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

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Are you Pro or Anti-River?

I have a lot of bones to pick with the way she's written, but dammit, I love her nonetheless!

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

I'm pro-River and I hear a ton of people trash her for being a shallow, stock character of the Mary Sue variety while simultaneously defending Amy for having depth that everyone is just failing to see/acknowledge. So that's why I said that it works out differently for some.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

We've definitely seen a lot less of the inner workings of River Song, but that's part of what I like about her: the mystery. I like characters with hidden depths.

Though I think she's a kickass character, there are aspects of the way Moff writes her that I don't like: I could do with fewer catchphrases, for instance! All in all, I like that she kicks ass: I would like for fandom to allow a female character to kick ass and hold her own with the boys without immediately crying, "Mary Sue"!

[wldcatsprstr-14.livejournal.com]

I would like for fandom to allow a female character to kick ass and hold her own with the boys without immediately crying, "Mary Sue"!

Tell me about it! They bash Rose for crying so much, being useless, and always screaming "Doctor!" (which isn't true at all. I just re-watched all her episodes and she takes matters into her own hands more than any other companion in New!Who) but then they bash River for actually being awesome and competent on her own. It's so frustrating.