See, this is why I don't need to do reactions. You've got it covered! That is basically everything I would have said! No, not basically. It IS everything I would have said
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Ah, I have been thinking about this off and on all day, and I think (perhaps) the writers know how clever the fans are. We had a lot of false trails this season... the Flesh Doctor, the Doctor in a Tux during Let's Kill Hitler, coats vs suit jackets... they definitely kept us guessing the entire time. So... the reveal of the Robot!Doctor instead was 'cool' because I sure as hell did not expect it BUT was it good enough? I think the writers (and I'm not saying Moffat for a reason) is building something for season seven, letting six end on a half note, so that season 7 is more... interesting?
Or, I'm just overthinking it. Its a fine balance between a running plot and stand alone episode enjoyability. Season 5 did it great. Season 6 less so I think. BUT season 6 had a lot more - No way! moments.
Either way, with RTD season finales still fresh in my mind, I'm much happier with the season 6 finale in comparison, BECAUSE I am looking forward to season 7 now, and there was no melodrama. Just more poor Rory teasing.
Oh yeah. Far better than the usual RTD finale. I'm not really upset or disappointed or anything by this finale, just more....puzzled. If I drew a doodle, I'd have a thought bubble with "???" in it.
And my puzzlement isn't so much "what the hell just happened" as it is, "how am I supposed to feel about this? What actually should I be taking from this?"
I feel a bit like season 5 (which I keep having to remind myself is NOT "season 1") threw me a surprise birthday party and gave me a puppy.
And then this season handed me the bill and then took the puppy away and stuck it in a box in some complicated, ambiguously-motivated way, and now I'm like, "so...um....what?"
But yes! Fic is good. There seems to be precious little, though. Maybe I look in the wrong places? Maybe I'm just too picky. Either way.
I've had a short little one-shot open up on my desktop for quite some time that I'd like to get finished. It's basically pseudo-crossover silliness: an explanation for the weird SPN timeline via TARDIS mishap.
Really? That sounds immensly intriguing! Dr Who is ripe for crossovers... but I'd like to try my hand at one shot first, something with Rory and the Doctor, without Amy. :)
Rory and the Doctor. <3. Really, I love Amy, but Rory is so awesome as a companion I can't really describe it. I like his clear-eyed view on the Doctor and life on the TARDIS- he's not blinded by the adventure of it, or by infatuation. He doesn't desire that life, but he doesn't hate it or fear it either. He takes it in stride. And as much as I had assumed he was going to basically just be Mickey, and they did a lot to develop his character in the opposite direction...when I've rewatched the 11th hour, I realize how much of that they kind of implied- oh, with the coma patients.
Rory's quiet, or maybe...he doesn't have a need to be showy might be a better way to put it, and I think that made it easy for the show to trick viewers into underestimating him, dismissing him. Especially all the comments I've seen on earlier episodes along the lines of, "oh, he's the drippy boyfriend. The placeholder. What the hell is Amy supposed to see in him, anyway
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Perhaps I disliked Mickey so much because he was smitted with Rose and well.. that I just don't understand. I'm glad he got Martha in the end, someone who liked him for who he was, but yeah.
Rory and the Doctor, its just such an interesting combo.
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Or, I'm just overthinking it. Its a fine balance between a running plot and stand alone episode enjoyability. Season 5 did it great. Season 6 less so I think. BUT season 6 had a lot more - No way! moments.
Either way, with RTD season finales still fresh in my mind, I'm much happier with the season 6 finale in comparison, BECAUSE I am looking forward to season 7 now, and there was no melodrama. Just more poor Rory teasing.
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And my puzzlement isn't so much "what the hell just happened" as it is, "how am I supposed to feel about this? What actually should I be taking from this?"
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Joy, because the Doctor lived (we knew he would)
Interest, because it is so confusing (probably)
Eh, I'm just going to go back and rewatch some of season 5 and 6. Maybe write a fic or two now that I can. :)
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And then this season handed me the bill and then took the puppy away and stuck it in a box in some complicated, ambiguously-motivated way, and now I'm like, "so...um....what?"
But yes! Fic is good. There seems to be precious little, though. Maybe I look in the wrong places? Maybe I'm just too picky. Either way.
I've had a short little one-shot open up on my desktop for quite some time that I'd like to get finished. It's basically pseudo-crossover silliness: an explanation for the weird SPN timeline via TARDIS mishap.
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Perhaps I disliked Mickey so much because he was smitted with Rose and well.. that I just don't understand. I'm glad he got Martha in the end, someone who liked him for who he was, but yeah.
Rory and the Doctor, its just such an interesting combo.
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