I love how people seem to live this fic! I think it's right that, before the Doctor and Rose could truly settle into a relationship, they needed to have this huge fight, just have it out so that they could get the terms on the table.
And I really enjoyed this fic, because I really wanted to delve into their minds, which hopefully I did. I wanted to be deep into all their motivations, secret and un-.
I like the idea that this fic is more about Rose, because it is. She's the one with the agency in this fic, with the choice to make. The Doctor just waits passively for her decision, because he's the one who's way too active in the episode and provokes them to this point!
The Doctor is hurtful and mean, he can be far more petulant than Rose. I think because he's used to being selfish, he's used to getting away with it, really. And yeah, Rose needed to establish right away that she wasn't going to let him get away with it, she needed to make sure that she was the equal in the relationship. I think this fic is where she lays the foundation for the strong, mature Rose that shows up in the rest of the 'verse. And yeah, the Doctor letting her stay on *her* terms of "forever" *is* a huge deal.
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Re: Everywhere
Date: 2011-09-01 03:26 am (UTC)And I really enjoyed this fic, because I really wanted to delve into their minds, which hopefully I did. I wanted to be deep into all their motivations, secret and un-.
I like the idea that this fic is more about Rose, because it is. She's the one with the agency in this fic, with the choice to make. The Doctor just waits passively for her decision, because he's the one who's way too active in the episode and provokes them to this point!
The Doctor is hurtful and mean, he can be far more petulant than Rose. I think because he's used to being selfish, he's used to getting away with it, really. And yeah, Rose needed to establish right away that she wasn't going to let him get away with it, she needed to make sure that she was the equal in the relationship. I think this fic is where she lays the foundation for the strong, mature Rose that shows up in the rest of the 'verse. And yeah, the Doctor letting her stay on *her* terms of "forever" *is* a huge deal.