Nice. I like what you say about the connection between the experience of fear and the experience of love, the similarity between the anxiety associated with them. My personal philosophy is that fear is the opposite of love, and that all negative emotions have that at their fundamental root. so i totally buy the idea that all they needed to do was instil her with a deep deep fear of him, and let everything spiral from there. Also, Moffat plays so much with dualities that it makes sense to me to see it that way - fear/love.
And you're right - what is more scary than fear itself? It feeds on itself, especially when ignored, leading to the type of extreme behaviour - all the behaviours we see her displaying in LKH because she can never ever admit she's terrified.
And when she goes through that gateway, faces her fear then releases it, love is on the other side. And that's where she acts from there onwards. She has utterly no fear of death as we see from future River, it's her love for him that lets her stand in his place and Ascend in the library.
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I like what you say about the connection between the experience of fear and the experience of love, the similarity between the anxiety associated with them. My personal philosophy is that fear is the opposite of love, and that all negative emotions have that at their fundamental root. so i totally buy the idea that all they needed to do was instil her with a deep deep fear of him, and let everything spiral from there. Also, Moffat plays so much with dualities that it makes sense to me to see it that way - fear/love.
And you're right - what is more scary than fear itself? It feeds on itself, especially when ignored, leading to the type of extreme behaviour - all the behaviours we see her displaying in LKH because she can never ever admit she's terrified.
And when she goes through that gateway, faces her fear then releases it, love is on the other side. And that's where she acts from there onwards. She has utterly no fear of death as we see from future River, it's her love for him that lets her stand in his place and Ascend in the library.