I am confused.

[preserved_ginger]

I get, to a certain extent, why Doctor/Rose fandom is all over Ten II right now. He’s new, and shiny, and the possibilities are practically endless. I don’t have a problem with that. It’s very much not my ship, for various reasons, but I’m dealing.

So now we have Ten II/Rose which is really popular, and Nine/Rose which is also very popular. Both of these things are fine.

What I’m confused about mainly, and what is making Doctor/Rose fandom hard for me right now, is why nobody seems to be giving Ten (or Ten/Rose, from what I’ve seen lately) much love any more.

Without Ten there would be no Ten II, so why no Ten love?

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[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you asked this question. And pretty much...it's what I figured. For me, it was just to painful too write Rose/Ten because I felt the entire storyline had been screwed over so royally that I no longer recognized either character in those last ten minutes. Also, I had no exciting and new ideas because I had already had such a grand time setting Wild Geese and the proposed sequel in Pete's World with TEN. All of the things people are now seeing Ten II do in their fic...I already did those things with TEN, in my head or in WG. So, I felt short changed all over the square with the ending of JE.

It meant that my take on Rose as smart and loyal and competent was wrong...and all she wanted was to be told she was loved. And my take on Ten was wrong, because he couldn't change and was doomed to just keep repeating his same mistakes over and over again. Or, he just wasn't capable of love...which makes what he does to Rose and River even more horrid. And I have a new guy who for me...isn't nearly as interesting as Ten. Because I've already had such a good time making Ten fit into that world. So while 10.2 would give me loads of fun if he wasn't shoehorned onto Rose...as it stands...there's no story there for me. They live happily ever after...or they are miserable...but he's just a man with a time lord brain and memories. And to me...if someone gave me an exact copy of my husband...but my husband was all alone somewhere...I would never be happy with the new guy.

Rae

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Oh...crap...I went to correct the to and too and I did it wrong way around...sheesh! Nevermind my grammar.