DW 6x08 knee-jerk reaction post
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Okie dokie. Um.
So wow, RIVER MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE NOW. She was apparently not only human-plus, but Time-Lord-plus? Okay, so I'm shady on Time Lady canon, and all, (I know Romana could control her regenerations somewhat, but...), but River definitely had multiple regenerations. We don't even know if Timetot Melody from the first couple episodes was the baby all growed up. She regressed to a toddler? Does that happen? Whatever.
Point is, the Doctor didn't find her and raise her up right, like he'd promised, and had us (at least me) confused at the end of the previous ep. And by confused, I also mean squicked (at least that's resolved). He didn't raise her. And neither did Amy and Rory, even if they grew up together, which is also a bit squicky, in a way. But I'll give them that, time travel and all. Who tf is Benjamin? What am I forgetting? Mels knew all along who she was and what she was meant to do (namely, kill the Doctor), right? I mean, why WOULD she even look for her parents. This is giving me a headache.
How did she end up SO Time-Lord-y? Enough to regenerate, multiple times, and to control her regeneration energy enough to restore a dead Time Lord (presumably WITH his remaining regenerations?)? From being conceived in the TARDIS? I know Eyepatch Lady and her cronies had some sort of tech to further along her Time-Lordy-ness, but HOW much? I mean, I can handwave a lot, but... really? Also, it's way easier to kill the Doctor than growing a Time Lord anyway (apparently, slap some poison on him... or shoot him). Yeah, my head still hurts.
I think that the character of River is sort of imploding in on itself. It's probably good that they seem to be leaving her be for a moment. I like her (which, god, is amazing in and of itself considering I'd never loathed another character more, back in series 4). I liked seeing her early on. She just makes so much not!sense that it's hard to enjoy her arc. I just don't CARE about her mysteries, yadi yadi, because they're too ridiculous to even relate to. The nod to them "getting married" was cute, and very Moff poking fun. The I-think-she-knows hurt a bit, especially after seeing Rose (meeeeeep!), but I'll give Moff that one. I'll accept River as one of the loves of the Doctor's life, even if I'm confused by it. Though didn't she say he said else.... I forget. Also, at least they finally put her in the 5100s (NOT the 51st century, why is this so hard to get right, Who? I guess thus began, they have to go with it). So we know how THAT comes about...
Wow, I'm all befuddled. And I sound like I hated this. I didn't. Not at all. I wanted to hug Amy, Rory, and the Doctor pretty much constantly. Especially AMY. And I never felt all that warm and fuzzy towards her. I mean, I love Rory. Everyone loves Rory. I loved teenage Rory too. I loved growed up Amy in a schoolgirl uniform. I loved Rose and Martha and Donna holograms and the Doctor's reactions to them. Amelia-interface I found kind of disturbing. I even liked the whatchacallit robot and the miniature people. Even though they felt a bit... I don't like those sorta black and white police type things. But I liked the concept and the miniaturizing and that the people were good and stuff. I don't know about the death-dealing jelly fish, though. And I DID love the Doctor. But what's with the changing? And the fish fingers and custard? Where did he go? Back to real Amelia, back to the wedding? Is this going to matter later? *headscratchy*
To sum up: I liked it, but I'm distracted by all the stuff that makes me want to hit things.
I'm happy I have Who back. I'm sad I'll be missing next week's (okay, not THAT sad, it's for a good cause. A really, really good cause).
I did not watch the trailer for next week. I am trying to remain as unspoiled as humanly possible, after having been to Comic Con, seen a trailer and a segment from an upcoming ep. Please don't spoil me!
Why do I not have an Amy icon yet?!
Okie dokie. Um.
So wow, RIVER MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE NOW. She was apparently not only human-plus, but Time-Lord-plus? Okay, so I'm shady on Time Lady canon, and all, (I know Romana could control her regenerations somewhat, but...), but River definitely had multiple regenerations. We don't even know if Timetot Melody from the first couple episodes was the baby all growed up. She regressed to a toddler? Does that happen? Whatever.
Point is, the Doctor didn't find her and raise her up right, like he'd promised, and had us (at least me) confused at the end of the previous ep. And by confused, I also mean squicked (at least that's resolved). He didn't raise her. And neither did Amy and Rory, even if they grew up together, which is also a bit squicky, in a way. But I'll give them that, time travel and all. Who tf is Benjamin? What am I forgetting? Mels knew all along who she was and what she was meant to do (namely, kill the Doctor), right? I mean, why WOULD she even look for her parents. This is giving me a headache.
How did she end up SO Time-Lord-y? Enough to regenerate, multiple times, and to control her regeneration energy enough to restore a dead Time Lord (presumably WITH his remaining regenerations?)? From being conceived in the TARDIS? I know Eyepatch Lady and her cronies had some sort of tech to further along her Time-Lordy-ness, but HOW much? I mean, I can handwave a lot, but... really? Also, it's way easier to kill the Doctor than growing a Time Lord anyway (apparently, slap some poison on him... or shoot him). Yeah, my head still hurts.
I think that the character of River is sort of imploding in on itself. It's probably good that they seem to be leaving her be for a moment. I like her (which, god, is amazing in and of itself considering I'd never loathed another character more, back in series 4). I liked seeing her early on. She just makes so much not!sense that it's hard to enjoy her arc. I just don't CARE about her mysteries, yadi yadi, because they're too ridiculous to even relate to. The nod to them "getting married" was cute, and very Moff poking fun. The I-think-she-knows hurt a bit, especially after seeing Rose (meeeeeep!), but I'll give Moff that one. I'll accept River as one of the loves of the Doctor's life, even if I'm confused by it. Though didn't she say he said else.... I forget. Also, at least they finally put her in the 5100s (NOT the 51st century, why is this so hard to get right, Who? I guess thus began, they have to go with it). So we know how THAT comes about...
Wow, I'm all befuddled. And I sound like I hated this. I didn't. Not at all. I wanted to hug Amy, Rory, and the Doctor pretty much constantly. Especially AMY. And I never felt all that warm and fuzzy towards her. I mean, I love Rory. Everyone loves Rory. I loved teenage Rory too. I loved growed up Amy in a schoolgirl uniform. I loved Rose and Martha and Donna holograms and the Doctor's reactions to them. Amelia-interface I found kind of disturbing. I even liked the whatchacallit robot and the miniature people. Even though they felt a bit... I don't like those sorta black and white police type things. But I liked the concept and the miniaturizing and that the people were good and stuff. I don't know about the death-dealing jelly fish, though. And I DID love the Doctor. But what's with the changing? And the fish fingers and custard? Where did he go? Back to real Amelia, back to the wedding? Is this going to matter later? *headscratchy*
To sum up: I liked it, but I'm distracted by all the stuff that makes me want to hit things.
I'm happy I have Who back. I'm sad I'll be missing next week's (okay, not THAT sad, it's for a good cause. A really, really good cause).
I did not watch the trailer for next week. I am trying to remain as unspoiled as humanly possible, after having been to Comic Con, seen a trailer and a segment from an upcoming ep. Please don't spoil me!
Why do I not have an Amy icon yet?!
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Date: 2011-08-28 05:50 pm (UTC)Everything else, gotta say, loved the ep, but agree with you.
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