Mrs Williams & Mr Pond
You know, I’m digging the idea of couples just swapping last names when they get married.
Seriously, I might actually suggest this for my wedding…
amy pond
A brief defense of interrupted hugs
Often the ‘I think that’s probably enough hugging now’ scene is brought up as an example of Rory’s jealousy and possessiveness, but while Rory can sometimes be a little jealous and posessive, that’s not all he is. Not by a long shot!
Let’s explain! First of all, the Doctor is a huge presence in Rory’s life, but also Amy’s…and while they’re all friends, the Doctor is always going to be The Other Man. Amy did cheat on Rory with the Doctor, and then flirted with him at the wedding: there are very few people, male or female, who wouldn’t have pulled their spouse aside at that point and gone “Dude/ette, what the hell? You’re marrying me!” Yet Rory said nothing about that, didn’t say anything at all about Amy and the Doctor’s close relationship until Season Six rolled around. (Ironically, it was around here that Amy stopped flirting with the Doctor- probably because she realised during Day Of The Moon that Rory honestly didn’t know she preferred him. Timing…) Rory breaking up the hug isn’t that great a moment for him, but I think it’s understandable, very much so. This is a very emotional day for all of them, too- Rory’s probably thinking, when he sees the Doctor hugging his wife and stroking her hair, “That should be me.” Or perhaps “You’ve had your hug, you’ve held the baby, now go sort all these incredibly dangerous circumstances out and leave us alone for a bit.” Perhaps.
Now, on the Rebel Flesh Confidential, there’s this interview with Karen and Arthur about Rory’s platonic relationship with Jen the Ganger:
KAREN Because she’s always had Rory in the palm of her hand so to have this happen just opens up loads of new avenues. And it’s really weird for Amy as well because she’s obviously had a roaming eye in the past…so yeah, she’s kind of not really possessive like that because she wouldn’t expect Rory to be that possessive over her. So it was an interesting one to get…
ARTHUR I think Rory has to try not to be possessive, I think he has to try and keep it back…I think he actually wants to be going ‘Hey!’ all the time but he has to play it cool.
KAREN Because Amy wouldn’t dig that.
ARTHUR Yeah. Rory just wants to be cool.
So what I got from that is that while Rory does have a possessive streak, he tries to keep it under control. So far he’s not doing too badly: he never gets between Amy and the Doctor again, being perfectly fine to leave them alone for their last goodbye. The Doctor brings up the ‘permission to hug’ thing again in Let’s Kill Hitler, but Rory’s exasperated ‘granted’ makes me think he’s tired of the whole thing.
Also worth mentioning: while hugging Jennifer in The Rebel Flesh, Rory glances worriedly at Amy, as if asking her permission (which she gives…she sort of shakes her head very slightly, and then nods.) So we can at least say Rory holds himself to the same standards when it comes to hugging people who might fancy you.
Also also worth mentioning: Amy herself doesn’t seem to mind any of this at all: she’s smiling when walking back to Rory after hugging the Doctor. Maybe in the end it is just banter between them- banter with a slight edge, like so many friends have. Or heck, for all we know she could consider it fair play for all the kisses the Doctor interrupted. Who knows? But anyway…Rory’s actions in that scene are perfectly understandable, I reckon. Not great, slightly petty…but, just as you can forgive your friends moments of jealously or pettiness, I reckon I can forgive him…
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Doctor Who fic: The Last Day
Title: The Last Day
Author: sarah531
Rating: PG
Characters: Mels, Amy
Summary: The real reason Mels didn’t come to the wedding.
The Pond family noticeboard
An ambitious project (sort of) but I have a more ambitious one planned if this one takes off. Click it!
TOP:
-The Doctor at the Pond’s wedding
-Amy and Rory in a happy moment [actually an edited shot from Confidential]
-Mels in Amy’s room, photographed in a slightly cross moment, without her realising [actually a shot from Eastenders with Amy’s drawings stuck in the background]
-Rory and Mels- not on a date, just friends! (Just say no to Pondcest.) [actually a promo shot from Eastenders with Arthur Darvill’s face stuck onto someone else’s] At the bottom it says ‘Leadworth High 2003′.
-Little Amelia [shot from Let’s Kill Hitler- but this picture was taken by Tabitha one day when Amy was in her school uniform]
-Amy, taken by Rory
-A note from Rory to Amy detailing the whereabouts of Sarah Jane Smith- someone they’d be very keen to meet
-Little Mels and Amelia
MIDDLE:
-Melody/River’s doodles of herself and her parents. Left as a little present for them when she popped in one day having come back from TARDIS shenanigans
-A snippet from a newspaper detailing Mels’ achievements at Sports Day [actually from The Brilliant Book] Amy and Rory found it in Mels’ old bedroom and kept it, because clearly it had meant something at some point.
-The Doctor
-The wedding
-River, photographed without her realising. Possibly by the photographer at the wedding, who assumed she was a guest. Her picture is tucked under the others because Amy and Rory didn’t feel like explaining to their relatives who that complete stranger was.
-Rory and Amy collecting sunflowers somewhere, possibly in France (note Amy’s Van Gogh style sunhat)
-Rory in his scrubs. Taken by Mels.
-Martha and Mickey- fellow companions. The note says ‘Thanks for everything X’ [Is actually from Noel Clarke’s Twitter]
BOTTOM
-Rory and Amy at a fireworks display [photos from a cast appearance at a Christmas light switch-on] In my mind this is them in a far-off country, enjoying the celebrations there
-The wedding again -this one torn from a newspaper. After Amy’s modelling career took off, tabloids occasionally ran old pictures of her. Because, well, they’re tabloids. The headline under this one was ‘HOT REDHEAD HAPPILY MARRIED, DAMN’.
-Amy’s parents dancing at the wedding
-Rory and Amy on a beach somewhere. Not Utah, though, too many bad memories
-Little Amelia, Mels and Rory at Halloween, taken by Augustus, who fancied himself a semi-professional photographer
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Been reading the Doctor Who Magazine special, that covers A Christmas Carol – The Doctor’s Wife. There’s some interesting cut scenes- when Amy tells the Doctor she’s not pregnant, she says “My little problem, it went away.” They overdubbed it- it’s not mentioned why, but perhaps because it made it sound like Amy didn’t, in fact, want a child? Which considering what comes after, would have put…a new spin on things. I’m sure it would have provoked a lot of debate had it been left in, so here it is.
Also, from the end of Day Of The Moon, after Amy has reassured Rory that she loves him (this is somewhat paraphrased…)
RORY: And wasn’t there something you were going to say. Properly. You said you’d say it properly.
AMY: Oh yeah, course!. River! I love you.
RIVER: That’s nice, dear. Thank you.
RORY: Okay, you seem to be back to normal.
AMY grins…and then when RORY turns away, her face drops with worry.
Amy saying I love you to her daughter, not knowing she’s her daughter! And her face is worried, but why? Cos of the pregnancy? Cos she doesn’t know if she was talking about Rory or the Doctor? Hmmm. I don’t like that she’s still mocking Rory here: it’s not outrageous to want a proper I Love You once in a while. Anyway, discuss!
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It still epicly annoys me that through most of the second half of Series Six Amy and Rory don’t mention their child. Why do a story involving a lost, stolen baby if you’re not going to deal with the fallout?