When i say I dont love Ten like Josh I had to think about whether i really meant it. And i decided i did. I would have loved Josh had i met him, and John Carter. They were well written, well acted, characters which I believed in. They were smart funny men who struggled to live honourably in the midst of compromise in the world i also inhabit.
So Yes Ten is loveable. Utterly lovelable. And he is no less well written or acted. But he is alien. He is fantastic and impossible. He doesnt live in the same world. He can commit genocide but cant tell a girl he loves her. He is funny and charming but can grow another hand. He loves his friends but he cant resist pushing buttons which could lead to their death. It is a painful bit of self knowledge but if the TARDIS landed in my living room i wouldnt go. If Josh or John turned up I wouldn't stop to pack a bag (although you would have to hit Josh on the back of the head CJ style and make him go back to Donna).
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Date: 2010-03-19 01:04 am (UTC)So Yes Ten is loveable. Utterly lovelable. And he is no less well written or acted. But he is alien. He is fantastic and impossible. He doesnt live in the same world. He can commit genocide but cant tell a girl he loves her. He is funny and charming but can grow another hand. He loves his friends but he cant resist pushing buttons which could lead to their death. It is a painful bit of self knowledge but if the TARDIS landed in my living room i wouldnt go. If Josh or John turned up I wouldn't stop to pack a bag (although you would have to hit Josh on the back of the head CJ style and make him go back to Donna).