[ SECRET POST #2069 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2069 ⌋

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

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[The City of Dreaming Books]


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Notes:

Important: I'm really sorry about this, but I accidentally clicked the wrong thing and deleted the submission post from last week instead of saving it. Managed to save the first page (25) of secrets, but the rest (a bit over 100) are gone.

If you submitted something last week (Aug 26-Sept 1), please resubmit it here and it will still go up this week.

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Comments

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[kathkin]

I am good with pretty much everything except: adoption. It is a thing that exists. And when people are infertile it's a thing that they can do.

That is all.

(Edited because I somehow typed 'fertile' instead of 'infertile' and that makes no sense.)

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[cloud_riven]

Yes, there's adoption. Possibly also in-vitro, and every other alternative as well, assuming they can afford or consider it.

But telling folk who are infertile to essentially just deal with or get over it is pretty callous. It's still an option that's cut out, not by choice, and it does suck. About the only thing about Amy's reaction that bugged me was the childishness of not talking with Rory about it and the whole, "I LOVE YOU SO I LET YA GO," shtick. That was ridiculous. Otherwise, that sense of failure, misplaced personal responsibility, inadequacy, and resenting what had happened to her? Perfect.

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[kathkin]

It's the way the writers handled it I have a problem with, not the way the characters reacted. Sorry if I didn't make that clear!

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[cloud_riven]

Oh, I definitely agree there! I was honestly surprised that there was a reference to bottling up trauma from Demon's Run, since the previous season basically just hand-waved it away as if there was no emotional fallout from it. I was glad about that.

But. Yeah. It was just a time filler and contrived "problem" for the Doctor to "solve" imo. Writerrssssssss :(

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[kathkin]

Further clarification: it bothers me when writers fail to acknowledge non-traditional methods of having children/treat them as less 'real'. /specificity is important

Also: yeah. I kind of want to give Moffat a 'you tried!' star. xD I'm hoping there'll be a few months between this episode and the next for the Ponds so we can assume they had some time to work out their relationship stuff offscreen, since the chances of it being dealt with onscreen are... low.

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[(Anonymous)]

Adoptee here- people ignore adoption all the damn time in media. Like, 90% of the time it's never brought up or brought up only to be immediately dismissed as an option. And yes, it makes me rage every time.

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[cloud_riven]

Yeah. Even if I can't relate, it bugs me that there's a huge traditional overtone in a lot things. (eg: Once Upon a Time and the "TRUE PARENTS LOVE YOU" bs)

But I'm not sure how a rushed scene of Amy's exposition stress vomit counts as dismissal, if that's what you're getting at. I guess Rory could have mentioned adoption to comfort her, but somehow I don't think discussing options was the point of that scene so much as her self-worth being tied down to what she probably considers her duty as a wife or whatever. Considering how short it was, I'd be surprised if Moffat put any thought into it beyond forcing drama or "twists."

Re: Doctor Who 7x01 Discussion! SPOILERS AHOY

[kathkin]

It's the 'forcing drama' that's the problem for me. :/ Moffat has a history of not putting enough thought into the issues he deals with. (See: space tube pregnancy.)

I think I'd have to watch the scene again to figure out exactly what about it felt dismissive to me, because it was something very specific about the phrasing used, looking at it from a Doylist perspective.