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Funny how our fannish reactions change. [livejournal.com profile] slodwick asked about pairings we liked. Now, any time before "The Last of the Time Lords", I'd have said my favourite pairing in fandom currently was Captain Jack Harkness and the Doctor, no question, no hesitation.

But then I found I was having trouble conceptualizing that or writing it. It's as if they... broke my pairing. Destroyed my concept of it. I didn't think that was even possible. No wonder I'm still scrambling to get my post-series-3 bearings.

And everyone else seems to be squeeing about the Master, but he's part of my mixed and troubled reactions. I'm sorting it all out in my head and it's getting easier, but not as it was. I think all I need to do is get a mental handle on it and write a fic that makes it all work for me. Really, that's all.

Meanwhile... I'm still flinching. A little.

Which is why I've refocussed on Torchwood and away from Doctor Who till I get oriented again.

Re: Babbling about the Doctor and Jack, part 2

Date: 2007-08-24 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] myfavouriteplum.livejournal.com
"It's a safe bet that Russell T. Davies would be familiar with the type. And you may have picked up on something more central here: that of all heroes in television today, or probably any other medium, the Doctor's roots are not just in the present day, or the 20th century, or any particular time. He takes aspects from all ages and branches of culture. This helps to make him elusive and intriguing, and convincing as a time traveller."

Well, Russell T. Davies didn't invent the character. I agree wholeheartedly with you on the rest.

And the Wise Fool exists in so many different cultures, while Peter Pan does not.

"He doesn't fit in as a classic hero of our time (though he liked being compared to James Bond!)"

The third Doctor is very James Bond. His stories kinda begin to blur in your memories when you've watched many of them...They all have good bits, though.

"Now I'm feeling the urge to write historically-minded crossover fic."

You so SHOULD write it. Even a drabble is good. Doctor Who and the Doctor are made for crossovers! Especially in the realm of English literature...

Re: Babbling about the Doctor and Jack, part 2

Date: 2007-08-24 02:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
Russell T. Davies didn't invent the character

No, but he's the one currently pulling the strings. I can't comment on the intentions of the previous writers because I haven't seen the old episodes.

I see the Doctor as the Wise Fool; I see Peter Pan as a sort of opposite achetype - Innocent Fool, maybe, though that phrase doesn't exactly capture it. Young Seeker, perhaps.

I do plan to do a historical story. Or two. As soon as I find the time. After all, I promised [livejournal.com profile] kimsrants I'd do a story with Captain Jack and Rome.

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