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[viomisehunt]

I love that Amy calls River "Melody," and also that she tells Melody to look after the Doctor - because that relationship is so fluid; sometimes the Doctor is impossibly ancient and sees little Amelia when he looks at Amy, but Amy is equally capable of seeing the Doctor as someone who needs looking after. So much this. It is the only time I felt like tearing up, watching Amy acknowledge her daughter with her given name. Lovely moment.
So you think you'll just come back to life?"
"When don't I?" :)

[tempestsarekind]

I love the relationship between Amy and River/Melody, and when Amy goes all motherly.

[viomisehunt]

I only wish Amy would have encouraged the Doctor to hold River closer and not allow River to block his efforts to give her the same love and care that she gives him. River deserves better than the Doctor, her spouse and partner thinking of her grief for her parents as a afterthought. As others have notice, River is like her father, Rory in that, but Amy doesn't let Rory get away with that, and the Doctor shouldn't allow River to get away from with it, either. Is River protecting the Doctor by hiding the worst of her pain, or is she sheilding herself--afraid that if he IS there for her, if he gives her the comfort and understanding she needs, that she might not bend but will break under the weight of it all?

[tempestsarekind]

I didn't really understand the Doctor's "I didn't even think" line, to be honest. It was River who urged Amy to follow Rory while the Doctor was urging her back to the TARDIS, and it's not like we saw him denying the reality of her grief. If he had, then sure, but as shown, all I saw was him crying, which is reasonable when you've just lost someone you love.

[tempestsarekind]

Yes - they're so delightful with each other, and then that changes to sadness so quickly!