hawthornhedge:

sarah531:

jellylegsjinxs:

My favorite doctor who episodes in movie posters → A good man goes to war

#thank you for the perfect interpretation of the title#why isn’t it obvious that it’s about rory#it’s about him being forced to leave behind all the empathy all his human peaceful approach all his gentleness#it’s rory forced by fate which took away his wife and his baby to become a warrior once more or rather to remind himself what does it mean t#to be one#because he is a warrior at heart always passionate courageous determined#he has to find himself in harsh dangerous cruel circumstances and fight mercilessly#not having time to make sure they are all right to learn by heart voice of his daughter and remind himself the smell of his wife#when he holds them close#because the war is calling because he is needed on the battlefield#there is no time for his heart and his soul but for his unyielding will of a warrior#as he fights for their freedom release and love#pathos but omg this whole episode is about rory who has to abandon his codex of morals all for a lost cause because madman with too much pri#pride got himself seduced by power and led into a trap (via watson-sighs-and-tuts)

Nurse Rory vs Centurion Rory is one of the better things Season Six did, I reckon-

Especially since in damn near every episode of the first half of the season, Rory takes a moment to clarify he’s a nurse, taking care of people is a huge part of him- and then this episode happens, and through no fault of his own he’s failed to take care of his own family. And then he doesn’t reply when Strax tells him he’s a nurse- originally he was meant to say “me too” but they cut it, and I’m really glad they did, because I think something in Rory died during this episode…he doesn’t mention he’s a nurse again for ages.

I always get sad when people emphasize centurion!Rory instead of nurse!Rory as the embodiment of what a badass Rory is because the show made it clear that is NOT the side of himself that he enjoys; rather, it’s something that he can draw upon in times of extreme need when he needs to protect his loved ones.  Series 6 was all about identity for each of the four main characters, and your point that Rory doesn’t bring up the nurse thing for awhile is an extremely interesting observation, especially since he seems slightly defensive about it in The Power of Three.

Ooh, yes, exactly!

One tiny little detail I’ve always loved regarding Centurion!Rory is, during A Good Man Goes To War when he’s in Stormcage with River, he mentions how he “look[s] ridiculous”. As The Last Centurion, he’s passed into legend, travelled the universe, blown up the Cybermen, and passed into legend again– but when he’s on his own, just him and the woman he doesn’t know is his daughter, he doesn’t care about any of that. He thinks he looks silly. Oh Rory.