DOCTOR: It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. Any moment now, he's a-coming
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You know, that's a really helpful take on Twelve. I admit, I've struggled with his character or his arc, because after all the miracles of Eleven's run, I couldn't understand why he seemed to have decided that things like miracles and heroes didn't exist. But if it's more a question of his thinking that he doesn't deserve such things…I'll have to think about that some more!
I love the ending of "The Wedding of River Song," too: that River knows what she'll eventually have to do, but she is NOT going to do it before the Doctor hears just how much he's loved…The Doctor's behavior there is so telling, too, because he tries to push Amy and River away, to make them angry or hateful enough to give up on him and stop trying to save him (telling River he's ashamed of her; snapping, "I won't thank you for this, Amelia Pond") - I think he thinks that their love for him must be shallowly rooted enough for that to work, because how could they really love him, the kind of man he is? That is a favorite story of mine, too - although I have a tendency to only realize it well after the fact. (This happens on occasion when I try to write something of my own, as well; I'll read it months later and only then realize that one of the characters is exactly that kind of character who believes that he or she is incapable of being loved.)
I love the ending of "The Wedding of River Song," too: that River knows what she'll eventually have to do, but she is NOT going to do it before the Doctor hears just how much he's loved…The Doctor's behavior there is so telling, too, because he tries to push Amy and River away, to make them angry or hateful enough to give up on him and stop trying to save him (telling River he's ashamed of her; snapping, "I won't thank you for this, Amelia Pond") - I think he thinks that their love for him must be shallowly rooted enough for that to work, because how could they really love him, the kind of man he is? That is a favorite story of mine, too - although I have a tendency to only realize it well after the fact. (This happens on occasion when I try to write something of my own, as well; I'll read it months later and only then realize that one of the characters is exactly that kind of character who believes that he or she is incapable of being loved.)
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