I think Rose fell in love with the Doctor on a subconscious level in S1, so that's why her feelings seemed a little bit all over the place at times. She's out on an adventure, she likes flirting, but "dating and dancing" all seems fairly innocuous to her. What is it that she says to Mickey in Aliens of London? "He's not my boyfriend, Mickey. He's much more important than that."
Hmm. Yeah. Could be that she had him off in this whole other realm.
Which really doesn't indicate that Rose has a particularly high regard for romantic love.
Well, and it could be that Rose has only ever had the Mickey kinds of boyfriends in her life before. The more nice-guy comfortable kind of relationship. What was developing with the Doctor was probably completely new to her, and the only way she knew how to express that was that he was *not* her boyfriend (i.e., Mickey).
I've always seen her as having a lot of *fun* in S1, with the Doctor sneaking in without her realizing it. But she still put him first. Before Mickey and Adam and even Jack. By S2, I think she was ready to embrace all that love, whether it be on that close friendship level or that deeper romantic level. Kind of like the Doctor himself, actually. :D
Could very well be. Awwww.
As for Mickey, I don't think she realized how much she was stringing him along or how much more involved in the relationship he was. But she never lied to him. It's not like she ever said she'd stop traveling with the Doctor one day and settle down with him.
No, I don't really think she maliciously stringed him along either. Thoughtlessly, is another matter.
I kind of touched on this a bit in the one and only Nine/Rose fic I wrote.
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Hmm. Yeah. Could be that she had him off in this whole other realm.
Which really doesn't indicate that Rose has a particularly high regard for romantic love.
Well, and it could be that Rose has only ever had the Mickey kinds of boyfriends in her life before. The more nice-guy comfortable kind of relationship. What was developing with the Doctor was probably completely new to her, and the only way she knew how to express that was that he was *not* her boyfriend (i.e., Mickey).
I've always seen her as having a lot of *fun* in S1, with the Doctor sneaking in without her realizing it. But she still put him first. Before Mickey and Adam and even Jack. By S2, I think she was ready to embrace all that love, whether it be on that close friendship level or that deeper romantic level. Kind of like the Doctor himself, actually. :D
Could very well be. Awwww.
As for Mickey, I don't think she realized how much she was stringing him along or how much more involved in the relationship he was. But she never lied to him. It's not like she ever said she'd stop traveling with the Doctor one day and settle down with him.
No, I don't really think she maliciously stringed him along either. Thoughtlessly, is another matter.
I kind of touched on this a bit in the one and only Nine/Rose fic I wrote.
That's lovely.