What happened at the end of Flesh and Stone was sexual assault
Good grief, what a patronising article.
Beyond that, though, who's saying it wasn't sexual assault (genuine question, not sarcasm)? Do good people not do bad things in DW any more? I weep for the fan culture that made someone feel that this was a necessary thing to point out. Of course it was an assault. Of course she behaved inappropriately, funny or not. And I thought the scene was quite uncomfortable, and meant to be so.
At the time, in fact, I was pleased to see just how uncomfortable it was - just how well it established the Doctor as off-limits, as the victim of advances that he was incredibly not-up-for. However ambigious his reaction was in some respects, my overall impression was one of profound discomfort on his part with the whole affair and after RTD's space-tart-Doctor I found it quite refreshing.
We're not meant to think Amy Pond is in any way a perfect human being, and I felt that, so far, the depiction of the juxtaposition between the empowering vs negative aspects of her sexually agressive personality has been pretty even-handed.
I was wondering how long that would take, and who would be first :->
And yes, agreed on all points. I assume that it stemmed from some people in who-dom saying "It can't have been assault, we lik Amy! And he's a man!" and other such idiocies. It certainly looks like it was written as a FAQ-like object, after there had already been discussion.
Much like you, I thought the scene was well done, to be honest.
Really couldn't agree more. I understand that for the purpose of ratings the Doctor has to have a young attractive female assistant, but it did need to be underlined that he doesn't just go around picking up floozies for the sake of it. Am liking the fact that he now seems to have a male assistant on a long term basis too. Mickey didn't really count as he always felt like a gooseberry - and was written to be one.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-05-25 01:04 pm
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Good grief, what a patronising article.
Beyond that, though, who's saying it wasn't sexual assault (genuine question, not sarcasm)? Do good people not do bad things in DW any more? I weep for the fan culture that made someone feel that this was a necessary thing to point out. Of course it was an assault. Of course she behaved inappropriately, funny or not. And I thought the scene was quite uncomfortable, and meant to be so.
At the time, in fact, I was pleased to see just how uncomfortable it was - just how well it established the Doctor as off-limits, as the victim of advances that he was incredibly not-up-for. However ambigious his reaction was in some respects, my overall impression was one of profound discomfort on his part with the whole affair and after RTD's space-tart-Doctor I found it quite refreshing.
We're not meant to think Amy Pond is in any way a perfect human being, and I felt that, so far, the depiction of the juxtaposition between the empowering vs negative aspects of her sexually agressive personality has been pretty even-handed.
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And yes, agreed on all points. I assume that it stemmed from some people in who-dom saying "It can't have been assault, we lik Amy! And he's a man!" and other such idiocies. It certainly looks like it was written as a FAQ-like object, after there had already been discussion.
Much like you, I thought the scene was well done, to be honest.
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I bit
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Yup me too.
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