I LOVE this fic. I may have read this one more times than anything else you've written. It just WORKS. I totally buy Ten being terrified and desperate not to lose Rose, even as he's making such stupid decisions. I am not a GitF fan, but this fic solves that for me.
You are so right when you say their relationship is fragile here - it so could have gone either way. And I think it speaks to the strength of Rose's character that she's willing to risk it all by confronting him instead of sweeping it under the rug the way he's trying to do. I absolutely don't think she gave in too easily. She risked losing him entirely by giving him an ultimatum and bringing all this out into the open, and their relationship is so much stronger for it. It also breaks my heart a little that he still can't say "I love you" and instead plays the "you're all I have card". That's how I read it, anyway.
I would love to see you give some more exploration to the Doctor initially having massive doubts about this relationship, now that you mention it!
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Date: 2011-09-07 11:29 pm (UTC)I LOVE this fic. I may have read this one more times than anything else you've written. It just WORKS. I totally buy Ten being terrified and desperate not to lose Rose, even as he's making such stupid decisions. I am not a GitF fan, but this fic solves that for me.
You are so right when you say their relationship is fragile here - it so could have gone either way. And I think it speaks to the strength of Rose's character that she's willing to risk it all by confronting him instead of sweeping it under the rug the way he's trying to do. I absolutely don't think she gave in too easily. She risked losing him entirely by giving him an ultimatum and bringing all this out into the open, and their relationship is so much stronger for it. It also breaks my heart a little that he still can't say "I love you" and instead plays the "you're all I have card". That's how I read it, anyway.
I would love to see you give some more exploration to the Doctor initially having massive doubts about this relationship, now that you mention it!
Thank you for this fic.