but still the *objectively* right thing to do was to kill the Master and save the Earth, no matter the consequences to himself.
But the consequences wouldn't be only to himself, if he lost control completely. He might have stopped the Master, but who'd be stopping him? Things could get way worse than WoM, or worse than the current situation.
But I still think that Jack is a selfish jerk [in that instance] and that he needs a good smack.
I think we'll just have to disagree on that. Jack already went in there knowing he was unlikely to come out alive, and certainly not mortal, and he accepted that, right from the start of the last episode. That he balked at condemning Esther is IMO understandable after CoE, and personally I'm glad that just this once the story spared him having to make this decision. (It's maybe also more suitable that Gwen made the final decision, because it affects her personally, her father, her daughter, the whole Earth; in a way it's right that someone actually from the planet and part of the human race should do it.)
Ten gets forced through the paces, whereas Eleven comes to understand and accept all the issues and the solution.
He struggles, but he also does understand the problem, and does the right thing in the end. He accepts it; that he doesn't like for me is both in character as well as understandable.
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But the consequences wouldn't be only to himself, if he lost control completely. He might have stopped the Master, but who'd be stopping him? Things could get way worse than WoM, or worse than the current situation.
But I still think that Jack is a selfish jerk [in that instance] and that he needs a good smack.
I think we'll just have to disagree on that. Jack already went in there knowing he was unlikely to come out alive, and certainly not mortal, and he accepted that, right from the start of the last episode. That he balked at condemning Esther is IMO understandable after CoE, and personally I'm glad that just this once the story spared him having to make this decision. (It's maybe also more suitable that Gwen made the final decision, because it affects her personally, her father, her daughter, the whole Earth; in a way it's right that someone actually from the planet and part of the human race should do it.)
Ten gets forced through the paces, whereas Eleven comes to understand and accept all the issues and the solution.
He struggles, but he also does understand the problem, and does the right thing in the end. He accepts it; that he doesn't like for me is both in character as well as understandable.