One fan's perspective... (no spoilers)
So, what with the Amy wank/kerfuffle/thing and the apparent split through fandom into RTD and Moff factions (where all the Old!Who fans are sitting back and going 'Been there, done that, got the T-shirt 30 years ago!'), I've been thinking, and have almost written out the following in the response to a dozen different posts. Instead I thought I'd
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I'll get there. Life is just... busy. And part of me wants to wait until the end of S5, so I've have as much information available as possible. :)
I freely admit though, that my view could well be coloured by my job - I'm a tescher (not sure if you're in the UK or not?) at a secondary school
Ah. Yes I'm in the UK, and my husband works in a secondary school, so I can definitely see your problem. And it's not one that would occur to the writers at all, I don't think...
Personally I see Amy as damaged/scarred by her childhood - parents died(?), an aunt who is clearly neglectful and then the Doctor lets her down massively, so she's built herself a protective shell that she's only slowly coming out of. Because life taught her that if you trust someone, they let you down. So the Doctor is (in my eyes) a father figure, helping her to grow up and deal with all her issues. She is more child-like than any of the other companions I think, but also more argumentative and 'stroppy' because of her deep distrust.
And hey, you got a bit of Amy-meta after all!
ETA: This post, although mostly dealing with the Doctor, also delves into Amy a bit - truly excellent meta. I think the problem with Amy is that (unlike Rose, Martha and Donna), she's not 'normal'. So far in NuWho we've had companions who've looked after, and helped, the Doctor. Here, the roles are - of not reversed entirely - then much more equal, with the Doctor doing his best to help Amy (of course, he is responsible for some of her problems, so that's only fair, really). But it's late and I'm half asleep. Hope I've not waffled too badly.
Thanks for letting me join in - even if we don't agree on everything, I like to find people I can argue with in a civilised manner, because sometimes, fandom is batshit and some of us need to maintain the voices of sanity!
Well you are *most* welcome, and although the voices of reason will probably never drown out the crazies, hopefully we'll last longer. :)
(Also, icon snap! *g*)
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