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My journal still looks like shite and I am very displeased, but there is nothing much I can do about it…
Anyhoo, back to the Doctor Who stuff. How about it?
Amy and Rory- it’s occured to me that with these two, most of the traditional gender roles are reversed. Amy’s the one who runs off and has adventures, and Rory’s the one who keeps her grounded in reality. She’s the one who tries to cheat, he’s the one who forgives her; she’s normally the one who leads and he’s normally the one who follows; she’s the brave, wisecracking hero and he’s the loyal, love-interest (blonde!) nurse.
I’m sure it’s happened in myth or legend or another TV show or something, a woman waiting centuries for a man, but here it’s the man doing it, and then it’s both of them being awesome in unexpected ways. Amy saves the world, Rory saves her (and sometimes helps save the world.)
Maybe this is even why the Amy/Rory relationship works so well, because everything about that pairing You Did Not See Coming. Seriously, people who didn’t read spoilers, were any of you expecting Amy to actually marry Rory? I didn’t. I figured it’d be Rose/Mickey all over again, but man I’m glad it wasn’t!
August 13, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
> I’m sure it’s happened in myth or legend or another TV show or something, a woman waiting centuries > for a man, but here it’s the man doing it, and then it’s both of them being awesome in unexpected > ways. > Amy saves the world, Rory saves her (and sometimes helps save the world.) > Maybe this is even why the Amy/Rory relationship works so well, because everything about that pairing > You Did Not See Coming. I disagree with the ‘You Did Not See Coming’ part. Rose also left Mickey waiting. And he still stays with her though he realises her interest in the Doctor. Furthermore, Mickey decides quite lately to become a companion because it seems too dangerous for him.
August 13, 2010 @ 11:17 pm
I’m sure it’s happened in myth or legend or another TV show or something, a woman waiting centuries for a man, but here it’s the man doing it I didn’t think of this until I read your post! You should try to find Joan Vinge’s 1974 novelette “Tin Soldier” (looks like it might be available at EBookStack.com). It’s a riff on the Hans Christian Anderson story, tweaked wtih a bit of the old song “Brandy.”