Jan 04, 2010 22:31
Okay, in the flood of eulogies for Ten/nant, I keep seeing this comment, that Rose only fell in love with the Doctor/had sexual chemistry with him once Ten arrived. I'm sorry, but are people really that bad at reading body language?
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This is the thing that does make them incredibly hot. It seems intuitive, natural, unacted. And you're absolutely right about that hug. It was supposed to be "protective" apparently, but he seems so vulnerable, and her response is so… well, sexual. The way her knee goes around his thigh and she arches into him, even as she curves her arm around his head. I just don't see planning in that reaction, it's intimacy of a sort that seems entirely earned. And they had that from the beginning - geez, even Bogart and Bacall looked a little tense in To Have and Have Not.
As I was saying in another comment, I was hit by how sexual their chemistry was even in "Rose" not just because they were right in each other's space walking, but because she kept turning to him with her chest open. You just don't do that with someone you've just met - usually, even if a girl/woman's attracted, she'll be more coy and over-the-shoulder. You have to be not only attracted but feel that it's reciprocated to do that.
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