When season four ended, I was heartsbroken; Ten had gotten me into a fandom which got me out of a very rough time in my life, and I was horrified by the idea that my anchor was being taken away and replaced with some new face, and body, and Doctor, that I'd never heard of.
Oh I can absolutely understand that.

And by the time River Song came back into the show, I realised that Ten was no longer my Doctor. Ten, Five... Both firm favourites, and they always will be. But Eleven is, and will be, my Doctor.
It's the strangest thing, isn't it? And I can't even claim any kind of similarity to him - it's just that his *oddness* works for me in ways I'ver never known before.

He's the first Doctor who I trusted IMMEDIATELY, feel such a strong pull to, and rather than my Ten muse, feel absolutely no desire to upset in fanfiction.
Oh same here! Which is problematic, because I have a story in the Seeker 'verse that'll have to feature Eleven, but was thought up before we had him, and now it doesn't really work. *grumbles*

I want to protect Eleven, and since those "bad times" are back in my life, the way he behaves like a big brother or a father, a protector, someone who can understand... I'm sure it sounds pathetic, but he's actually a dream, right now.
I can understand that very well indeed! *sends many hugs*