Oh man, that was sad. All those things he has to keep in order. This River does harken to the River we saw at the end of Season 6 a bit...which was sad :(
After watching Eleven through two seasons, I can see the hints of who he used to be. I think he does carry that sadness around, even though he has managed to wall it off so that it doesn't bear him down day by day.
The contrast between the River we were first introduced to and the River we ended up with was pretty disturbing for me. I tried to see it through the Doctor's eyes, as she gets lets nuanced and kind of devolves, and I do think it's very sad from that perspective.
The contrast between the River we were first introduced to and the River we ended up with was pretty disturbing for me. I tried to see it through the Doctor's eyes, as she gets lets nuanced and kind of devolves, and I do think it's very sad from that perspective. Oh totally. I like to think her character got a little bit of the short stick in the end of the season
This is brilliant in it's simplicity and it packs an emotional punch.
This is heartbreaking: Rose. His hearts ache. Maybe, somewhere, a part of him is still basking in her love? Or is she dust long since, dead and gone, a universe away? Surely, he would know?
The words fall smoothly from his lips, as from any schoolboy's: "...it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all -"
Sad in Eleven and River's apperent...mis-knowing each other, each too caught up in who they think the other person is or will be. And Eleven thinking of Rose...hearbreaking but oh, so well done.
But oh, ye gods, soooo sad! But I suppose there's hope in this, too - that the River he knows before her end is yet to come, and he gets to be a part of that. But time is, to be crass, a bee-yotch, and has dealt unfairly with the Doctor who already knows that his wife (however he feels about that) will die because he couldn't stop her from sacrificing herself in his place. His relationships are all essentially doomed, and it's that which makes me hate the writers of Who as much as I love them because it's so well done, but it's so damn depressing and unfair for our hero as well as our hell-in-high-heels heroine.
Gaaahhhh!!!
...all that to say: thank you for sharing this, even if it did depress me to no end (and at 8:25 in the AM with a full day of teaching ahead of me) ;)
sorry to be depressing. The River story is very tragic to me..... the way they are always at crosspurposes and doomed never to know one another both at the same time...... so sad.
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The contrast between the River we were first introduced to and the River we ended up with was pretty disturbing for me. I tried to see it through the Doctor's eyes, as she gets lets nuanced and kind of devolves, and I do think it's very sad from that perspective.
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Oh totally. I like to think her character got a little bit of the short stick in the end of the season
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This is heartbreaking:
Rose. His hearts ache. Maybe, somewhere, a part of him is still basking in her love? Or is she dust long since, dead and gone, a universe away? Surely, he would know?
The words fall smoothly from his lips, as from any schoolboy's: "...it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all -"
...and yet the last line is more so. Well done.
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I appreciate your comment very much--thanks!
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I am glad your muses work OT.
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River's not a Dickens fan! Bleh.
Him thinking about his adventure with Rose. *Sigh*
Must we talk, Sweetie?
Must. Not. Strangle. River.
"My wonderful wife," he smiles, and lies, and lies.
Absolutely heart-breaking.
So very well done!
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She thinks she knows him... but there's so very much she clearly doesn't know. It's very sad really. :(
Thanks for your lovely comment!
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It's hard to even think about Eleven thinking about Rose -- but clearly he does, since we saw the Tardis try to give her to him. :(
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But oh, ye gods, soooo sad! But I suppose there's hope in this, too - that the River he knows before her end is yet to come, and he gets to be a part of that. But time is, to be crass, a bee-yotch, and has dealt unfairly with the Doctor who already knows that his wife (however he feels about that) will die because he couldn't stop her from sacrificing herself in his place. His relationships are all essentially doomed, and it's that which makes me hate the writers of Who as much as I love them because it's so well done, but it's so damn depressing and unfair for our hero as well as our hell-in-high-heels heroine.
Gaaahhhh!!!
...all that to say: thank you for sharing this, even if it did depress me to no end (and at 8:25 in the AM with a full day of teaching ahead of me) ;)
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Thanks for commenting -- I appreciate it!
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