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The Satan Pit
Somewhere around the 1 hour mark of my drive home today, my brain went boom.
I've been doing these essays on DW after episodes lately, just because I find so much of the way this season's arc has been maneuvered to be so groovy.
But this episode? *FLAILS* I keep getting into logic circles trying to dismantle it all, particularly the "If I believe in one thing. Just one thing. I believe in her!" line. (Which I totally didn't squee at. Nope. Okay, maybe.)
I mean, just with this *line* you have things like belief beyond logic (i.e, faith), which relates to Rose being god-ized by DW's "god," which relates to Doctor/Rose equality issues, which relates to love... But for some reason I think that the faith thing is bigger/deeper than simply being the love and so not only is there a lot, it doesn't completely tie together in a neat bow.
And then you have the Doctor's "death wish" which I don't think is a true death wish, a prophesy that *could* be tied to the future (you never know with those nutters in Wales) but that I felt was more self-contained within the episode (especially because of a certain line), and Rose becoming the Doctor. Just, you know, BOOM.
Maybe I should listen to the commentary to see if they gave any clues. But where's the fun in that? It's like looking in the back of the book for the answer to a puzzle. And I usually like my nutjob answers better. ;)
I just have to say that for two people who have so much trust, so much faith and so much love between them, the fact that they get freaked out when talking about buying a house together cracks. me. the. hell. up. They're so stupid cute. *pinches cheeks*
And so I'm going to go get some ice cream and then maybe take a nap. Nap sounds really good.
I've been doing these essays on DW after episodes lately, just because I find so much of the way this season's arc has been maneuvered to be so groovy.
But this episode? *FLAILS* I keep getting into logic circles trying to dismantle it all, particularly the "If I believe in one thing. Just one thing. I believe in her!" line. (Which I totally didn't squee at. Nope. Okay, maybe.)
I mean, just with this *line* you have things like belief beyond logic (i.e, faith), which relates to Rose being god-ized by DW's "god," which relates to Doctor/Rose equality issues, which relates to love... But for some reason I think that the faith thing is bigger/deeper than simply being the love and so not only is there a lot, it doesn't completely tie together in a neat bow.
And then you have the Doctor's "death wish" which I don't think is a true death wish, a prophesy that *could* be tied to the future (you never know with those nutters in Wales) but that I felt was more self-contained within the episode (especially because of a certain line), and Rose becoming the Doctor. Just, you know, BOOM.
Maybe I should listen to the commentary to see if they gave any clues. But where's the fun in that? It's like looking in the back of the book for the answer to a puzzle. And I usually like my nutjob answers better. ;)
I just have to say that for two people who have so much trust, so much faith and so much love between them, the fact that they get freaked out when talking about buying a house together cracks. me. the. hell. up. They're so stupid cute. *pinches cheeks*
And so I'm going to go get some ice cream and then maybe take a nap. Nap sounds really good.