The licking grossed me out to consider but I figured it was totally legit, haha.
Martha tends to get neglected in the Ten/Rose corner of things and I admit that I'm not much better, as I've hardly written her at all, but I do quite like her. I thought the unrequited love plotline was kind of clunky and unneccesary, but I suppose that's not really Martha's fault. And basically everyone but Donna has a crush on Ten anyway, LIRL. I think I'm going to write smething Martha-centric soon, I feel bad neglecting her.
Rose and Donna (and Martha too I suppose) really were his conscience so it seemed fitting, and I liked working witht he idea that he knew them well enough to know exactly what they would say. I've seen some people attributing his new no-companion rule to what Davros said about turning them into weapons, and while I think that's part of it, I think the real brunt of the issue is just his own somewhat-selfish refusal to get close to anyone, even if he knows he should, for fear of being hurt. I can't really blame him, he's got an awful track record, and I like that RTD acknowledges that losing the woman you love and your best friend one after another would absolutely leave you all messed up psychologically. Not that the Doctor has really been healthy psychologically since the Time War, anyway.
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Date: 2009-04-15 05:49 pm (UTC)Martha tends to get neglected in the Ten/Rose corner of things and I admit that I'm not much better, as I've hardly written her at all, but I do quite like her. I thought the unrequited love plotline was kind of clunky and unneccesary, but I suppose that's not really Martha's fault. And basically everyone but Donna has a crush on Ten anyway, LIRL. I think I'm going to write smething Martha-centric soon, I feel bad neglecting her.
Rose and Donna (and Martha too I suppose) really were his conscience so it seemed fitting, and I liked working witht he idea that he knew them well enough to know exactly what they would say. I've seen some people attributing his new no-companion rule to what Davros said about turning them into weapons, and while I think that's part of it, I think the real brunt of the issue is just his own somewhat-selfish refusal to get close to anyone, even if he knows he should, for fear of being hurt. I can't really blame him, he's got an awful track record, and I like that RTD acknowledges that losing the woman you love and your best friend one after another would absolutely leave you all messed up psychologically. Not that the Doctor has really been healthy psychologically since the Time War, anyway.
YES LARA CROFT. Props to you my dear.
Thanks!