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YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO MY MIND, LAURIE

WHATEVER

YOU

oh my god i live in boston and i have never heard anyone say they want a boston accent hahaha

I've wanted a Boston accent for so long I'm not even joking

When I was eight I made a "bucket list" of sorts and one of them is 

live in Boston for however long it takes to pick up the accent

Okay, omg. 

I also ship this, just so everyone knows. All the ships are my ships.

Once again, not trying to hate, just trying to be objective.

I think River's love for the Doctor is actually one of the best developed things in new Who. Like, it's really very believable to me that she loves him, and a lot. She's actually built her entire life around him, whether or not that was her choice. 

I do think that the Doctor loves River, but not in a strictly romantic sense. I think through series 5 and  the first half of 6 their relationship is flirtatious rather than, you know, the epic love! of the Wedding of River Song. He finds her fun, mysterious--not knowing who she is excites him. He's all about new challenges. Her know-how about time travel, and about him, is intriguing to him. We don't see him interact with a lot of women who aren't his companions, and all companions have to learn from him before they can be anywhere near as savvy as River. But she comes in and is in charge and he's a little bit competitive with her, even. They've got a sexy little rivalry. 

I was convinced by the transition between sexy River Song and very much in love Melody Pond; the writers and Alex both did their job, I think, and the result was what they wanted. I think River loves him with everything she's got. 

However, in the Doctor marrying River, I didn't see that as him... I don't know, I think he CARES deeply for her, but that doesn't translate to romantic love, in this particular situation. I don't even think it was supposed to. The big conflict in that episode was her being able to sacrifice him, and what he did was mostly a way to get her to do what was necessary. The Doctor has been loved by a lot of people, romantically and platonically, and they were all willing to go to extraordinary lengths for him. The real difference with River is that she's built her entire life around him; she's nothing without him, without the TARDIS.

i was around for both of those names!

praisethedawning replied to your post:  

i remember seanlennon- too omg. remember when i was lindamccartney? THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ladyofstone replied to your post: 

omg seanlennon- i remember that too

You guys.......... 

9. A random interesting/weird fact: I always read magazines back-to-front.  Always.

11. Top five fictional character crushes: Oh lawd.  This'll be tough.  No order here, way too much love for that!

Commander/Captain/Ambassador Spock - Star Trek

Sherlock Holmes (in any verse, literary or otherwise)

Loki - Thor (although I'm quite fond of the Norse one too!)

Jenny Mellor - An Education

Evey - V for Vendetta

21. One food you could live off of: Shepherd's pie, hands down.

31. Top five current obsessions: Already answered! :D

37. Your top five favourite tumblrs:

durrencrisp

elfblossoms

mattedict-smitherbatch

ejsmithers

littlelovenest