(Making a Martha gifset and…) Many kudos on your acting, Ms Agyeman, because I’ve never seen an almost-smiling face full of so much HATE before:
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I haven't been on here for a while and that's because I've been ill. My energy levels still aren't back up to normal and it's very annoying. :( Plus, let's face it, everyone has switched to tumblr now.
But if you wanted to know my thoughts on Time Of The Doctor, nailed them pretty much exactly.
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What did you say your name was?
One of the things I loved about “Time of the Doctor” was that it showed that Clara wasn’t perfect. Moffat sums it up in this line, when Clara babbles that she is a “bubbly personality masking bossy control freak.”
One of the criticisms of Clara’s character is that she is too perfect. She saves the Doctor at every point in time, she entices One to the right TARDIS, she stops the Doctors from using The Moment, she convinces the Time Lords to grant new regenerations. Yeah, grits my teeth as well.
But the thing is — this episode showcases how hard Clara fights to maintain control over things, and at the very end, when she tries to exert control one more time, she can’t. Throughout the episode, Clara fights to maintain order in her life: from cooking the turkey to trying to keep the Doctor the man he currently is. She has no reason to expect it would go any other way, because she has maintained that control over everything since series 7b.
But at that very last second, when Clara is whispering, “Please don’t change,” that’s when her magic suddenly flees her. She’s trying, once again, to control the outcome of the situation. But she can’t. The Doctor regenerates, and nothing she can do will stop it.
I hope series 8 explores this flaw in Clara more. I think it’s a fascinating flaw to have, and one that makes her far more human.
#clara is actually a pretty common character trope#damaged and flawed inside but covering it up with masks the world wants to see#dean winchester is a great example of this#also tony stark#and sometimes blaine anderson#the thing is it’s typically a male trope#and they typically (but not always) cover up the pain with masculine things#clara though#she dresses pretty#she is kind and compassionate and feminine#but she is also damaged and flawed inside#we’ve only seen glimpses so far#but i really hope series 8 explores it further#it’s one of my favourite tropes#because it’s always interesting and always has a commentary on expectations#and also i relate to it#and i’m loving seeing it in a female character (via abossycontrolfreak)
It’s come to a lot of our attention(s?) that Clara Oswald is a severely underappreciated character within the Doctor Who fandom. So, we’ve decided to make Clara Oswald Appreciation Day!
It will be happening on March 5th (because that’s the day that Ellie Oswald died).
You can do pretty much anything involving loving Clara, whether it be making a graphic, gifset, fanmix, fic, fanart, or just crying and screaming at your computer.
It would be really great if we could actually get this off the ground! Make sure to track the tag “Clara appreciation day” for updates!
SO KEEN
People sometimes ask me, “How can you defend the characterisation of Amy Pond and other Moffat characters when you’re generally critical of Moffat’s writing?” (Actually that’s a massive lie. No-one’s asked me that ever.) But the answer, at its core, is:
Steven Moffat didn’t create Amy Pond.
Don’t get me wrong, he invented her, and I’ll always be very grateful that he did. But all the things that made Amy feel like a real person- that made me love her- that was the work of lots and lots of people, not just one man. Amy Pond was created by Karen Gillan, Caitlin Blackwood (them especially), Mark Gatiss, Neil Gaiman, Toby Whithouse, Simon Nye, Chris Chibnall, Richard Curtis, Gareth Roberts, Stephen Thompson, Matthew Graham, Tom MacRae, Adam Smith, Andrew Gunn, Jonny Campbell, Catherine Morshead, Ashley Way, Toby Haynes, Jeremy Webb, Richard Clark, Julian Simpson, Richard Hoar, Richard Senior, Nick Hurran, Steve Hughes, Farren Blackburn, Saul Metzstein, Douglas MacKinnon, Tracie Simpson, Peter Bennett, Patrick Schweitzer, Sanne Wohlenberg, Marcus Wilson, Denise Paul, and Moffat. And, cruically, probably a hell of a lot of people whose names I don’t know- I don’t know whose idea it was to give Amy a different nail polish colour for each episode, or which set designer thought to put a framed study of a non-sexualized naked woman above Amy’s bed (see?) or who it was actually drew little Amelia’s and older Amy’s drawings, but those are the little things that turned Amy Pond into a real person. That created her.
I’M STILL NOT OVER THE FACT THAT A CYBERMAN HEAD WAS GIVEN MORE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THAN CLARA HAS EVER HAD
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This actually makes me a little sick inside.
Because you are more willing to see character development inside an inanimate object than in a woman?
Clara has had plenty of character development, and has potential for so much more. If you actually need explanation for this, I give you this, this and this as a starter.
Stop trying to find reasons to hate Moffat, and start looking for reasons to love all the female characters we have. There are reasons everywhere, and they aren’t hard to find. There’s plenty of explanations if you’re having trouble, and I’m more than happy to help if you’re trying.
And do you know what the best way to get Moffat (and writers in general) to write more awesome female characters is? Talk about the fantastic bits that already exist. Use examples. Talk about how you love how Clara is a perfect representation of how girls have to contain their bossiness and act sweet and lovely. Talk about how fantastic it would be to see Clara have a relationship with a girl, or River talk about her bisexuality. Talk about what you love, and what you want to see more of.
But first and foremost, stop pretending there’s not brilliant stuff in Doctor Who. Stop pretending an inanimate object has more character development than the girl who is everything I am and want to be.
Seriously, I think I’m resolving not to read any more notes on Doctor Who posts for a good long while. If you can’t see development from the frightened woman in a Russian submarine to the one who flatly demanded the Time Lords do something, anything, to help the man who gave them a sliver of a chance of serving the Time War, maybe the problem isn’t in the writing.
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Besides, Clara’s story (and all character development contained therein) isn’t over yet! She still has at least thirteen more episodes to go.
And Handles, being a robot, is presumably just doing what he was programmed to do, and is little more than a prop and far from the bright, wonderful character Clara is…? (Sorry, Handles.)
underappreciated characters meme > A character you love but is treated poorly in canon and by fandom (2/2)
Jackie Tyler – She’s tough (very, very tough), confident, loyal, forgiving, and a loving mother who single-handedly raised her daughter to be a great woman.
But on the other hand, she is working-class. It’s kinda hilarious.
Reblog if you actually LIKE Martha Jones
I’m honestly sick of seeing all the racist comments directed at her. Come on guys this lady was a fucking badass.
She is the fucking queen
Martha Jones is a star.