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[mrv3000]

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.

Comments

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

And I always looked at it as a young girl who found this amazing new love, but was not ready to let go of something she had for so long. I saw Rose's guilt over how she treated Mickey and I found this particular flaw very human and natural for someone her age. I also used to want to kick Mickey in the pants many times. He was older then her and had been around somewhat. Sometimes I would roll my eyes and think grow a set.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd agree - there was a lot of trying to keep a foot in both worlds. Well, more trying to keep a safety net than anything else. But trying to figure out what she actually *sounds* like in her head around WWIII when briefly thinking about things...

I started writing her as clueless about the Doctor's feelings for her, which totally isn't right. She's savvy about that kind of thing, and she was able to use it against him in Father's Day. So she's NOT clueless. But then you get to The Doctor Dances where she throws out that "you know, men" line, which kinda says to me she wasn't really thinking of him in that way.

So...hmm.

You know, I wonder if she was having a bit of the same thing as the Doctor. In S1 I always get the vibe of the Doctor trying desperately not to think along those lines, because Rose was human and all. Of course, he completely failed. Maybe Rose was doing the same thing? Trying desperately not to think along those lines, because he was this 900-year-old alien? Rose was better at it than the Doctor though.

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

You know, I wonder if she was having a bit of the same thing as the Doctor. In S1 I always get the vibe of the Doctor trying desperately not to think along those lines, because Rose was human and all. Of course, he completely failed. Maybe Rose was doing the same thing? Trying desperately not to think along those lines, because he was this 900-year-old alien? Rose was better at it than the Doctor though.

I think this may be it. I think she also probably feels at least a little bit intimidated by all he knows and has seen, and maybe thinks there's no way that someone like that could fall for a London shopgirl. Also, alien. Who knows if his people even work that way? She probably thinks there's not a snowball's chance in hell of anything ever happening, so she's trying very hard to pretend she's not even aware of him that way.

God, they're cute. Hee.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I think this may be it. I think she also probably feels at least a little bit intimidated by all he knows and has seen, and maybe thinks there's no way that someone like that could fall for a London shopgirl. Also, alien. Who knows if his people even work that way? She probably thinks there's not a snowball's chance in hell of anything ever happening, so she's trying very hard to pretend she's not even aware of him that way.

Maybe that could be the case? Especially right after WWIII, which is where I'm trying to write this. This is pre-Dalek with the "woman you love" line (as well as releasing a *Dalek* into the world because he couldn't let Rose die again), at which point I think she'd definitely have a clue he was becoming a bit nuts about her.

But back in WWIII you really only had the mouth-drop in Unquiet Dead, the "so glad I met you" and "save the world but lose you" lines. The first two are...fluff. But that last one's a lot more intense. And you see this tiny shy whisper of a smile there with her. I think she's starting to get a clue. But maybe it was all still a bit too weird for her? And so maybe it's not so much she doesn't think the Doctor could fall for her (because it's seeming like he is) but rather she doesn't know if she wants to go there because it's WEIRD? Or...

*flails*

I just don't know what Rose is thinking right at that point in time!

Goddammit, I swear this is only about 5 lines worth of fic for all this.

God, they're cute. Hee.

They totally are.