Someone posted a link to this over at Tumblr, and I couldn't NOT comment on it. First, I think this is a really great and thought-through analysis, thanks a bunch! :)
Sometimes I feel bad for loving Moffat's writing so much because he HAS been lacking in some parts concerning race and sexuality, and also when I'm reading people's critiques of Amy Pond - especially those that talk about how she's defined by her gender (marriage, sex, childbirth) As a woman, I feel like I should be better at picking up things like that, but I can also see past it and I think she's a wonderfully complex character and that it is a bit unfair to say she's just there because Moffat needed a woman character to be a womb for River and his plots.
I loved Nasreen, but I'll admit it bothered me a bit when she decided to stay behind because the writing seemed like she only did it for love. (However, I believe that most of her writing was done by someone else, and not Moffat? I know he's the main writer, but Chris Chibnall did write those two episodes.)
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Sometimes I feel bad for loving Moffat's writing so much because he HAS been lacking in some parts concerning race and sexuality, and also when I'm reading people's critiques of Amy Pond - especially those that talk about how she's defined by her gender (marriage, sex, childbirth) As a woman, I feel like I should be better at picking up things like that, but I can also see past it and I think she's a wonderfully complex character and that it is a bit unfair to say she's just there because Moffat needed a woman character to be a womb for River and his plots.
I loved Nasreen, but I'll admit it bothered me a bit when she decided to stay behind because the writing seemed like she only did it for love. (However, I believe that most of her writing was done by someone else, and not Moffat? I know he's the main writer, but Chris Chibnall did write those two episodes.)