's too early to reveal what those plans are).
Oh, multi Doctor stories are always fun! I hadn't even thought what would be fun for the 50th anniversary story :D But yeah, I have the foreboding, too. Feeling a bit of a nerd right now for contemplating what my life would be like without DW in it! xx
River shoots - and misses. After demonstrating not half an hour earlier she could shoot the stetson off the Doctor's head. She misses FIVE fucking times.
Surrounded by Silence, no way out, Rory, Amy and River fake their own deaths to get at the heart of the matter and Canton disposes of the evidence.
The bastard summed up the entire fucking season finale and the giveaway in the first two eps.
River shoots the astronaut and misses. five times. Suit!River also shoots her gun and "misses" the Teselecta Doctor (thus draining the weapon and screwing up time). Five times.
There's hinting, there's telegraphing, and then there's teabagging the entire fandom with your giant hairy testicles. God dammit Moff.
Ahh, I get you: was mixing up Astronaut!River and Cowgirl!River.
It still breaks my brain that it's Ganger!Amy crying over Teselecta!Doctor in that scene. With two versions of her daughter she hasn't given birth to yet and her magic unkillable husband. :D
I demand an icon of THAT FACE Amy pulls on the "Mother in law" line. Srsly. bwahaha. It doesn't' make up for Rory not giving the Doctor the Dad Talk, but it's a nice consolation prize
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There should just be a thousand icons of Amy all the time, ever.
I am so looking forward to going back and rewatching River from, er, finish to start. Also more kids should get to revisit their mums when they were young and get drunk with them. It is what time travel is for, that sort of thing.
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And as his wife, he finally has a way to get through to her that risking the whole of reality for him is so very very much the antithesis of anything he could ever want.
My kneejerk reaction was to go "ARGHH GO D NO NOT A RUSTY MOMENT...." but then I stuck through it and I think chiefly because the way that Kingston acted it, and Moff wrote it, it's not so bloody gagworthy as it would have been under Rusty. Under RTD there would have been swelling music and teary eyes and fucking cartoon lovehearts appearing everywhere and god knows what fucking else. And after a season of everyone telling the Doctor he's a shitbag and should die, I think he kinda needed to hear it.
AMY THE PSYCHOPATH. Oh I fucking loved that.... "She didn't get it all from you, sweetie." BAMFY Amy, I do heart thee. ( ... )
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well...yeah, possibly because it was :P (and see comment below, Moffat you bastard king of Trolls)
I am going :( sadfacey over the whole "Fall of the eleventh" because god dammit, Smith is the Bestest Thing Ever and I want him to stay on and on and on.
Amy I can take or leave, but I'll take a Rory to go as well :D
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The skuuuuuuulls! Eeeeeeek indeed.
Mostly, I was thinking throughout the ep, "I could basically watch Eleven, Amy, Rory, & River forever and be perfectly happy with that," so it's a damn good thing there's fanfic, isn't it. (I totally, totally want to write wine-in-the-backyard scenes now, forever and ever and ever amen.)
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I COULD basically just watch them forever, omg yes. They are such a gorgeous, smart, funny, wonky team full of oddnesses and messed-up timelines and bad mother-in-law jokes. Pls to be writing me back garden wine-drinking catch-up scenes forever and ever, tyvm.
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However it answered certain questions, Amy had her epic moment with Madame K that has been waiting to happen forever.
As far as the marriage goes ? If the Doctor is going to get married it'll be while the whole of reality is at stake.
The Skulls were cool and I thought the whole eating of the chin man (Mark Gatiss) was pretty funny in a bad hammer horror kind of way. The Skulls were creepy when they moved.
As for the Question that must never be answered ? It most be really terrible. The Doctor's name must be Trevor!
Glad Moffat left a few questions hanging in the air (who blow up the TARDIS and why etc) and put some new ones in as well. The fall of the 11th has kicked off my Doctor Who 50th anniversary ominous warning bells.
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Sorry to butt in, but... yeah, me too *_*
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IA/DOTM.
River shoots - and misses. After demonstrating not half an hour earlier she could shoot the stetson off the Doctor's head. She misses FIVE fucking times.
Surrounded by Silence, no way out, Rory, Amy and River fake their own deaths to get at the heart of the matter and Canton disposes of the evidence.
The bastard summed up the entire fucking season finale and the giveaway in the first two eps.
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There's hinting, there's telegraphing, and then there's teabagging the entire fandom with your giant hairy testicles. God dammit Moff.
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It still breaks my brain that it's Ganger!Amy crying over Teselecta!Doctor in that scene. With two versions of her daughter she hasn't given birth to yet and her magic unkillable husband. :D
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I am so looking forward to going back and rewatching River from, er, finish to start. Also more kids should get to revisit their mums when they were young and get drunk with them. It is what time travel is for, that sort of thing.
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