The Doctor's Daughter reactions... I guess.

[orange_crushed]

I am incapable of thinking normally at this point: every sentence I frame becomes a macro.

SPOILERS FOR 4x06: The Doctor's Daughter.



WHY GOD WHY










Too soon ?

I will say that I did enjoy the episode- the Doctor remembering his own children, and bonding with Jenny, was really gorgeously done on Tennant's part. His face, people- his face. God, for a minute, it was like you could see him imagining her birthday parties and scaring off her first boyfriend. And then, like it does, it all comes crashing down.

Jenny- or Genny, correct me if I'm wrong- was actually very adorable and I liked her after the initial setup; her innocence and freshness played well off of an extremely world-weary Ten. And I am thrilled at the idea of seeing her again- honestly, very thrilled. That's she out there and he's out there, and someday they'll have an incredible reunion. It gives me plotty fic ideas which may or may not pan out.

But still... the parallels with the Master's death, dredging up the Gallifrey angst just to add more Gallifrey angst. And so on. I liked the story, I liked the episode, I liked the reveal of the "generations" fighting the war, I liked that Donna got some lines of win; but it left me feeling very- tired. So tired. Exhausted, and not a little sad.

I feel like the Doctor must: how many more will die ? How much more can be lost ?

Please, RTD, give us hope by the end- have some light at the end of the tunnel. And not a cheap candle, either; I expect either bright-ass fucking daylight or those superhot weed-growing lamps at the very least.

I expect to need sunglasses.

You hear me, RTD ?

Comments

[clevermonikerr.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that the soldier machine can flawlessly apply liquid eyeliner. Jenny's was pretty sweet.


I liked the macro, and this episode. Although the "it's just a bullet--regenerate!" was too much LOTL too soon for me.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

Jennys' eyes were gorgeous and crinkly when she was thinking and all wide when he was like "yay let's go travel in my spaceship" and she flirted like Rose used to and won me over.

As you can tell.

But yeah, a little too much LotTL, too soon. Apparently time lords die by gunshot more often than any other species.

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

Hee. Inappropriate! But funny. Also, I so totally agree about the angst. PLEASE, LIGHT. SOON. And it had better not been an oncoming train or some such. Stop kicking the crap out of the Doctor, RTDlife.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

And it had better not been an oncoming train or some such.

OH GOD I didn't even think of that. Yeah, it's a lantern attached to a bomb, or a shaky flashlight held by a moleman, or a lightning storm. Seriously, can somebody get the Doctor a glass of iced tea and a cupcake, STAT ? Maybe a nice seaweed wrap and some deep tissue massage.

And therapy ?

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

THIS IS A SIGN OF GOOD THINGS TO COME? Y/Y???

I really hope so, anyway. That's the only way I might be able to deal with the angst!

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

YYYYYYYYYY

....YYYYYYYYYYYY !

I'm going to need a lot of tissues, I think, before this season ends. But c'est la vie. Like you said, I can deal with it if it's all going somewhere good.

[lalaithlockhart.livejournal.com]

YYY.
*agrees*

[lalaithlockhart.livejournal.com]

Please, RTD, give us hope by the end- have some light at the end of the tunnel. And not a cheap candle, either; I expect either bright-ass fucking daylight or those superhot weed-growing lamps at the very least.
HEE :D So say we all!!

I was thinking about the Master-Jenny parallels and I have a theory that this is a part of the healing/return to healthiness theme for this season: that thanks to the TARDIS's cosmic joke of angst and doom, the last Gallifreyan he mourns isn't the supremely f*cked up genocidal megalomaniac he's willing to forgive if it gives him company, but a 'cookie' ;) of Kind of Awesome that he'd never have to.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

...I have a theory that this is a part of the healing/return to healthiness theme for this season

I so want you to be right ! I mean, at least we as an audience got to see that Jenny's still out there, and that potential is out there for them to team up and have some kind of family experience. That'd be sweet.

And yeah, the other last Gallifreyan can actually be a nice person instead of a homicidal maniac. Ha ! As much as I love the Master, I wouldn't invite him to a block party or anything. If I were the Doctor, I'd prefer the hope of Jenny to the tragedy of the Master. :)

[amarettolime25.livejournal.com]

Why is happy funny Donna season tearing out my soooooooul? I don't know if it's on purpose, or just the wear and tear of working on DW for three years, but DT looks so old and tired this season.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

Dude, I know, the Donna season is not nearly as light-hearted as we all imagined it would be. They've been dealing with some serious big-time angst lately, and it's worrying. (I love me some pretty emo Ten, but whoa.)

