I had Hunger Games dreams last night and I blame you.
Rose Tyler is a social creature, and being utterly without other people to talk to is bound to be hard on her. Still, she's doing pretty well for a city girl in the woods. It figures that her first kill is a combination of self-defense and mercy.
Why am I not surprised that the shot that felled Adam was to the forehead? ;)
The isolation is very hard on her. And, while she's doing decently well in the woods, she's also getting very lucky. Luck can't last forever, as the Doctor knows.
I knew I wanted to have Rose get into a fight right away, and to kill someone. She needed to prove to potential sponsors that she can fight. This, at least, is a killing she can live with, no pun intended. But it's still not going to be easy on her.
Heh. You're just catching all my sick little jokes, aren't you?
How did I know that Adam and Lynda wouldn't even make it past the first day. And dying by being hit in straight through the head by a crossbolt? How similar to what happened to him on Doctor Who
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Yeah, they were just terribly out of their depth. Like most of the kids in the Games are.
I wanted Rose to get blooded early on in order to show the contrast between her abilities and those of Katniss. She's not a hunter or a woodswoman like Katniss, but she is a fighter--a dirty, messy, whatever-gets-it-done street fighter. So, while she's struggling with learning how to survive in the wild, she would've been much more able to take on Clove in a full-on fight.
But she's not a killer, not naturally. She fought Toby because she had no choice, and she killed him in the most merciful way she could. It'll leave its mark on her.
I was originally going to put the whole thing through Rose's pov, but I realized I wanted to be able to get away from her once in a while. So, while 95% of the fic will be from her pov, I do get to glance away occasionally. I like the freedom of being able to do that.
I find it curious how Adam's story here mimics his story within DW. I'm absolutely positive this is intentional on your part, but I like how it's been done, and within the framework of the story so that it's nearly not noticeable. In DW, Adam tries to work with the futuristic system to his advantage in order to obtain knowledge he's not allowed to have, and in the end has a hole in the middle of his forehead. Here, he tries to work with the Careers in order to gain time he's not going to earn on his own, and ends up....with a hole in the middle of his forehead. Same strategy, same end. (Sort of.) I like the symmetry. In a way, it seems closer to the original than any other DW character so far, except perhaps Rose herself
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You're right on Adam. He thought he was smart enough to work the system to his advantage, and he was wrong. My perverse sense of humor dictated how he died.
You're somewhat right about Amy, though not Rory. We'll learn her story--and Rory's--in Part 2.
This continues to be a clever, exciting story that you've made all your own. I love the brief glimpses we get of the Doctor. I can imagine all kinds of things that he might have been thinking when she cut off her hair (the shipper in me never sleeps), but the most plausible one is that she's had to sacrifice a little of herself... her hair, killing Toby... That must be killing him (sorry for the bad pun), because she really is fantastic. :)
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Rose Tyler is a social creature, and being utterly without other people to talk to is bound to be hard on her. Still, she's doing pretty well for a city girl in the woods. It figures that her first kill is a combination of self-defense and mercy.
Why am I not surprised that the shot that felled Adam was to the forehead? ;)
RIP, Lynda and everyone else.
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The isolation is very hard on her. And, while she's doing decently well in the woods, she's also getting very lucky. Luck can't last forever, as the Doctor knows.
I knew I wanted to have Rose get into a fight right away, and to kill someone. She needed to prove to potential sponsors that she can fight. This, at least, is a killing she can live with, no pun intended. But it's still not going to be easy on her.
Heh. You're just catching all my sick little jokes, aren't you?
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I try to make you feel appreciated. ;)
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I wanted Rose to get blooded early on in order to show the contrast between her abilities and those of Katniss. She's not a hunter or a woodswoman like Katniss, but she is a fighter--a dirty, messy, whatever-gets-it-done street fighter. So, while she's struggling with learning how to survive in the wild, she would've been much more able to take on Clove in a full-on fight.
But she's not a killer, not naturally. She fought Toby because she had no choice, and she killed him in the most merciful way she could. It'll leave its mark on her.
I was originally going to put the whole thing through Rose's pov, but I realized I wanted to be able to get away from her once in a while. So, while 95% of the fic will be from her pov, I do get to glance away occasionally. I like the freedom of being able to do that.
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You're somewhat right about Amy, though not Rory. We'll learn her story--and Rory's--in Part 2.
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Only the Doctor gets to be that arogant and it often backfires on him as well.
Rose cutting her hair made perfect sense. Hair grows back. Survival is that much more important.
Can't wait for Martha to make her appearance on the field.
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