I am not above saying I told you so.

[dragonofmemory]

First of all, Merry Christmas, everyone!  I hope the holidays find  you well.  In the words of Cyndi Lauper, "I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Oh, and by the way, have a nice life."  <3

Comments

[narwhale_callin]

I saw the Christmas Special, and when she said that line, I still thought it sounded awkward and unrealistic. Just because it happened doesn't mean that changes anything about the realism of that line of logic.

that I was, in fact, right

Right about what, exactly? Specify, woman! Right about it being realistic? No. Right about it being hilarious? Well, I agreed with you on that already, so there was no actual argument there.

Besides, since Clara is not, in fact, a person, but is, in fact, a Dalek or potentially some other Living Rip In Time or some other Inconceivable Moffatted Something, the weirdness of the line would be suitable for her because she does not, in fact, behave like a realistic person. (Seriously? Why the hell was she having two different identities for no apparent reason?) And that is why what (sort of badly) works for Clara does not, in fact, work for Lizzie, who behaves like an actual person because you write characters that actually make sense

[dragonofmemory]

It didn't feel awkward or unnatural to me. It was actually one of the few moments I liked Clara, because for the most part I was bored by her and the whole "ZOMG, I'm giving them MOAR MYSTERIES" part of storyline. Admittedly, I was more involved with the Great Intelligence part of the storyline and Lady Vastra.

I stand by my statement. XP

[narwhale_callin]

And I stand by my statement that what awkwardly worked for Clara would not have worked for Lizzie. :P