Even sent back to a time when life was harder, particularly for women, Amy Pond didn’t let it deter her. She continued to be a journalist- she wrote travel articles under the name Amelia Williams, not wanting to take her name away from her younger self. Then, as time went by, she began writing more hard-hitting stuff, standing up for causes she believed in and even at times risking her life (along with her husband) for the truth.
When she reached her eighties, Amy met a little girl visiting New York on a school trip. It was the girl’s first time abroad, so Amy befriended her and talked to her and gave her some journalism tips. Even as the years- many years- passed, Sarah Jane Smith never forgot her.
Oh god I’m so sorry guys but I found that disappointing
It’s just, I was getting increasingly invested in the Amy/Rory/River relationship, despite the lack of it- she’s their daughter and yet they’re always so ‘meh’ about her. I’m sure that’s not the intention, but…Amy and Rory barely even reacted when they saw her. Okay, maybe that’s because they see her all the time, and I like that so I’ll go with that, but…I just wanted one moment. We sort of got one with Amy and River, but not Rory and River, and not them all together, and I’m just…damn, would anything at all have changed throughout series six and seven if River wasn’t their daughter? It wouldn’t! So why do it?
Also, I was really hoping the Ponds would go on to raise little Melody, still growing up in a plothole somewhere in Sixties New York. Except that never happened, thus destroying the chance to FINALLY FILL THAT BLOODY plothole. Although, I suppose it never said they didn’t, so…
Sigh. It was alright, better than I’m making it sound, I’m just sad that there were SO MANY loose ends from all throughout the Pond’s series that never got filled. What will Brian do now? And Amy’s parents? What was with Amys picture at Melody’s orphanage? And…er…why, exactly, can’t the Doctor and River still visit them in the TARDIS? I’m so confused. And sad. And annoyed. Bah.
Other stuff:
-River’s out of prison kicking ass and being all independent, yay
-Amy apparently is Amy Williams after all (should have guessed from the divorce papers, really), although she still refers to herself as Amy Pond so I suppose it’s just an official thing.
-Oh Rory. You went all Sherlock on us.
-I wish they’d spent more time on the Ponds and not wasted five pre-credits minutes on some random guy
-Amy outlived Rory by about five years. So she ended all alone. :(
-I’m not quite sure I follow the ending. So, the Doctor appeared briefly back to Amelia and told her what was to come? So…did he tell her the bad parts? “Hi, little Amelia! You’re going to grow up be duplicated and give birth not knowing you were pregnant and a evil woman will steal your baby and DEATH SO MUCH DEATH”
I am sad and yet confused. Maybe I’ll like it better as time goes on.
Eleven’s like a thoughtless little kid in this scene, annoying his parents with words that go deeper than he knows. And they just ignore the slight hurt, the annoyance, and carry on. Because they’re parents and he’s their son-in-law and just…argh.
A whole episode of the Ponds and not one mention of River ARGH this shouldn’t bug me as much as it does
-KATE the BRIG’S DAUGHTER she was FABULOUS I’m delighted to see her. And even more delighted that apparently she may be back.
-I thought that dude at the end was Ian McDiamid. He was not.
-Oh Brian. Your heart will be broken next week, as well as all of ours.
-Amy’s friend was marrying another woman! I love that!
-Rory’s a nurse and he’s good at it and he has friends at the hospital!
-And Amy’s a TRAVEL JOURNALIST! Inspiring others to do what she does! I love that. Somewhere, in some fictional bubble untouched by real life, Sarah Jane was her mentor.
-Steven Moffat’s approach to real life vs Doctor life is much, much better than RTD’s, I feel. Remember “for the first nineteen years of my life nothing happened, nothing at all”? But here both worlds were shown to be equally desirable, with people in both worlds the Ponds cared for, and…I liked this so much more than what happened to Rose. She couldn’t survive without the Doctor, in the end, but Amy and Rory could.
There’s a lot of stuff sort of lurking in the back of my mind about this episode but I can’t really explain it, woe.
I know that, for awful reasons, it can’t happen. But I’d have loved to have seen Amy Pond and Sarah Jane Smith have a chat about writing and journalism.
Title: Better Author: sarah531 Rating: PG13 Characters: Amy, Rory Spoilers: For A Town Called Mercy Summary: Amy and Rory find themselves in a moral quandary.
