"I mean, sure he’s created a sexy, feisty, independent, clever, kick-arse female character in River Song, but what is she if not the manifestation of what I’ve referred to before as Moffat’s ultimate fantasy – a feisty, sexy, clever woman who is most definitely NOT needy or hunting for a husband? She doesn’t want to tie the hero down because she’s not interested in domesticity herself."
Yes, but where does River end up, finally? In a domestic situation, taking care of someone else's imaginary children, reading them bedtime stories FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. That, to me, is every bit as horrifying as what happened to Donna, because there is no indication that this is something that River would have wanted to end up like that. But if SM thinks that all women are hunting for that domesticity, then that ending for this character makes sense to him.
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Date: 2011-03-21 02:14 am (UTC)Yes, but where does River end up, finally? In a domestic situation, taking care of someone else's imaginary children, reading them bedtime stories FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. That, to me, is every bit as horrifying as what happened to Donna, because there is no indication that this is something that River would have wanted to end up like that. But if SM thinks that all women are hunting for that domesticity, then that ending for this character makes sense to him.
Not to me, though. That looked like HELL to me.