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such_heights) wrote2010-12-25 08:02 pm
such_heights) wrote2010-12-25 08:02 pm
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Doctor Who Christmas Special
+ The bad out of the way first: I really disliked the way Abigail was handled. She was LOVELY, but also there to be pretty and selfless and uncomplaining and a source of manpain and dead - and literally refridgerated, wtf. So, you know, there was that. *already plotting fix-it fic*
+ The solstice and Christmas are the only midwinter holidays, show? Really? Eesh. The halfway out of the darkness motif was lovely, though.
+ Also, a lesser complaint really but not NEARLY enough Amy! Her as the ghost of Christmas present was awesome but I wanted moooore! AMY! (Her moments with both Rory and the Doctor were completely adorable and lovely, though. *draws hearts around them all forever*)
+ Things I loved: the time-travel and memory stuff in this that was all very Moffat-y and also great. A lot of really lovely little moments, like the Doctor being terrible at card tricks, hee! <3 And just in general, ELEVENTY, DOCTOR OF MY HEART, how so awesome? :DDD Also, space fish! Again! I approve.
+ THE TRAILER OMG. a;lsjdas; SO EXCITED, MUST ACQUIRE TO WATCH MANY TIMES. Things I noticed to squee over this time around: the Ood! Amy not telling the Doctor everything! RIVER! NAKED RIVER! RIVER SHOOTING THE DOCTOR'S HAT OFF! The spaceship from The Lodger! a;lsdjas We can has season 6 now?
+ The solstice and Christmas are the only midwinter holidays, show? Really? Eesh. The halfway out of the darkness motif was lovely, though.
+ Also, a lesser complaint really but not NEARLY enough Amy! Her as the ghost of Christmas present was awesome but I wanted moooore! AMY! (Her moments with both Rory and the Doctor were completely adorable and lovely, though. *draws hearts around them all forever*)
+ Things I loved: the time-travel and memory stuff in this that was all very Moffat-y and also great. A lot of really lovely little moments, like the Doctor being terrible at card tricks, hee! <3 And just in general, ELEVENTY, DOCTOR OF MY HEART, how so awesome? :DDD Also, space fish! Again! I approve.
+ THE TRAILER OMG. a;lsjdas; SO EXCITED, MUST ACQUIRE TO WATCH MANY TIMES. Things I noticed to squee over this time around: the Ood! Amy not telling the Doctor everything! RIVER! NAKED RIVER! RIVER SHOOTING THE DOCTOR'S HAT OFF! The spaceship from The Lodger! a;lsdjas We can has season 6 now?
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Yeah, that's why I wasn't wishing for that particular plot. Otherwise, yay lesbian couples! (That is one thing I miss about the RTD era: the shiny gay agenda.)
The other reason is that while there are all kinds of literary precedents for tragic male friendships, there aren't really for female friendships. In fact, when thinking of female friendships in film or literature, all I can come up with are ones in L.M. Montgomery books: Anne and Diana, Emily and Ilse. I guess there's Elizabeth Bennet and Charlotte Lucas, too. And Buffy and Willow. Or even Beatrice and Hero. But none of those are really the center of their respective stories.