Still, think that this insinuation by fans that one is somehow "better" than the other (in terms of who deserves romance, not in terms of personal character preferences) smacks of sexism.
Yep I said at the time that Martha actually got a far classier exist than Rose ever did, even when Rose tried to act under her own agency and ignore the Doctor forcibly sending her away for safety, her father still pops up to yank her back (I really wish that could have been Jackie at least, not this AU Pete that she barely knows). Martha's exit with dropping off the phone and all was stylish, and I'm already squeeing over the TW spoiler pics. Rose's getting the weeping and running mascara from Doomsday, wondering how she's going to make it when nothing happened in her life before the Doctor came along, just doesn't compare.
It's like some people are blind to which character actually got the better deal, because all that matters is that the Doctor didn't fall in love with Martha in the same way. As if that said anything about her worth as a companion, as if we weren't being shown all year just how awesome Martha was. I mean Martha came to the conclusion herself in the end that she was second-best to no one. She came out of the show with far more dignity than they ultimately gave Rose.
People getting indignant over the treatment of such an awesome character seem to be ignoring the fact that RTD created said character in the first place, so obviously she was meant to come across as awesome if that's how you saw her being portrayed, whether she got the Doctor's romantic love or not (as if that's somehow a prize to be won anyway *snorts*).
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Date: 2007-12-16 08:24 pm (UTC)Yep I said at the time that Martha actually got a far classier exist than Rose ever did, even when Rose tried to act under her own agency and ignore the Doctor forcibly sending her away for safety, her father still pops up to yank her back (I really wish that could have been Jackie at least, not this AU Pete that she barely knows). Martha's exit with dropping off the phone and all was stylish, and I'm already squeeing over the TW spoiler pics. Rose's getting the weeping and running mascara from Doomsday, wondering how she's going to make it when nothing happened in her life before the Doctor came along, just doesn't compare.
It's like some people are blind to which character actually got the better deal, because all that matters is that the Doctor didn't fall in love with Martha in the same way. As if that said anything about her worth as a companion, as if we weren't being shown all year just how awesome Martha was. I mean Martha came to the conclusion herself in the end that she was second-best to no one. She came out of the show with far more dignity than they ultimately gave Rose.
People getting indignant over the treatment of such an awesome character seem to be ignoring the fact that RTD created said character in the first place, so obviously she was meant to come across as awesome if that's how you saw her being portrayed, whether she got the Doctor's romantic love or not (as if that's somehow a prize to be won anyway *snorts*).