Aaaand buttin' in! Fan' is used to it, but I apologize. I apologize also because I'm not good with words, don't use them much myself ;-)
I just wanted to say that I don't see it as negatively as that. And it seems to me that Rose did make a choice, twice in actual fact. Firstly when she choose to 'transport' back to the Doctor and secondly when she choose to risk her life to get that lever upbright again. To me, she choose that life with the Doctor and saving the world, and slaying the dragons. I'm not arguing that perhaps her motivation is off (staying with the man she loves/being ready to die to save his life rather than the learning/wisdom/carrying on the fight for good and puppies etc...). But then that seems rather human to me, and if that means she learnt nothing, then perhaps she's not the only one. I'm not too sure either why choosing to be with her newly reunited family should be the right choice over staying with the Doctor (even though we know that it's the curse of the Doctor to always end up alone, and she can't stay, and you wouldn't have it any other way, but that's beside the point). But then again I'm not a family person. As for the destructiveness of that love, well, I think if somebody I loved that much was ripped away from me, I'd probably go down kicking and screaming. Doesn't mean all hope is gone and you will never get over it eventually. I think Rose talking about joining Torchwood and still fighting the good fight stresses that she's actually considering the future. That doesn't pevent the'now' from hurting. I think we'll never know whether Rose would have left one day, and decided to go back to that *other* life. It was not her time to go, but she had to, that's the nature of the show.
But then again, I love Rose, love the ship and I'm an optimist (if only with regards to my TV shows lol), and I found the episode heartbreaking but not depressing. The whole 'love and lost' thing rather than the 'having not loved at all'
Erm, OK, I think that's my longest post *ever*. lol. I hope it didn't come out as flames, cos that wasn't the point at all and everyone's entitled to their opinion. But like I said, not good with words, me. Ok, ok, I'm leaving now *g*
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I just wanted to say that I don't see it as negatively as that. And it seems to me that Rose did make a choice, twice in actual fact. Firstly when she choose to 'transport' back to the Doctor and secondly when she choose to risk her life to get that lever upbright again. To me, she choose that life with the Doctor and saving the world, and slaying the dragons. I'm not arguing that perhaps her motivation is off (staying with the man she loves/being ready to die to save his life rather than the learning/wisdom/carrying on the fight for good and puppies etc...). But then that seems rather human to me, and if that means she learnt nothing, then perhaps she's not the only one. I'm not too sure either why choosing to be with her newly reunited family should be the right choice over staying with the Doctor (even though we know that it's the curse of the Doctor to always end up alone, and she can't stay, and you wouldn't have it any other way, but that's beside the point). But then again I'm not a family person.
As for the destructiveness of that love, well, I think if somebody I loved that much was ripped away from me, I'd probably go down kicking and screaming. Doesn't mean all hope is gone and you will never get over it eventually. I think Rose talking about joining Torchwood and still fighting the good fight stresses that she's actually considering the future. That doesn't pevent the'now' from hurting.
I think we'll never know whether Rose would have left one day, and decided to go back to that *other* life. It was not her time to go, but she had to, that's the nature of the show.
But then again, I love Rose, love the ship and I'm an optimist (if only with regards to my TV shows lol), and I found the episode heartbreaking but not depressing. The whole 'love and lost' thing rather than the 'having not loved at all'
Erm, OK, I think that's my longest post *ever*. lol. I hope it didn't come out as flames, cos that wasn't the point at all and everyone's entitled to their opinion. But like I said, not good with words, me. Ok, ok, I'm leaving now *g*