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I JUST FINISHED DOCTOR WHO SEASON 4!!!!!!! And YES, I managed to stay COMPLETELY unspoiled, 100%, so it BLEW MY MIND SIX WAYS FROM SUNDAY.

I just spent the last hour freaking out about this with Michelle so I feel like I've already said everything, but.

OH MY GOD.

First, the happy. ROSE AND TEN!!!!!!!!! FOREVER AND BEAUTIFUL AND IN LOVE AND AUGH MY HEART. I was like - no they're not. They can't. They're NEVER that nice. Wait. Really? REALLY?!??? EEEEEEEE!!!!!!

(I ASSUME everyone's seen the extended kiss? Because alK:FHEUNLEKJNLSDKC. SO FUCKING HOT!!!!!)

But then I stopped and thought about it for a while, and of course, it's still fucking TRAGIC. Doctor The First still has to leave Rose behind, has to go on without her. He knows she's happy, and he knows in a bizarre way that it's him making her happy, but he doesn't get to partake. He's still alone. And I just. That's so HEARTBREAKING and so very Doctor. It hurts my brain in the best way possible :(

And you think he's okay cause he's got Donna, but then. BUT THEN!!!!! ;_______; He has to ERASE her. Donna is GONE. The whole universe remembers her, but she doesn't, she's vanished forever, and it is so soul-tearingly horrible. The flippant goodbye she gives him, the heartbreak in his eyes. The most poignant conversation with her granddad, who by the way is the best secondary character EVER. He gives the Doctor the best solace he can - he will be thinking of the Doctor, in honor of everything Donna's done. That link will still remain.

Ow ow ow ow ow OWWWW. This show brings the hurt like NO OTHER, and I really do mean that. Other shows have made me very sad, but Doctor Who somehow manages to pull it off with such incredible gravitas and power and true, pure tragedy. I am really quite astonished at how wonderful this show is. I may go out on a limb and say it's a little bit the best show on television. I would compare its emotional impact to that of Friday Night Lights, which is certainly saying something.

I am just blown away. Quite apart from the end itself, everything building up to it was just masterful. First there was the dystopic episode in which London went up in a MUSHROOM CLOUD and there were LABOR CAMPS FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES. Children's show what??? That was just - wow. And I loved the Donna-Rose combo. (ROSE!!!!!!!!!! I squealed that a lot, lemme tell you.)

And then through the whole last two episodes, the whole FAMILY REUNION!!!! It completely made my life. EVERYONE! Jack! Ianto! (Gwen) Martha! Sarah Jane! ROSE!!!!!! Mickey! Jackie! Harriet Jones! EVEN K9. It was absolutely incredible. The scene with all of them flying the TARDIS together made me so very, very happy, just sent my heart swelling ten times in my chest. And all of the little moments between Rose and Ten had me squealing and flapping my hands in gleeeeeeeeee. When he asks her why she fought to get across the dimensions, she says "To get back to you." and he does the CUTEST FACE OF GLEE EVER, with his little TONGUE between his teeth omg. And she says "Shut up" with this GRIN and *flap flap flap*. And of course there was the aborted slow-mo run of reunion, and just all these little moments of connection and closeness and LOVE. I ship them VERY whole-heartedly and the whole thing was such a fond and necessary reconnection of these two characters.

AND NOW THEY'RE IN LOVE AND LIVING IN DOMESTIC BLISS AND EEE EEEE EEEEEEEEE.

Pee Ess Colin Morgan as a pretty little goth boy gave me NO END OF GLEE. *draws hearts*

But. DONNA! ;____; And even Doctor Two committed GENOCIDE and he's all BROKEN and there's all this PAIN. SHOW WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO MEEEE. Iloveyouso.

SIGH. I know I am SO late to this party, and I really have no idea how I didn't get spoiled (how did I not see a million icons?!) but there it is. I am completely aflail.

Michelle mentioned a vidder who makes good alternate trailers, so we toddled over to her YouTube page and found out that she is AMAZING AND AWESOME. I'm sure most hardcore Who fans know of her, but it's seduff on youtube, and this is a post-S4 AU video called Nobody Sees. It's an absolutely gorgeous piece. Then go watch the REST of her videos, which are just magnificent. She's unbelievably talented.

NOW. Fic? You know what pairing I want, YOU KNOW IT, so does anyone have a good direction to point me in? I've never really have the urge but now all of this is just swirling about inside me and I want more!

*FALLS OVER*

Date: 2009-02-08 07:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crediniaeth.livejournal.com
I wept for Donna. WEPT, I TELL YOU. I was so pissed off at how they tied off Donna's storyline that it nearly spoiled everything else I loved about the episode, especially THE FULL TARDIS OF JOY AND HAPPINESS. I cried happy tears during that bit.

Welcome to being caught up, dear! Now, to the Christmas Special! ;)

Date: 2009-02-08 08:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beerbad.livejournal.com
I hear ya - Donna totally crushed my heart!!!

I have no fic, but I do have the best Donna vid ever to share, in case you haven't seen it: Don't Lose Yourself by [livejournal.com profile] sweetestdrain

Date: 2009-02-08 08:25 am (UTC)
ext_17092: heart shaped flames (Rose Gray)
From: [identity profile] gestaltrose.livejournal.com
Heee I loved Donna very very much. I loved Rose and Ten but they killed me with Donna. Just saying.

Date: 2009-02-08 02:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glamorous-nymph.livejournal.com
DEMONS.

thatisall.

Date: 2009-02-08 04:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hebrew-hernia.livejournal.com
I have only three words:

I KNOW, RIGHT!?

Date: 2009-02-08 05:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darlas-mom.livejournal.com
Donna's fate in itself ruined most of the episode for me. I ended up screaming a lot, "OMG HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?!" I loved her so much...

But yes, "Turn Left" (the one with the AU England where everything just kept getting worse and worse and worse and just this once, everybody dies) was the best episode of any show in the history of EVER.

Date: 2009-02-08 06:18 pm (UTC)
ext_30531: (NMTB // Bill Bailey shocked owl)
From: [identity profile] iamsupernova.livejournal.com
EVERYTHNG YOU SAID.






WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT EXTENDED KISS

Date: 2009-02-08 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] humdrumtown.livejournal.com
I don't know if we can be friends anymore because I wish Rose died in a horrible agonizing way and left the Doctor alone.

Nah, it's cool. I'll get over it. I have another Ten/Rose fan for a friend. It's all good.

Happy day on finishing the season!

Date: 2009-02-08 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thelemic.livejournal.com
TARDIS OF JOY \o/ one of the best parts of the episode, really, the sort of family reunion that makes you feel all happy and squishy inside rather than wanting to strangle in-laws. The whole thing is tragic, but oh so very wonderful *g* (though not going to lie, this one fic that has another 'season' after S4 and changes how it goes does make me happy, because it's so good. though it's doctor/master, so might not be your cup of tea...)

Date: 2009-02-09 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolkenfuehlen.livejournal.com
The end of season 4 completely broke me. Donna! <3 Yay for Rose having a cheap copy of the Doctor and being happy with him, but the real Doctor is still sad, more than ever, and it kills me. :(

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