"Turn Left" in particular sets up how amazing she can be without the Doctor.
Literally, I screamed out "YES!" when I read this line. How anyone can't see that that was really the whole point of TL ... to show that all Donna needs is someone TRULY believing in her and she CAN and WILL be THE Donna, I don't know, but I get that a lot of people don't see it. I just don't get it myself.
I am sooo glad to see you, and others in the comments, who are not totally enamored of Doctor/Rose/Jack. I find OT3, Doctor/Jack, and Rose/Jack all incredibly squicky.
So, so, soooooooo squicky. I do not get the overwhelming love and hosannas for it at all. I'm quite thrilled to see the responses as well.
I do like Jack, but I don't love Jack. I really enjoy Torchwood, but I think I love Gwen and Ianto more.
I think I'll feel the same way when I watch TW. (Of course, it probably doesn't help that I'll likely always be annoyed with Barrowman for dissing on Eccleston because he had the temerity to be going through serious drama in his personal life and thus was not more fun for Barrowman to hang out with on set. Pfft!)
With you on the Daleks! I don't get what all the fuss is about! Granted, I thought "Evolution of the Daleks" was very, very lame, but I'm still not bothered by the Daleks inability to die.
Oh, that 2-parter in s3 was BAAAD!, but overall, the Daleks are just awesome. I love them.
I like all the new series full time companions, though admittedly not equally. At times it feels like Martha fans must hate Rose and vice-versa, which puts me in an awkward spot fandom wise.
I never understood that about any fandom. It's weird. I don't hate Martha, I like her; I just don't think that FA is as nearly a strong an actress as BP and CT, and RTD clearly writes for strong actresses.
I liked Donna in TRB, and series 4 made me love her. I'm not really sure whether she or Rose is my all time favorite.
I love Rose, adore her, she's awesome, fabulous, amazing, but yeah, GO DONNA!!!!!!!!!!
I ship both Doctor/Rose (Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, and Ten II/Rose) and Doctor/Romana (in pretty much any regeneration for either), and would love to see Romana come back in the future. I get the impression, however, that many Romana and Doctor/Romana fans abhor the new series and/or Rose.
Never watched old school, so I just know of Romana, never watched her.
It bugs me in fanfic when the Doctor expresses something about how Rose is so much more perfect or understands him so much better than anyone ever could or will, or that she is the only person that he has ever or will ever love. I think he's completely in love with Rose, and that's not reduced at all by the fact that he has loved other people (romantically or platonically) during the past 900 years.
Right. For me, it's basically what Tennant has said: Rose is the love of his life. HOWEVER, being 900+ years old, he's gonna have other loves. I DO think that Rose is special; she's the love of his life.
"Fear Her" has a really awful plot. It's only redeeming factor is the adorable flirtiness of the Doctor and Rose. If not for that... totally boring.
Yuppers, exactly.
(Of course, "42" really is totally boring, but I've never seen much love for that!)
I actually sorta liked "42" even if it was a TIP/SP rip-off. I thought that Martha and guest star-dude had a nice chemistry and I loved that we got another example of the Doctor showing just how little he valued his own life without Rose and that if he died, eh. Sorry, I'm a sucker for crap like that because I'm an evil, hopeless romantic at heart. He doesn't care if he lives or dies without Rose. Sob, sob.
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Date: 2008-08-17 01:10 am (UTC)Literally, I screamed out "YES!" when I read this line. How anyone can't see that that was really the whole point of TL ... to show that all Donna needs is someone TRULY believing in her and she CAN and WILL be THE Donna, I don't know, but I get that a lot of people don't see it. I just don't get it myself.
I am sooo glad to see you, and others in the comments, who are not totally enamored of Doctor/Rose/Jack. I find OT3, Doctor/Jack, and Rose/Jack all incredibly squicky.
So, so, soooooooo squicky. I do not get the overwhelming love and hosannas for it at all. I'm quite thrilled to see the responses as well.
I do like Jack, but I don't love Jack. I really enjoy Torchwood, but I think I love Gwen and Ianto more.
I think I'll feel the same way when I watch TW. (Of course, it probably doesn't help that I'll likely always be annoyed with Barrowman for dissing on Eccleston because he had the temerity to be going through serious drama in his personal life and thus was not more fun for Barrowman to hang out with on set. Pfft!)
With you on the Daleks! I don't get what all the fuss is about! Granted, I thought "Evolution of the Daleks" was very, very lame, but I'm still not bothered by the Daleks inability to die.
Oh, that 2-parter in s3 was BAAAD!, but overall, the Daleks are just awesome. I love them.
I like all the new series full time companions, though admittedly not equally. At times it feels like Martha fans must hate Rose and vice-versa, which puts me in an awkward spot fandom wise.
I never understood that about any fandom. It's weird. I don't hate Martha, I like her; I just don't think that FA is as nearly a strong an actress as BP and CT, and RTD clearly writes for strong actresses.
I liked Donna in TRB, and series 4 made me love her. I'm not really sure whether she or Rose is my all time favorite.
I love Rose, adore her, she's awesome, fabulous, amazing, but yeah, GO DONNA!!!!!!!!!!
I ship both Doctor/Rose (Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, and Ten II/Rose) and Doctor/Romana (in pretty much any regeneration for either), and would love to see Romana come back in the future. I get the impression, however, that many Romana and Doctor/Romana fans abhor the new series and/or Rose.
Never watched old school, so I just know of Romana, never watched her.
It bugs me in fanfic when the Doctor expresses something about how Rose is so much more perfect or understands him so much better than anyone ever could or will, or that she is the only person that he has ever or will ever love. I think he's completely in love with Rose, and that's not reduced at all by the fact that he has loved other people (romantically or platonically) during the past 900 years.
Right. For me, it's basically what Tennant has said: Rose is the love of his life. HOWEVER, being 900+ years old, he's gonna have other loves. I DO think that Rose is special; she's the love of his life.
"Fear Her" has a really awful plot. It's only redeeming factor is the adorable flirtiness of the Doctor and Rose. If not for that... totally boring.
Yuppers, exactly.
(Of course, "42" really is totally boring, but I've never seen much love for that!)
I actually sorta liked "42" even if it was a TIP/SP rip-off. I thought that Martha and guest star-dude had a nice chemistry and I loved that we got another example of the Doctor showing just how little he valued his own life without Rose and that if he died, eh. Sorry, I'm a sucker for crap like that because I'm an evil, hopeless romantic at heart. He doesn't care if he lives or dies without Rose. Sob, sob.