fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #1732 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1732 ⌋

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

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[Troop Beverly Hills]

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[Sanctuary]

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[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]

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(Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson)

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[FFVIII]

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[Man of the House]

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[Kingdom Hearts]

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[Harry Potter]

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10. [repeat]

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[Doctor Who]

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[Bandom]

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[Steve Juliano/I Am Ghost]

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[WWE]

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[Doctor Stephen Strange, Jon Stewart, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Palin, Reed Richards.]

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[FDR/Winston Churchill]

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[The Guy with the Glasses]

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[Amadeus]

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[Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica]

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[Alphas]

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[The World Ends With You]

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[WWE]

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[Homestuck]

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[Doctor Who]

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32. [SPOILERS for Persona 4]

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33. [SPOILERS for Fallout 3]

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34. [SPOILERS for Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

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35. [SPOILERS for Leviathan]

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36. [SPOILERS for Pokemon Special]

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37. [SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire]

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38. [SPOILERS for A Storm of Swords]

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39. [TRIGGER WARNING for sexual assault]

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40. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

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41. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

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42. [TRIGGER WARNING for anti-trans violence]

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I think the issue is that up until that moment it had been established in canon (even in the Doctor Who magazine) that Rory had taken Amy's lastname instead of vice versa, so that moment was really irritating in what it represented about the assumption that a woman has to take a man's lastname (or his identity).

DOCTOR:
(plants a finger on AMY’S puckered lips) Amelia! From now on, I shall be leaving the... kissing duties to the brand new Mr. Pond. (shakes RORY’S hand)

RORY:
No, I'm not Mr. Pond. That's not how it works.

I always read his acceptance ("yeah, it is") as reluctant acceptance that it doesn't matter that he doesn't want to be called "Mr. Pond," they're going to call him that anyway.

I don't read DWM, so I can't speak to that.

In the last name department, neither Amy nor Rory get to choose their identities. However, it is interesting to me that Amy gives the last name "Pond" to their daughter. Her line (and I'm paraphrasing here because I can't find the exact quote), "Melody Williams is a librarian. Melody Pond is a superhero," is quite telling. I think at this point she may see herself as a bit of a superhero as well. That dovetails nicely with the Doctor's speech in "The God Complex" where he calls her "Amy Williams" and she loses her faith in him.

I still see problems with the concept, but it's such a small problem when compared to the other issues I have with season 6.

I get that quote, but IDK, it felt like another one of those "we're not your poncho boys, oh yes we are" moments rather than Rory being forced into the last name thing.

I assumed they were using their original lastnames until I saw the profiles where Rory was Rory Pond and then got delighted that they'd switched it up for once.

I still see problems with the concept, but it's such a small problem when compared to the other issues I have with season 6.

I think for me, I was just so utterly disappointed, because that goodbye was one of the few things that didn't bother me about season 6 and that line ruined it.

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