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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My somewhat lame attempt to explain

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I'm thinking because anything Ten/Rose is going to fall into two categories: either it's AU, or it's historical (in that the story takes place pre-DD). While there are plenty of AU fics around, there seems to be a sort of block (be it mental or otherwise) in starting an AU fic.

And historical, you're sort of setting the characters up for the heartbreak that is DD, unless you plan on turning it AU anyway.

Neither of which explain the Nine/Rose thing, but that's a whole other story....