Sorry this is a late! It’s going to be a bit long. Or it was, but there’s just so much I want to quote because I agree with it, and don’t really have anything to say about those parts except \o/. Hey, no worries (on either count) - the longer the better, that's my philosophy...
I think this may be where some people just don’t *get* Eleven, especially if they’re only familiar with RTD’s Who. He’s an alien who looks human and is alien, not an alien who looks human who’s trying to be human. You know, I was looking up RTD on wiki the other day, and came across this very interesting little snippet: 'His pitch [for a DW re-boot] competed against three others: Dan Freedman's fantasy retelling, Matthew Graham's Gothic-styled pitch, and Mark Gatiss' reboot, which would make the Doctor the audience surrogate character, instead of his companions.' I just think it interesting that Rusty's Who ended up in nearly the same place as Gatiss'...
I love how you listed how often the Doctor was wrong. I’ve said before that Eleven misses the obvious, and this points out how dangerous that is for him. You know, this actually sheds light on his anger at Amy in The Best Below - he NEEDS all the available information in order to make the best choice (and even so he can get it wrong). If information is withheld, then his choice will be wrong too... (he's a bit like a computer?)
This actually made me like A Christmas Carol better. I’m still not fond of what the Doctor did, but at least it was for a better cause. Yay! (I love it when I can get people to like something better.)
Your entire eighth section I just want to hug. Stories are vitally important. They can teach us so much about the world. And Gaiman’s quote is stunning and chilling. We're all stories in the end.
You’re talking about Truth, not fact? Yes. :)
And this may partly be because the only thing Romeo and Juliet taught me was that teenagers in love are stupid-- and I was fourteen when I read it. But I’m not a fan of Shakespeare, anyway. Heh. Well, teenagers in love are stupid and selfish. That is also a truth.
If I get what you're saying, it's that stories can teach us a heck of a lot about the world, far more than most people think. Oh yes. Stories are recipes for how to live in the world.
that the reason Tricksters are dangerous are not because they trick people, but because they upset the social order. They “tear down your world.” It’s no coincidence that the Pandorica myth names the Doctor as one, albeit before anyone knows the thing in the box will be him. Since Promethia has already answered this, I shall just let her reply stand. (What with us sharing a brain and all. Plus what she said was far better than what I would have.)
There’s probably a lot more in here I’d like to discuss, but I’ve forgotten half of what I wanted to say between the first time I read this and commenting a week later. :( Well if it ever comes back to you, you know where to find me! :)
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Hey, no worries (on either count) - the longer the better, that's my philosophy...
I think this may be where some people just don’t *get* Eleven, especially if they’re only familiar with RTD’s Who. He’s an alien who looks human and is alien, not an alien who looks human who’s trying to be human.
You know, I was looking up RTD on wiki the other day, and came across this very interesting little snippet:
'His pitch [for a DW re-boot] competed against three others: Dan Freedman's fantasy retelling, Matthew Graham's Gothic-styled pitch, and Mark Gatiss' reboot, which would make the Doctor the audience surrogate character, instead of his companions.'
I just think it interesting that Rusty's Who ended up in nearly the same place as Gatiss'...
I love how you listed how often the Doctor was wrong. I’ve said before that Eleven misses the obvious, and this points out how dangerous that is for him.
You know, this actually sheds light on his anger at Amy in The Best Below - he NEEDS all the available information in order to make the best choice (and even so he can get it wrong). If information is withheld, then his choice will be wrong too... (he's a bit like a computer?)
This actually made me like A Christmas Carol better. I’m still not fond of what the Doctor did, but at least it was for a better cause.
Yay! (I love it when I can get people to like something better.)
Your entire eighth section I just want to hug. Stories are vitally important. They can teach us so much about the world. And Gaiman’s quote is stunning and chilling.
We're all stories in the end.
You’re talking about Truth, not fact?
Yes. :)
And this may partly be because the only thing Romeo and Juliet taught me was that teenagers in love are stupid-- and I was fourteen when I read it. But I’m not a fan of Shakespeare, anyway.
Heh. Well, teenagers in love are stupid and selfish. That is also a truth.
If I get what you're saying, it's that stories can teach us a heck of a lot about the world, far more than most people think.
Oh yes. Stories are recipes for how to live in the world.
that the reason Tricksters are dangerous are not because they trick people, but because they upset the social order. They “tear down your world.” It’s no coincidence that the Pandorica myth names the Doctor as one, albeit before anyone knows the thing in the box will be him.
Since Promethia has already answered this, I shall just let her reply stand. (What with us sharing a brain and all. Plus what she said was far better than what I would have.)
There’s probably a lot more in here I’d like to discuss, but I’ve forgotten half of what I wanted to say between the first time I read this and commenting a week later. :(
Well if it ever comes back to you, you know where to find me! :)