Ooh, good person to share a brain with! I love her DW commentary. HALF OF IT IS MINE! *cackles* (Now and again I wonder what I did before I found her. 'Tis a strange and lonely place.)
I often have loads of thoughts in my head about the show, but rarely get them out in a proper essay--I somehow find it easier to just write a story. It depends on the subject... There are some of my fics which are very much my way of tackling a subject, and if anyone asks, I'll point them to the fic. But sometimes only meta will do...
Right. And there's a difference between scary and gory. It's amazing how terrifying DW can be with such a small amount of gore/ overt violence. Exactly.
(Not sure what that teaches children, LOL, except to be constantly looking behind you). : ) Well the idea comes from a children's game (called Grandmother's steps) where people can move as long as they're not being watched, so every time you turn, everyone has moved closer... Moffat just took that further. *g*
LOL, I love Eleven-River in that scene, too. His lack of attention to Kovarian wasn't something I really paid attention to at the time. It hit me later. Happens to me a lot too...
But it serves two purposes if you think about it. One, she's kind of a diva, so one of the things she'd probably find intolerable is people not paying attention to her. Two, the Doctor is actually in the Tessalecta in this scene, so he probably wouldn't want to get too close to Kovarian, lest she figure it out. The success of his whole scheme hinges on everyone believing he's actually dead. Mmmmm, very true. :)
WRT to Amy, the thing that made me laugh the hardest is that as she and Rory are walking away, and she's proposing marriage to him, you can still hear Kovarian screaming in the background. (River didn't get it all from you, Sweetie!) Badass!Amy is the best.
LOL! Yes, Ten would not be able to resist going all Ranty McRantcakes on her, complete with flying spittle, flailing arms, and general over-the-top histrionics. I... am going to have to send you something. Later. You'll appreciate it!
I can see I'm going to be doing a lot of reading. : ) Only if you feel like it! But all my arguments are looooong, so rather than try to summarise stuff I just link people. It's a thing. If you're curious, have a look. But be warned: I ramble to the nth degree.
Well, they're not just companions. They're family. Even though this is (kind of frustratingly) never stated outright, he HAD to feel closer to the Ponds than he did to a lot of his other companions. Oh absolutely. Plus, they were with him for 300 years (his time). He had Rose for 2.
Plus, he knew Amy when she was a little kid, and I think he had that sense of knowing her for so much of her life. He also must have been aware of having to a certain extent shaped her character, and that's probably part of why he felt very protective of her and responsible for her well-being. It's such an interesting dynamic. Well they shaped each other. (I *love* that this was made canon in The Power of Three.) The 'grew up' together, and as you say, that's one reason their dynamic was so fascinating.
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HALF OF IT IS MINE! *cackles* (Now and again I wonder what I did before I found her. 'Tis a strange and lonely place.)
I often have loads of thoughts in my head about the show, but rarely get them out in a proper essay--I somehow find it easier to just write a story.
It depends on the subject... There are some of my fics which are very much my way of tackling a subject, and if anyone asks, I'll point them to the fic. But sometimes only meta will do...
Right. And there's a difference between scary and gory. It's amazing how terrifying DW can be with such a small amount of gore/ overt violence.
Exactly.
(Not sure what that teaches children, LOL, except to be constantly looking behind you). : )
Well the idea comes from a children's game (called Grandmother's steps) where people can move as long as they're not being watched, so every time you turn, everyone has moved closer... Moffat just took that further. *g*
LOL, I love Eleven-River in that scene, too. His lack of attention to Kovarian wasn't something I really paid attention to at the time. It hit me later.
Happens to me a lot too...
But it serves two purposes if you think about it. One, she's kind of a diva, so one of the things she'd probably find intolerable is people not paying attention to her. Two, the Doctor is actually in the Tessalecta in this scene, so he probably wouldn't want to get too close to Kovarian, lest she figure it out. The success of his whole scheme hinges on everyone believing he's actually dead.
Mmmmm, very true. :)
WRT to Amy, the thing that made me laugh the hardest is that as she and Rory are walking away, and she's proposing marriage to him, you can still hear Kovarian screaming in the background.
(River didn't get it all from you, Sweetie!) Badass!Amy is the best.
LOL! Yes, Ten would not be able to resist going all Ranty McRantcakes on her, complete with flying spittle, flailing arms, and general over-the-top histrionics.
I... am going to have to send you something. Later. You'll appreciate it!
I can see I'm going to be doing a lot of reading. : )
Only if you feel like it! But all my arguments are looooong, so rather than try to summarise stuff I just link people. It's a thing. If you're curious, have a look. But be warned: I ramble to the nth degree.
Well, they're not just companions. They're family. Even though this is (kind of frustratingly) never stated outright, he HAD to feel closer to the Ponds than he did to a lot of his other companions.
Oh absolutely. Plus, they were with him for 300 years (his time). He had Rose for 2.
Plus, he knew Amy when she was a little kid, and I think he had that sense of knowing her for so much of her life. He also must have been aware of having to a certain extent shaped her character, and that's probably part of why he felt very protective of her and responsible for her well-being. It's such an interesting dynamic.
Well they shaped each other. (I *love* that this was made canon in The Power of Three.) The 'grew up' together, and as you say, that's one reason their dynamic was so fascinating.