SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET!

[apple_pathways]

I need to just back away from the internets tonight. Everywhere I turn, someone is Wrong and Needs to Be Told.

For one thing, I need to stay away from anon memes. It's all fun and games when it's LOLcats and "Which Doctor would you shag?", but then someone has to go and say Amy Pond has poor characterization. I mean...what? Of all the criticisms I've heard of Series 5 in general and Amy in particular, poor characterization? What? What? You keep using that word: I do not think it means what you think it means.

Also: people are allowed to enjoy whatever television programs they want, right?

*sigh* I have started, and then (wisely) backed away from so many replies tonight...

Comments

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

It's a hard lesson to learn, not correcting people on the Internet. Should you figure out the secret to it, would you mind telling me as well?

Also, I would point out that Amy's internal characterisation is practically flawless. To the point of being fairly predictable (at least, she was to me. Rory was the one who surprised me). So that is just a weird statement to my mind.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!

Also: thank you for acknowledging that predictability is a sign of good characterization. ("Good" meaning "fully-realized" rather than a value judgment as to its merit. You can still dislike Amy's characterization while acknowledging she's a fully fleshed-out character.)

As much as I love Rory, to me he's the one who's lacking in characterization; that's why his actions are so surprising. We don't know enough about him and his personality to predict what he's going to do.

Of course, it makes sense he's less fleshed-out than Amy: this series was about her. I'm hoping to find out more about him in Series 6.

Oh, as for not correcting people on the internet: I spend a lot of time staring at that little white reply box and the words I've written inside it. The inner battle between "delete and move on with your life" and "hit send and let 'em know what's what!" is an epic struggle. One I still occasionally lose. :P ('Picking my battles' is a skill in constant cultivation.)