Comments | ladyhadhafang: So, I am aware that I haven't posted in a while.

ladyhadhafang

So, I am aware that I haven't posted in a while.

Feb 08, 2015 20:43

I've mostly been busy and all. College courses have been pretty tasking and I've been trying to keep up. That and I've been working on my stories. But I managed to get around to completing Season Eight ever since last year when I caught the Season Eight premiere, "Deep Breath". I watched "Into The Dalek" and "Robot Hood ( Read more... )

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jackdavfan692 February 11 2015, 19:12:37 UTC

Give him time 8]. He definitely becomes less grumpy and cold as the season goes on (at least it seemed like he did to me) :). *Nods* And his remarks to Clara weren't meant to be mean, he was just teasing her, like friends do.

As to him telling Journey he wished she hadn't been a soldier, I'd say the fact that he fought in the Time War is exactly why he said that--- people often hate/don't like in others what they see in themselves. He doesn't like the fact that twice now, he's had to be a soldier--- once in the Time War, potentially for thousands & thousands of years, perhaps even millenia, and again on Trenzalore, for very nearly as long (and he essentially did that all on his own). So he projected the negative view of that part of his life (he may have accepted it, but that doesn't mean he's proud of or likes it) onto Journey and the rest of the soldiers on the ship ( ... )

ladyhadhafang February 11 2015, 22:28:13 UTC

First off, good to see you! *Hugs* How are you doing ( ... )

jackdavfan692 February 12 2015, 10:13:44 UTC

You too 8)! *Hugs you back* I'm good 8]. Been busy with college courses and what not myself. How are you doing?

That's the best view to have 8]. *Nods* Moffat or someone said in an interview a little while back that it wasn't until episode five or so that we'd get a good handle on Twelve's personality, so if you're okay with waiting that long (and it sounds like you are), your patience is definitely going to pay off :]. *Nods again* Unusually enough for someone who only started watching the show with the reboot, I actually didn't need to adjust to him that much, even though I thought I would. My guess is it had to do with (1) the fact that, due to reading interviews with Moffat & others, I was more or less expecting (and kind of hoping for) a grumpier, less cuddly Doctor with an older actor in the role, so I was prepared for it, I guess you could say, and (2) I'd already seen Capaldi in three other roles before he was announced as the new Doctor, and was beginning to really like him as an actor. The fact that he was convincing to me ( ... )

ladyhadhafang February 12 2015, 14:53:06 UTC

*Hugs more* That's good to hear. And I'm fine. I've been busy with college and all -- mostly English and Communications, but it's been fun so far. :)

Ah, gotcha. :) And I'm pretty good with that. It definitely is a very interesting and different way in terms of how they're taking the Doctor. I admit, I haven't really watched much of Capaldi's stuff outside of Torchwood and "Fires of Pompeii". I should really get to it.

Sort of, yeah. Oh, definitely. *Nods* Being stuck on a planet for a few thousand or so years, and basically single-handedly fighting a war most of the time you're there? That would be absolute Hell D=! I personally attributed this current incarnation's grumpiness, meanness, and all-around unpleasantness toward others (unless he liked and/or trusted them) to what the previous one experienced while on Trenzalore. I think basically, he (has)had a massive case of PTSD, and his behavior (is)was his way of covering that up and/or coping with it. That makes a lot of sense. Poor Doctor ( ... )

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