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[drakyndra]

I wonder, just how much of the crazy in the Doctor Who fandom would be avoided if people would actually come to terms with the fact that Rose isn't the exception, she's just the first example of the new rule?

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[saikogrrl.livejournal.com]

Am kinda out of the fandom loop, what exactly is the rule, and why do they think she's the exception? What does it mean for her to be an exception?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It's a Rose vs other companions thing. Or, to be more accurate, a New Series companions vs old series companions thing, that the Rosefen percieve as a Rose vs other companions thing.

Basically, it used to be that companions got a perfunctuary backstory that feature in maybe their first story, or one or two others, and then was swiftly forgotten, that they weren't as important as the Doctor, that the Doctor/companion relationship was platonic (or at least sold as in advertising...), that the other companions were disposable, and easily forgotten, etcetera and so on.

And Rose, as we saw, wasn't. And people are saying "It's because Rose is special!" when really, it's because the production team has a different attitude to companions now - hence Martha, the next one, also getting family and being generally as important as Rose.

(Certain people have been saying that because Martha has a family she's a copy of Rose. Because only Rose is allowed to have a family. To which sane people go, Bitch please.)

[saikogrrl.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes*

I guess fans will always go overboard supporting what they love...

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. The Rosefen just happen to be... particularly hung up about Rose being the speshulest ever.