Random Shippy Drivel - DW (spoilers up to S3)

[hippiebanana132]

Doctor/Rose versus Ten/Martha. Under the cut because it's utter nonsense and was written solely to drag me out of my emo and kick me into believing in my ship again. Sometimes I need to remind myself of this stuff, when I read articles about bed-sharing or the Doctor invites yet another person along.

For a moment there, I thought I could see where

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[starlightmoonla]

Every now and then, especially during the first part of the series, I've had these moments when you can see from where the Doctor/Martha shippers are coming from despite the Rose mentions that came in almost every episode.

I must say that because of great fanfic writers, like yourself, out there writing these amazing reunion fics or stand alone stories that would fit into the Doctor Who universe. Fanfiction keeps these characters, and what they had, alive and kicking even when the actors decide to move on to other projects.

Sometimes, a hug is just a hug, and I need to stop stressing over the fact that *gasp* the Doctor actually dared to touch someone who wasn’t Rose.

Not only did I stress about the hugs but when he asked her come along with him as a companion and when she received the TARDIS key were points where I kept forgetting that just because he's moving on doesn't mean he's forgetting about Rose.

I think one of the difficulties I have with the whole forgetting bit is that back in School Reunion he said that she wouldn't leave Rose behind... and based on Doomsday he kept his promise but before that we had Girl in the Fireplace where he leaves her to save Mdm De Pompadour (sp?)... I honestly loved that episode it was beautifully made but as a Doctor/Rose issues I had/have issues with it. ^_^"

Urg... now I'm rambling ~_~" Anyway, I definitely agree that nobody can adequately dispute the fact that the Doctor and Rose loved each other. :D

[hippiebanana132]

Fanfiction keeps these characters, and what they had, alive and kicking even when the actors decide to move on to other projects. - Yes, it does =D I love DW for that. I mean, the show was kept going pretty much solely through mediums like fanfiction and the magazine for what, sixteen years? And people are still writing fics about One. That gives me faith in how this ship will last if nothing else does. *grin*

I kept forgetting that just because he's moving on doesn't mean he's forgetting about Rose. - Mm, it's hard, because those are the moments when we think about her most, too, so it only seems natural that the Doctor would. Ugh. It'll always be hard. I think poor Martha got the raw deal, being the very next companion.

Ha, I have such issues with GitF, too. I honestly believe that was *such* weak script writing, character-wise, which will probably get me thrown out of the fandom for blasphemy, because obviously the wonderful Moffat can do no wrong. I just don't think that the Doctor would do that without some way of getting back, though. And it's not just that. He left them to die, he really did, and if there was some sort of Emergency Programme One again, it really should have been mentioned.

Oh, now I'm rambling =P Don't get me started on that episode. I usually just like to pretend it didn't happen.

Anyway, I definitely agree that nobody can adequately dispute the fact that the Doctor and Rose loved each other. - I think that, and then I wonder if the Martha shippers think the same and I'm just being as blinkered as those who insist the Doctor never loved Rose. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter, because this show is so emo at the moment that we all need to get our happiness from it from SOMEWHERE, and, if, for some people, that is Ten/Martha shipping, so be it. We all know RTD intended Rose/Doctor as a love story, and that's good enough for me, regardless of what happens with any future companions =) Because you're right - moving on does not necessarily equal forgetting, and nor does it devalue what they had.