I'm not getting why UST "demeans Rose and her specialness." It doesn't IMO, 'cause she isn't special.
Did you see School Reunion? The unsubtle point of that episode is that the doctor has had many special relationships with many other companions.
Rose may still think she's special, but she ain't the first and she won't be the last. Sure, she'll always be in the doctor's hearts - but, erm - so are all his other companions. Sure, she'll have her own place in the doctor's hearts - but, erm - so do all (or at least most) of his other companions.
If Rose is presented as more special than the other companions than RTD needs to have a gut check. Just because he created Rose, it doesn't mean she's "the mostest special" companion to be in the show's 28-year history. He may try to send her off in a blaze of glory in order to achieve that end, but to some of us, it's gonna' have the opposite effect and just make me totally annoyed by the Rose worship.
Because that "demeans the specialness" of all the (many) companions who went before.
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Did you see School Reunion? The unsubtle point of that episode is that the doctor has had many special relationships with many other companions.
Rose may still think she's special, but she ain't the first and she won't be the last. Sure, she'll always be in the doctor's hearts - but, erm - so are all his other companions. Sure, she'll have her own place in the doctor's hearts - but, erm - so do all (or at least most) of his other companions.
If Rose is presented as more special than the other companions than RTD needs to have a gut check. Just because he created Rose, it doesn't mean she's "the mostest special" companion to be in the show's 28-year history. He may try to send her off in a blaze of glory in order to achieve that end, but to some of us, it's gonna' have the opposite effect and just make me totally annoyed by the Rose worship.
Because that "demeans the specialness" of all the (many) companions who went before.
hrh