This makes me so sad, because Nine's season was the first Who I ever watched and I loved Rose, but it's also so true.
In her first season? I thought those negative traits would be dealt with, eventually, not just brushed aside and ignored. I thought her epiphany in the finale would lead her to realise that she didn't need the Doctor to do wonderful things.
I really liked her scene with Gwyneth, actually, especially since Gwyneth called her out on it - Rose wasn't trying to be dismissive or condescending, she was trying to help, but she was, and she felt guilty about it when she realised.
She was far from perfect, but she always tried - and in season two it was like she stopped, and then regressed, and made the Doctor her world, and I like to blame it on Nine dying because otherwise I will pull my hair out.
I always thought that was what drew the Doctor to her so much - her potential. I like to think she realised it in the alt!verse, and was very much exaggerating her emotions in JE, rather like Sarah clearly did in SR. Torchwood wouldn't make those canons just to appease a lovesick agent; they were just a bonus. She was trying to save the world AND see the Doctor - and when she did see him again she was overwhelmed.
This is my story and I'm sticking to it. :| (I also have fanon for how different she seems in Turn Left, the coldness between her and Mickey, and how exactly she managed to move on and then moved back, which are all tied together. Not that I've given this entirely too much thought, or anything.)
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In her first season? I thought those negative traits would be dealt with, eventually, not just brushed aside and ignored. I thought her epiphany in the finale would lead her to realise that she didn't need the Doctor to do wonderful things.
I really liked her scene with Gwyneth, actually, especially since Gwyneth called her out on it - Rose wasn't trying to be dismissive or condescending, she was trying to help, but she was, and she felt guilty about it when she realised.
She was far from perfect, but she always tried - and in season two it was like she stopped, and then regressed, and made the Doctor her world, and I like to blame it on Nine dying because otherwise I will pull my hair out.
I always thought that was what drew the Doctor to her so much - her potential. I like to think she realised it in the alt!verse, and was very much exaggerating her emotions in JE, rather like Sarah clearly did in SR. Torchwood wouldn't make those canons just to appease a lovesick agent; they were just a bonus. She was trying to save the world AND see the Doctor - and when she did see him again she was overwhelmed.
This is my story and I'm sticking to it. :| (I also have fanon for how different she seems in Turn Left, the coldness between her and Mickey, and how exactly she managed to move on and then moved back, which are all tied together. Not that I've given this entirely too much thought, or anything.)