What Was That I Don't Even

[redbrunja]

Okay, so most of this two-parter was pretty underwhelming (standout scenes were when Amy was sucked down into the earth and the last four minutes of the finale ep) marked by the Doctor being ridiculously optimistic about humanity, but then Rory got erased from existence and it looks like the TARDIS gets destroyed.

I don't even know what to think.

I don't like that this is how they wrote Rory off from a Doctor/Amy stand point, especially considering this episode had me thinking that it's not just Amy who isn't committed to getting married, even as Rory's erasure is cool from a more cold-blooded narrative standpoint.

The threat to the TARDIS and, by implication, the Doctor is just fucking straight up awesome.

ETA:
And if this had made it in

it would have been even clearer that NEITHER Rory nor Amy should be getting married. Honestly, the only reason I'm sorry Rory doesn't exist is that now that dynamic can't be explored.

Comments

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

My mind exploded at the end of that episode, swear to god. I'm trying to decide if they'll bring Rory back or if they're just going to leave him tragically gone, since he was kind of dying before he got sucked into the crack. Right now I'm pretty sure they'll tug him back somehow, probably at the epic finale.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's definitely coming back, even if only in Amy's memory. There is too much potential there for them not to use him.

[keirelle.livejournal.com]

even as Rory's erasure is cool from a more cold-blooded narrative standpoint.
That's the first thing I thought as soon as the shock of Rory getting dead and sucked into the crack wore off. I'm looking forward to the conclusion of that. And I really hope he comes back alive, not just as a memory, Amy needs him. =(

I think Rory's death seemed to be a major mess up for the Doctor, not just because he allowed for his companion to be killed, but also because Amy's wedding seems to be a major point in time where Things Will Happen and its important that They Happen or at least are fixed. And not only that, but TARDIS shrapnel! I literally gasped all dramatically when it was finally shown, probably one of the most shocking moments this show has had.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

And I really hope he comes back alive, not just as a memory, Amy needs him. =(

Personally, I disagree with that. While I think Amy CARES for him, I don't think she needs him. Like at all.

Amy's wedding seems to be a major point in time where Things Will Happen and its important that They Happen or at least are fixed. And not only that, but TARDIS shrapnel! I literally gasped all dramatically when it was finally shown, probably one of the most shocking moments this show has had.

I know! It is so bizarre to think that the wedding whose night before lasted for months isn't going to happen. (Or might not happen.)

[birdsarecalling.livejournal.com]

I suspect that Rory will be back and that the dynamic will explored. They wouldn't go through so much set-up just to handwave the whole wedding plot away.

I just hope that the resolution involves Amy finally being honest with Rory (and herself) about her mixed-up feelings. Rory being saved by the Power of Love won't cut it for me. The show hasn't sold me on their having that kind of epic romance.

At this point I feel like I feel like Amy needs to spend some time away from both Rory and the Doctor in order to find herself and grow as a character. Like maybe she should pull a Martha Jones and spend some significant time kicking ass on her own during some adventure or other. Amy keeps attaching herself to these men because she's unsure of her own direction -- which is understandable, given her age and her issues, but it can't go on forever. How sad was it during Amy's Choice that she was being asked to choose between the two men's visions of the future, and never had one of her own?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I suspect that Rory will be back and that the dynamic will explored. They wouldn't go through so much set-up just to handwave the whole wedding plot away.

I just hope that the resolution involves Amy finally being honest with Rory (and herself) about her mixed-up feelings. Rory being saved by the Power of Love won't cut it for me. The show hasn't sold me on their having that kind of epic romance.

Agreed on both counts. I really want to see the Rory/Amy relationship explored in a real way, which I don't totally think it has been.

Amy keeps attaching herself to these men because she's unsure of her own direction -- which is understandable, given her age and her issues, but it can't go on forever. How sad was it during Amy's Choice that she was being asked to choose between the two men's visions of the future, and never had one of her own?

It's sad and very, very telling. I agree with you about how Amy needs to explore what SHE wants separate from the men in her life.