*Phew* I've been enjoying the discussion too, glad you don't mind!
Making Jack fit the picture seems to me to do a disservice to both of them
Exactly! Jack is this heroic, flashy, brave, action-oriented guy, the FoB a Jedi-master sort of wise figure. The two just don't mesh. Add that to the fact the Doctor is supposed to be able to sense the "wrongness" in Jack and showed no reaction whatsoever to FoB...
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Date: 2007-10-19 06:58 pm (UTC)Making Jack fit the picture seems to me to do a disservice to both of them
Exactly! Jack is this heroic, flashy, brave, action-oriented guy, the FoB a Jedi-master sort of wise figure. The two just don't mesh. Add that to the fact the Doctor is supposed to be able to sense the "wrongness" in Jack and showed no reaction whatsoever to FoB...