Found myself re-reading this and am still not really able to say anything specific, because it all just fits. It's lodged itself somewhere in my mind, and I find it difficult to comment on things that just are. Well, thank you very much :) That's why I wrote it--it all fit, and I wanted other people to see those connections.
I absolutely love this insight, both into the Doctor and to River, and it's one of the things I'd never really thought about, but that fit so beautifully that I find myself all speechless. (There are also other thoughts that I want to share if you ever read my Alex 'verse. Just about how people cope - it's not really relevant to this fic in particular.) Anyway, it's always good to see differences highlighted. Working out that River must be staying in prison by her own choice was a big ahhhhhh moment for me, and it's so entirely opposite of anything the Doctor would do. It's kind of interesting: I think the kinship between River and Jack is a loose one, but you can spot similar instincts at times. When I was watching "Exit Wounds" and Captain John asked him why he let himself be buried and he said "penance," my eyes bugged out a bit. Same word and everything.
Secondly, I love how the Doctor is mostly absent, and yet he's everywhere. I've been trying to think of a way to describe it, and the only thing that came to mind was this image from my profile page. Thank you. Actually, I think Moffat writes that kind of thing a lot, and I absolutely adore it--you can see it in the way Rory is present even when he's been erased from time too. I keep coming back to the idea of space--he doesn't write emotions so much as create spaces for them to well up. He defines spaces between people. Which is, as I've said, what I love in this icon--I swear I can see the bubble around them.
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Well, thank you very much :) That's why I wrote it--it all fit, and I wanted other people to see those connections.
I absolutely love this insight, both into the Doctor and to River, and it's one of the things I'd never really thought about, but that fit so beautifully that I find myself all speechless. (There are also other thoughts that I want to share if you ever read my Alex 'verse. Just about how people cope - it's not really relevant to this fic in particular.) Anyway, it's always good to see differences highlighted.
Working out that River must be staying in prison by her own choice was a big ahhhhhh moment for me, and it's so entirely opposite of anything the Doctor would do. It's kind of interesting: I think the kinship between River and Jack is a loose one, but you can spot similar instincts at times. When I was watching "Exit Wounds" and Captain John asked him why he let himself be buried and he said "penance," my eyes bugged out a bit. Same word and everything.
Secondly, I love how the Doctor is mostly absent, and yet he's everywhere. I've been trying to think of a way to describe it, and the only thing that came to mind was this image from my profile page.
Thank you. Actually, I think Moffat writes that kind of thing a lot, and I absolutely adore it--you can see it in the way Rory is present even when he's been erased from time too. I keep coming back to the idea of space--he doesn't write emotions so much as create spaces for them to well up. He defines spaces between people. Which is, as I've said, what I love in this icon--I swear I can see the bubble around them.