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Two good posts.
From Steven Moffat Appreciation on Tumblr: Some Random Amateur’s Guide to Overthinking Doctor Who. (Thoughts on how to get the most out of Moffat Who.)
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such_heights wrote this very interesting thing:
One Of My Hobbies: companions and life outside the Doctor.
('So there's an interesting post on tumblr from taiey pointing out just how many of Clara's episodes feature her home/work life as well as her adventures with the Doctor - she tallies it as 75% up to last week's episode. That seems pretty high! And then I was curious what it looked like for other companions, as well as the time periods spent travelling full time in the TARDIS versus coming along for visits etc.)
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such_heights wrote this very interesting thing:One Of My Hobbies: companions and life outside the Doctor.
('So there's an interesting post on tumblr from taiey pointing out just how many of Clara's episodes feature her home/work life as well as her adventures with the Doctor - she tallies it as 75% up to last week's episode. That seems pretty high! And then I was curious what it looked like for other companions, as well as the time periods spent travelling full time in the TARDIS versus coming along for visits etc.)
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The whole 'debate' about whether or not Companions spend enough time NOT thinking about the Doctor is really ridiculous when you think about it that way. Particularly since the Doctor is an ALIEN WITH A TIME TRAVELING DEVICE. I'm sorry, but if I met one of those, you're damn right he would swallow up the rest of my so called life.
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And I always get a bit mad at people complaining that a character trying to run from their lives is a bad character. I love characters like that. I like to watch them and I like to write them... and yes, I find them relatable. Stop telling me what I can and can't like, fandom!
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(Yeah, all the fans sitting online 10 hours a day complaining about Moffat's Who would just be like, nah, I'll stay here, thanks.)
Also- narratives kind of require conflict. Hi, I'm perfectly content, nice to meet you Mr. Alien is a really really boring story.
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But even so, I love running from their lives type characters and it's why I get mad at people who crit Amy because she's "not relatable" - to me she is the most relatable companion so far. Sure I didn't grow up with cracks in time in my walls, but I was still the weird kid who never fit in and kept wishing for an imaginary friend to take me away on adventures. If people say we shouldn't have characters like Amy, what I hear is "you can't have characters who are like you" and that? NOT COOL.
I mean hell I like the other companions too, but they always seemed better able to fit into the real world around them before the Doctor came along, even if they weren't totally happy. Seeing a character who so obviously does not means a lot to me. Even wrote one of my favourite OCs as a tribute to her.
And really if all the complainers can't handle characters having fantastical things happen to them, you have to ask why they're bothering to watch a sci-fi show rather than say, a soap.
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I am still not over losing Amy Pond as a Companion. I loved how imperfect she was, how she started out so obviously faking all that confidence and then grew into her own over the course of her arc. I love how she owned her sexuality and her choices, and I love that she let herself be vulnerable even when SHE was the hero. I think her and Buffy would have gotten on famously.
And so much yes to your last bit there- complaining about the fantastic in a show like Doctor Who is like saying you couldn't enjoy Downton Abbey because there aren't enough car chases.
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It's something RTD did quite deliberately. And a good thing it is too.
And I always get a bit mad at people complaining that a character trying to run from their lives is a bad character. I love characters like that. I like to watch them and I like to write them... and yes, I find them relatable. Stop telling me what I can and can't like, fandom!
This. And I think Clara is the first New!Who character who isn't really running? (But she still comes along, oh yes.)
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Also, did you read my Clara meta? Because Clara is BOTH. She is the companion MOST centered around the Doctor (millions of echoes running around for the sole reason of saving him), and the LEAST centered (as you say - normal teacher who travels part time and is ready to walk away if need be). My meta explores how this duality is an integral part of her character. :)
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Heh. Very true. It is the supporting characters' job to focus on the main character.
The whole 'debate' about whether or not Companions spend enough time NOT thinking about the Doctor is really ridiculous when you think about it that way.
LOL. And yes.
Particularly since the Doctor is an ALIEN WITH A TIME TRAVELING DEVICE. I'm sorry, but if I met one of those, you're damn right he would swallow up the rest of my so called life.
We can but dream...
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*HUGS*
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