Oh God, you really did scare me with the first line of your comment! I know how intense the Rose Love can be, and I was afraid I'd just managed to alienate myself from a fandom I'd just recently joined.
You're right, I do think I would feel a little differently if I'd watched the series totally in order. I did, for the most part; I watched a couple of episodes from Series 3 before going back to Series 2. (I didn't watch the first series until after I'd seen all the Tennant episodes.)
I think another part of my problem is that the love for Rose is so universal, and its appeal so broad, that there's a really wide variation in the quality of Rose/Doctor fic. Some of it is absolutely dreck, and you really need to wade through in order to find the good stuff.
But no worries, I am willing to wade! As I said, I was impressed with several of the Rose/Doctor fics I read from LAS; a well-written fic is a well-written fic, no matter who the focus is on. Likewise, soppy teenage wish fulfillment can be painful to read no matter how much I approve of the pairing in question.
And I would totally agree with you about Amy's lack of mourning for Rory if I hadn't gone and spoiled myself with the fact that he would be coming back; I'm still kicking myself for that, because I think I would have enjoyed his return more if I hadn't been expecting it.
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Date: 2010-08-06 11:27 pm (UTC)You're right, I do think I would feel a little differently if I'd watched the series totally in order. I did, for the most part; I watched a couple of episodes from Series 3 before going back to Series 2. (I didn't watch the first series until after I'd seen all the Tennant episodes.)
I think another part of my problem is that the love for Rose is so universal, and its appeal so broad, that there's a really wide variation in the quality of Rose/Doctor fic. Some of it is absolutely dreck, and you really need to wade through in order to find the good stuff.
But no worries, I am willing to wade! As I said, I was impressed with several of the Rose/Doctor fics I read from LAS; a well-written fic is a well-written fic, no matter who the focus is on. Likewise, soppy teenage wish fulfillment can be painful to read no matter how much I approve of the pairing in question.
And I would totally agree with you about Amy's lack of mourning for Rory if I hadn't gone and spoiled myself with the fact that he would be coming back; I'm still kicking myself for that, because I think I would have enjoyed his return more if I hadn't been expecting it.