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fandomsecrets2014-04-18 07:35 pm
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[ SECRET POST #2663 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2663 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Hadaka Shitsuji, censored porn]
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[cosplay; no sex but definitely nsfw]
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[Art by: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Lets-Sing-Together-338248375]
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17. [SPOILERS for Soul Eater]
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18. [SPOILERS for captain america: the winter soldier]
[WARNING for rape]
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Late at work again, sorry. Should be back to normal by next week!
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(Anonymous) 2014-04-19 01:30 am (UTC)(link)It's not that there is a standard FOR female companions, it is that Moffat's female companions ARE standard: I.e., female characters that are about .05mm deep (and, as you noted, are "feisty"), who exist mainly to move the plot (what there is of it) ahead/forward/backwards/whatever through the use of snappy one-liners/1-or-2-at-most-sentence dialogue. That can be interchanged from character to character, with no appreciable difference.
Jenny and Vastra are background characters at best, and one is an alien, sooo not the Cut-and-Paste Standard Female Companion;" this doesn't invalidate the fact that there is a very clear character template Moffat is going by, for the primary female companion of the moment. Fandom reinforces his poor choices in this respect, and the vicious circle begins anew.
That said. I personally don't like the plot/lack thereof, the cardboard characters really don't bother me as much as the scatterbrained nature of the episodes themselves, which is why I haven't watched in long time.
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(Anonymous) 2014-04-19 04:36 am (UTC)(link).05mm deep: I don't know if I agree with that.
Feisty: Well...I mean...I would actually assign that trait to both Rose and Donna. It's just kind of a quality New Who companions have. Only Martha and Rory, in my mind, lack this trait overtly.
Move the plot: I'm not sure about this. Moffat writes his stories to center around an important character/companion. He's also really fond of huge series-spanning story arcs. RTD liked that too, but you only got name drops every so often in episodes until the finale aired, and then the finale probably focused on them, i.e. Bad Wolf and the Doctor-Donna.
But it's true, Clara exists to be the Impossible Girl. Literally and figuratively. I'm hoping she can do something else in S8, but I do strongly disagree that Amy or River or Rory only moved the plot forward. The plot was meant to also push their characters.
And I'm surprised that you think Moffat has no plot. He doesn't have very coherent plots, but they're definitely plot-heavy.
Dialogue: I disagree. Moffat definitely LOVES 'clever' dialogue, I think River, Amy, and other major female characters of Moffat's era don't sound identical or interchangeable...but I do think Clara sounds a lot like Amy.
Jenny and Vastra: They have the same prominence and plot relevance that Jack Harkness did. You're right, they're not thoroughly developed and characters meant to stand on their own, but they have personalities, wants, desires, and are distinct from everyone else.
I do think that Clara is basically Amy 2.0 without any of the character flaws. Like...I can't think of a single character flaw Clara has. At most, Clara is more well-behaved than Amy.
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(Anonymous) 2014-04-21 12:48 am (UTC)(link)Yeah, I think I said that somewhere in there or in another reply. Most companions have that character trait, just as most of them are brave, kind, heroic, intelligent, etc. In terms of companions, these traits aren't enough to distinguish a real personality.