Initially i wondered if the entire ice cream scene fit in at all with the rest of the piece, but ultimately I loved the petulant argument between Mickey and the Doctor and the idea of ham-flavoured ice cream too much to cut it. So I'm glad you liked it! lol
I can't quite decide how I feel about GitF either, at least when it comes to the zillion mixed signals it sends Rose, so when this interpretation occured to me I was pretty eager to write it and try to make it work, because it makes the whole thing make a lot more sense (to me, anyway). I refuse to believe the Doctor has this omg!insta-love with Reinette, but I do think she would have been fascinating and definitely "companion material" and I think the fact that she dies so quickly is what would really gets to him. I dunno, I always thought he seemed disporportionately upset in GitF (he doesn't even give Rose any of that "always all right" crap! lol) and given how many people seem to die on him on a regular basis, I figure it makes more sense if there's something else going on under there. I think it's more effective if it serves as a reminder of Rose's mortality rather than just "oh man my French fling died, this is tragic!!!!" (Which isn't saying that grief over Reinette isn't part of it, just not all of it.)
I think his inability to prevent her from dying is ultimately the deal-breaker and ultimately why Journey's End, though bittersweet, is still the happiest ending any of them were ever going to get, Time Lord!Ten included; if he doesn't see her die he can just assume she's living happily-ever-after in Pete's World, whereas if she'd stayed he'd have to face that reality eventually, and there's plenty of evidence to suggest that contrary to Dumbledore, Ten really does think death is the worst possible fate.
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Date: 2008-10-13 07:58 pm (UTC)I can't quite decide how I feel about GitF either, at least when it comes to the zillion mixed signals it sends Rose, so when this interpretation occured to me I was pretty eager to write it and try to make it work, because it makes the whole thing make a lot more sense (to me, anyway). I refuse to believe the Doctor has this omg!insta-love with Reinette, but I do think she would have been fascinating and definitely "companion material" and I think the fact that she dies so quickly is what would really gets to him. I dunno, I always thought he seemed disporportionately upset in GitF (he doesn't even give Rose any of that "always all right" crap! lol) and given how many people seem to die on him on a regular basis, I figure it makes more sense if there's something else going on under there. I think it's more effective if it serves as a reminder of Rose's mortality rather than just "oh man my French fling died, this is tragic!!!!" (Which isn't saying that grief over Reinette isn't part of it, just not all of it.)
I think his inability to prevent her from dying is ultimately the deal-breaker and ultimately why Journey's End, though bittersweet, is still the happiest ending any of them were ever going to get, Time Lord!Ten included; if he doesn't see her die he can just assume she's living happily-ever-after in Pete's World, whereas if she'd stayed he'd have to face that reality eventually, and there's plenty of evidence to suggest that contrary to Dumbledore, Ten really does think death is the worst possible fate.
Aw, don't apologize, I love the babbling!
Thank you!