I guess what I meant was how the memory he seeded for Amy reflected on his changing nature. Because where Ten was very unpredictable and swung between haphazardly risking his life for others to moping about the possibility of impending death, Eleven seems both very deliberate about what he's doing when he sacrifices himself, first by flying the Pandorica into the TARDIS, and again when he steps into the cracks. He's aware of the consequences, and he seems very resigned to them, if also somewhat regretful.
Ten seems to think he's invincible (or that he should be), which makes his risk-taking seem irresponsible and show-offish. Eleven, on the other hand, seems to be able to resign himself precisely because he has come to a more mature understanding of his own mortality and place in the universe. And here's where I get tripped up--if he knew that Amy could bring him back, doesn't that, to an extent, negate the implications of growth of his sacrifice? If he knew it wasn't really goodbye?
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I guess what I meant was how the memory he seeded for Amy reflected on his changing nature. Because where Ten was very unpredictable and swung between haphazardly risking his life for others to moping about the possibility of impending death, Eleven seems both very deliberate about what he's doing when he sacrifices himself, first by flying the Pandorica into the TARDIS, and again when he steps into the cracks. He's aware of the consequences, and he seems very resigned to them, if also somewhat regretful.
Ten seems to think he's invincible (or that he should be), which makes his risk-taking seem irresponsible and show-offish. Eleven, on the other hand, seems to be able to resign himself precisely because he has come to a more mature understanding of his own mortality and place in the universe. And here's where I get tripped up--if he knew that Amy could bring him back, doesn't that, to an extent, negate the implications of growth of his sacrifice? If he knew it wasn't really goodbye?