I'm completely envious of you seeing an lunar halo, what a breathtaking experience that must have been. I live "in the sticks" as they call the countryside in the UK and at night you can see absolutely everything in the sky. Looking up can make you feel impossibly small and just completely in awe of how huge and beautiful the night sky is when you take away all the light pollution, that sensation is just dizzying. I often feel like that when I look up at night, I adore star gazing and this fic was just lovely to read and see Rose reacting to the the true beauty and awe humans experience when confronted with space for a moment, because it's never really touched on in the series.
Anyway; absolutely breathtaking insight into your Doctor and Rose. I loved how he gives himself to her but at the same time holds back--it's very him. Also her not pushing him for anything is so perfectly spot on for Rose. She never asked for anything from him, never pushed him except that once during The End of the World when she's asking who he is and where he's from and then, to my memory, she has never once pushed him if he's not wanted to tell her something. The closest she's come to truly pushing him again was in School Reunion in the "curse of the Time Lords" scene. You see a really raw thread of the Doctor's emotion where Rose is concerned; I'm not sure if that reaffirmed in her mind that pushing the Doctor hurts him? No idea... but I really think her control and her empathy with him makes her perfect for him in that sense. I think it's no small part of why he fell for her so hard. But in terms of a normal human relationship, it is quite unhealthy! It's so great to see you've put this level of thought into your characterizations. I'm truly impressed, thanks for sharing! :)
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Date: 2008-09-01 01:24 am (UTC)As are most of us Brits unfortunately! xD
I'm completely envious of you seeing an lunar halo, what a breathtaking experience that must have been. I live "in the sticks" as they call the countryside in the UK and at night you can see absolutely everything in the sky. Looking up can make you feel impossibly small and just completely in awe of how huge and beautiful the night sky is when you take away all the light pollution, that sensation is just dizzying. I often feel like that when I look up at night, I adore star gazing and this fic was just lovely to read and see Rose reacting to the the true beauty and awe humans experience when confronted with space for a moment, because it's never really touched on in the series.
Anyway; absolutely breathtaking insight into your Doctor and Rose. I loved how he gives himself to her but at the same time holds back--it's very him. Also her not pushing him for anything is so perfectly spot on for Rose. She never asked for anything from him, never pushed him except that once during The End of the World when she's asking who he is and where he's from and then, to my memory, she has never once pushed him if he's not wanted to tell her something. The closest she's come to truly pushing him again was in School Reunion in the "curse of the Time Lords" scene. You see a really raw thread of the Doctor's emotion where Rose is concerned; I'm not sure if that reaffirmed in her mind that pushing the Doctor hurts him? No idea... but I really think her control and her empathy with him makes her perfect for him in that sense. I think it's no small part of why he fell for her so hard. But in terms of a normal human relationship, it is quite unhealthy! It's so great to see you've put this level of thought into your characterizations. I'm truly impressed, thanks for sharing! :)