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intrikate88

and we want spectacular views, if we're to stay til the morning.

Jan 02, 2010 03:33

( how i did not lose my heart to (the end of) time. spoilers duh. )

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ohvienna January 2 2010, 08:42:16 UTC

THIS ENTIRE REACTION POST. THIIS ALL THIS.

And Ten is, frankly, going hysterical. Angsting is one thing; this was, to me, a totally unattractive different thing.

And especially that!

It's 4am. Can't type. Must sleep. :)

intrikate88 January 2 2010, 21:01:28 UTC

I kind of want Nine to go and slap the shit out of him for being such a bitch. I seriously did not think I'd be like bring on Eleven, I am so over this, but...bring on Eleven, I'm ready for funtimes and maybe sensible stories and people smiling again and not falling through ceilings from spaceships?

mareeana January 2 2010, 10:46:04 UTC

ALL OF THIS! This was just like JK's epilogue, exactly!

and suddenly we all realized she essentially meant since she was fourteen and discovered fanfiction.net?

EXACTLY! So, so bad, so self-indulgent, blerg.

And I just wasn't satisfied with Donna's story.

She showed up, she fell asleep, she got married. SHE DID NOTHING AT ALL! Grrr.

intrikate88 January 2 2010, 21:08:48 UTC

Self-indulgent is exactly what it is! And the gratuitous emo, the running with slash potential, all of that- WE get the luxury of those options because we are fans with LJs. He no longer can hide with anonymity and explore those things, the MONEY he gets makes him have the responsibility of putting together a cohesive show. The sort of thing we saw last night... sorry, RTD, you shoulda done it on your own time, not company time.

Yeah, Donna did nothing. And I hate how after all the running around they did to protect her, the Doctor's all "oh yeah she has a backup defense by the way, it's all cool." So, he could do that, but he couldn't use that to give him time to fix her properly? She couldn't help them? What happened to all the strong women that have defined this entire fucking show for me?

scornedsaint January 2 2010, 14:34:09 UTC

I love that she smiled like that girl I remember from series one and that he could see her like that, already looking around her in wonder and he knows she'll be the hand reaching for his when he needs it.

I'm kind of sniffling just reading that.

LIKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A GIANT FUCKING SAUSAGEFEST.

That was a little...odd. Because the show is SO about women, but then there were none. As with most things RTD-related, I feel like it was in no way intentional, just that once he gets an idea he cannot stop for anything.

intrikate88 January 2 2010, 21:14:29 UTC

Yeah, RTD has all the subtlety and inertia of an oncoming train, and it all just kind of spoodged out in this episode. Between Ten basically shitting himself the entire time and the lack of the strong women that have defined this show for me, the whole episode was kind of OOC. Just really off.

Oh, Rose. I've missed her, and the Rose that showed up in series four didn't seem anything like the Rose I originally fell in love with. It was so great to see her again, and know that she always was wonderful.

yavie_namarie January 12 2010, 05:20:05 UTC

"RTD has all the subtlety and inertia of an oncoming train"

Amen. Amen. Amen.

hollywoodgrrl January 2 2010, 21:29:08 UTC

HAHAHA! THIS POST IS MADE OUT OF LULZ AND TRUTHS!

Yeah, I still can't even bring myself to list all the wasted opportunities that were everywhere, everywhere, EVERYWHERE.

I think I'm gonna quote you from the above comment because that is my #1 reaction to the ep:

Between Ten basically shitting himself the entire time and the lack of the strong women that have defined this show for me, the whole episode was kind of OOC. Just really off.

IT WAS ENTIRELY OOC!!!!!!!!

intrikate88 January 3 2010, 06:38:18 UTC

I dunno, was Rusty just going IF I DO OBVIOUS TRIBUTES TO FIREFLY AND STAR WARS DO YOU THINK JOSS AND LUCAS WILL LET ME WORK WITH THEM WHEN I GET TO HOLLYWOOD??

This ep felt like such a disconnect and I'm so disappointed that's how I had to say goodbye to Ten. I wish it had been an ep distilled of every brilliant part of Ten's time and the most Doctor Who-ish Doctor Who ever.

Um... at least Donna's lack of story didn't screw up my latest Donna/Gene fic too much? I'm pretending that's consolation.

thunderemerald January 3 2010, 06:17:31 UTC

I... *hides*

*peers out*

I loved it.

*hides again*

intrikate88 January 3 2010, 06:31:11 UTC

*attempts to lure out from hiding with cookies*

Tell me what you loved about it! I want to know because there WERE some really solid moments and I just felt like I was missing some sort of critical connection between them for it all to make sense and if I could see that maybe I wouldn't feel like I do about the mental breakdown of basically everyone. mrv3000 made some really awesome points about things coming full circle that help me have a more positive perspective but honestly, I want to keep trying to look at this from more angles to see what other ways it could work. And you generally have a good view for story strength so I respect that a lot.

thunderemerald January 3 2010, 06:48:57 UTC

Oooo this are good entry what you done linked to ( ... )

intrikate88 January 3 2010, 19:07:47 UTC

Wilf- yes, I do think you're right and it was fitting for it to be him, the sort of little person that Ten was in the habit of saving. I also think that was kind of obnoxious that Wilf knocked like that when he should have known good and well that the Doctor sure as hell didn't want to hear four beats anymore, but that's me being petty. It's the amount of raging the Doctor does that troubles me; while YES, it isn't fair, and it especially isn't fair that he's killed by the horrible irony of always doing what he thought he had to do (kind of reminding me of ninamazing's story Hour Seventeen or whatever she's titling it now, dunno if you read that) and that is all some pretty strong character arcing. But at the same time, Ten has, since he lost Rose, done several purposefully suicidal things and lived despite himself, and at this point has followed his tradition of jettisoning everyone worthwhile in his life. What kind of life has he created for himself that he's making such a goddamn racket about clinging to? I love him, but it wasn't like he ( ... )

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