I've never liked things that I didn't feel I could relate to or draw parallels to in my own life. I don't know why, they just don't interest me. Maybe that's normal, maybe its not, but its how I am. I hate Battle Star Galactica, and I was never a big fan of Star Trek for those reasons. Star Trek is growing on me thanks to some friends and the new movies, I understand it better, but I don't know that I've really connected with it yet, and I don't know that I'm going to.
But I absolutely love me a 906 year old Time Lord. Why? Well, despite the fact I am much younger than that, I don't travel in a blue box, and I don't have two hearts, I relate quite a lot to the doctor.
The doctors home was destroyed in the time war. He can't really go home and visit his family. You can see how bad he misses it and them, and yet, he was the one who destroyed it. And yet... from time to time he finds he is not alone, he is not the last Time Lord in existence, because they come back. In the end of time all of Galifrey comes back, and then he is all alone again. But, He kind of adopts the Earth as his home, sometimes he laughs a bit at the humans, some times he loves them, sometimes he is frustrated with them, but its all "humany-woomany" in the end and its his home away from home and he defends it lovingly and loyally.
My family were not destroyed by a time war, but they are quite a distance away, and its really rather rare that I see them or they come see me. I've adopted Washington, the Kitsap Peninsula in particular, as my home away from home. Most the time I think I just blend in pretty well, and I love it, and defend it and my friends loyally. But then I go to a football game, and I see how small the school is, and how different things are, and I know it isn't mine, but I watch amused and enjoy it all. Sometimes I'm glad to be away from my culture- Utah culture, because there is so much that goes wrong in Utah culture-like any culture. But other times I lovingly refer to it as a place that's so very very great. Just like the Doctor does with Galifrey.
The Doctor has been referred to as the loneliest boy in the Universe, yet he's got quite a large family of friends, loyal defenders, companions, and so forth. He's had a lot of companions travel with him. He's lost some to death, some to Fates worse than death, and some just moved on. At the end of the day its just him and his Tardis. Its hard to get that close to people, to have them pop in and out of your life with nothing stable, no one that is always there, and yet without them, he's much worse. Companions are what make the Doctor great. Having someone to love and care about, even if they pop in and out of your life more frequently than you want, makes you a better person.
I've had somewhere around 56 roommates and mission companions. I've had countless friends and adopted families to take care of me in my journeys through time and space. At the end of the day, Its just me, and my dog- well, he can't live forever either. And its great, because I care a great deal about all of my "companions" but then there are always weeping angels, parallel universes, marriages, moves, and the like and at some point or other they go away. At some point, there is usually something that will bring us back together briefly, and its magic again for a small moment, and then when the Daleks are defeated and the Earth is restored to its proper place, everyone goes back as they were and its me and my Tardis again.
Some leave angry, some leave because that's just how the battle goes, and some leave because they have to get back to their real family, but in the end, Doctor, I wish I could go join you in your travels because I feel your pain.
The Doctor is clever, yet he's just a mad man with a box. At any point he would do anything to defend the ones he loves, but often he puts them in the most danger. He is very clever, and yet he often has no real clue what he is doing, he just presses buttons, and scraps and finds whatever solution he can. I feel like I'm pretty clever, I'm pretty smart, I have a lot of talents, but I have no idea what I'm doing half the time, and I think its my resourcefulness that wins the day for me in the end. You want some one to make an extraordinary hat using nothing but staples and scrapbook paper, I'm your girl. You need a time machine out of scraps of a cardboard box, no problem.
you want me to commit to something next Tuesday? OK I think its free now, but I may get side tracked by my travels in time and space and not make it on time. I make promises I intend to keep, but sometimes your going to have to be "the girl who waited" and I'll be a bit later at coming through than hoped, but like the Doctor, I will come through.
Well, I'm not the Doctor. Its not a perfect comparison. But if anyone has ever wondered why I so love that show, well, a lot of people love it. I don't know why they do, but I know why I do. Because I think the Doctor understands me, he knows what its like to be all alone, and the only one of your kind and at the same time have the biggest and most wonderful ever growing family of loving and loyal friends who you hope will travel with you forever, but in the end you know some kind of monster will get them, and you'll be all alone again. And that's why I love River Song, because she's just as lonely, and she's suffered just as much, and she gets the doctor, but their time is backwards and its the greatest tragedy ever. I love how much the Doctor cares, I love his loyalty, and I love his anger, I relate to that. He has compassion, and he cares so much it hurts, and he goes through life trying to have a great adventure and help those he loves, and forget that hurt.
