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Have spent the best part of the last two days tidying up the younger girls' bedroom. Am winning, if v. tired. They have so much stuff. (Tidied Miss M's bedroom Saturday. She was very grateful, although wondering what I had done with all her things... *g*)
So anyway, I've been sitting here, watching Pond-era vids and missing them. (Disclaimer: I like Clara, I think the Ponds had a lovely exit and had run their course, but... oh I miss them. Might also have something to do with the Cherub watching the Angel two-parter this afternoon and everyone was so young!) The thing is, that apart from the Pond era being, well, an era (a golden era, even, when the Doctor had a family), then I love my characters broken and complicated - and Amy came pre-broken. Which of course wasn't nice for her, but made her an awful lot more interesting for me right from the start. I mean, I like Rose, but I never really identify with 'ordinary' characters. Although of course it's far better for the characters not to get completely screwed up...
Thought I might as well turn this into a reccing post.
Blue Caravan. This is probably my favourite Amy vid of all time.
Call Me Uprising. Also Amy, but very different feel. This one is all action.
Nara. No words can describe how beautiful this vid is.
Howl. Pondsssssss. ('If you could only see/the beast you've made of me')
Space Oddity. Doctor Who + David Bowie. Also (IMHO) the best S6 vid out there.
The World Is Not Enough. "And if you're strong enough, together we can take the world apart, my love...". River and the Doctor's relationship, across time and space. My OTP, and this is why.
{you only} ("The ultimate no-win, tragic love story." Steven Moffat. Also the most beautiful.)
Have also got two posts almost ready - a Clara theory, and one about all the layers in Doctor Who. Which I ought to polish off & finish, but... zzz.
ETA: Also many thanks to whoever left kudos on 'Dating' on AO3. You made my day, wonderful stranger! ♥ ♥ ♥
So anyway, I've been sitting here, watching Pond-era vids and missing them. (Disclaimer: I like Clara, I think the Ponds had a lovely exit and had run their course, but... oh I miss them. Might also have something to do with the Cherub watching the Angel two-parter this afternoon and everyone was so young!) The thing is, that apart from the Pond era being, well, an era (a golden era, even, when the Doctor had a family), then I love my characters broken and complicated - and Amy came pre-broken. Which of course wasn't nice for her, but made her an awful lot more interesting for me right from the start. I mean, I like Rose, but I never really identify with 'ordinary' characters. Although of course it's far better for the characters not to get completely screwed up...
Thought I might as well turn this into a reccing post.
Blue Caravan. This is probably my favourite Amy vid of all time.
Call Me Uprising. Also Amy, but very different feel. This one is all action.
Nara. No words can describe how beautiful this vid is.
Howl. Pondsssssss. ('If you could only see/the beast you've made of me')
Space Oddity. Doctor Who + David Bowie. Also (IMHO) the best S6 vid out there.
The World Is Not Enough. "And if you're strong enough, together we can take the world apart, my love...". River and the Doctor's relationship, across time and space. My OTP, and this is why.
{you only} ("The ultimate no-win, tragic love story." Steven Moffat. Also the most beautiful.)
Have also got two posts almost ready - a Clara theory, and one about all the layers in Doctor Who. Which I ought to polish off & finish, but... zzz.
ETA: Also many thanks to whoever left kudos on 'Dating' on AO3. You made my day, wonderful stranger! ♥ ♥ ♥
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*SQUISHES*
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You know, it's just occurred to me that one of the things I love best about the RTD era companions is that they are ordinary. "In the first 19 years of my life nothing ever happened to me. Nothing at all."
Because of course she is a little broken. She has serious father issues. MArtha and Donna had their issues too, and despite being ordinary people were able to reach into themselves and do extraordinary things. So much love for Rose, and Martha, and Micky, and Jack, and especially my beloved Donna!
And personally I'm really enjoying Clara so far!
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Quite right too. ;)
"SHe comes back, right? Tell me she comes back!"
I hope you told him that this was obviously Not Possible.
It was just cute! I love Rose though so I may be a little biased.
I don't think bias has anything to do with it. 'Too cute' sounds exactly right.
You know, it's just occurred to me that one of the things I love best about the RTD era companions is that they are ordinary. "In the first 19 years of my life nothing ever happened to me. Nothing at all."
See this is a very good thing. I'm not knocking that, because as you say, it's a lovely thing. Esp as they then all grow and become extraordinary. If I have a gripe, then it's with Rusty thinking that normal life is something people need 'saving' from, as if ordinary life is a terrible fate. (I'm not pulling this out of thin air, he says this in the Writer's Tale.) In the show, however, this is of course sort-of balanced out with the Doctor wittering on about the joys of Ordinary Life.
And personally I'm really enjoying Clara so far!
Oh Clara is LOVELY. I just miss Amy being *difficult*. Because she was. *g*
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And I really don't want to bash her, because I know you love her, but I'm excited to move to a new companion! though I'm sure I'll miss Rory madly!
And I didn't notice that it was Amy who wrote the book clara was discussing with one of her babysitting kids. Very clever!
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And I didn't notice that it was Amy who wrote the book clara was discussing with one of her babysitting kids. Very clever!
It's a real book! (ebook) You can buy it from tomorrow!
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And there are some vids I haven't seen yet! \o/ Thanks for the links!
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She was DIFFICULT. But she understood him. And their relationship was so very, very specific to them...
Though I'm enjoying the Clara-Eleven too.
Same here. Clara is just a lot... nicer. And more normal. (Which is good for her. She'll probably need it!)
And there are some vids I haven't seen yet! \o/ Thanks for the links!
My pleasure. They're all gorgeous! <3
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I too miss the Ponds, I love the idea of a team TARDIS and they were so well-balanced together.
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Totally my pleasure. (I don't know where I'd be without vids. Seriously.)
I too miss the Ponds, I love the idea of a team TARDIS and they were so well-balanced together.
The Power of Three... <3
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