Yet more Martha meta... can you guys tell I do NOT want to study?

[salienne]

This is a quick one, but I'm just wondering how on earth people can think RTD hates Martha. o.O I mean, yes, she gets the short end of the stick and gets beaten with it quite a lot (which is so very unfair to her, I agree, though in comparison to the Doctor she's skipping through tulips and rainbows), but S3 was pretty much entirely about how awesome she was. There's someone every other episode outright praising her if not falling in love with her. Shakespeare even writes her a sonnet, for goodness sake. And then she saves the world.

Add in the Torchwood and...

I just really don't get it. And I say this as someone who adores Martha.

Also, RTD is allowed to have favorite characters. He's a writer, and he's going to enjoy writing some characters more than others, just as we viewers and fanficcers have our favorite characters that we enjoy watching/writing more than others. As long as he doesn't short-change any characters because of it, it's fine, and honestly, I think the only character who's really gotten short-changed in Doctor Who has been Jack. Since he has his own series, though, I don't worry too much about it.

Comments

[honorh.livejournal.com]

I think the unrequited-love thing in S3 did her no justice at all, which is probably what makes some people bitch and moan. That said, however, she was terrific on TW, and I absolutely loved her on DW this last season. I say this as someone who wasn't a great fan of hers in S3. So she doesn't want to keep traveling with the Doctor. So what? That's not the right choice for everybody--or maybe anybody, considering what happened to Rose and Donna! Martha found her place on Earth. She found her calling, she found love, she befriended Donna--even Rose gave her the stamp of approval. How is this not awesome?

[salienne.livejournal.com]

I know! While, yes, she did have to walk the world alone a lot in this season and last, if anything that made her more awesome, not less. And her walking away from the Doctor at the end of S3 was definitely the best thing she could've done.

In terms of the unrequited love arc, I think I'm one of the few people who actually liked it, primarily because it gave her some character and flaws. Beyond that, she really didn't get much development besides "medical student/future doctor, big family, and AWESOME". Granted, maybe if the unrequited love wasn't there she would've had some other character development, but as it was, it was the only thing that really let you get a sense of who she might be beyond those three things.

[rincebrain.livejournal.com]

sup

[salienne.livejournal.com]

The ceiling, the sky, space, stars, and possibly some aliens. :D