I'm alive! :D And I come bearing meta!

[isilienelenihin]

Not that there was ever really a chance or situation that would have made me dead, but I've been absent for a while.  Those of you who don't have the misfortune of being my facebook/tumblr friends have missed me griping about how much I hate moving.  I absolutely loathe it.  I even wrote a haiku on the subject, but I think it's been passed around

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[fogsblue]

Yay for a happy move for you!! :)

Now the meta...
My reply will be short cause, my brain is not really working. But I agree, River had potential to be a great character (even if I didn't like her much in SitL/FotD, I can admit that) but then she got Moffat'ed. Now there is absolutely nothing I really like about her character and the story between her and the Doctor grates on me. It just isn't remotely believable. She's obsessed rather than in love from what I can tell and there has been no suggestion he loves her beyond the affection he has for any companion.

(I might have lied on the short thing).
Never really considered the carrying thing. But there's a point about companions there. I often felt like Amy has been 'carried' by Eleven or Rory. But that's a whole different thing.

I admit, the comment about 'Who do you think?' annoyed me too. Between Rose and the whole Journey's End crew I just wanted to say "NOT YOU! SOMEONE ELSE ALWAYS DOES IT FOR YOU!"

[isilienelenihin]

YES EXACTLY. He couldn't bring himself to kill the Daleks so someone else gets saddled with the job! And then he has the nerve to lecture them! Hello Doctor, I'm the pot, and you're an awfully dark kettle. (I say that to my husband and he looks at me like I'm nuts, British slang, what have you done to my language? XP

[fogsblue]

I actually quite like the idea of River/Jack and now that you've suggested it, I must say I'm liking the idea of River/Jenny... But I don't like Rive/Doctor in the least.

The armada gif? I need it too, I keep forgetting to snag it from anyone...

And exactly! The image of Amy being carried is a complete representation of the women Moffat writes. They always seem to be waiting or getting carried, metaphorically or literally by a man or men in their life. Compare that to Rose, Martha or Donna, hell even Jackie and Francine tend to be 'carrying' others. Some of the one shot companions too, such as Astrid.

Ok, done ranting/agreeing with ranting now :P

[isilienelenihin]

I may or may not be writing a snippet about the first time River meets Jenny

[fogsblue]

Ooooo, more things to look forward too :D (I have some awesome writers on my flist. Love it!) But seriously, can't wait to see how they interact.

RTD wrote awesome, badass women who didn't need a man to make their life complete. Steven Moffat seems to think that every woman's dream is to end up married with children.

That says it all really. This is me agreeing and being sad about this fact.

[develish1]

psst....

[fogsblue]

Ahh, sneaky!Dev, thanks :D

[isilienelenihin]

Thank you Dev! :D *steals*