a man who looks and sounds like him but who isn’t him, not really. Not in the ways she wants and needs him to be.
YES. THIS. And that's precisely why JE was *not* a happy ending but a setup for tragedy. It could never have ended well. (And I've been more than a little astonished and appalled at fandom's massive outpouring of facile Harlequin novel versions of Rose & Other 10's future lives that blithely ignore all the massive issues inherent in the canon version.)
Yes, it sucks to be Other 10. But it always would have, & I suspect he'll end up better off than if he & Rose had tried to stay together out of inertia & obligation. The fact that Rose didn't even think to grab his hand & yank him back into the Tardis with her says everything there is to say about how well that would have worked.
She wonders what it will take to get him to believe she loves him.
Warts & all. Especially since most of them are hers too.
Thanks for this, and for restoring the *real* Rose (as opposed to that walking plot contrivance in SE & JE) to where she belongs. The next order of business is obviously Donna. I look forward to seeing what you do with her, Proper 10, & Rose next.
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Date: 2009-05-08 04:46 pm (UTC)YES. THIS. And that's precisely why JE was *not* a happy ending but a setup for tragedy. It could never have ended well. (And I've been more than a little astonished and appalled at fandom's massive outpouring of facile Harlequin novel versions of Rose & Other 10's future lives that blithely ignore all the massive issues inherent in the canon version.)
Yes, it sucks to be Other 10. But it always would have, & I suspect he'll end up better off than if he & Rose had tried to stay together out of inertia & obligation. The fact that Rose didn't even think to grab his hand & yank him back into the Tardis with her says everything there is to say about how well that would have worked.
She wonders what it will take to get him to believe she loves him.
Warts & all. Especially since most of them are hers too.
Thanks for this, and for restoring the *real* Rose (as opposed to that walking plot contrivance in SE & JE) to where she belongs. The next order of business is obviously Donna. I look forward to seeing what you do with her, Proper 10, & Rose next.