Speculation Saturday!

Sep 10, 2011 23:01

OK, so here's our weekly post where you can share your theories, serious or cracky, on how things will pan out over the rest of the series.

No spoilers though, please; your theories only. Some could turn out to be true, but we don't want to know that at this stage! XD

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shiny_rosie September 11 2011, 01:48:49 UTC
Oh I don't think that at all. :) On of the things I've been enjoying so much about this half of the season is I really feel like now that Rory has finally gotten past his jealously and anger and uncertainty we are really seeing who he is as a person for the first time. I don't think that would be happening if he still hated the Doctor.

Honestly I'm not sure he ever hated the Doctor, I think he was jealous and insecure and afraid of losing Amy, but I don't think he hated the Doctor. I suspect it would have been easier for him if he could have hated the Doctor. Obviously he began traveling with the Doctor so he could keep an eye on Amy, that's plain, but I think he has a major turning point in "Amy's Choice" where he realizes that it doesn't matter where in time or space they are, as long as he's with her it's all OK...from there I think he is able to let himself begin to enjoy the journey and at the end of Season 5 he chooses happily to go off on more adventures. Over the course of the first half of season 6 I think we see him growing to care for the Doctor in his own right and we get to see just how much he trusts the Doctor because when the Doctor tells him to let go of Amy and step away at the end of The Almost People, Rory does it. That one act spoke VOLUMES to me about the nature of his relationship with the Doctor, about how he has grown to trust him and believe that he loves Amy as much as Rory does in his own way.

Now, having said that, does Rory put up with the Doctor's BS? Not always. Does Rory find himself in a particularly horrible situation this episode? Yes. Is he frustrated and angry and hurt and afraid? Hell yes. Wouldn't you be? But even so their interaction at the end of the episode makes be believe that Rory understands, at least a little, why the Doctor did what he did.

At the end of the day it seems to me that what Rory would really like to be doing is coming home at the end of his shift to his wife and his daughter and a cup of tea...but that's not the way things have worked out and he's made his choice. He's in it for the long run. He's put his family in the Doctor's hands and is trusting that somehow they're going to make it out alive. Who knows where that's going to lead, there may be more heartbreak and anger coming for Rory (in fact I'd say it's likely) but I think he's past hating. He's better than that, he's bigger, he's learned to live beyond himself. Yeah.

Goodness that's a lot of drivel...sorry. :) Can you tell I think a lot of thinks about Rory...he might be my favorite. :)

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easyjourney1990 September 11 2011, 06:19:36 UTC
All of this. I really believe Rory loves the Doctor and considers him a very special friend, perhaps almost as much as Amy does. It's really been showing this current series, too. If anything, I think Rory's anger during this episode comes from him being shocked that a close friend could such things.

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nitamar September 11 2011, 12:10:09 UTC
Yes you totally convinced me! I was too emotional after the episode to make a judgement(and after Confidential going about how Rory's relationship with the Doctor will change forever). Now come to think of it, it is the fact that Rory trusted the Doctor thoroughly throughout the episode that made it the more painful. It is in a sense Rory's choice between his feelings and being sensible. A choice not unlike the one he made before A Good Man Goes to War, and one that the Doctor has made so many times these 700 years he no longer hesitates.
I really love how Rory's character develops yet he's not lost his human touch and love :)

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