Fannish 5: Five Happy Endings You Don't Like

[gehayi]

I had to think about this for a bit. It surprised me how many books and TV shows I watch that have sad endings. Also, because I cannot answer these questions without going into depth about what I don't like, the answers tend to be long. You have been warned.

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[gehayi]

I had a long reply to this, but LJ ate it. I'm getting very tired of it doing that.

I agree with the first point because, well, you've seen my views on Rose, haven't you?

I hadn't until you commented--but I have now, and yes, I agree. You can read my thoughts on Rose Tyler here.

To me that end really showed what a shallow character Rose is, 'oh, I LOVE the Doctor so much. But I'll be fine with someone who looks like him.'

Yes! And even if the clone somehow had all of the Doctor's memories--which makes NO FUCKING SENSE even in the Whoniverse, which has had, among other things, a spaceship powered by love, pigmen and DNA transferred by lightning--having the same memories did NOT make the clone the Doctor. Hell, the Doctor was different as John Smith in pre-WWI England than he is as the Doctor; being human apparently completely altered his personality without requiring a regeneration first.

I have a lot of faith in Moffat's writing skills so I'm not judging 'Wedding' until the story arc is completed (which it probably will by the end of this coming season).

Well, I don't think that the coming season will arrive until next year. If the next season changes my mind, I'll be pleased...but I'm not going to hold my breath until then. Moffat isn't obsessed with Rose, which is good--but the patterns that I see with his female characters irk me. I held onto hope for a long time...but "The Wedding of River Song" really was the last nail in the coffin for me. (And I really wish I didn't feel that way.)

I hadn't actually thought about River's character as a satalite before, but I see your point. You've made it a lot harder for me to defend her from accusations of Suedom.

You know, I don't think she's even as much a Sue as she is a plot device. And that's sad, because she could have been a person.