{"id":251947,"date":"2013-10-10T04:39:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T04:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/10\/10\/woe-is-media-five-things-shaking-my-faith-in\/"},"modified":"2013-10-10T04:39:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T04:39:23","slug":"woe-is-media-five-things-shaking-my-faith-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/10\/10\/woe-is-media-five-things-shaking-my-faith-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Woe Is Media: Five things shaking my faith in Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woe Is Media: Five things shaking my faith in Doctor Who<\/a><\/p>\n

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feministtrollop<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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superwholockthecomic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is a pretty accurate representation of how I feel, except I\u2019m also really uncomfortable with the number of sexist remarks the Doctor slides in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See, people always get weird on me when I say that I don\u2019t really like the character of Clara, but this?<\/p>\n

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To call Clara a character would be generous. And wrong. She\u2019s more of a cute girl plot point, isn\u2019t she?<\/div>\n
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Upon her arrival as Oswin in that god-awful first episode of season one (when can we stop featuring Daleks as the big bad which are then wiped out and brought back again every 2.5 episodes?), Clara had a few defining features: she was cute. She was\u2026 Spunk\u2026y? Eh. She\u2026 wore cute clothes.<\/div>\n
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Oh, and I guess she died a lot. And came back a lot. Like the Daleks. And Rory.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Exactly why. \u00a0I\u2019m unable to care about her because I don\u2019t know anything about her at all.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, this. I miss when the companions had, you know, personalities. I mean Rose at least grew and changed as she traveled. Jack became a better man. Martha learned to stand up for herself and *chose* to leave because that was best for her. Donna certainly had personality in spades, and also grew. Clara and Eleven often just feels creepy to me.<\/p>\n

I miss when the doctor chose companions because they showed themselves clever or brave, not because they were puzzles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woe Is Media: Five things shaking my faith in Doctor Who feministtrollop: superwholockthecomic: This is a pretty accurate representation of how I feel, except I\u2019m also really uncomfortable with the number of sexist remarks the Doctor slides in. See, people always get weird on me when I say that I don\u2019t really like the character … <\/p>\n

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