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johnskylar:

stuffertystuffstuff:

“River Song, Amy Pond and Clara Oswald are exactly the same sexy, sassy female character Moffat loves.”

I think you mean

“River Song, Amy Pond and Clara Oswald -despite having vastly different story arcs, personalities, jobs, hobbies, lifestyles, relationships and…

I’m disqualifying River Song’s tenure as an Archaeology prof from this because RTD had oversight on that (and it’s her sole redeeming aspect as a multidimensional character).

I don’t agree at all with this.  Reasoning under the cut.

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So let’s see, the argument you’ve presented:

They all have the same story arc, except Clara’s is different. They all have the same personality, except Clara is a bit different because she’s not ‘an oversexualised snarkfest’. They all have the same jobs, except you literally and without a trace of irony described three different jobs, whilst also labouring under the curious misconception that being a writer is a job revolving around a man’s pleasure. They all have the same lifestyles except River’s is different. They all have the same relationships except you just described three different relationships. And they all have the same personal philosophies except Clara’s is different because she likes looking after people.

Well, I’m sold.