Oh, Rory...

[bethylated]

Inspired by this article, which posts a couple of recent tweets from The Moff.

SPOILERS: Day of the Moon, Curse of the Black Spot

Comments

[darthhellokitty]

Oh, god, so cruel! XD

[daystarsearcher]

Haha, too true.

[katty008]

Rory is the new Daniel Jackson. It's practically official.

[onlineminiboss]

Spent quite some time discussing this with a friend... He definitely is. Funny how the SG fandom and the show itself treated it as a big joke, while the Who fandom is just getting so angry about it D: All their deaths make me cry and I STILL find it funny!

[katty008]

Possibly a big reason is that Stargate had a bona fide way to bring people back right from the start, so it's accepted that if a character dies, they can just chuck them in a sarcophagus and all's well that ends well. Who doesn't have that handicap so every time it happens they have to come up with a new way to bring them back and people can and will decide that one of them is COMPLETELY IMPLAUSIBLE RAGE RAGE RAGE.

Of course, there's also the fact that Stargate fandom is accepting and self-mocking of its campness, whereas Who fandom is under the delusion that it has progressed beyond that and is now a serious series.

[faizah_writes]

Daniel dying was a running joke in the show that even the characters were aware of, I think that's the difference. "When Dr. Jackson sees this, he's gonna die!" "What, again?" (From the same two parter that showed that sometimes characters do die for real. Season 7, 'Heroes'. Looking at Atlantis and Universe's pilot - their doctor gets a blink-and-you-miss-it death, leaving them with just a medic - I suspect being a doctor is fatal in the Stargate continuum. Bad news for crossovers. Rory would be fine though, he's a nurse

[jaredofmo]

Rory needs love!

[bethylated]

I'm completely smitten with Rory. All my OldWho experience from childhood is with female companions, but I'm working my way through the canon, and so far I've got Ian, Steven, Jamie, and Adric (who SO doesn't count). While I love a guy in a kilt, I'm still thinking that Ian is the only real competition...

[rafaela]

Adric (who SO doesn't count).

Have to disagree with you there. I've always adored Adric.

[bethylated]

While I appreciate (though do not share) your admiration for Adric, I respectfully submit that Rory is much more awesome. I wonder if a flameproof Rory v. Adric discussion is in order at some point? I honestly haven't seen enough of OldWho to make a valid argument yet (only just enough to be annoyed by Adric), but the research would be massively fun....

[yurasama_love]

Haha, someone actually said that to Moffat on Twitter and he said no.