I'm seriously disturbed by BBCA's promo pic for DW with the Doctor carrying a sexily comatose woman (possibly Amy).
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Juliebird - Sep 08, 2012 4:23:54 pm PDT #21049 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
sj - Sep 08, 2012 4:51:53 pm PDT #21050 of 30001
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Lost Girl: Grandfather? I didn't actually see that coming. I thought Trick was going to say that he was her Uncle.
Juliebird - Sep 08, 2012 5:02:33 pm PDT #21051 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
What is it about companions dad's (grand-dads's?) becoming awesome?
Dana - Sep 08, 2012 5:20:01 pm PDT #21052 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Doctor Who had
both Argus Filch and Arthur Weasley from Harry Potter! And Rupert Graves, which I knew about. Yum.
Uh, I don't know if it's aired in the U.S. yet.
-t - Sep 08, 2012 5:21:01 pm PDT #21053 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's aired, Dana. Blackfont away.
Dana - Sep 08, 2012 5:22:50 pm PDT #21054 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Okay! I mean, I don't have anything else substantive to say, but still.
Except I kind of love the idea of Rory as a Weasley.
-t - Sep 08, 2012 5:26:49 pm PDT #21055 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now that you mention it, so do I.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 6:06:46 pm PDT #21056 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is this the picture, Julie?
How would you desexualise the scene? (I have a really hard time seeing Doctor/Amy, so this is only theoretical for me--her hair looks fabulous, but her upper body is entirely covered, and her miniskirt is canted away from the viewer. It's Amy unconscious--given they're not gonna fireman's carry, and that's her standard wardrobe, and that's not a sex look on 11's face--the only proper solution I see is not carrying Amy)
Zenkitty - Sep 08, 2012 6:13:25 pm PDT #21057 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The Doctor looks like a robot version of himself in that picture.
I don't find the picture intentionally sexed-up, but I do feel that the form of an unconscious, helpless woman is sexualized by our society and it's hard to get away from that.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 6:23:09 pm PDT #21058 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's clearly a heroic visual to me, but there's enough clarity of context for me that I don't see any subtext to it. It's pretty much just the TV carry, and that's how the guy is going to rescue the girl.
But not inherently that he's going to bed her--that would have to be deliberately added to this pic for me.