Some day I'll talk about something other than Doctor Who

[seren_ccd]

This is not that day. :D



Despite the fact that I've just written two fics that are fairly unabashedly Eleven/Amy, I'm really okay with not shipping them.

I'm loving Eleven because he feels like old skool Who. He's mad, energetic, brilliant and works to make you like him. His emotions run hot and cold, but never angsty or too emo.

Amy is a little on the mad side herself. Maybe more than a little. She's independent and while I'm still not too happy about her leaving the night before her wedding and the fact she hasn't told the Doctor about it yet, I adore her to pieces.

As of right now, all I want out of this show is to continue to watch Matt Smith and Karen Gillan run around being daft, teasing each other and saving the universe. The end.

Even in my fic, I have no illusions about the fact that the Doctor will never have THE ONE that he MUST BE WITH 4EVAH. I just want him to have a mate, a friend, someone who loves seeing the universe as much as he does. For Eleven, it is definitely Amy. She's challenging him in lovely ways, just as he's challenging her.

So, continue being awesome Eleven and Amy! Be mad and daft and flirt up a storm!

(And if you happen to have fantastic sex in the control room in fanfic, that's fine by me!)

/end disjointed thoughts about shipping.



Have I mentioned how much I love having a show I'm actually excited about watching? 'Cause I am. Oh, I've also started watching Ashes to Ashes. And everyone was right, this show is pretty much awesome, too.

Comments

[valoscope.livejournal.com]

As much joy I get from thinking about them together in fanfic, I actually like how they are a bit more innocent on the show. She met him as a kid, so being with the Doctor now is more about childhood dreams coming true rather than straight-up romantic love. And I really like that.

Oh, this show has taken up so much of my thoughts, its ridiculous. Thank god for your journal entries and my awesome Skype buddy, or I'd have no outlet.

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

She met him as a kid, so being with the Doctor now is more about childhood dreams coming true rather than straight-up romantic love.

This. Exactly! And that's what I've always liked about all of the companions. The idea of an intense loving and trusting relationship that doesn't actually have to equal romantic love or sex. (as much fun as that might be!)

I've had to forefully tell myself to focus on McCoy/Chapel this weekend. No more Doctor Who writing until I write my next chapter!

[valoscope.livejournal.com]

Now that's a win-win if I've ever heard one. Good luck!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

She met him as a kid, so being with the Doctor now is more about childhood dreams coming true rather than straight-up romantic love.

This. Exactly! And that's what I've always liked about all of the companions. The idea of an intense loving and trusting relationship that doesn't actually have to equal romantic love or sex. (as much fun as that might be!)


Agreed. What I love about the Eleventh Doctor is that I feel he has the same joy in life that the 9th Doctor did - there is a real pleasure in exploring the universe.

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

Doctor/Anyone fanfic is a bit of a guilty secret for me; this how means so much to me, and has meant so much to me for so long that I'm not sure that I like reading about him in relationships that work. Because, thinking about it, they never would work, would they? Not really. Sooner or later the companion will die and he won't, and that's underlining all of their interactions. Plus it would be so hard to think of yourself as an equal with him; no matter how smart you are, or how brave, he's smarter. And braver. Just by dint of being 900 years old.

And I don't like angsty fic.

Yet I still read relationshippy fic, hoping that it will all work out.

Like I said, my guilty secret!

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about the guilty secret. They wouldn't work. No matter how much 'love' there was between them. I think that's what turned me off of the season with Rose and Ten. It didn't feel quite right somehow. They weren't having fun anymore. It was too serious.

I'm hoping with this series I'm writing, and with the series in general, is to somehow let Amy and 11 just have an awesome time. I want them to be crazy and do mad things and enjoy each other. That's all you can really ask of this kind of relationship. And honestly, that's not too shabby. ;D

[captain91.livejournal.com]

i've been very much in the mindset of rose is THE ONE and no one else should ever look at him for a serious relationship

but when the series started i jsut fell in love with eleven. you can tell he's such a fan of the show which just makes him all the more adorable.

now i do want to see him together with amy, maybe not in a "if i lose you i will cast myself into the heart of a sun" way, but rose has been pushed aside

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

I know very much what you mean about Rose. She was absolutely perfect for the Doctor, especially Nine, in my opinion. Whereas Amy is great for Eleven!

I just have so much fun putting him with different people! He's such a lovely character and has so much potential for wonderful things.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

i've been very much in the mindset of rose is THE ONE and no one else should ever look at him for a serious relationship

but when the series started i jsut fell in love with eleven. you can tell he's such a fan of the show which just makes him all the more adorable.

I see where you're coming from. For me, each new incarnation has felt like a different character, so it's like Rose was perfect for Nine and then the series is kind of rebooted and you have Amy who fits perfectly with the Eleventh Doctor....

[lullabymoon]

I know exactly what you mean and am going WORD to all your points.

I saw a quote of an interview where Moffat called the Doctor a "serial faller-in-lover" which I thought was absolutely perfect, annnd I've completely forgotten where I was going with that thread. *headdesk* Except that it's an awesome quote.

[valoscope.livejournal.com]

That really is an awesome quote. That is how I will always think of him now.

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely quote and absolutely spot on! He is! He's going to have hundreds of experiences, live for hundreds (thousands?) of years, and personally, if I had to live forever, I'd want to be optimistic about the whole thing and crave new adventures and new people.

It makes the leaving difficult, but think of all the potential joy you could have as well? :D

*hugs the Doctor*

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Have I mentioned how much I love having a show I'm actually excited about watching? 'Cause I am.

ME TOO!

It's my number one show right now. I count down the days until the next episode, I adore the icons, I love the fic.... hot damn this is so much fun!

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

YES!!! I'm freakin' giddy over this show! Which never bodes well, honestly. I've been so disappointed in the past. (why hello, x-files, buffy, alias...)

But, I'm having too much fun to stop! :D

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Same here.

But if a show is either going to be cancelled early and awesome or go on until I gets bad and ruins the characters... well, either way, I'm going to enjoy the blush of first love.