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[rosengirl]

No this isn't another post to express my hatred of RTD over his quote of doom.

I wasn't even supposed to post about it but frelling_tralk made such a brilliant meta on the subject that I had the urge to pimp it since I couldn't agree more.

Oh look ! Coherent thoughts.

She particulary nailed that part :

Martha is going to be appearing in a spin-off, as well as continue in DW. All of this surely points to the fact that she is meant to be a kick-ass character in her own right, and that RTD does appreciate her. Martha's character didn't need the Doctor to fall in romantic love with her, especially when the audience all know the reason why that didn't happen, and it had nothing to do with Martha's flaws.I mean heck plenty of people did fall for Martha.



And for the record, I'm as hardcore a Martha fan as you can get. This was the only comment I made responding to yourfavoritesky's post yesterday :

He (RTD) was repeatedly surprised at people who thought he didn't like Martha. I think he meant to say that the Doctor and Martha couldn't just have the same kind of bond that the doctor had with Rose, which does not make her any less special in her own right. It was just poorly phrased.

Thing is I refuse to harsh my squee from the Voyage of the Damned trailer so that's my interpretation.

As for mah squee ? Still intact.


Especially since David Tennant and John Simm are publicly dating again, and Freema is still breathtakingly gorgeous, so WTF ever fandom. :p

Comments

[rosengirl.livejournal.com]

Well I can't respond for the people who made said comments but as for myself, I only had to resort to the Martha/Rose comparaison when I had been attacked on the same grounds. And I've never done it with pleasure.

Wouldn't it be better in fact to (unlike The Doctor) not compare her to Rose and appreciate her for her own awesomeness?

That was the whole point of this post really, to show some arguments about the fact that Martha actually *has* come into her own as a more than competent companion and that it was unecessary to take the piss at RTD for one poorly misquoted comment.

I *do* personally prefer Martha to Rose but that doesn't mean that I don't like the latter at all.
Actually, I'm hoping for them to really *ahem* get along... If you catch my drift.

[yourfavoritesky.livejournal.com]

Well I can't respond for the people who made said comments but as for myself, I only had to resort to the Martha/Rose comparaison when I had been attacked on the same grounds. And I've never done it with pleasure.

I absolutely understand that, I mean, sometimes for the sake of discussion comparison is needed. I just think in these cases it wasn't and their points (assuming their points were in fact that Martha is awesome, and not that Rose sucks which would still make my point that it only added fuel to the fire stand) would've come across even if they hadn't used Rose in comparison. HOLY CRAP SOMEONE STOP ME I AM RAMBLING QUEEN LOL

That was the whole point of this post really, to show some arguments about the fact that Martha actually *has* come into her own as a more than competent companion and that it was unecessary to take the piss at RTD for one poorly misquoted comment.

Exactly. I mean, I think I remember RTD saying in a confidential that season three was about Martha's journey and that in the finale she finally came to her own and stood out of Rose's shadow (I'm paraphrasing but that was the jyst of it I believe) and that's precisely what I felt watching the third season.

I *do* personally prefer Martha to Rose but that doesn't mean that I don't like the latter at all.
Actually, I'm hoping for them to really *ahem* get along... If you catch my drift.

I have absolutely no problem with you or anyone else prefering Martha over Rose. I just wish people would stop pitting them against each other :( (that includes RTD) I'm obviously all for them ::ahem:: getting along as well, as I'm sure you figured out from my post haha ;)