All descriptions of Journey's End based on my recollections, as I only re-watched once, years ago, and then decided to try to ignore it forevermore, because I realized that if I thought too hard about it, I would be unable to continue writing Ten.
You were very wise. It had exactly that effect on me - not an immediate death of my Muse but a slow bleeding away of my writing confidence and ability as I turned out one mediocre fic after another in an attempt to fix the unfixable. I have never written D/R to my own satisfaction since, apart from an OT3 where the Doctor goes back to TCI and kicks off a whole new timeline by making up with Jack.
It's strange - you'd think that a terrible ending that even it's own writer didn't believe in would inspire fanfic, but I think the fanfic writer's parachute has to fill with the air of the original writer's love and respect for the characters, which is precisely what was utterly lacking in JE. I have never quite forgiven Rusty for it.
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Date: 2010-06-10 10:11 pm (UTC)All descriptions of Journey's End based on my recollections, as I only re-watched once, years ago, and then decided to try to ignore it forevermore, because I realized that if I thought too hard about it, I would be unable to continue writing Ten.
You were very wise. It had exactly that effect on me - not an immediate death of my Muse but a slow bleeding away of my writing confidence and ability as I turned out one mediocre fic after another in an attempt to fix the unfixable. I have never written D/R to my own satisfaction since, apart from an OT3 where the Doctor goes back to TCI and kicks off a whole new timeline by making up with Jack.
It's strange - you'd think that a terrible ending that even it's own writer didn't believe in would inspire fanfic, but I think the fanfic writer's parachute has to fill with the air of the original writer's love and respect for the characters, which is precisely what was utterly lacking in JE. I have never quite forgiven Rusty for it.