My Doctor.

[elisi]

Dear Ten, it is not your fault. You were beautiful and broken - broke far too beautifully to be honest, I couldn’t take my eyes off you - and I loved you entirely too much. Still do, of course.

But - and this is something I’ve come to realise lately - the Doctor isn’t supposed to be a broken, tragic, lonely hero. Nor is the Doctor supposed to be the handsome prince on a white horse. (Even though you carried it off *perfectly*. Because you were Ten, and oh yes, you were just that brilliant!)

You see, the Doctor is supposed to be the wizard. The kind, barmy, wonderful old wizard with his magic box. (Wizards are powerful and can be dangerous, never forget this.)

And it’s only now that we are hearing that story again that I realise that this is how it’s supposed to be.

Of course there’s a princess (when isn’t there? I've loved them all), and I am happier than I can express that this time she’s got her very own prince, a noble young man who wins her hand in a truly marvellous display of love and devotion.

So my dear, dear Ten, believe me when I say that you’ll always be my Ten. But - and I am so, so sorry - I have to confess that Eleven is my Doctor!

ETA: Inspired by these two posts.

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[elisi]

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*