Rose telling the story of the Doctor being a plastic surgeon with the bit of the bullet that couldn’t be removed in his chest was entertaining. Although I have to admit that it felt more like a slightly different Rose for a scene than I’m used to. I guess I always found Rose to be the warm and honest one - to a fault, and that’s what I always admired about her so much. Her ability to make everyone around her feel safe and trustworthy... Yes, she’d act out things with the Doctor, but we don’t see her doing it very often in canon, alone. I didn’t realize that the Doctor kept his existence a secret very often. He’s always seeming to just blurt out what he is and who he is, and then expects everyone to react by trembling and showing respect to his brilliance. Which is probably a psychological reason why he loves humans, because they are so clueless as to who or what he is. LOL.
But I did enjoy her story, and did enjoy the Doctor’s reaction to her telling tall tales. I could see Rose afterwards being more curious about who they are and trying to find out all she can about them - Dean and Sam, that is. At first, I guess she’s just trying to diffuse some random guy hitting on her, but at the end, I can see her and the Doctor needing to give them more of a third degree about their intentions and who they are. But again, this might be more like the Twilight story, where the people who can best appreciate the story are fans of the other genre? Perhaps I’m missing a lot because you intended your readers to know Supernatural?
And now I’m cringing, because if I’m wrong, it’ll be completely embarrassing, but oh well. I’m being honest with my thoughts and I hope you’ll take my thoughts as just what they are - what I’m thinking as it comes into my head.
The saddest and best line of this story, in my opinion, is when the Doctor says to Dean, “Because you’re pretty lucky, too, wouldn’t you say? Having a brother? See you around.” Because the Doctor has no family at this point, and Rose is it, even if they aren’t “official” yet. But they are, too, in their own way. Of course they are. But that line stood out for me as poignant, and sad, and I wonder if you had an ulterior motive for putting that in. Were you making reference to the fact that the Doctor doesn’t have a family, and as such, can be jealous of someone having a brother? Or just making note that there are things in the world that the Doctor can’t have, and that he does recognize that there are things to be jealous of, if not Rose?
You know, until you made reference to the Doctor making mention of Rose having something of the wolf about her - I didn’t remember that. I still don’t, so I’m taking your word for it. I’ll re-watch “Tooth & Claw” soon and see what I find. But in canon, I never found Rose to be “wolfish” or have something of a literal “wolf” inside of her. I always thought “Bad Wolf” was simply an anagram, and then didn’t put any thought into it after that. Now, I’m thinking I missed out on something really important, and that there was more of a reason that “Tooth & Claw” came so quickly in season 2.
My thoughts in regards to what that line means in fanfiction... well, I think the brilliance of fanfiction is that any line can mean anything to different people, which is part of what makes fanfiction so widespread and versatile. I think fanfiction writers have taken the “wolf” into her to give her extra life, to make her more Time Lord, to give her superpowers, to give her the ability to communicate with the TARDIS, and more. I’m not sure it’s so much the line that gives writers this, or just the concept in itself, though. I honestly don’t know what “something of the wolf about her” could possibly mean.
When I first read through this story, I remember enjoying it simply because it was different. Different POV, different story concept, and a different way of viewing the Doctor and Rose’s relationship. I love this story because of it’s uniqueness. In comparison to some of your more elaborate fics, as well as one-shots that came later, this isn’t one that I would categorize as a “favorite,” but that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate it and love parts of it all the same.
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Re: A Supernatural Excursion Part 3
Date: 2011-08-28 11:25 pm (UTC)But I did enjoy her story, and did enjoy the Doctor’s reaction to her telling tall tales. I could see Rose afterwards being more curious about who they are and trying to find out all she can about them - Dean and Sam, that is. At first, I guess she’s just trying to diffuse some random guy hitting on her, but at the end, I can see her and the Doctor needing to give them more of a third degree about their intentions and who they are. But again, this might be more like the Twilight story, where the people who can best appreciate the story are fans of the other genre? Perhaps I’m missing a lot because you intended your readers to know Supernatural?
And now I’m cringing, because if I’m wrong, it’ll be completely embarrassing, but oh well. I’m being honest with my thoughts and I hope you’ll take my thoughts as just what they are - what I’m thinking as it comes into my head.
The saddest and best line of this story, in my opinion, is when the Doctor says to Dean, “Because you’re pretty lucky, too, wouldn’t you say? Having a brother? See you around.” Because the Doctor has no family at this point, and Rose is it, even if they aren’t “official” yet. But they are, too, in their own way. Of course they are. But that line stood out for me as poignant, and sad, and I wonder if you had an ulterior motive for putting that in. Were you making reference to the fact that the Doctor doesn’t have a family, and as such, can be jealous of someone having a brother? Or just making note that there are things in the world that the Doctor can’t have, and that he does recognize that there are things to be jealous of, if not Rose?
You know, until you made reference to the Doctor making mention of Rose having something of the wolf about her - I didn’t remember that. I still don’t, so I’m taking your word for it. I’ll re-watch “Tooth & Claw” soon and see what I find. But in canon, I never found Rose to be “wolfish” or have something of a literal “wolf” inside of her. I always thought “Bad Wolf” was simply an anagram, and then didn’t put any thought into it after that. Now, I’m thinking I missed out on something really important, and that there was more of a reason that “Tooth & Claw” came so quickly in season 2.
My thoughts in regards to what that line means in fanfiction... well, I think the brilliance of fanfiction is that any line can mean anything to different people, which is part of what makes fanfiction so widespread and versatile. I think fanfiction writers have taken the “wolf” into her to give her extra life, to make her more Time Lord, to give her superpowers, to give her the ability to communicate with the TARDIS, and more. I’m not sure it’s so much the line that gives writers this, or just the concept in itself, though. I honestly don’t know what “something of the wolf about her” could possibly mean.
When I first read through this story, I remember enjoying it simply because it was different. Different POV, different story concept, and a different way of viewing the Doctor and Rose’s relationship. I love this story because of it’s uniqueness. In comparison to some of your more elaborate fics, as well as one-shots that came later, this isn’t one that I would categorize as a “favorite,” but that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate it and love parts of it all the same.