[ SECRET POST #2293 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2293 ⌋

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Comments

[akacat]

I took that whole exchange as a statement of the way the Doctor views things as a Time Lord. Or at least, how River thinks he views things. That she thinks he tries to ignore how short-lived nearly everyone else is, and has trouble dealing with it when it's brought to his attention.

Maybe I'm giving Moffat too much credit, but that's just where my mind goes when there's such a drastic difference in the life spns of a couple.

[fenm]

That she thinks he tries to ignore how short-lived nearly everyone else

That's not applicable to the "damage" thing, though. Or the situation, really. She broke her wrist, that's not an age thing.

And we've seen the Doctor--in things not written by Moffat--reunite with people he knew when they were younger and be fine with them being older. So that might be River's view of the Doctor, but it's clearly, demonstratively wrong. Yet no where does the episode SAY she's wrong.

[(Anonymous)]

But remember, major injuries to a Time Lord = regeneration and erasure. To a human, it means = arthritis and eventually a shorter, non-repeating life.

It had nothing to do with image. It had to do with River not wanting the Doctor to have to deal with the mortality of those he loves.

[fenm]

It had to do with River not wanting the Doctor to have to deal with the mortality of those he loves.

Well, why the hell shouldn't he? He's an adult, he should be expected to act and be treated like one. And if he can't, that's entirely his problem.

[intrigueing]

The Doctor dealt with the mortality of his entire species, his entire family, all of his children, Romana, Susan, and god knows how many friends and fellow soldiers during the war. Not to mention everyone else he lost before and after. He doesn't need to be coddled like a toddler.

[(Anonymous)]

But that's...sort of bogus? I mean, yeah, the Doctor doesn't like seeing people he loves get old when he doesn't get old with them, but that's his problem and he's always known it and admitted it, and he's never given the indication that he would ever want someone to hide who they are for him, to the point of being sort of faily and overzealous about trying to push them into not giving up too much for him, like his reaction to Rose deciding to leave her family in the other universe, or leaving Sarah Jane and never going back to see her because he thought she was getting on in her life and didn't need him bothering her.

And it wasn't just about age -- it was about never letting him "see the damage" like the wrist, never letting him see their pain. Which is also total rubbish, since the Doctor always wants to help people in pain and try to make unhappy people feel better. That's like, his whole MO.