I understand that River is their dauther (a theory I never really liked and was really annoyed by when it was made cannon) and that most parents would freak out and go hunting her down...but this was in no way a normal pregnancy.
Amy didn't even know she was pregnant for most of the season because she'd been put into the Flesh duplicate of herself. She only found out she'd been pregnant when she woke up in the middle of labor, so I can understand her nor forming that mother child bond. Personally, I thought it was weird that Amy and Rory were all "aww. look at the cute baby" (despite those scenes being adorable) when the whole pregnancy seemed like some huge violation by the villians who made Amy basicly an Incubator for their Doctor-killing Assasin.
I was really annoyed that none of the writers seemed to realized this would be incredibly traumatic for Amy.
But back to the point: So they only had a short amount of time with their baby, after a very traumatic way of finding out they had a baby, then she was kidnapped, then it turned out their friend had been their child this whole time (well, they found this out twice), then the Doctor left them behind, then they found out their best friend growing up had been their child this whole time....I'm not sure if Amy and Rory know how to deal with this situation.
Also, there is the fact that River is a complicated space time event by this point. I don't think it's possible for her to be given back to Amy and Rory, considering what an impact her life has caused, not just for Team TARDIS but for everyone she knew/interacted with/killed/saved, etc. I think Rory and Amy understood time travel enough by know that River's life can't really be changed by now; it might be enough that they got to know her as a friend and can be proud of all the awesome things she accomplished in her life.
But it could have been dealt with better. They could have written in scenes in LKH with Amy, Rory, and the Doctor discussing the situation, and them coming to terms (on screen) about the situation. Personally, I'm a bit disapointed that there was no confrontation between Amy and Rory and River over River's fate: Rory and Amy could argue that they want to raise their daughter while River argues that even though her life was completely fucked up that she likes the person she became and that she deserves to have her own life (sort of like Future!Amy's argument against helping Present!Amy).
Though overall I like S6 Part 2 better than Part 1. I also kind of like S6's whole "The Doctor can be really dangerous" theme as well; I love it when the show explores the Doctor's darker aspects.
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Date: 2011-09-20 01:31 am (UTC)I understand that River is their dauther (a theory I never really liked and was really annoyed by when it was made cannon) and that most parents would freak out and go hunting her down...but this was in no way a normal pregnancy.
Amy didn't even know she was pregnant for most of the season because she'd been put into the Flesh duplicate of herself. She only found out she'd been pregnant when she woke up in the middle of labor, so I can understand her nor forming that mother child bond. Personally, I thought it was weird that Amy and Rory were all "aww. look at the cute baby" (despite those scenes being adorable) when the whole pregnancy seemed like some huge violation by the villians who made Amy basicly an Incubator for their Doctor-killing Assasin.
I was really annoyed that none of the writers seemed to realized this would be incredibly traumatic for Amy.
But back to the point: So they only had a short amount of time with their baby, after a very traumatic way of finding out they had a baby, then she was kidnapped, then it turned out their friend had been their child this whole time (well, they found this out twice), then the Doctor left them behind, then they found out their best friend growing up had been their child this whole time....I'm not sure if Amy and Rory know how to deal with this situation.
Also, there is the fact that River is a complicated space time event by this point. I don't think it's possible for her to be given back to Amy and Rory, considering what an impact her life has caused, not just for Team TARDIS but for everyone she knew/interacted with/killed/saved, etc. I think Rory and Amy understood time travel enough by know that River's life can't really be changed by now; it might be enough that they got to know her as a friend and can be proud of all the awesome things she accomplished in her life.
But it could have been dealt with better. They could have written in scenes in LKH with Amy, Rory, and the Doctor discussing the situation, and them coming to terms (on screen) about the situation. Personally, I'm a bit disapointed that there was no confrontation between Amy and Rory and River over River's fate: Rory and Amy could argue that they want to raise their daughter while River argues that even though her life was completely fucked up that she likes the person she became and that she deserves to have her own life (sort of like Future!Amy's argument against helping Present!Amy).
Though overall I like S6 Part 2 better than Part 1. I also kind of like S6's whole "The Doctor can be really dangerous" theme as well; I love it when the show explores the Doctor's darker aspects.