[ SECRET POST #722 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #722 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Death Note/The Dark Knight]


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[Axis Powers Hetalia]


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[Lucky Star OVA]


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[Supernatural]


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[The Monkees]


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[Dr Who]


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[Jason Mraz]


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[South Park]


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[Final Fantasy VI]


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[SpongeBob SquarePants/Homestar Runner - Squilliam/Strong Bad]


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[Benny and Joon]


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[Starcraft]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 16 pages, 382 secrets from Secret Submission Post #103.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

Oh absolutely. That's when the show is at it's best: When the companion brings the Doctor back from whatever misguided notion he has.

I don't think the Show believes he's a god. I think they think he's seriously overpowered, excruciatingly lonely, and flawed with a tendency to believe he knows best and an unwillingness bend. They've had him be excruciatingly wrong on a number of occasions in the last couple of seasons -- and he's nearly gotten all the universes destroyed because of it. He'd rather let everyone die than personally kill another being -- no matter how unremittingly destructive they are. He is more accepting of his enemies faults than those who love him. If anything the last few seasons have been a rather cutting indictment against unchecked power.

[vivalanaomi.livejournal.com]

Right! I think the Doctor is an awesome example of a flawed character (though the latest incarnation's flaws are my pet peeves so I'm glad I'll never meet the fellow; he'd drive me up walls), but I just get worried when the show forgets this, and drums up the Christ imagery.

Again, why the latest season has been my favorite of New Who.

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

Not a Christian, so I didn't notice any Christ imagery. But I tend to see the Doctor as a natural bad guy that is kept just on the side of good through the aide of his companions. Megalomania is just part of the bad-guy arsenal. The doctor tries to curb his tendency to want to simply take over and make things go his way only through sheer dint of will. He really needs a companion to give him a moral compass, because without them he has a tendency to fall into absurd absolutes: Total hands off when a small effort would make a big difference, or total hands on when he goes into savior mode and ends up nearly destroying a people in an attempt to make them conform his ideals.

Number 4 is still my favorite. He didn't take himself quite so seriously, but underneath the goofy-amiable exterior he was cunning, ruthless, and several steps ahead. 10 has a bit of that going for him, but 10 is a lot less affectionate towards people. More romantic, but less loving if you know what I mean.

[vivalanaomi.livejournal.com]

Romantic works well for me as well. There's a lot more idealizing (dehumanizing), and even a sense of ritualized selfishness in romance. And I think your description as the Doctor as a natural 'bad guy' is an effective one, and, ironically, one that might allow me to like the Doctor more when the show returns.