Sherlock and Doctor Who: Moffat, STOP IT

[redknightalex]

Moffat says We're Doing it Wrong.

...or something to that effect.

Don't you remember all of the interview and tweets Moffat would put out saying that we had no fucking clue as to what was really going on with the Doctor, River, Amy, Rory, etc etc etc in Series 6? Remember how annoying they were, particularly when the ending made so little sense

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[_thirty2flavors]

LOL REMEMBER THAT TIME RIVER'S ~~~ASTOUNDING, MINDBLOWING~ IDENTITY WAS... exactly what everyone thought it was after her first episode in 2008?

Even before ep3 of Sherlock aired I'd been making Tessellecta/Reichenbach jokes, but it took me a while to go the other way and realize that, gosh, I wonder where Moffat got the idea of the Doctor faking his death in front of his friends to lower his profile. Ugh.

[redknightalex]

LOL, OMG GOOD TIMES BACK IN 2008! WOOT WOOT....wait....

I wonder where Moffat got the idea of the Doctor faking his death in front of his friends to lower his profile.

.... *headdesk* Can't think of any new, original, or exciting ideas that came after the 1890s, Moffat? Ugh.

[_thirty2flavors]

I mean, literally every single facet of River the Internet guessed as soon as it was possible. When she said she killed someone, we knew it was the Doctor. When the kid regenerated, we knew it was River and suspected it was the Pond baby. The only reason people DIDN'T think those things was because they seemed so stupid or too obvious and people assumed the ~genius Moffat must have something better. When Eleven died in TIA, everyone capable of reasoning knew it had to be a fake. UGH i am just so tired of hearing about how great he is at suspense and mystery lol.

[redknightalex]

So that means we can talk about ~awesome character development? LOLZ

[_thirty2flavors]

CLEARLY.

I mean, th bullshit plots/failed "gotcha!" moments wouldn't bother me if I didn't feel he constantly sacrificed characterization/development in order to give me a "gotcha" moment that isn't even surprising.

[anna_sg1]

BUT THAT WAS THE ~~~~GENIUS PART OF IT! It was SO obvious that no one would EVER guess that is exactly what it will turn out to be. You clearly don't understand this.

[jessicaqueen]

I suppose being stuck in the 1890s makes a nice change from being stuck in the 1940s, no?

[redknightalex]

Yeah, I do suppose WWII is getting a bit...tiring. Seems like we have a '40s episode every series since they started New Who (and Churchill counts).

[fauxkaren]

LOL I DIDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION BEFORE. OH MOFFAT.

[_thirty2flavors]

I KNOW IT TOOK ME A WHILE AND THEN I HAD SUCH A MOMENT OF RAGE because s6 was terrible and pointless.

[annissag]

LOL REMEMBER THAT TIME RIVER'S ~~~ASTOUNDING, MINDBLOWING~ IDENTITY WAS... exactly what everyone thought it was after her first episode in 2008?

Oh, my gosh. THIS! So MUCH this!

I kept hoping that she wouldn't be what I thought. I really wanted to be surprised. I wanted to love it. Instead we got exactly what we suspected. And if we say we don't like it, we get accused of "not getting it."

Such a romantic wedding, too. What girl wouldn't want that?

[_thirty2flavors]

Omg I know, I can't believe they teased us for three years only to reveal that EVERYTHING WAS EXACTLY AS WE EXPECTED.