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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JE put Ten/Rose shippers in an impossible bind. We were given what we thought we wanted. If you don't accept Ten II as the "real" Doctor you upset a lot of people who are certain that he is. But if he's the Doctor, then it's kind of a slap in the face to the POTB to stubbornly write Brown Ten/Rose.

At first I thought "Screw Ten II, he isn't the real deal." But as I wrote, I began to care about him. Couldn't help myself. So it's very hard to find an ending that works for everyone.

I'm still trying to figure this one out. And I think another aspect to the problem is that we know there's more of the story yet to come - RTD is deeply involved in the Specials, and there are many uncertainties there.

I'm beginning to feel that the only thing I want to do is write my version of the Christmas Special - using "It's a Wonderful Life" as a template for Ten to find out the error or his ways. But that means either killing off 10.2 or leaving him alone, so still no happy ending.

Damn you, RTD, you clever bastard!