Hee! This is an ego-boost of a post if ever there was one. :) I started wondering half-way through who the "Anna" was you were quoting on Wes/Lilah, and then remembered it was something I'd written! Hee. I like the analogy you've made, and I love this that you quoted from harmonyfb: And not only that, but she was quite happy to cast him as the wise and brave hero and herself as the sidekick, which he loves to distraction.
Anyway, thank you for this - it was a lovely read. Oh, and you're absolutely right about this too:
Of course he had to go save the Madame, even if it was stupid and foolish and hurt Rose terribly - it's like Buffy risking her life every night and nearly getting killed my Random Vamp #1 by accident - if you're a hero, that's what you do!
I think the dynamic between Rose and the Doctor had to change after the Parting of the Ways - he sent her away to protect her and she wouldn't accept that. He's seen that Rose is a ready to be a hero as he is - that she his is equal in more ways than he had imagined prior to the events of The Parting of the Ways. When he left her behind in the spaceship, he did it knowing that if anyone was strong and brave enough to deal with that, she was.
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Anyway, thank you for this - it was a lovely read. Oh, and you're absolutely right about this too:
Of course he had to go save the Madame, even if it was stupid and foolish and hurt Rose terribly - it's like Buffy risking her life every night and nearly getting killed my Random Vamp #1 by accident - if you're a hero, that's what you do!
I think the dynamic between Rose and the Doctor had to change after the Parting of the Ways - he sent her away to protect her and she wouldn't accept that. He's seen that Rose is a ready to be a hero as he is - that she his is equal in more ways than he had imagined prior to the events of The Parting of the Ways. When he left her behind in the spaceship, he did it knowing that if anyone was strong and brave enough to deal with that, she was.