Internet polls are serious.

[mrv3000]

Rose won the BBC America Doctor Who Companion poll!

First of all, YAY ROSE! :D As much as I like other companions, Rose will always be My Companion.

Second, butthurt abounds. The usual reasons on why Rose cannot possibly be the popular choice with sane fans and/or fans who aren't 14 year old girls with David Tennant posters on the wall. All I have to say is MWAH.

Thirdly, I accidentally took a 4 hour nap and I feel like crap. DAMN YOU, HEAT. Although maybe it will rain this evening? It's looking weird outside.

BTW, the popularity poll wound up like this:

1. Rose
2. Sarah Jane
3. Donna
4. Leela

(Really, Leela? I don't hate her by any means, but I'm always sort of surprised at how popular she is. Also, not sure where Martha or Amy finished out.)

Comments

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

I think Leela placed so high because like... there were only like 8 companions to begin with. Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy, Sarah Jane, Jo, Leela and Ace. So all Leela had to do was to beat Ace (IMO ACE SHOULD HAVE WON THAT MATCH) and Jo. And that is how she placed fourth. The seeding for the polls was really stupid.

But even though the whole thing was a mess, I still feel smug that Rose won.

SUCK IT, HATERS. LOTS OF PEOPLE LOVE ROSE AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL.

[captaintish]

Awww, good for Rose.

ARGH, THIS HEAT. I'm trying to summon the energy to get off the couch. Don't think I'm going to find it though.

[moonphased.livejournal.com]

Way to go, Rose!! ;) Yeah, I'll admit I felt my silly little fangirl heart grow about ten sizes at the results. I'm also amused at the resulting butthurt, but well, that was always to be expected.

Even after watching many other companions, I think I always come back to Rose. She and Donna have my heart and when it comes to the companions, they probably always will. My husband and I were talking about companions (we were getting on the discussion of Jenna and wondering what she was going to be like) and I realized that one reason I like Donna and Rose the most is that Rose's stories seemed to bring out what I liked to see in the Doctor, character-wise (compassion, a little bit of almost-romance, fun, and later her memory brought out a pained side of him that I did find interesting to see him deal with), and Donna -- or Catherine Tate, rather -- brought out what I thought was some of the best in David Tennant; they were all absolutely brilliant together, but yeah... that's kind of what I really loved about those two in particular.

As for Rose, I think the comment from the article's author also made me remember that Rose was a risky character, and the show's revival was riding on her success just as much as the Doctor's (if not more). And what can I say, two stories that absolutely made me realize how much I was in love with Doctor Who centered on Rose ("Father's Day") and then the Doctor himself ("Dalek"). *shrugs*

So whiners can whine and haters can hate all they want, Rose did it for a lot of us. ;)

And YES THIS HEAT IS KILLING ME!! XPPP

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

I LOVE THAT ROSE WINS THESE POLLS

ROSE ISN'T EVEN MY FAVOURITE BUT FUCK ALL Y'ALL WHO INSIST ONLY CRAZY INTERNET FANGIRLS LOVE ROSE

AND TYVM INTERNET I AM A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH DAVID TENNANT POSTERS ON MY WALLS

I love Donna, but if I had to pick two companions to make the top two, I think Rose and Sarah Jane are good choices. Especially since LOL apprsaently someone was getting butthurt about Sarah Jane only winning because she'd been on New Who and so New Who fans, scourge of the Earth, were voting for her.

I'm just gonna leave this here...

[got_swagger]

[doctahr.livejournal.com]

UGH. So many people are mad because a ton of the voters haven't seen the classic series, so it's "biased". They probably should have had a poll of Newho and classics.
I always feel bad that Rose gets so much hate, but then again, she wins these things pretty much every time. I guess she gets it *because* she's so popular and haters are more likely to speak up?

Idk. Never really got all the hate directed towards her.

[logicisfailing.livejournal.com]

Haha, I saw that Rose had won yesterday - filled me with delight! I'm glad you posted about it! I was surprised I hadn't seen it in any Doctor Who or D/R comms yet - or even on my (admittedly small) F'list.

[chloris.livejournal.com]

Damn, I actually do have a David Tennant poster on my wall. (Much Ado - Jay got in for me in London) so I guess that makes me 14? *g* Chicklet is going to have some trouble with that...