“Oh, yeah, absolutely, that is the big question.”
#and today on ‘Clara is becoming more like the Doctor than she should be comfortable with’#the question has become the mystery#and not the safety of others
clara oswald
“Oh, yeah, absolutely, that is the big question.”
#and today on ‘Clara is becoming more like the Doctor than she should be comfortable with’#the question has become the mystery#and not the safety of others
aka bad characterizationmaking your characters act like your favorite character is bad writing (via regulus-blakc)
Wait… what? They are paralleling and contrasting Clara and the Doctor and exploring what they are made of in-depth, mercilessly, and beautifully.
What we have seen is a complex character arc, in which Clara’s idea of heroism shifts closer to that of her best friend, into potentially dark territory, in a way which is questioned and examined critically at every turn, giving her an incredible amount of room to develop but still exploring sides of her characterisation we have seen since series 7. It’s been a fascinating, perfectly constructed, and unique journey… and yes, a well-written one.
Yeah, I don’t understand that comment at all. I’m usually the first (well, okay, not the first. Second or third maybe) to complain when the writing goes Horribly Wrong (series six is still a bit of a sore point) – but what’s going on with Clara is the opposite of bad characterization: it’s…well, you know that text post going round about negative character development? It’s basically that. She’s being utterly deconstructed – her love of ‘seeing wonders’ has blinded her to the smaller things on Earth; her viewing of how lies can be used has lead her to lie and lie and lie; her control freak nature has evolved to the point where she’s literally taking other people’s choices away (see: Kill The Moon, In The Forest Of The Night) – and so on.
Like, you have certainly quibble with the execution (I wish Ellie Oswald had been mentioned even once this series) but to say ‘oh, she’s acting like the Doctor’ with no mention of her agency and her (increasingly bad) choices – I think it’s doing her a terrible disservice.
I adore these pictures of me, Hayley and Matt Just Buy The Toad Photography took of us this weekend!
I adore these pictures of me, Hayley and Matt Just Buy The Toad Photography took of us this weekend!
bulletproofboys:
Amy & Clara + admiring themselves
I realy like that (I think) *every* female companion so far in modern-day Who has been openly body-confident.