Can we just appreciate just how life-affirming Moffat’s writing is? Absolutely. There is a quote which I can't find, where he talks about how he loves to make people survive. Especially because you can then go darker beforehand.
I think it’s because he is more pessimistic about human nature, life, and the universe in general, so he often struggled in the family-friendly DW framework. Midnight is the closest he's written to his actual POV. The man is a nihilist, and it shows. (All the Toclafane trapped at the end of the universe? DELIGHTFUL way for humanity to end...) I am very fond of him, but I'll take Moffat's worldview any day.
And then get blamed for not understanding grief (facepalm). In no way does Moffat Who deny the darkness; but it gives us good things in spite of it and maintains that those ultimately make it worth it. (It’s quite unconsciously Christian in that regard.) IKR? It's great. (And people are stupid, so there's nothing you can do about that.)
how much of a breath of fresh air is a Doctor Who that resoundingly goes “No, the Doctor always has been and always will be a kind and hopeful soul. And that is still important and relevant, dammit! Yes, compassion is right, love is never foolish, hope and kindness is what the Doctor stands for”? This. [insert Moffat quote about giving THIS hero two hearts & a box where you can call for help, rather than gadgets or guns...]
Hope is not just what the story is about; it is in the fabric of the story itself. And it *can* be in the fabric of the story because we trust and have faith in the storyteller. Very nice. You are clearly far better 'versed in Tolkien than I am!
Re: And when you see it, *I* see it
Absolutely. There is a quote which I can't find, where he talks about how he loves to make people survive. Especially because you can then go darker beforehand.
I think it’s because he is more pessimistic about human nature, life, and the universe in general, so he often struggled in the family-friendly DW framework.
Midnight is the closest he's written to his actual POV. The man is a nihilist, and it shows. (All the Toclafane trapped at the end of the universe? DELIGHTFUL way for humanity to end...) I am very fond of him, but I'll take Moffat's worldview any day.
And then get blamed for not understanding grief (facepalm). In no way does Moffat Who deny the darkness; but it gives us good things in spite of it and maintains that those ultimately make it worth it.
(It’s quite unconsciously Christian in that regard.)
IKR? It's great. (And people are stupid, so there's nothing you can do about that.)
how much of a breath of fresh air is a Doctor Who that resoundingly goes “No, the Doctor always has been and always will be a kind and hopeful soul. And that is still important and relevant, dammit! Yes, compassion is right, love is never foolish, hope and kindness is what the Doctor stands for”?
This. [insert Moffat quote about giving THIS hero two hearts & a box where you can call for help, rather than gadgets or guns...]
Hope is not just what the story is about; it is in the fabric of the story itself. And it *can* be in the fabric of the story because we trust and have faith in the storyteller.
Very nice. You are clearly far better 'versed in Tolkien than I am!
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