Vids recs and a little meta.

Oct 23, 2011 18:29

These are the vids that have made me flail recently. Divided according to topic.

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whoniversal meta, piiimp!

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women in cages/ strongest devohoneybee October 23 2011, 20:04:29 UTC
You could easily have put up a pic of Idris in her cage... trying to see where that fits in. The image certainly does, but for her, being in a human BODY is the cage, the (wrong) box, and she's happiest when she's free, at home, and in the (proper) Tardis box. What I love about the whole Idris scene is the reversal of "who owns who?". The Doctor talks about "his" TARDIS and she reverses it to "her" Doctor, "what makes you think I would ever give you back?"

I wonder if all these cage images are a way to actually highlight how strong these women are. As if to say, "EVEN in a cage, I'm still the one you have to worry about."

I love how your metas make me think. :)

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Re: women in cages/ strongest elisi October 23 2011, 21:11:06 UTC
The image certainly does, but for her, being in a human BODY is the cage, the (wrong) box, and she's happiest when she's free, at home, and in the (proper) Tardis box.
*points to insanely long TWORS meta* I love the boxes. Love them, love them, love them.

What I love about the whole Idris scene is the reversal of "who owns who?". The Doctor talks about "his" TARDIS and she reverses it to "her" Doctor, "what makes you think I would ever give you back?"
Oh very much agreed. And again that's mirrored in Doctor/River. Her life is completely warped around him, yet the opposite is true too... She consistently calls him 'My Doctor' and he is - his arc this season was all about her. Take River away, and everything falls to pieces, including the Doctor.

I wonder if all these cage images are a way to actually highlight how strong these women are. As if to say, "EVEN in a cage, I'm still the one you have to worry about."
Again this ties in with A Christmas Carol and Abigail who chooses to go into the box... If the women are in the boxes, then ( ... )

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