SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET!

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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

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

Oh man, anonmemes. They always seem to end in ship wars or RTD vs The Moff or something similar so I try to avoid them. Also every time I hear someone say that Rose was too clingy my first thought is BITCH I WILL CUT YOU so I'd probably only make it worse, lol.

I'm the first to admit that Amy is not my favorite companion- though I like her well enough, except for when she threw herself at the Doctor the night before her wedding. DNW. So I can kind of see where the people who say that Amy doesn't have much characterization come from, though I think they're mistaking someone who doesn't let their emotions show for someone who doesn't have any emotions at all. Like you pointed out already, there are scenes where you see behind the front she puts up. Maybe fandom has gotten used to the RTD-era companions, who were all much more open about how they felt.

What I don't get is why Amy and River (who is a total badass, I don't care what anyone says) get all of the "poor characterization" comments and not Rory. He's basically S1!Mickey, except not as cute. :) Though of course that's my personal preferences talking.

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He's basically S1!Mickey, except not as cute. :)

Now THAT is something that's gonna get you cut on this journal! :P :P :P

No, kidding, I get it: different strokes, different folks and all. I agree that Rory is lacking in the characterization department, but as I said to someone else: this last season was about Amy! I really hope we get to know more about Rory in the new season! (Before you ask, I've always had a thing for skinny geeks. And big noses! So sue me...) ;)

I don't feel the need to bring it up very often, but I did not enjoy the relationship between Rose and the Doctor. I don't bring it up because it's a powder keg. I realize that other people have been obnoxious about her before, but I just didn't enjoy it when she and the Doctor were making goo-goo eyes at each other. And it's not a value judgment on the people who enjoyed it: I've just never been one to enjoy overt romance. I like things more subtle and complicated. (Boring, some would say, but they can BUGGER OFF! :P)

Maybe fandom has gotten used to the RTD-era companions, who were all much more open about how they felt.

I think a lot of people just really loved David's Doctor, or Rose, or really any of the characters that came before, and they're disappointed that they're gone. Which is fine, and perfectly reasonable: but why do they have to stomp all over everyone else's good time and insist that people who think different are somehow "doing it wrong"?

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Oh, I totally have a thing for skinny geeks, too! I just think Noel Clarke is gorgeous. :)

Yeah, I get why Rory didn't get a lot of characterization this past season, and I hope we will now that he's a full companion. And River! That's what I'm most hoping for this season, is that we finally get to know a bit more about her.

Rose and the Doctor's relationship is TOTALLY a powder keg. Which is sad, because really, what does it matter? People are so convinced that everyone has to think exactly the same as them, even with things as silly as ships for a tv show, and anyone who doesn't is SO WRONG OMG.

but why do they have to stomp all over everyone else's good time and insist that people who think different are somehow "doing it wrong"?

Couldn't have said it better myself. :)

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Noel Clarke is a very handsome man! I wasn't attracted to him at all as Mickey, so when I first saw him outside the show I was all dayum!

I am nervous/excited for more River backstory. I feel like I've built it up in my head so much, that if it's anything less than sheer genius, I will be disappointed. I am really appreciative, though, that we have been promised an answer! I hate it when shows are all about sustaining the mystery indefinitely, and never get around to providing an answer.