I was okay, ish, with the divorce - you're right that original BFF Amy and Rory would have talked it out. But post-S6 Amy and Rory had spent the two previous years of their lives in various states of trauma, suffering and grief, and they never even got to talk about it (at least, not that we've seen), and probably they're in a state of lalalala ignore-all-the-things we-are-so-happy. Meanwhile, if Amy, who had gone through forced pregnancy and then had her baby taken away like it was no big deal, discovered she could have no more babies (well, no more pregnancies, you know, no chance to do it over but awake this time), it would fuck her up. And then she'd kind of vaguely blame it all on Rory, because she still unfairly associates him to this normal, expected, gender-confirming white-picket life.
... except a proper writer would have taken this opportunity to give them a grand fight, let Rory remind her that he's not actually a symbol of Stepford wifehood, let her re-evaluate their marriage and discover all the lingering resentment and let go of it. Or, even, decide she cannot work it out and separate, but without blaming Rory's imagined paternity-yearnings for it.
Instead? We got a ~~divorce~~ with a cheap lol-not-really, which really is exactly like killing Rory, and I hate it.
You're right about Daleks! The "Doctor who?" line was silly, but I did like it when he got wiped from the Daleks' memories, because, well, he had to re-establish himself and that's fun!
I have no good feelings about the next episode, because I hate Chibnall's writing with a passion (though, actually, the webisodes were quite good for a change!), but I can't wait for the following ep, because I <3 Toby and I <3 the title and the previews and everything.
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Date: 2012-09-02 10:43 am (UTC)I was okay, ish, with the divorce - you're right that original BFF Amy and Rory would have talked it out. But post-S6 Amy and Rory had spent the two previous years of their lives in various states of trauma, suffering and grief, and they never even got to talk about it (at least, not that we've seen), and probably they're in a state of lalalala ignore-all-the-things we-are-so-happy. Meanwhile, if Amy, who had gone through forced pregnancy and then had her baby taken away like it was no big deal, discovered she could have no more babies (well, no more pregnancies, you know, no chance to do it over but awake this time), it would fuck her up. And then she'd kind of vaguely blame it all on Rory, because she still unfairly associates him to this normal, expected, gender-confirming white-picket life.
... except a proper writer would have taken this opportunity to give them a grand fight, let Rory remind her that he's not actually a symbol of Stepford wifehood, let her re-evaluate their marriage and discover all the lingering resentment and let go of it. Or, even, decide she cannot work it out and separate, but without blaming Rory's imagined paternity-yearnings for it.
Instead? We got a ~~divorce~~ with a cheap lol-not-really, which really is exactly like killing Rory, and I hate it.
You're right about Daleks! The "Doctor who?" line was silly, but I did like it when he got wiped from the Daleks' memories, because, well, he had to re-establish himself and that's fun!
I have no good feelings about the next episode, because I hate Chibnall's writing with a passion (though, actually, the webisodes were quite good for a change!), but I can't wait for the following ep, because I <3 Toby and I <3 the title and the previews and everything.