Ergh, that episode was so good. Like, even though, intellectually, all I could think was "Uh, of course you keep the Amy who DIDN'T live through hell and spare her that," the ending was very powerful and made me want to cry for reals.
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Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2011 12:33:13 pm PDT #18083 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
zuisa - Sep 11, 2011 1:12:00 pm PDT #18084 of 30001
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I did cry for reals. It was rough.
I also felt so bad for The Doctor - always having to make difficult decisions that people dislike. He knows they are necessary and yet he hates himself for it anyway.
I know that companions don't really have the greatest track record for getting happy endings on this show, but I really don't know if I'll be able to cope with anything bad happening to Amy or Rory at this point. I love them both something fierce.
Once in a while I feel like I need to remind myself that these are, in fact, fictional characters.
Consuela - Sep 11, 2011 1:14:17 pm PDT #18085 of 30001
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tommyrot - Sep 11, 2011 1:16:01 pm PDT #18086 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I know that companions don't really have the greatest track record for getting happy endings on this show, but I really don't know if I'll be able to cope with anything bad happening to Amy or Rory at this point. I love them both something fierce.
Yeah, quite a lot of bad stuff has happened to Amy and Rory in the last two years. I wouldn't be surprised if they just said, "We're not doing this anymore." Except, you know, for the part about them being fictional characters whose destinies are controlled by Stephen Moffat.
Anne W. - Sep 11, 2011 1:26:50 pm PDT #18087 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I wouldn't be surprised if they just said, "We're not doing this anymore."
Neither would I.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2011 5:05:32 pm PDT #18088 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I loved the episode and it made me tear up a whole lot, but...
I might be a better person than Amy Pond, but I'm not better than Rory, because I'd surely have gone "Honey? 2000 years? IJS."
ita - you are not alone. I would have thought the Doctor would have thrown it in her face as a reminder if nothing else. I could see Rory not being willing too especially, as someone else pointed out, Rory signed on for the waiting (though not for the Centurion immortality, it must be said). But I kept saying (cue Jeremy Piven in Grosse Pointe Blanke) - "TWO THOUSAND YEARS?!?! TWO! TWO! TWO THOUSAND YEARS!?!?!"
WindSparrow - Sep 11, 2011 5:47:42 pm PDT #18089 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I wonder if Rory didn't bring it up, not only because he's a really good guy and doesn't throw things in people's faces, but also because he did grok the difference in signing on to wait, willingly and knowingly, versus expecting rescue at any moment. It's the expecting that gets you. How many months, how many years did Amy spend wondering if the noise she just heard on the other side of the door was a handbot or the Doctor? It's stressful to do that for a day or two - but as the months dragged on, it would have been hell.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2011 6:19:30 pm PDT #18090 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pretty sure if I waited 2000 years, I'm not even picking up around the house.
"Uh, honey, picked up around you for millennia. My feet hurt."
Maysa - Sep 11, 2011 6:25:26 pm PDT #18091 of 30001
I think Amy's 36 years was worse that Rory's 2000. She was abandoned (Rory made the choice to guard her) and she was completely alone. Bad things happen to people's minds when they're alone for extended periods of time. She was basically suffering through psychological torture for several decades.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2011 7:15:51 pm PDT #18092 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think Rory was making valuable connections with the outside world during his sojourn.