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nobleplatypusI'm at the farmstead for the holiday weekend, and so is Fivey (since the roommate is gone this weekend as well). Fivey and Charlotte are decidedly Not Friends, though I'm sure Charlotte would love to be. She was just way too enthused by the idea of checking him out, to Fivey's dismay, so my room is a dog-free zone.
Charlotte's efforts to befriend Timber have been similarly unsuccessful. She play-bows and does her level best to get him to romp around the yard, but while Timber will bark at her and chase her, he seems to be just generally bewildered with her overall. Someday.
I was able to watch Doctor Who today, so I have thoughts. Mostly critical thoughts, because that's how I roll as far as this show is concerned anymore. (Honestly, I think the only reason I'm keeping up with it is so I'll be up to speed when Moffat leaves and it hopefully improves.)
The part that probably miffed me the most, personally, was the kiss with River. It doesn't make their relationship any less completely fucked up than it was before - if anything, it makes it MORE fucked up because apparently he cares about her, after all. Previously, my head-canon had been that he was pretending to care about her because he had to... I mean, he married her because she was holding the entire universe hostage. And I thought it was pretty dickish of him to use River's feelings for him as a way of manipulating her, but that was what seemed to be happening. So adding genuine affection into the mix just makes it all that much weirder and grosser. The way he treated her was much easier to understand sans actual romance.
(Also, the whole 'he doesn't like goodbyes' thing seems pretty strange given that a) he's already seen her die, and b) since she's saved in the Library, couldn't he technically visit her whenever he wanted? Or just stick her on a thumb drive and plug her into the TARDIS console and have her around forever, if he loves her that much?)
I'm still not sure what I think about Clara. Part of me feels cheated - her character has never been all that well developed, and I'd assumed it was a deliberate choice because the ~mystery~ of her identity was more important than, y'know, her actual identity. But given how she wound up scattered through the Doctor's timeline, there really was no reason for them to not give us more of who she was before she made that choice. Especially because if they'd done that, her choice might make more sense.
I suspect we're supposed to take it as the willing sacrifice of someone who cares about the Doctor, but given how little we know about her relationship with the Doctor (except his willingness to lie to her - we know plenty about that!), I wasn't feeling it. It seemed more like the 'choice' of someone who realizes that they have no choice, thanks to wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. She knows she has to do it, because she's already done it. Why she'd be willing to do it is irrelevant.
Also, retconning Clara into the entire series is a bit much. JFC, Moffat, take a step back.
At least Elementary was freaking amazing. And Warehouse 13 is back!
Charlotte's efforts to befriend Timber have been similarly unsuccessful. She play-bows and does her level best to get him to romp around the yard, but while Timber will bark at her and chase her, he seems to be just generally bewildered with her overall. Someday.
I was able to watch Doctor Who today, so I have thoughts. Mostly critical thoughts, because that's how I roll as far as this show is concerned anymore. (Honestly, I think the only reason I'm keeping up with it is so I'll be up to speed when Moffat leaves and it hopefully improves.)
The part that probably miffed me the most, personally, was the kiss with River. It doesn't make their relationship any less completely fucked up than it was before - if anything, it makes it MORE fucked up because apparently he cares about her, after all. Previously, my head-canon had been that he was pretending to care about her because he had to... I mean, he married her because she was holding the entire universe hostage. And I thought it was pretty dickish of him to use River's feelings for him as a way of manipulating her, but that was what seemed to be happening. So adding genuine affection into the mix just makes it all that much weirder and grosser. The way he treated her was much easier to understand sans actual romance.
(Also, the whole 'he doesn't like goodbyes' thing seems pretty strange given that a) he's already seen her die, and b) since she's saved in the Library, couldn't he technically visit her whenever he wanted? Or just stick her on a thumb drive and plug her into the TARDIS console and have her around forever, if he loves her that much?)
I'm still not sure what I think about Clara. Part of me feels cheated - her character has never been all that well developed, and I'd assumed it was a deliberate choice because the ~mystery~ of her identity was more important than, y'know, her actual identity. But given how she wound up scattered through the Doctor's timeline, there really was no reason for them to not give us more of who she was before she made that choice. Especially because if they'd done that, her choice might make more sense.
I suspect we're supposed to take it as the willing sacrifice of someone who cares about the Doctor, but given how little we know about her relationship with the Doctor (except his willingness to lie to her - we know plenty about that!), I wasn't feeling it. It seemed more like the 'choice' of someone who realizes that they have no choice, thanks to wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. She knows she has to do it, because she's already done it. Why she'd be willing to do it is irrelevant.
Also, retconning Clara into the entire series is a bit much. JFC, Moffat, take a step back.
At least Elementary was freaking amazing. And Warehouse 13 is back!
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Date: 2013-05-26 11:24 am (UTC)It annoys me that SM uses good ratings to justify his poor choices. Fucking "reality" shows get good ratings, it doesn't make them suddenly well written and thought out. ffs
Clara seems to have been designed as the ultimate blank slate companion so that the writers don't have to give any actual thought to what she'd do in situation x, y or z. Because she has no character she can react however they want and so the plot controls her, rather than the other way around. Le sigh.
Also, I hope John Hurt isn't going to be the Doctor that stopped the Time War. PAUL MCGANN'S CROWN WILL BE LOST!! ;_;
Agreed on the sticking around until SM leaves front. The show is 50 years old. It has its ups and downs. It'll go up again after this down. Won't it...? Please...
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Date: 2013-05-26 05:08 pm (UTC)We really could have used more time with her before she visited his tomb, I think. If nothing else, it would have given us a reason to assume she really liked him despite a lack of other evidence of that fact. As it is, it's just like... why is she sacrificing so much for a guy she barely knows, all of five minutes after finding out that he's been keeping important information from her?
DAT GIF. *_*
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Date: 2013-05-26 05:15 pm (UTC)Maybe he started off very insecure and unsure, but as more people threw themselves at him (for no discernible reason) he suddenly thinks he's Mr Universe.
Rather like Moffat. His stories were kind of okay at the start, but when people started throwing praise and awards at him, his inner dickishness came out and he refuses to put it back in his pants.
Maybe if we'd had a full 13 episode series with her things would be different. Not that you can't achieve that kind of relationship in 7 episodes, but part of me thinks Moffat needs time. Then again, I get the feeling he forgets what he's doing if there's too much time in which to do things.
IT IS MY CURRENT FAVOURITE GIF!! :D
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Date: 2013-05-26 08:45 pm (UTC)Moffat might need time, yeah. Or else the fandom needs time to fill in the gaps with headcanon, at least. He doesn't seem to do emotional stuff all that well, and that's when he actually attempts it instead of deliberately avoiding it.
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Date: 2013-05-26 08:49 pm (UTC)