Some Thoughts on Rose Tyler

[ladychi]

I'm a Rose fan. That's pretty clear from everything you can discern about me: the sheer number of fics that star her, the large graphic on the top of my LJ -- my loud proclamations about the virtues of her character wherever I find hatas and doubters.

There's one thing I don't like about Rose, though. She's extremely difficult to write. Or am I

Comments

[unfolded73]

Very interesting insights, especially into S1 Rose, whom I haven't thought about a lot with regards to writing. But I agree wholeheartedly, her age has to be factored in to any characterisation of her in either series. She's not gonna behave like a 30-year-old

[papilio_luna]

I shudder to think of it.

I think this is why people generally don't write it like that-it would hurt too much. For us shippers, who don't want to see them punished and want to see them at least get some semblance of a chance at happily ever after, Pete's World has to be a happy place without any further difficulty aside form that just inherent in the situation.

I'm ruminating on this problem, because one way to tackle it would be to write the story in which Ten II and Rose not only come to terms with each other, but save Pete's World from what it has become.

[ladychi]

I'm ruminating on this problem, because one way to tackle it would be to write the story in which Ten II and Rose not only come to terms with each other, but save Pete's World from what it has become.

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[ladychi]

So by the time Rose gets there, I don't think there was anything resembling a totalitarian government. Her hardness and BAMFness is fully explicable by the effects of working for Torchwood and working to get back to the Doctor.

This is certainly as plausible as my observations. I would hope that Pete's World would be slightly more hopeful than what I argued for here.

All that said, I think writing Pete's World that way would be fascinating. How terrible for Rose, for her resentment of Ten's decision would have to include the fact that he banished her to a somewhat broken world, on top of everything else. And I think it would affect Ten II profoundly, living in that kind of place. I shudder to think of it.I don't fault the Doctor's decision all that much -- he has spent most of his life in emotional pain -- sending Ten II and Rose to live a life together is a smart choice. That being said, he didn't really stop to ask what the world he was leaving them in was really like

This was so very very excellent that all I can do is this:

[papilio_luna]

Re: This was so very very excellent that all I can do is this:

[ladychi]

HA! Love the nerdy Buzzcocks GIF!

I'm so glad you enjoyed this. I've been pondering it for months and it just poured out this afternoon.

[np_complete]

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