meta: Not Everything Ends. Not Love. Not Always. - Hide.
In which we travel along the World Tree, the Forest is the Afterlife, there is both Love and Death, we are on the Road of Trials stage, the Doctor is Alec Palmer and River Song is everywhere.
( This isn't a ghost story, it's a love story )
( This isn't a ghost story, it's a love story )
Hmm, the sonic screwdriver...that's a damn good point and not one i'd really thought of. On a mythic/archetypal level, the sonic is the equivalent of the wizard's magic wand. The psychic interface means it is literally controlled by the power of the mind and the will of the user. If it's malfunctioning, it'd suggest some type of gulf inside him that's widening, separating him from his will that usually allows him to accomplish the "good" things with the screwdriver. I'm sure this sliver of ice is linked to his name and identity. Psychologically, I'd say the Doctor is more and more aware he's coming to the point of revelation of his name and identity - but that it is shrouded in such deep darkness that he's in denial. He clearly wants to totally forget this dark secret at the heart of himself. Thing is, you can't deny your Shadow Self, you have to accept and embrace it - otherwise you aren't whole. Him running faster and faster from his name, means his identity is more and more fractured.
That was a lot of rambling, but i was thinking as i was typing! So yeah, i think him denying his true name as it draws closer is fracturing himself. To wield magic properly, a the wizard has to be in balance. That isn't possible when parts of the self are disowned. There's also a tradition of names granting power in fairy stories. If he won't accept his own name...really he's draining off one of the biggest sources of his own power :)
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