ETA: Also, I'm guessing you're appreciating the fic title more now? ;)
What, you mean after the total fake-out of Act Three left us thinking, “Hang on, this is ‘The Death and Funeral of Roda’, not ‘Death and Life’, title was clearly authorial misdirection, and then the redoubled fake-out of Act Four left us aware that it was a double authorial misdirection, and the realization of misdirection at the end of Act Three was itself another misdirection? I’m not sure "appreciating” is the right word, but “respecting”, absolutely. ;)
Though come to think of it, this is the third Time Lord burning funeral we’ve seen in recent times (Simm!Master, Eleven, Roda), and none of them stayed dead. Although the Doctor might be the only one aware of all three. I wonder if he’ll twig, or at least suspect...
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What, you mean after the total fake-out of Act Three left us thinking, “Hang on, this is ‘The Death and Funeral of Roda’, not ‘Death and Life’, title was clearly authorial misdirection, and then the redoubled fake-out of Act Four left us aware that it was a double authorial misdirection, and the realization of misdirection at the end of Act Three was itself another misdirection? I’m not sure "appreciating” is the right word, but “respecting”, absolutely. ;)
Though come to think of it, this is the third Time Lord burning funeral we’ve seen in recent times (Simm!Master, Eleven, Roda), and none of them stayed dead. Although the Doctor might be the only one aware of all three. I wonder if he’ll twig, or at least suspect...