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starsthatshine) wrote2007-06-29 05:39 pm
starsthatshine) wrote2007-06-29 05:39 pm
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Characteristics and fandom thoughts
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buffychit and angiel3 :D I hope you have great ones.
The Doctor Who fandom scares me. It's not some big flashy news, because at least to me, it's quite obvious. Why is it scary then? Well, I've mentioned it before but I need to vent sometimes.
I like Rose. I really liked Rose. I don't really care for Martha. I want to care for Martha. But I feel as though... there's nothing to relate to when it comes to Martha. She isn't given any backbone and she just... there's nothing appealing about the character, in my opinion. She has her fantastic moments such in 'The Shakespeare Code' where she screams 'Expelliarmus!' but it kind of ends there. She's too little the lead of the show and too much the sidekick. Rose was a lead character, but Martha... she's seems totally lack layers and the only thing (at least I) know about her for certain is that:
1) She has a messy family but they're all genetically perfect :P (okay, the genetically perfect thing doesn't really matter but I thought it would be fun to add in somehow... I have a weird brain like that)
2) She wants to be a doctor
3) She fancies the Doctor.
There's nothing really that defines Martha as a character besides 'she wants to be a doctor' and 'unrequited love', which are all pretty shallow things. Rose had bravery (she's shown on more than one occasion that she was brave, 'World War Three', 'Dalek' just to mention a few). That isn't something that's shallow. It isn't an aspiration or something as fleeting as a crush. It's something to do with her heart. It's something that's much more constant than aspirations and feelings. That's why I liked Rose so much. That's why I can relate to her as a character, I can understand that bravery (I'm not saying that I'm as brave as she can be because I've never been in any of those situations, but I imagine that I could be).
Because Martha lacks that depth (reasons why stated above), I feel that she's a shallow character and her actions generally becomes a mystery to me. She seems to fancy the Doctor more than she does travelling with him which always makes me question why she's travelling with him in the first place. A girl can only handle so many heartaches.
The thing with the Martha vs. Rose thoughts is that now everyone in the fandom seems to be on the 'Martha is better' bandwagon and I wish I could understand it. I want to be on there, squeeing my heart out with every episode instead of sitting here like a boring critic with no emotional involvement in the series. I love the show. I love the Doctor. (I FULLY HEARTEDLY AND COMPLETELY LOVE THE MASTER!!!!) I love the premise of the show.
The only thing I get invested in concerning the show these days is the Master. If you go to this tag, you'll see that I've probably written more lately about the Master than I have of the third season in general (rants about ficathon fic does not count ;)). I don't think I've written one single fic during season three before but now I've posted two (Master!ships for the win ;)) and I'm working on my third. I don't know if you can call squeeing 'emotional involvement' but I'd like to say that it is. For the first time ages, I care about a character. I love a character.
But the Master isn't a constant character (no idea what's happening to him but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that he isn't becoming a cast member next season *sobs*) and what happens when he goes? I love the show, but it bugs me more than it joys me. I want that emotional investment. I want to write ship fics. I want to understand Martha because it seems like she's gonna be around for a while. I want to enjoy fandom.
Going to dad's. I'm gonna work on ficathon!fic and...
God, my mom just blew my head off. She's very high up on her horse today... *sarcasm* Sorry to end the entry on such a bad tone but I gotta run. I'll post more stuff later *hugs*
Sorry I've been such a lousy commenter lately.
Welcomemaudlina to my flist :D I hope you'll have a great time here :D
buffychit and angiel3 :D I hope you have great ones.The Doctor Who fandom scares me. It's not some big flashy news, because at least to me, it's quite obvious. Why is it scary then? Well, I've mentioned it before but I need to vent sometimes.
I like Rose. I really liked Rose. I don't really care for Martha. I want to care for Martha. But I feel as though... there's nothing to relate to when it comes to Martha. She isn't given any backbone and she just... there's nothing appealing about the character, in my opinion. She has her fantastic moments such in 'The Shakespeare Code' where she screams 'Expelliarmus!' but it kind of ends there. She's too little the lead of the show and too much the sidekick. Rose was a lead character, but Martha... she's seems totally lack layers and the only thing (at least I) know about her for certain is that:
1) She has a messy family but they're all genetically perfect :P (okay, the genetically perfect thing doesn't really matter but I thought it would be fun to add in somehow... I have a weird brain like that)
2) She wants to be a doctor
3) She fancies the Doctor.
There's nothing really that defines Martha as a character besides 'she wants to be a doctor' and 'unrequited love', which are all pretty shallow things. Rose had bravery (she's shown on more than one occasion that she was brave, 'World War Three', 'Dalek' just to mention a few). That isn't something that's shallow. It isn't an aspiration or something as fleeting as a crush. It's something to do with her heart. It's something that's much more constant than aspirations and feelings. That's why I liked Rose so much. That's why I can relate to her as a character, I can understand that bravery (I'm not saying that I'm as brave as she can be because I've never been in any of those situations, but I imagine that I could be).
Because Martha lacks that depth (reasons why stated above), I feel that she's a shallow character and her actions generally becomes a mystery to me. She seems to fancy the Doctor more than she does travelling with him which always makes me question why she's travelling with him in the first place. A girl can only handle so many heartaches.
The thing with the Martha vs. Rose thoughts is that now everyone in the fandom seems to be on the 'Martha is better' bandwagon and I wish I could understand it. I want to be on there, squeeing my heart out with every episode instead of sitting here like a boring critic with no emotional involvement in the series. I love the show. I love the Doctor. (I FULLY HEARTEDLY AND COMPLETELY LOVE THE MASTER!!!!) I love the premise of the show.
The only thing I get invested in concerning the show these days is the Master. If you go to this tag, you'll see that I've probably written more lately about the Master than I have of the third season in general (rants about ficathon fic does not count ;)). I don't think I've written one single fic during season three before but now I've posted two (Master!ships for the win ;)) and I'm working on my third. I don't know if you can call squeeing 'emotional involvement' but I'd like to say that it is. For the first time ages, I care about a character. I love a character.
But the Master isn't a constant character (no idea what's happening to him but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that he isn't becoming a cast member next season *sobs*) and what happens when he goes? I love the show, but it bugs me more than it joys me. I want that emotional investment. I want to write ship fics. I want to understand Martha because it seems like she's gonna be around for a while. I want to enjoy fandom.
Going to dad's. I'm gonna work on ficathon!fic and...
God, my mom just blew my head off. She's very high up on her horse today... *sarcasm* Sorry to end the entry on such a bad tone but I gotta run. I'll post more stuff later *hugs*
Sorry I've been such a lousy commenter lately.
Welcome
maudlina to my flist :D I hope you'll have a great time here :D