Spot on. This is exactly why I didn't like the idea in the first place.
I, too, am sort of ignoring the issue, insofar as I've decided to concentrate on the standalones rather than on the overarcing plot. I like River, but I don't really care any more about who she is, and whether she's married to the Doctor, or whether she kills him... I know that DW isn't the show one watches when one wants realism - but I think that what any good sci-fi show does is to show us that human reactions are the same, regardless of where we are in time or space. That's one of the ways in which we are (sometimes) able to see past a creaky or hole-filled plot, because we care about the people and can perhaps identify with them. But Amy's and Rory's reaction makes no sense whatsoever, regardless of whether or not they knew they were going to be parents, etc. etc.
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Date: 2011-09-19 11:42 pm (UTC)I, too, am sort of ignoring the issue, insofar as I've decided to concentrate on the standalones rather than on the overarcing plot. I like River, but I don't really care any more about who she is, and whether she's married to the Doctor, or whether she kills him... I know that DW isn't the show one watches when one wants realism - but I think that what any good sci-fi show does is to show us that human reactions are the same, regardless of where we are in time or space. That's one of the ways in which we are (sometimes) able to see past a creaky or hole-filled plot, because we care about the people and can perhaps identify with them. But Amy's and Rory's reaction makes no sense whatsoever, regardless of whether or not they knew they were going to be parents, etc. etc.
I really think it's been a huge mistake.