Good things.

[elisi]

Firstly then thanks for all the lovely comments - I shall try my best to get to them, honest.

Secondly, then one of the things I love most about LJ is the way discussions spread outward. I bring you two posts related to 'The problems with Ten becoming Eleven' - partly inspired by my post, partly by Maia's:

Character Transition and Living Heroes by peroxidepirate - the post itself is mostly questions (always a good thing), but the first comment is my thoughts almost exactly! :)

And then there is this post by sensiblecat: The Divided Self - Thoughts on Ten's Character, and how he became Eleven which is very interesting.

Thirdly, then I got a Christmas card from calturner. Thank you lots, dear! ♥

Fourthly - fic. Alex fic, but with a twist... See the_redjay has her own AU 'verse with her own OC Timelady (called Roda, or Redjay) and she asked if she could borrow Alex... to which I course said OMG YES! So for any Alex fans, who are curious to see him in a 'verse one millimeter to the left, go read 'Guileless Child': Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (the last, and final, chapter coming soon I believe). I'm all a-squee over this, naturally, and seeing someone else write my character is three thousand shades of awesome. *flails* (Warning: A fair bit of violence in the first part.)

Fiftly: Everyone's better except The Cherub who's still hot and coughing a LOT. She's still pretty with it though, so I'm trying not to worry too much.

Comments

[rahirah]

I find myself mildly impatient with New!Who fans who fret about how different Eleven is from Ten, because this is nothing new. Nine and Ten were the exceptions to the rule in being so obviously reactions to what happened while he was Eight. (And anyone who knows anything about Eight could tell you that Eight is one of the worst possible incarnations to have to deal with war and genocide. If he'd been Three or Six or Seven when Gallifrey went boom, it would still have been traumatic, but he would not, I suspect, have ended up quite so damaged for quite so long.) Eleven is not nearly the anomaly that many New!Who fans seem to think he is; in many ways he's very much the Doctor returning to his roots.

[elisi]

Eleven is not nearly the anomaly that many New!Who fans seem to think he is; in many ways he's very much the Doctor returning to his roots.
Oh yes, I can definitely see this, even though my knowledge of Old!Who is very scattered. I think the problem is the introduction of the Time War, and how focussed on it, and damaged by it, Nine and Ten were. Eleven, as you say, is far more in keeping with the show of old, and a lot of New!Who fans (who love continuity and character development etc, and have been given careful Doctor-y arcs by RTD) are unsure how do deal with Eleven who's doing just fine, thank you very much. Knowledge of Old!Who, and how VERY different the Doctor were would be helpful indeed (was it Six who woke up and tried to strange his Companion?), as would the ability to just stand back and enjoy what we have. Personally I find these discussions v. interesting, because I find Eleven as delightful as a basket of kittens, and whilst working out a bridge between Ten and Eleven is interesting, sure, I honestly don't care that much since I'm happy just watching the show and enjoying the Doctor. :)