''What I'm wondering at the moment is if Clara is in some way fobwatched (or something-ed) Romana...?''
I really, really hope not, 'cause they'll never do shippy Eleven/Romana as long as River's around, and I'd hate to see her be used as yenta to Eleven/River or have her portrayed just as The Ex in order to create wacky 'drama' that'll end up with Romana saying something ''He never looked at me the way he looks at you'' or something equally trite. Sorry, I'm like that. ;D
It's interesting that you don't see her as Eleven's OTP on the show, because I actually agree in that I don't see the romantic love from his side very much at all, and yet the majority of the shippers (that I've seen) seem to find TWofRS to be the most romantic, OTP-ish thing ever, and when the show-runners and reviewers talk about it it's always talked about as ''a love story'' and in very romantic terms, generally. I just have no clue what exactly Moffat is trying to do with the pairing. He seems to either want it both ways or he really does see it as perfectly functional and sweet.
I had no intention of creating any wank here, btw. :) I was just curious because I remembered you saying something about not liking it when things got too OTP-ish, and I feel that we're very much supposed to view Doctor/River that way, even if the execution leaves something to be desired.
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I really, really hope not, 'cause they'll never do shippy Eleven/Romana as long as River's around, and I'd hate to see her be used as yenta to Eleven/River or have her portrayed just as The Ex in order to create wacky 'drama' that'll end up with Romana saying something ''He never looked at me the way he looks at you'' or something equally trite. Sorry, I'm like that. ;D
It's interesting that you don't see her as Eleven's OTP on the show, because I actually agree in that I don't see the romantic love from his side very much at all, and yet the majority of the shippers (that I've seen) seem to find TWofRS to be the most romantic, OTP-ish thing ever, and when the show-runners and reviewers talk about it it's always talked about as ''a love story'' and in very romantic terms, generally. I just have no clue what exactly Moffat is trying to do with the pairing. He seems to either want it both ways or he really does see it as perfectly functional and sweet.
I had no intention of creating any wank here, btw. :) I was just curious because I remembered you saying something about not liking it when things got too OTP-ish, and I feel that we're very much supposed to view Doctor/River that way, even if the execution leaves something to be desired.