Yay, cookies! I could use them. I have midterms this week but there's always time for Who.
And that's why I can't find myself to be the least bit empathetic when she insists that she's trying to save the Doctor - because I don't understand why it matters so much to her that she's willing to destroy reality for it.
River as a character was impactless because she had been rendered useless. There was no emotional heart attached. Had they shown the Doctor helping her in the finale, like flashbacks of the adventures spoken of, it would have made more sense. I don't mean all of them. Just some. A little one off to show that she flew with him and how she impacted him because now she's basically a tool with little purpose. The Ponds didn't cry or get scared or worried, not at all. Of course, there was little follow through with the gangers and Amy's replacement, too. From a friend/family angle. It was swept aside.
Watching the Doctor look for Melody-turned-River, watching him actively taking an interest versus instant disdain would have fleshed her out. But frankly she could have been any number of people, one-offs really. Without integrating her, I'm left with ambivalence. A TARDIS-human hybrid should have affected the TARDIS, too. But it didn't. TARDIS didn't even grieve, or the sentient being part.
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Date: 2011-10-03 06:39 pm (UTC)And that's why I can't find myself to be the least bit empathetic when she insists that she's trying to save the Doctor - because I don't understand why it matters so much to her that she's willing to destroy reality for it.
River as a character was impactless because she had been rendered useless. There was no emotional heart attached. Had they shown the Doctor helping her in the finale, like flashbacks of the adventures spoken of, it would have made more sense. I don't mean all of them. Just some. A little one off to show that she flew with him and how she impacted him because now she's basically a tool with little purpose. The Ponds didn't cry or get scared or worried, not at all. Of course, there was little follow through with the gangers and Amy's replacement, too. From a friend/family angle. It was swept aside.
Watching the Doctor look for Melody-turned-River, watching him actively taking an interest versus instant disdain would have fleshed her out. But frankly she could have been any number of people, one-offs really. Without integrating her, I'm left with ambivalence. A TARDIS-human hybrid should have affected the TARDIS, too. But it didn't. TARDIS didn't even grieve, or the sentient being part.