Yeah, I went a little side-eyed at the name thing, but I'm thinking the links are gonna remain symbolic and thematic there, rather than 'aaaaa, she's really River and then she changed her name around a bit!'
\o/ Yay--happy you like Chrome. I am similarly thrilled a how damn fast everything is suddenly.
I feel like I'm starting to sort of preemptively deal with some cognitive dissonance so that, just in case this spoiler turns out to be true, I won't flip out. Part of me was thinking I should just wait to make my peace with this plot until we actually know what happens, but if come Saturday, River's last words are "I'm your daughter Amy," I need to not implode and I'm pretty sure the only way I can accomplish that is to start protectively rationalizing this plot so that I have said rationalizations at the ready.
....God, how did I end up caring about a effing tv show this much again?!?
Yeah, I wouldn't be thrilled if River turns out to be Amy and Rory's baby, but then I wouldn't hate it either, so that's pretty much how I'm dealing with that one--I'll rationalize that it could have been a lot more disappointing.
Yeah, I accidentally got spoiled last month, but wrote it off. Now I'm adding it up to the, "Well, this is Doctor Who, we've had crazier mind stompage, I think I can handle this one." But, it also has a very ... I don't know, squicky feel to it. Probably because I'm scarred by the whole damn imprinting thing in Twilight
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I'm pretty sure that would intensely freak me out. Are plot lines like that a bit much for a children's show? I don't really know. They're definitely going more adult than I would have thought, but maybe gestational carrying is still a bit too adult.
Yeah, I feel like River would have to be an insanely good actress/liar to have pulled this off, but, then again, maybe she was a worser liar in the beginning (i.e. the Doctor's future which we haven't seen yet) and she just gets really good by the end (i.e. the only three adventures she's been on with her "parents")?
Or maybe the Doctor does something to River at the end of 6.07/6.08 that causes her to forget that Amy and Rory are her parents.
But, yeah, I keep forgetting that this is suppose to be a series for kids because it sure as hell doesn't act like it, especially lately! I think what they're doing now is very adult for a kids' series, and I'm one for saying that kids can handle a heck of a lot more than we believe they can handle.
Moffat's stuff has always been ... I wouldn't say "Adult", because it's not like pregnancy/childbirth is something kids don't know about/understand, but he definitely pulls no punches. Press Gang dealt with suicide and drug use and the like.
I'm hoping that if this turns out to be true it's only a very small part of the wider story. If this is just layer one of many than I will be less upset than if this is the final word on River's identity.
I wish I was still deciding whether or not to love this show, but I've flown past that line and am squarely in just insane adoration of all things River...so come Saturday I'll either be bouncing up and down with glee or, idk, sitting angstily in a dark room or something. :/
\o/ Yay--happy you like Chrome. I am similarly thrilled a how damn fast everything is suddenly.
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....God, how did I end up caring about a effing tv show this much again?!?
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Yeah, I feel like River would have to be an insanely good actress/liar to have pulled this off, but, then again, maybe she was a worser liar in the beginning (i.e. the Doctor's future which we haven't seen yet) and she just gets really good by the end (i.e. the only three adventures she's been on with her "parents")?
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But, yeah, I keep forgetting that this is suppose to be a series for kids because it sure as hell doesn't act like it, especially lately! I think what they're doing now is very adult for a kids' series, and I'm one for saying that kids can handle a heck of a lot more than we believe they can handle.
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I wish I was still deciding whether or not to love this show, but I've flown past that line and am squarely in just insane adoration of all things River...so come Saturday I'll either be bouncing up and down with glee or, idk, sitting angstily in a dark room or something. :/
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