It implies, for example, that Nine would have the same reaction to Jack now that Ten has - I have some trouble with that.
Hmm. I don't think it would be the same. I don't think Nine would be so overtly hostile as Ten was in Utopia, for starters. I think he'd be more aware of the fact that it isn't Jack's fault, and that would inform his reactions, too. That "UGH" would still be there, but he'd respond to it differently. He's better at rational than Ten.
It doesn't answer the question of why the Doctor has a problem with Jack but not with the Face of Boe.
It just didn't have time to come up? He didn't have a lot of, uh, face time (sorry) with Boe, and - oh, Jesus, I hate that plot point. I know what I said in my last post, but frankly the only way I can deal with it is imagining that Jack was just messing with the Doctor. Which is illogical in both timing and execution and STILL isn't nearly as insulting to a person's intelligence. I can't even pretend to fanwank any further than that. I'm sorry.
As for Jack: I guess your Jack is not my Jack.
Yeah, your Jack and my Jack appear to be parallel opposites. Which suits our opposing approaches to fandom quite nicely, really. *g*
Maybe. Hmm. You are sparking ideas. Food for thought. Most interesting!
Thank you! That would be my theory if I were at all able to buy the Face of Boe thing, which I am not. But I thought it might appeal to you - it is a much kinder look at the Doctor's motivations.
I'm having too much fun with it.
Seriously. You would not know from this post that Jack is actually not one of the characters in the Whoniverse who really catches my attention as a fan - I don't feel nearly the sort of connection to him that I do to, say, Owen or Martha. He just interests me because of what he could be if the writers had any clue about writing decent characters. And I can't seem to leave that alone.
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Date: 2008-08-14 08:49 pm (UTC)Hmm. I don't think it would be the same. I don't think Nine would be so overtly hostile as Ten was in Utopia, for starters. I think he'd be more aware of the fact that it isn't Jack's fault, and that would inform his reactions, too. That "UGH" would still be there, but he'd respond to it differently. He's better at rational than Ten.
It doesn't answer the question of why the Doctor has a problem with Jack but not with the Face of Boe.
It just didn't have time to come up? He didn't have a lot of, uh, face time (sorry) with Boe, and - oh, Jesus, I hate that plot point. I know what I said in my last post, but frankly the only way I can deal with it is imagining that Jack was just messing with the Doctor. Which is illogical in both timing and execution and STILL isn't nearly as insulting to a person's intelligence. I can't even pretend to fanwank any further than that. I'm sorry.
As for Jack: I guess your Jack is not my Jack.
Yeah, your Jack and my Jack appear to be parallel opposites. Which suits our opposing approaches to fandom quite nicely, really. *g*
Maybe. Hmm. You are sparking ideas. Food for thought. Most interesting!
Thank you! That would be my theory if I were at all able to buy the Face of Boe thing, which I am not. But I thought it might appeal to you - it is a much kinder look at the Doctor's motivations.
I'm having too much fun with it.
Seriously. You would not know from this post that Jack is actually not one of the characters in the Whoniverse who really catches my attention as a fan - I don't feel nearly the sort of connection to him that I do to, say, Owen or Martha. He just interests me because of what he could be if the writers had any clue about writing decent characters. And I can't seem to leave that alone.