(Ngh. I agree with most of this, actually. LKH was a big bad mess — apart from Rory, I loved Rory, and the regeneration scene was pretty badass, and the opening sequence was fairly gorgeous — but in terms of plot it was almost a disconnection from what everybody expected. Mels was frankly boring all the way until she turned into River; as a viewer, I felt almost retconned. Who the hell introduces a character the way you'd introduce a sheer and utter Mary Sue in a terrible bad!fic?
I was fairly heavily disappointed with Amy/Rory's relationship with River/Melody as well, although so far I can somewhat put it down to shock — it has to be rather awkward to get accustomed to. Still, I'm fairly mad at Moffat for not giving them the chance to actually raise their daughter; there's a lack of equilibrium there that I think gets in the way of everybody's characterization... I like River's character much better now than I did back when she first appeared in Ten's run, tbh, but I wish Moffat would tell her story and then move on. If we get more River for a thousand other episodes, I'm going to get very bored very quickly. D:)
I HAVE CLEARED THIS AFTERNOON TO WRITE DOWN THE FIRST PART. o/ I have no idea how long it'll be until I like the first draft enough to start posting on the meme, though. Hopefully before the end of the month?
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(Ngh. I agree with most of this, actually. LKH was a big bad mess — apart from Rory, I loved Rory, and the regeneration scene was pretty badass, and the opening sequence was fairly gorgeous — but in terms of plot it was almost a disconnection from what everybody expected. Mels was frankly boring all the way until she turned into River; as a viewer, I felt almost retconned. Who the hell introduces a character the way you'd introduce a sheer and utter Mary Sue in a terrible bad!fic?
I was fairly heavily disappointed with Amy/Rory's relationship with River/Melody as well, although so far I can somewhat put it down to shock — it has to be rather awkward to get accustomed to. Still, I'm fairly mad at Moffat for not giving them the chance to actually raise their daughter; there's a lack of equilibrium there that I think gets in the way of everybody's characterization... I like River's character much better now than I did back when she first appeared in Ten's run, tbh, but I wish Moffat would tell her story and then move on. If we get more River for a thousand other episodes, I'm going to get very bored very quickly. D:)
I HAVE CLEARED THIS AFTERNOON TO WRITE DOWN THE FIRST PART. o/ I have no idea how long it'll be until I like the first draft enough to start posting on the meme, though. Hopefully before the end of the month?