Hmm, this could be the fault of soap operas. Obviously soap operas have a lot of external action but as time went on, more and more characters were given inner turmoil that affected their actions. I'm thinking especially of how this was later used on Dark Shadows and Kolchak: The Night Stalker. I pick these two because they influenced Chris Carter who created The X-Files to be the same way. Mulder and Scully seem halfway normal in the pilot episode but as the series progresses, we find out more previous trauma as well as giving them new trauma. This matters because The X-Files begat Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Lost, etc. and they begat the current version of Doctor Who.
I'm torn between thinking modern audiences want to think there's a reason for everything because it makes them feel better, that they want to think super people are fucked up and that's why they aren't one or that despite being fucked up, they could still be great like that fictional person.
Everything is a pendulum so it'll swing back eventually. Until that mess with Clara, I felt like 12 was a lot more fun but maybe since he can't remember his loss, we'll still have that. Christmas was pretty nice.
Hmm, this could be the fault of soap operas. Obviously soap operas have a lot of external action but as time went on, more and more characters were given inner turmoil that affected their actions. I'm thinking especially of how this was later used on Dark Shadows and Kolchak: The Night Stalker. I pick these two because they influenced Chris Carter who created The X-Files to be the same way. Mulder and Scully seem halfway normal in the pilot episode but as the series progresses, we find out more previous trauma as well as giving them new trauma. This matters because The X-Files begat Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Lost, etc. and they begat the current version of Doctor Who.
I'm torn between thinking modern audiences want to think there's a reason for everything because it makes them feel better, that they want to think super people are fucked up and that's why they aren't one or that despite being fucked up, they could still be great like that fictional person.
Everything is a pendulum so it'll swing back eventually. Until that mess with Clara, I felt like 12 was a lot more fun but maybe since he can't remember his loss, we'll still have that. Christmas was pretty nice.
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