"...and this is so much better than the RTD-written women who were slaves to men's sexual desires" and I stop nodding, yell "say what?!!!"
*snicker*
Alas, it's a real trend; you're unfortunately right.
Me, I've never understood even in the slightest: Rose was compelling, Martha was AWESOME, Donna made me smile, and now Amy is, well, magnificent.
Have also so far liked all the Doctors. Aspects of their characters differ, of course - it's Nine-Eleven-Ten for me, power-of-personality-wise. And Eleven-Nine-Ten on a personally-appealing level (but who'd be interested in that? ;). But I don't watch the show for the Doctor, anyway - I want the sci-fi and the sense of wonder via the companions.
that I think a good deal of the response is projecting attitudes already there in the viewer towards the characters in question.
No kidding.
This is a pretty argumentative fandom - no, really, you clearly had not noticed this; you're welcome for having me point it out - which on the plus side is prone to wonderful speculations, elaborate theories, and creative works outside fanfic per se, but on the negative side gets into endless and fierce debate not only on plot points (great) but also characters (more complex) and morality (difficult, and generally big on the FAIL at least in comments).
love of Martha automatically means love of Amy
Bzuh? In my case, this is entirely true, but - what of my love for Donna! And Rose! See also: my point above.
Your last paragraph touches upon something I tell friends - mostly real-life about Doctor Who: that the episodes differ greatly, and differ in greatness; it's not so much a question of seasons, companions, or even Doctors. Some of the most terrible sci-fi tv I've seen while watching Doctor Who (and I say that as a Stargate Atlantis fan, so). But some of the most glorious hours of tv were also all due to this show.
no subject
*snicker*
Alas, it's a real trend; you're unfortunately right.
Me, I've never understood even in the slightest: Rose was compelling, Martha was AWESOME, Donna made me smile, and now Amy is, well, magnificent.
Have also so far liked all the Doctors. Aspects of their characters differ, of course - it's Nine-Eleven-Ten for me, power-of-personality-wise. And Eleven-Nine-Ten on a personally-appealing level (but who'd be interested in that? ;). But I don't watch the show for the Doctor, anyway - I want the sci-fi and the sense of wonder via the companions.
that I think a good deal of the response is projecting attitudes already there in the viewer towards the characters in question.
No kidding.
This is a pretty argumentative fandom - no, really, you clearly had not noticed this; you're welcome for having me point it out - which on the plus side is prone to wonderful speculations, elaborate theories, and creative works outside fanfic per se, but on the negative side gets into endless and fierce debate not only on plot points (great) but also characters (more complex) and morality (difficult, and generally big on the FAIL at least in comments).
love of Martha automatically means love of Amy
Bzuh? In my case, this is entirely true, but - what of my love for Donna! And Rose! See also: my point above.
Your last paragraph touches upon something I tell friends - mostly real-life about Doctor Who: that the episodes differ greatly, and differ in greatness; it's not so much a question of seasons, companions, or even Doctors. Some of the most terrible sci-fi tv I've seen while watching Doctor Who (and I say that as a Stargate Atlantis fan, so). But some of the most glorious hours of tv were also all due to this show.