I’M STILL NOT OVER THE FACT THAT A CYBERMAN HEAD WAS GIVEN MORE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THAN CLARA HAS EVER HAD
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This actually makes me a little sick inside.
Because you are more willing to see character development inside an inanimate object than in a woman?
Clara has had plenty of character development, and has potential for so much more. If you actually need explanation for this, I give you this, this and this as a starter.
Stop trying to find reasons to hate Moffat, and start looking for reasons to love all the female characters we have. There are reasons everywhere, and they aren’t hard to find. There’s plenty of explanations if you’re having trouble, and I’m more than happy to help if you’re trying.
And do you know what the best way to get Moffat (and writers in general) to write more awesome female characters is? Talk about the fantastic bits that already exist. Use examples. Talk about how you love how Clara is a perfect representation of how girls have to contain their bossiness and act sweet and lovely. Talk about how fantastic it would be to see Clara have a relationship with a girl, or River talk about her bisexuality. Talk about what you love, and what you want to see more of.
But first and foremost, stop pretending there’s not brilliant stuff in Doctor Who. Stop pretending an inanimate object has more character development than the girl who is everything I am and want to be.
Seriously, I think I’m resolving not to read any more notes on Doctor Who posts for a good long while. If you can’t see development from the frightened woman in a Russian submarine to the one who flatly demanded the Time Lords do something, anything, to help the man who gave them a sliver of a chance of serving the Time War, maybe the problem isn’t in the writing.
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Besides, Clara’s story (and all character development contained therein) isn’t over yet! She still has at least thirteen more episodes to go.
And Handles, being a robot, is presumably just doing what he was programmed to do, and is little more than a prop and far from the bright, wonderful character Clara is…? (Sorry, Handles.)