lost about 40 pages of rambling analyses and geek-notes in the Great Computer Crash of late 2016 and is in the process of painstakingly but successfully reconstructing it :O oh noes!!! Well, it’s not that bad now. Things that were mine can be rewritten; things that were not can be found. It just takes time. And come on, what did you expect from 2016?
I literally have an icon regarding how different they are!! *points* And many essays. I love that icon! (and your essays) One upside of the aforementioned disaster was me going through the saved ones (to try and remember better what was lost), and improving them. And one particular small difference struck me regarding 10-11, which I had not thought of before: They very ironically snap in opposite ways when it comes to their god complex. I may be overgeneralising a bit, but: 10 is: “I shall punish evil-doers. Horribly so. Back off. You get one chance. Sorry, I really don’t like it, but.” And then in WoM he’s like “MUST SAVE PEOPLE. Live, damn you”. 11 is: “MUST SAVE PEOPLE. MUST SAVE ALL THE PEOPLE. If someone, ANYONE dies, it’s my fault”. And then whenever he snaps, he’s like “DIE, SCUM. Finally, someone I can hate without feeling like a hypocrite. You are *guiltier*. Wow, I have the moral high ground, I have the *right* to do this. I… I think I’m enjoying this. Fuck.”
People being happy & in love are not exciting to watch. Well, that’s a bit of an overgeneralization I think, it depends on what said people are doing. I understand your point, it *is* easier to make misery interesting to watch. But whoever was bored of Two, I ask you! I don’t think anyone was less interested in 11 and the Ponds or River in the “happy episodes”, let’s say; and even though sad! or lonely!11 is played perfectly by Matt Smith and needs all the hugs, I never said “oh, NOW we’re talking, finally, the Doctor, excitement!” What I’m trying to say is that the state of the characters generally influenced the *mood*, not our level of interest; happy and in love or not, 11 was equally engaging. And he didn’t need to lose people for us to appreciate them and their connection through his level of grief, because we already did so. (Of course, Moffat’s adherence to the Reverse Don Bluth Principle and his Earn Your Happy Ending tendencies do help: he only makes the characters happy after putting them through absolute hell, so of course we accept it.)
'I can't believe I forgot how Denisof as Wesley can stand there and exude pain. It's like a superpower.' I’ll take your word for it, but that is also the most perfect description of David Tennant I have ever heard.
Re: Thy humble phantom lurker
:O oh noes!!!
Well, it’s not that bad now. Things that were mine can be rewritten; things that were not can be found. It just takes time. And come on, what did you expect from 2016?
I literally have an icon regarding how different they are!! *points* And many essays.
I love that icon! (and your essays)
One upside of the aforementioned disaster was me going through the saved ones (to try and remember better what was lost), and improving them. And one particular small difference struck me regarding 10-11, which I had not thought of before: They very ironically snap in opposite ways when it comes to their god complex. I may be overgeneralising a bit, but:
10 is: “I shall punish evil-doers. Horribly so. Back off. You get one chance. Sorry, I really don’t like it, but.” And then in WoM he’s like “MUST SAVE PEOPLE. Live, damn you”.
11 is: “MUST SAVE PEOPLE. MUST SAVE ALL THE PEOPLE. If someone, ANYONE dies, it’s my fault”. And then whenever he snaps, he’s like “DIE, SCUM. Finally, someone I can hate without feeling like a hypocrite. You are *guiltier*. Wow, I have the moral high ground, I have the *right* to do this. I… I think I’m enjoying this. Fuck.”
People being happy & in love are not exciting to watch.
Well, that’s a bit of an overgeneralization I think, it depends on what said people are doing. I understand your point, it *is* easier to make misery interesting to watch. But whoever was bored of Two, I ask you! I don’t think anyone was less interested in 11 and the Ponds or River in the “happy episodes”, let’s say; and even though sad! or lonely!11 is played perfectly by Matt Smith and needs all the hugs, I never said “oh, NOW we’re talking, finally, the Doctor, excitement!” What I’m trying to say is that the state of the characters generally influenced the *mood*, not our level of interest; happy and in love or not, 11 was equally engaging. And he didn’t need to lose people for us to appreciate them and their connection through his level of grief, because we already did so.
(Of course, Moffat’s adherence to the Reverse Don Bluth Principle and his Earn Your Happy Ending tendencies do help: he only makes the characters happy after putting them through absolute hell, so of course we accept it.)
'I can't believe I forgot how Denisof as Wesley can stand there and exude pain. It's like a superpower.'
I’ll take your word for it, but that is also the most perfect description of David Tennant I have ever heard.