Good morning! Would you believe it, but I have FINALLY finished my Clara meta. I think I began talking about it at Christmas? I hereby declare the Meta Café open once more
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I love your metas. I never give things this much thought. I consider myself 'along for the ride' in my fandoms. Does this make me the 'mirror?' I'm the fan the show needs me to be?
Thinking about the leaf ... it does change a lot the Series. The first leaf you show outs maple. I believe the second is ash. The one in the book ... I think that is paper made to look like the leaf, probably so it can be used without crumbling. The third leaf is like that second leaf but I don't think it is the same species. It's somewhere between the maple and the second pictured leaf .....
I have more thoughts ... but now I must identify the leaves.
I love your metas. I never give things this much thought. I consider myself 'along for the ride' in my fandoms. Does this make me the 'mirror?' I'm the fan the show needs me to be? LOL. We are all different, which is what the show needs, I think. Variety is good! :)
I have more thoughts ... but now I must identify the leaves. Yay! It's such a simple thing, and yet... why would they be different?
Well, two is Clara's number, isn't it? The Doctor met her twice before meeting the original, and in his eyes, she became The Woman Twice Dead. The first time he met her, she was a vivacious spirit of light and life inside a deadly metal shell; the second time, she was a flirtatious and uninhibited working-class girl hidden inside a flawless Exemplar of Properly Repressed Victorianism. And the real Clara proclaims herself "bubbly personality masking bossy control freak." And then there's, you know, this whole meta. Clara is two things.
Let's just say that two origin stories-perhaps due to Time Beetle, perhaps thanks to Clara's own interference in the time stream-would not shock me to the bone.
Let's just say that two origin stories-perhaps due to Time Beetle, perhaps thanks to Clara's own interference in the time stream-would not shock me to the bone. Same here. I'm also thinking about the fact that the TARDIS dislikes her - and the only other person she's behaved like that with (approximately) is Jack, on account of him being impossible. So if Clara was actually impossible, a person with two timelines, it would explain why the TARDIS dislikes her, and also add to her 'impossible girl' label. (Plus other things - I'm running off to work, but just wanted to leave that here.)
OMG...I'm going to have to read again and again and -
That IS the Time Beetle!! IT IS...O_o
*wibbles Madly*
I love it because for once, we are not seeing the Doctor through a Companion's eyes, but a Companion through the Doctor's eyes. Definitely gives a different feel, even as it is the same Who. Love that, you know?
OMG...I'm going to have to read again and again and - :D :D :D ♥
That IS the Time Beetle!! IT IS...O_o It is, isn't it? (And you just reminded me that I forgot to credit that discovery - must go amend!)
I love it because for once, we are not seeing the Doctor through a Companion's eyes, but a Companion through the Doctor's eyes. Definitely gives a different feel, even as it is the same Who. Love that, you know? Ooooh yes. Of course they couldn't do that initially, but now - oh yes. And of course now we get Twelve who'll be a mystery again and Clara will be the known quantity. ::draws hearts::
I like it. I like it a lot. I've been complaining all this time about Clara not being fleshed out enough for my liking and just being used as a symbol, but this makes me think there's something more to it! Especially re: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl twistiness. I have much hope for next season.
Also, I never noticed the leaves changed, lol. Nothing can slip past you! (And me_llamo_nic.)
I've been complaining all this time about Clara not being fleshed out enough for my liking and just being used as a symbol, but this makes me think there's something more to it! Especially re: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl twistiness. I have much hope for next season. I think Moffat deliberately went with 'Companion As Mystery' (as opposed to 'the Doctor as mystery' and we didn't find out the reason behind the Clara echoes until Name of the Doctor. And then we had Day of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor, both of which were Doctor-centric stories, so we haven't had a proper look at 'Just Clara', as it were. There have been all these symbols around her, however, so it'll be fun to see that play out. Also Clara is just a very private/introverted person, so it's often hard to tell what's going on in her head. Next season will be very interesting because Twelve will be a completely new thing for her to deal with.
Also, I never noticed the leaves changed, lol. Nothing can slip past you! (And me_llamo_nic
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Thinking about the leaf ... it does change a lot the Series. The first leaf you show outs maple. I believe the second is ash. The one in the book ... I think that is paper made to look like the leaf, probably so it can be used without crumbling. The third leaf is like that second leaf but I don't think it is the same species. It's somewhere between the maple and the second pictured leaf .....
I have more thoughts ... but now I must identify the leaves.
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LOL. We are all different, which is what the show needs, I think. Variety is good! :)
I have more thoughts ... but now I must identify the leaves.
Yay! It's such a simple thing, and yet... why would they be different?
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Let's just say that two origin stories-perhaps due to Time Beetle, perhaps thanks to Clara's own interference in the time stream-would not shock me to the bone.
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Same here. I'm also thinking about the fact that the TARDIS dislikes her - and the only other person she's behaved like that with (approximately) is Jack, on account of him being impossible. So if Clara was actually impossible, a person with two timelines, it would explain why the TARDIS dislikes her, and also add to her 'impossible girl' label. (Plus other things - I'm running off to work, but just wanted to leave that here.)
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That IS the Time Beetle!! IT IS...O_o
*wibbles Madly*
I love it because for once, we are not seeing the Doctor through a Companion's eyes, but a Companion through the Doctor's eyes. Definitely gives a different feel, even as it is the same Who. Love that, you know?
*HUGS*
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:D :D :D ♥
That IS the Time Beetle!! IT IS...O_o
It is, isn't it? (And you just reminded me that I forgot to credit that discovery - must go amend!)
I love it because for once, we are not seeing the Doctor through a Companion's eyes, but a Companion through the Doctor's eyes. Definitely gives a different feel, even as it is the same Who. Love that, you know?
Ooooh yes. Of course they couldn't do that initially, but now - oh yes. And of course now we get Twelve who'll be a mystery again and Clara will be the known quantity. ::draws hearts::
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Very impressive :)
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Also, I never noticed the leaves changed, lol. Nothing can slip past you! (And me_llamo_nic.)
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*beams*
I've been complaining all this time about Clara not being fleshed out enough for my liking and just being used as a symbol, but this makes me think there's something more to it! Especially re: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl twistiness. I have much hope for next season.
I think Moffat deliberately went with 'Companion As Mystery' (as opposed to 'the Doctor as mystery' and we didn't find out the reason behind the Clara echoes until Name of the Doctor. And then we had Day of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor, both of which were Doctor-centric stories, so we haven't had a proper look at 'Just Clara', as it were. There have been all these symbols around her, however, so it'll be fun to see that play out. Also Clara is just a very private/introverted person, so it's often hard to tell what's going on in her head. Next season will be very interesting because Twelve will be a completely new thing for her to deal with.
Also, I never noticed the leaves changed, lol. Nothing can slip past you! (And me_llamo_nic ( ... )
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