I think it's probably intentional, at least for this ep, that he looks tired (literally) of all the fighting. I hope it is, anyway. He's getting older (and more... delightful... all the time, I'd happily reassure him) but I just don't like the idea of him actually being run down. That's too sad. :(

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

BWAH! AHAHAHA! Those macros amuse me and will now hold a place in my memories forever more. XD

I feel like the Doctor must: how many more will die ? How much more can be lost ?

I'm fully expecting the Doctor to rescue a puppy from a fire in an upcoming episode, ONLY TO WATCH IT GET RUN OVER BY A TRUCK.

Please, RTD, give us hope by the end- have some light at the end of the tunnel. And not a cheap candle, either; I expect either bright-ass fucking daylight or those superhot weed-growing lamps at the very least.

YES! YES, PLEASE!

Do you think it would help if we sent him artwork? I could draw a representation of my tears in MS Paint.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

I imagine that puppy thing is a leaked script: if someone told me that right now, I'd believe it. Later, he'll befriend a little boy with cancer, cure his cancer, and watch him be killed in a freak lightning storm.

My contribution:

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

That truly is a masterful piece of art. You can almost drown in those tears.

This might be somewhat of a work in progress:

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

I LOVE IT. Aww, but you have such nice little pixel clothes on already. Hee.

There's an advantage to all of this, you know: if we cry enough, we can go boating.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

I bow to your superior Paint skills.

And, YES! That is where this season is headed.

I would also like to point out that the raft does not look very sturdy. And I might be crying too hard to notice if you fell off it.

Unstable raft is unstable.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

I forgot to draw us tiny life vests. I volunteer to distract the plot sharks while you paddle away.

:D

um. are macros contagious?

[shaela]

Re: um. are macros contagious?

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

SPREAD THE MACRO JOY !!!

Awesome. Win. I love this; RTD, are you paying attention ? Light ! Tunnel ! Look into it !

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

Give him back his Rose. An a happy ending with her.
NOW!

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

EXTREMELY SECONDED.

Just... a nice big space of happiness, somewhere. Some rest, some peace. Some satisfaction, some connection to another person who cares about him and isn't going to leave him/be horribly killed.

ROSE WOULD BE GOOD.

[kb91.livejournal.com]

I'll just say word, word, wordity word.

I loved this episode -- and I adore sweet, fun-loving Jenny with her infectious smile! -- but all this gratuitous Doctor angst is getting ridiculous. OK, he's the last of his kind ... yes, he has gobs of emotional baggage ... We get it already!

Unless, like you say, there is a big payoff at the end. Then I will be able to look back at these episodes and pet him and say, "Don't cry, emo!Doctor, it will all get better soon."

(And I mean, really, from a writer's standpoint, doesn't there have to be a big payoff? Why set up this four season long story line, only to have things end up exactly where they started, with an emotionally damaged Doctor who has lost everyone and everything he loved, with no hope for the future? What kind of story-teller does that?? And the answer better not be RTD.)

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

I did love Jenny. I think my face was exactly like the Doctor's when she got shot, like ohwhatnoNONONOOOOOMGWTFBBQ.

And I think you're perfectly correct when you ask the question "doesn't there have to be a big payoff ?" From a storytelling standpoint, yeah, if you're telling the kind of story they claim to be telling. If you're telling a story about connection and love and courage then there ought to be a payoff. We're supposed to love the Doctor because he stands up for what's right and good; so if he gets nothing but shit for it in return that's... kind of a sad lesson.

I say more hugs. MOAR HUGS NAO. And less killing and weeping. Hugs and kittens and ice-cream and handholding.

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

love it! My vote is for Genny, actually

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

It's a very pretty name, either way. :)

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

agreed :)

[greggyhouzer.livejournal.com]

SEC.

ON.

DED. TOTALLY WITH YOU ON THIS ALL THE WAY GIRL. WHEN WILL RTD BE KILLED BY MOB OF ANGRY FANGIRLS? WE'LL NEVER KNOW, BUT I HOPE IT MAY BE SOON. VERY SOON. *cough cough*

[catyuy.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who hopes that the TARDIS being her sneaking self, somehow managed to add Rose's DNA into that machine.
Cause that would explain why Jenny looks to be a Docotr/Rose love child.