#tbf I did and still do sideeye the fuck out of the resolution to the name of the doctor because Oof

[rtdont]

Hmmm, trying to decide why Clara in s7 pulling a version of Sam's arc doesn't bother me while the mere idea of rose doing that and/or that being ruby's arc makes me wanna spit knives, and trying to come up with an answer slightly more rational than 'I enjoy Moff's writing so I will forgive him for this whereas davies annoys me and his slavering stans drive me up the wall so actually when he does it he's a hack'.

#rtdont original #doctor who negativity #rtd critical #doctor who #tbf I did and still do sideeye the fuck out of the resolution to the name of the doctor because Oof #of the various nuwho plagiarisms it is undoubtedly the most egregious but also consider: I like Clara #also my willingness to criticize moff over even perfectly valid criticisms has gone down to below zero frankly #he could send in a script worse than the giggle and at this point i'd cheerfully craft apologia for it #I'm just so tired of the moff hate it's actively exhausting #it doesn't make me wanna ~think critically~ about s5-10 it makes me stubbornly go 'no actually they were perfect and flawless' #meanwhile the extent to which the last six episodes that davies has turned in (ALL OF WHICH HE WROTE) #have been graded on a Very Generous curve is just. astounding #people really are sticking their fingers in their ears and insisting DW has never aspired to be more than dumb fun #just because to admit that half the eps rtd's given us so far have been shit #would be to admit that they maaaybe went a smidge too hard on the whole nostalgia-poisoned 'return of the king' shit #like nah guys at his best rtd was a solid B writer #and now's he's too big to edit and oof does it really show