Mickey! One of the only characters in S2 to have, you know, actual character growth.
I adored Rose in S1, I really did. She was flawed, but in a believable and still sympathetic way, and over the course of that season did actually have a solid character arc, cumulating with the finale. And then...she regressed. To the emotional age of, like, twelve. I couldn't stand her in S2, and I found the Ten/Rose dynamic to be really smug and obnoxious, especially compared to the fascinating relationship between Nine and Rose. Tooth and Claw is to me the ultimate representation of that obnoxiousness, but at the end of the episode it seemed like Rose and the Doctor were at least going to get called out on it. And then...not so much. They came close, especially through Mickey and Sarah Jane, but in the end completely got away with it as if it were a positive character trait. This is maybe why it took me an entire season to get over Nine and used to Ten.
On the other hand, while my feelings toward Mickey and Jackie were pretty meh during S1, suddenly in S2 I loved them. And continue to love them now. Doctor Who, as a show, likes to go on and on about the awesomeness of ordinary people...and yet holds up Rose as the shining example of this philosophy while allowing Mickey and Jackie, way more deserving of it, to be ignored if not openly mocked?
My first thought, when I heard David Tennant was going to be leaving, was, "Holy crap. This regeneration really isAll About Rose." Which almost, in a way, makes it work - their odd story has been wrapped up as Ten's own story has, and though I've now come to love Ten as well (especially with Donna), we'll be able to move on with a fresh start soon.
I will say, though I never really bought into the Ten/Rose, the show almost changed my mind for one split second - and that was just after he got shot by the Dalek. Suddenly, if only for those last few minutes, I saw it. And then we got JE and I was right back to, "No. Ewewewew stop, no." And we get all these lines from the Doctor telling Rose how she made him better, and no, she really didn't. Not this Doctor, anyway, and so much of JE just drive that home. Martha did, and Donna did, but Rose and the Doctor's positive influence on each other kinda came to a stop when he died saving her and then came back with a self that revolved around her.
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Date: 2008-11-17 09:51 am (UTC)I adored Rose in S1, I really did. She was flawed, but in a believable and still sympathetic way, and over the course of that season did actually have a solid character arc, cumulating with the finale. And then...she regressed. To the emotional age of, like, twelve. I couldn't stand her in S2, and I found the Ten/Rose dynamic to be really smug and obnoxious, especially compared to the fascinating relationship between Nine and Rose. Tooth and Claw is to me the ultimate representation of that obnoxiousness, but at the end of the episode it seemed like Rose and the Doctor were at least going to get called out on it. And then...not so much. They came close, especially through Mickey and Sarah Jane, but in the end completely got away with it as if it were a positive character trait. This is maybe why it took me an entire season to get over Nine and used to Ten.
On the other hand, while my feelings toward Mickey and Jackie were pretty meh during S1, suddenly in S2 I loved them. And continue to love them now. Doctor Who, as a show, likes to go on and on about the awesomeness of ordinary people...and yet holds up Rose as the shining example of this philosophy while allowing Mickey and Jackie, way more deserving of it, to be ignored if not openly mocked?
My first thought, when I heard David Tennant was going to be leaving, was, "Holy crap. This regeneration really isAll About Rose." Which almost, in a way, makes it work - their odd story has been wrapped up as Ten's own story has, and though I've now come to love Ten as well (especially with Donna), we'll be able to move on with a fresh start soon.
I will say, though I never really bought into the Ten/Rose, the show almost changed my mind for one split second - and that was just after he got shot by the Dalek. Suddenly, if only for those last few minutes, I saw it. And then we got JE and I was right back to, "No. Ewewewew stop, no." And we get all these lines from the Doctor telling Rose how she made him better, and no, she really didn't. Not this Doctor, anyway, and so much of JE just drive that home. Martha did, and Donna did, but Rose and the Doctor's positive influence on each other kinda came to a stop when he died saving her and then came back with a self that revolved around her.
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