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mrv3000 ([personal profile] mrv3000) wrote2007-08-21 02:37 pm
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AHHH! Fic, I stab at thee!!

Rose? You are a confusing person at times. Especially during S1. With Mickey. Not with Mickey. Kinda likes the Doctor. "Available." Highly flirtatious with the Doctor. Back with Mickey but runs after the Doctor. Not with Mickey.

No wonder the Doctor was a mess about it all during S1. *cough*BoomTown*cough*

The Mickey string-along was I think one of Rose's bigger flaws, and one I have a really hard time getting my head into. I mean, I do completely get it from a meta-type standpoint, but trying to figure out the internal narrative for fic purposes that goes along with it? ACK.

Maybe I should just switch the POV to Nine, and he and I can both be confused.

ETA: This is all because of a few lines in a FLUFF fic. Yes, I am exactly that neurotic.
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[identity profile] sapote3.livejournal.com 2007-08-22 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, I always interpreted her thing with Mickey as pretty standard open relationship drama: she's all "We should be free to do what we like, and also there for each other", but Mickey's not happy with it and aware that if he tells her he might lose her once and for all, and meanwhile Rose is not aware that she's being one-sided about it and is actually claiming the right to not be monogamist for herself while she's still getting jealous over what he does (vis a vis Boom Town).

I've seen this kind of thing go down in real life - thank god not mine - and, yep, that's pretty much what it looks like. People wandering along going "la la la, I have evolved past jealousy, dur dur dur" and then whap with the angst stick.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-08-22 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, totally totally. As much as I'd sometimes cringe and want to shake Rose or Mickey (or both) depending on the scene, it really rang true. People get involved in relationship drama like this, and when you're in the middle of it you can't really see things very logically. And overall, I do appreciate that Rose wasn't this virginal cherub, sitting around waiting for some white knight to take her off on his blue horse. She's a very real person with real foibles and a real life.
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