DW: Amy's Choice
May. 16th, 2010 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charameiJesus Christ, can we please stop with the Elizabeth I references? Nothing kills my buzz faster than being invisibilised for the sake of a stupid running joke. That misery and humiliation also puts the episode firmly on my 'never watch again' pile, which is a shame because OMG Valeyard episode! *loves* And so, so beautifully done, too. Way to humanise the Doctor without changing him too dramatically.
But seriously, Moffat. Asexuality is a real thing and there's only one asexual superhero in the entire corpus of Western media (not to mention only four ace characters!). Do me a favour: stop ripping my heart out.
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On the subject of ace characters, The Big Bang Theory makes me so very, very happy. Thank you, Chuck Lorre. You are Doing It Right.
But seriously, Moffat. Asexuality is a real thing and there's only one asexual superhero in the entire corpus of Western media (not to mention only four ace characters!). Do me a favour: stop ripping my heart out.
On the subject of ace characters, The Big Bang Theory makes me so very, very happy. Thank you, Chuck Lorre. You are Doing It Right.
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Date: 2011-04-06 04:51 pm (UTC)You know, Steven Moffat reminds me of my mother about this. I don't think he can really understand or conceive of asexuality as a thing, even if/when he tries to embrace it intellectually; he seems to be incapable of imagining "happy" without "in a relationship", or "romantic relationship" without "sex".
(I believe I said back when Sherlock was airing - let's see, can I remember this? - I said something like "I do not think Steven Moffat should ever have been set to write an asexual character. Coupling isn't just a show he wrote, it's practically the man's middle name as a writer!")
I accept it as a limitation he's got (I've had practice; see above re: my mother), but I don't have to like it.