These little asides are what makes the fic. The way he is, for once, not alien. Again, the way this is where he belongs, how everything is physically, biologically, perfect. And yet... That was partially the inspiration for this fic. There were those who complained that the return of Galifrey should have been a much more central and important event. And apart from my “Small Steps Hero” defence (That’s the point! CLARA at the centre, as the focus: The little things. The 5th, the 8th, the 10th Doctors die trying to save one person. 11 spends 900 years defending a single planet. The only thing that “The Wedding of River Song” really accomplices if you think about it, is to get across to 11 the simple message of “Stop hating yourself, you idiot. Yes, you are really loved. No, you are not a bad person. You are allowed to have family, you don’t have to be alone”, the plan that saves his life had been implemented pretty early on –and 11 consequently stops thinking “You know, the Silence have a point, I should have let them kill me, I’m a selfish moron”, and also decides to let them know that he didn’t die after all and keeps in touch with the Ponds and River: and *everyone* ends up much happier than they would have been otherwise. Just taking Vincent Van Gogh to see the future. 12 basically engineering “Time Heist”. 10 visiting Jack when he’s miserable in that bar and being like “yo, go have a date with that bloke from Voyage of the Damned”, while he’s fighting off regeneration caused by absorbing more radiation than if he had been at freaking Chernobyl etc, etc.), I also say that that’s the point, how do you think the Doctor feels? He’d totally agree with you! He’s been pining for that place for millennia. Can he be allowed to find it without being betrayed by the people he saved, forced to go through absolute Hell first, go half-mad, still have to take care of the oppressive, dangerous government when he gets there, and only have enough time to be there in order to use it for ulterior motives? Nooooo, because Time Lords Are Dicks. As I put it, Gallifrey is made into the means to an end because there’s no other option left for him, and how *dare* you, you bastards, now I hate everything. Including my home. It’s heartbreaking.
This line, I think, sums up the whole fic (the whole episode). 'Should'. That word holds everything. Yes! You know, if I do end up uploading this just by itself, I could name it “Should have been” or something. You are very good at summing up things. (Obviously. I mean, how do you put all those metas in order, I ask you)
I like how you focus on his hate first... And then go back, saying no, wait, not quite. It feels very real, in the way layered emotions manifest bit by bit. He *can’t* not love his planet. But after all that happened, his first emotional reaction also can’t but be “I will nuke you all from orbit”; while logically and emotionally slowly still going “But…it’s GALLIFREY!” and “Come on, you *know* that it’s like, the 5% who is really responsible for this”.
There will be no vengeance; but there might be justice. Good distinction. Although I'd say when it comes to Rassilon... There may have been some vengeance. Well, yes, but I’d say he had it coming on the one hand, really, he shouldn’t be in charge and I don’t care about your motives on the other, and finally, even if you say that it is, the Doctor shows admirable restraint: From his point of view and with his state of mind at that point, anything short of throwing him into a black hole *isn’t* revenge, can’t be considered as such, and is absolutely justified (one could argue even objectively in my opinion, not just Doc POV).
♥ ♥ ♥ Love, love, love how you tie it into 'Listen'. Thank you, and oh, you should read “Forgiven” where EVERYTHING IS TIED TO EVERYTHING. And anyway, generally speaking, this is quite rare, just *one*; my typical fic contains numerous references to other episodes, and/or quotes from other episodes, and quotes from songs, poems, books, theatre, movies, video games because they tie into something and because symbolism. We are talking about intertextuality of Tarantino levels.
And thank you very much for the insightful comments!
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Again, the way this is where he belongs, how everything is physically, biologically, perfect. And yet...
That was partially the inspiration for this fic. There were those who complained that the return of Galifrey should have been a much more central and important event. And apart from my “Small Steps Hero” defence (That’s the point! CLARA at the centre, as the focus: The little things. The 5th, the 8th, the 10th Doctors die trying to save one person. 11 spends 900 years defending a single planet. The only thing that “The Wedding of River Song” really accomplices if you think about it, is to get across to 11 the simple message of “Stop hating yourself, you idiot. Yes, you are really loved. No, you are not a bad person. You are allowed to have family, you don’t have to be alone”, the plan that saves his life had been implemented pretty early on –and 11 consequently stops thinking “You know, the Silence have a point, I should have let them kill me, I’m a selfish moron”, and also decides to let them know that he didn’t die after all and keeps in touch with the Ponds and River: and *everyone* ends up much happier than they would have been otherwise. Just taking Vincent Van Gogh to see the future. 12 basically engineering “Time Heist”. 10 visiting Jack when he’s miserable in that bar and being like “yo, go have a date with that bloke from Voyage of the Damned”, while he’s fighting off regeneration caused by absorbing more radiation than if he had been at freaking Chernobyl etc, etc.), I also say that that’s the point, how do you think the Doctor feels? He’d totally agree with you! He’s been pining for that place for millennia. Can he be allowed to find it without being betrayed by the people he saved, forced to go through absolute Hell first, go half-mad, still have to take care of the oppressive, dangerous government when he gets there, and only have enough time to be there in order to use it for ulterior motives? Nooooo, because Time Lords Are Dicks. As I put it, Gallifrey is made into the means to an end because there’s no other option left for him, and how *dare* you, you bastards, now I hate everything. Including my home. It’s heartbreaking.
This line, I think, sums up the whole fic (the whole episode). 'Should'. That word holds everything.
Yes! You know, if I do end up uploading this just by itself, I could name it “Should have been” or something. You are very good at summing up things. (Obviously. I mean, how do you put all those metas in order, I ask you)
I like how you focus on his hate first... And then go back, saying no, wait, not quite. It feels very real, in the way layered emotions manifest bit by bit.
He *can’t* not love his planet. But after all that happened, his first emotional reaction also can’t but be “I will nuke you all from orbit”; while logically and emotionally slowly still going “But…it’s GALLIFREY!” and “Come on, you *know* that it’s like, the 5% who is really responsible for this”.
There will be no vengeance; but there might be justice.
Good distinction. Although I'd say when it comes to Rassilon... There may have been some vengeance.
Well, yes, but I’d say he had it coming on the one hand, really, he shouldn’t be in charge and I don’t care about your motives on the other, and finally, even if you say that it is, the Doctor shows admirable restraint: From his point of view and with his state of mind at that point, anything short of throwing him into a black hole *isn’t* revenge, can’t be considered as such, and is absolutely justified (one could argue even objectively in my opinion, not just Doc POV).
♥ ♥ ♥ Love, love, love how you tie it into 'Listen'.
Thank you, and oh, you should read “Forgiven” where EVERYTHING IS TIED TO EVERYTHING. And anyway, generally speaking, this is quite rare, just *one*; my typical fic contains numerous references to other episodes, and/or quotes from other episodes, and quotes from songs, poems, books, theatre, movies, video games because they tie into something and because symbolism. We are talking about intertextuality of Tarantino levels.
And thank you very much for the insightful comments!