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A petition to get Rose back into Dr Who. What part of Timelord don't you understand? She was not The Love Of His LifeTM. If anything, she was a Great LoveTM. Just, not the only one he ever loved. He doesn't travel with people he doesn't love. Whether that's platonic, or a more horizontal version. He travelled with Adric, and most people consider the wet dishcloth under the sink to have been of more use. (Note: not talking of personal experience, I have never seen Adric in action.)
Look, I'm not denying they might have had something. For all I care they had wild orgies with Captain Jack between episodes (oo-er!). Just, making the Doctor into a love-sick puppy scouring the Universe just for a glimpse of Rose is just demeaning to the Doctor. He knows how to let go. Apart from the destruction of Galifrey, but there's a difference between losing a girl and losing your entire homeworld and race in a war in which you fought yourself.
Nor can I blame Rose for feeling desolate after she lost the Doctor. He's the kind of man you only meet once, and that only if you're extremely lucky. And wanting to see him again is understandable too. Just look at Sarah Jane. She waited all those years as well. But it's as much an insult to Rose's character to have her searching for the rest of her life for a way to be with the Doctor again. As soon as the heartache mends, I can see Rose getting on with her life and making something of it. Because she can. She is strong, for all the clinging she did to Ten. She had to be, or else she would have perished a lot sooner in her travels with the Doctor. And he doesn't strike me as the man to take along someone who can't take care of themselves.
Wow, I defended Rose. Well, I never. Though I will freely admit I disliked her because so many people were intent on her canonization. Much as I'm predisposed to like Martha just because so many people already make her into the bad woman. Like in the above petition.
Look, I'm not denying they might have had something. For all I care they had wild orgies with Captain Jack between episodes (oo-er!). Just, making the Doctor into a love-sick puppy scouring the Universe just for a glimpse of Rose is just demeaning to the Doctor. He knows how to let go. Apart from the destruction of Galifrey, but there's a difference between losing a girl and losing your entire homeworld and race in a war in which you fought yourself.
Nor can I blame Rose for feeling desolate after she lost the Doctor. He's the kind of man you only meet once, and that only if you're extremely lucky. And wanting to see him again is understandable too. Just look at Sarah Jane. She waited all those years as well. But it's as much an insult to Rose's character to have her searching for the rest of her life for a way to be with the Doctor again. As soon as the heartache mends, I can see Rose getting on with her life and making something of it. Because she can. She is strong, for all the clinging she did to Ten. She had to be, or else she would have perished a lot sooner in her travels with the Doctor. And he doesn't strike me as the man to take along someone who can't take care of themselves.
Wow, I defended Rose. Well, I never. Though I will freely admit I disliked her because so many people were intent on her canonization. Much as I'm predisposed to like Martha just because so many people already make her into the bad woman. Like in the above petition.