and we want spectacular views, if we're to stay til the morning.

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[intrikate88]

Yeah, I saw it that way on my first and third thoughts too. It was just my second thoughts that crept up and went "Wait a second... did they just pull a then they all hooked up and therefore lived happily ever after there?" Merrrr. On the whole though I really am not displeased with how things went for each of them, and how the Doctor got to save their worlds in little ways, too, which is SO fitting. In the end, it isn't the epic world-saving that is the downfall and redemption. It's the precious personal connections that matter so much.

Love, love your Donna parallels post. I don't know how I didn't see that the first time (or maybe I did and don't remember; the severity of my headaches over the past six weeks and the resulting forgetfulness and retardation and crazy is making me sympathize to a perhaps unhealthy degree with Donna and the Master in these eps. FUN HUH?) but I especially like how Agatha Christie was a foreshadowing and a real note of hope. She really just had no role in EoT, and I was very surprised there wasn't some tiny but vital clue they had to dig out of her head before going back to amnesia or something. OR JUST DROPPING HER INTO SERIES THREE OF ASHES TO ASHES AND REVEALING HER AS THE REASON EVERYBODY'S TIME TRAVELING. We totally get all sorts of room for Donna headcanon now though.

If you know the character dynamics even by rumor on House/Wilson and Holmes/Watson, you've pretty much got it down, the storylines aren't as important. (However: Watson freaking the fuck out when Holmes shows up after being presumed killed by Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls = priceless. "The Adventure of the Empty House", if you want to read it.)

But yeah, I love how the Master needs the Doctor to listen- he really is the only one who can validate the Master's experiences and thoughts, otherwise he really is just crazy. And while nothing will convince me to get into the "which companion is most equal to the Doctor" argument, the memories of being a Time Lord are really something that no one else can share with the Doctor. They kind of make each other real, no matter how much they have trouble getting along.

And like with Cor and Aravis in Narnia, then they got married so as to argue more conveniently! :P

[thunderemerald]

Ahhhh okay, I really need to watch Ashes to Ashes, and then find That Donna Fic and understand it, because yow, brainsplodey.

Eh, I always hate the "which companion is the most equal" arguments, because there's no right answer. They're ALL his equal in different ways. I'd say Donna has the most parallels (obviously! hm, were we reading each other's LJs when I posted that? who knows. I've missed millions of things too, so whatever), but Martha has the same Saving The World thing going on, and Rose has the compassion for the little people, and Jack has the burden of having lived too long, and I could go on and on and on. But yeah. The Time Lord thing. Not enough fics explore that, dammit. Though maybe after EoT, people will start! YIPPEE.

What up with your headaches, dear? Something awry with you?? :(

[intrikate88]

Yes yes yes watch Ashes to Ashes. Not only is it brilliantly interesting, it is really well directed and uses actual filmmaking technique. I know, in a tv show! A2A is the follow-up to Life on Mars, which is also incredible.

Haha exactly about the Most Equal thing. I just tend to hit 'back' when I see that sort of thing starting.

I'll probably make a personal post soon about the headaches, but yeah, this month has been tough. The Master's constant pounding in his head, Donna's memory problems and probable frustration. :P

[thunderemerald]

Ooooh, no, I know what Ashes to Ashes is -- I just haven't seen it yet! And I will eventually, because hello, Gene Hunt, but JOHN SIMM ISN'T IN IT, so that took a bit of edge off the urgency. So.

Good lord, woman, are you hearing Time Lord heartbeats in your head? ::backs away slowly::

[intrikate88]

No, not Time Lord heartbeats. I don't think. Unless it's one with an arrhythmia. I feel sorry for the Master, the poor dear doesn't get nearly the variety of brain thumpings that I do.

Okay, well, there aren't really significant spoilers for A2A in my two Donna/Gene fics so far, only that there is a woman named Alex in the eighties which you probably were aware of. AND KEELEY HAWES SHOULD BE REASON FOR URGENCY, KEEEEEEEEELEY.