It baffles me

[preserved_ginger]

I honestly am baffled how people can jump so easily from being a Ten/Rose fangirl to being a Ten II/Rose fangirl without appearing to bat an eyelid.

Another thing I find distinctly off-putting is the idea that everything in the garden’s rosy in terms of Ten II/Rose and their relationship and that they’re both immediately gonna fall head-over-heels in love with each other. One kiss does not madly in love two people make, even a kiss like that one. Meh.

Comments

[shaela]

I think it’s because, if you believe that Ten II really is the Doctor, and that Rose chose to stay with him (or that she’ll accept him once she has no choice), you can believe they’ll live happily ever after. And since the on-screen Doctor is turning into the Lonely God, I think a lot of people are packing up and moving to Pete’s World. They want to read and write fluffy Doctor/Rose fanfic, so they need to believe that Ten II and Rose are living out that kind of story.

I don’t happen to agree that Ten II is the Doctor, or that Rose chose to stay with him. I don’t see either of those in the text. But I’ve done my fair share of handwaving when it comes to “Journey’s End,” so I’m in no position to throw stones. (On the other hand, the idea that Rose has to accept Ten II because he needs her horrifies me.)