Well, from what I can tell, River *still* is a divisive character. Although I do think that the characters/actors/plots/things that don’t divide the DW fandom can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and I’m being generous.
Very true. Although there was a lot of resentment back in the day (the Library episodes) when she waltzed in & claimed the Doctor as HERS! (Didn't she know that the Doctor belonged to ROSE? they yelled...) Ahem. ;)

And now that you mentioned it, GOOD GOD. What is it with the Rani fans?! Why does she have so many, anyway? Every new character is ALWAYS the Rani until proven otherwise! Okay, we all have our faves, but this is not a reasonable or healthy way to approach fiction! Oh well :)
Well, how do we know that BILL isn't the Rani, eh? She's science-y and all that. MAYBE THERE IS A FOB WATCH IN HER DRAWERS!!

(I’ll get back to you on “Swift Musings” when I get the time -because probable huge explanation about my opinion, why I *will* still stick with it, but also one or two interesting things I hadn’t noticed, were I to go with yours.)
If we agreed on everything, life would be boring. :)