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Doctor Who commentaries: “What was Amy Pond thinking?”
Okay, as problematic as some of Amy’s storylines (read: pregnancy arc) were, I look at what’s being said here and my first feeling is actually relief:
Amy gets a lot of criticism for not being ‘normal’ like Rose, Martha or Donna. And hey, that criticism has a grain of truth to it, because you know what? Amy isn’t normal. She’s not like Rose, Martha or Donna- but she is like me: I’m not normal either. Doubting your own mind? Being embarassed about doubting your own mind? Wondering what everyone else will think, or is seeing? I do that a lot.
I’m never going to fly in the TARDIS or swordfight pirates or float in space. I’m also never going to fight a werewolf, or walk the Earth, or whack a Sontaran in the back of the head. But one thing I know for certain I will do is disbelieve my own eyes, doubt my own thoughts, try to convince myself of things – so yeah, even if this part of her is slightly less developed than I’d have liked, even though some awful things happened to Amy throughout her story – I am very very glad she’s not normal.