At very first, it took me a while to come around to any ship when I first started watching NuWho because the character dynamics were confusing to me at first. However, eventually I became a very die-hard Doctor/Rose fan, and every time I talked to someone who wasn't a D/R shipper, I often fond myself being considered silly, vapid, or unrealistic. However, Doctor/Rose remained my primary ship for a very, very long time and still fits very neatly into my top five at any given point of time, though others often overshadow it for a time. You're right--when there's no new material, it sort of fades into the background, but that doesn't mean it's not still good.
The strange experience I've been having is that, as I make a transition from an OTPer to a multishipper, particularly in Doctor Who, I find myself on really shaky ground with some level of low-grade resentment cropping up on both sides. I really don't understand this, because I'm just trying to be fair to how I view the characters and what their manifest thoughts and emotions are and where they could lead given XYZ circumstances.
I will never understand the actual reasons for the widespread hatred of Rose, nor the widespread backlash-hatred for Martha on the part of D/R shippers. The fact is, more of us have been in Martha's shoes than in Rose's. More people have experienced unrequited love with a friend than big, epic, what-could-have-been OR realized romantic tension with someone who adores you. Martha grew up, she moved on, but it still stayed part of her. She did exactly what so many of us try to do, so I don't really know why people hate her either.
Further, my other main ship for the Who fandom has become Doctor/Master and when I mention this to people who support D/R and even, if prompted, carefully explain the reasons for it, I'm somehow expected to believe that, in spite of all the references to the contrary, that Rose was the only person the Doctor ever cared for in such a manner. Relationships can be special or unique without being unique as to their existence...
Anyway, I kinda ran off track there and can't remember my actual point apart from YAY I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. So yeah.
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Date: 2010-07-17 05:20 pm (UTC)At very first, it took me a while to come around to any ship when I first started watching NuWho because the character dynamics were confusing to me at first. However, eventually I became a very die-hard Doctor/Rose fan, and every time I talked to someone who wasn't a D/R shipper, I often fond myself being considered silly, vapid, or unrealistic. However, Doctor/Rose remained my primary ship for a very, very long time and still fits very neatly into my top five at any given point of time, though others often overshadow it for a time. You're right--when there's no new material, it sort of fades into the background, but that doesn't mean it's not still good.
The strange experience I've been having is that, as I make a transition from an OTPer to a multishipper, particularly in Doctor Who, I find myself on really shaky ground with some level of low-grade resentment cropping up on both sides. I really don't understand this, because I'm just trying to be fair to how I view the characters and what their manifest thoughts and emotions are and where they could lead given XYZ circumstances.
I will never understand the actual reasons for the widespread hatred of Rose, nor the widespread backlash-hatred for Martha on the part of D/R shippers. The fact is, more of us have been in Martha's shoes than in Rose's. More people have experienced unrequited love with a friend than big, epic, what-could-have-been OR realized romantic tension with someone who adores you. Martha grew up, she moved on, but it still stayed part of her. She did exactly what so many of us try to do, so I don't really know why people hate her either.
Further, my other main ship for the Who fandom has become Doctor/Master and when I mention this to people who support D/R and even, if prompted, carefully explain the reasons for it, I'm somehow expected to believe that, in spite of all the references to the contrary, that Rose was the only person the Doctor ever cared for in such a manner. Relationships can be special or unique without being unique as to their existence...
Anyway, I kinda ran off track there and can't remember my actual point apart from YAY I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. So yeah.