Can we stop hating on the "manic pixie dreamgirl" please? First of all that's something you made up. If a woman is weird or optimistic, or -god forbid- both, you slap that label on her and proceed to demonize her. The idea of hating the trope is so fucking stupid and depressing "Stop being so happy, stop being so unique and creative. You are an ( Read more... )

It's not because I don't love Ten II to bits. I do. He's the Doctor, how could I not? It's not that I don't think Rose/Ten II could work. I do. They're the Doctor and Rose; they belong together in any shape or form. It's that there is a Doctor out there who is Roseless. I can't let go of that. In most Ten II/Rose fics they move past the lonely ( Read more... )