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...I really need *not* to write some long, babbling post about how Moffat sees Doctor Who as a comedy, and therefore hope is key to the finale. Even though, after trawling the internet for reviews and meta, I did read a post that mentioned hope, and the light bulb went on: one of the reasons I love Twelfth Night best, and feel the need to Have Words with people who say that Viola is weak or passive, is because hope itself is a willed action, a choice that has to be made, stubbornly, in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. And the finale--and this season as a whole, in some ways--is very much about that. Which is one of many reasons that I love Rory as much as I do: he absolutely embodies that hopeful stubbornness that comedy needs, putting his trust in a madman with a mop and a fez while he waits and protects. And it's Amy all over--both as Amy Pond, and as little Amelia, "looking like a child" in the best way, seeing the world as a place of possibilities.

Also: ridiculous miracles. What is comedy about, if not ridiculous miracles? About snatching back hope from the darkness--about believing, fiercely, even as the stars have gone from the sky?