And I love that he gives people the chance to change, to make the right decision, to start over sometimes, but if they wont, he will fight them to the end to defend those he loves. I think the Doctor and I have a similar preach to life.
And Ten, finally Ten, Why do I love Ten? well because he's skinny with sticky up hair, and a suit and tennis shoes, I think he's hot, but its not just that, he's funny, and he's ancient, and he's young all at once. He loves so much you can see his heart breaking, and he's so tired of being alone he even is happy to see the Master, and makes a friend of an enemy in the end, even though he fights him most the way. And it payed off didn't it, but then it didn't because he was all alone again.
Ah, wait, I forgot something. Regeneration. I've never regenerated, but I've gone through changes in life. It does feel like a completely different girl has just walked off with my life sometimes. This year especially. I still remember everything, but I'm a completely different person, and yet, I'm the same. I'm kind of glad my face doesn't change that much though.
And this is a not so short explanation of why I am a Whovian.
But I absolutely love me a 906 year old Time Lord. Why? Well, despite the fact I am much younger than that, I don't travel in a blue box, and I don't have two hearts, I relate quite a lot to the doctor.
The doctors home was destroyed in the time war. He can't really go home and visit his family. You can see how bad he misses it and them, and yet, he was the one who destroyed it. And yet... from time to time he finds he is not alone, he is not the last Time Lord in existence, because they come back. In the end of time all of Galifrey comes back, and then he is all alone again. But, He kind of adopts the Earth as his home, sometimes he laughs a bit at the humans, some times he loves them, sometimes he is frustrated with them, but its all "humany-woomany" in the end and its his home away from home and he defends it lovingly and loyally.
My family were not destroyed by a time war, but they are quite a distance away, and its really rather rare that I see them or they come see me. I've adopted Washington, the Kitsap Peninsula in particular, as my home away from home. Most the time I think I just blend in pretty well, and I love it, and defend it and my friends loyally. But then I go to a football game, and I see how small the school is, and how different things are, and I know it isn't mine, but I watch amused and enjoy it all. Sometimes I'm glad to be away from my culture- Utah culture, because there is so much that goes wrong in Utah culture-like any culture. But other times I lovingly refer to it as a place that's so very very great. Just like the Doctor does with Galifrey.
The Doctor has been referred to as the loneliest boy in the Universe, yet he's got quite a large family of friends, loyal defenders, companions, and so forth. He's had a lot of companions travel with him. He's lost some to death, some to Fates worse than death, and some just moved on. At the end of the day its just him and his Tardis. Its hard to get that close to people, to have them pop in and out of your life with nothing stable, no one that is always there, and yet without them, he's much worse. Companions are what make the Doctor great. Having someone to love and care about, even if they pop in and out of your life more frequently than you want, makes you a better person.
I've had somewhere around 56 roommates and mission companions. I've had countless friends and adopted families to take care of me in my journeys through time and space. At the end of the day, Its just me, and my dog- well, he can't live forever either. And its great, because I care a great deal about all of my "companions" but then there are always weeping angels, parallel universes, marriages, moves, and the like and at some point or other they go away. At some point, there is usually something that will bring us back together briefly, and its magic again for a small moment, and then when the Daleks are defeated and the Earth is restored to its proper place, everyone goes back as they were and its me and my Tardis again.
Some leave angry, some leave because that's just how the battle goes, and some leave because they have to get back to their real family, but in the end, Doctor, I wish I could go join you in your travels because I feel your pain.
The Doctor is clever, yet he's just a mad man with a box. At any point he would do anything to defend the ones he loves, but often he puts them in the most danger. He is very clever, and yet he often has no real clue what he is doing, he just presses buttons, and scraps and finds whatever solution he can. I feel like I'm pretty clever, I'm pretty smart, I have a lot of talents, but I have no idea what I'm doing half the time, and I think its my resourcefulness that wins the day for me in the end. You want some one to make an extraordinary hat using nothing but staples and scrapbook paper, I'm your girl. You need a time machine out of scraps of a cardboard box, no problem.
you want me to commit to something next Tuesday? OK I think its free now, but I may get side tracked by my travels in time and space and not make it on time. I make promises I intend to keep, but sometimes your going to have to be "the girl who waited" and I'll be a bit later at coming through than hoped, but like the Doctor, I will come through.
Well, I'm not the Doctor. Its not a perfect comparison. But if anyone has ever wondered why I so love that show, well, a lot of people love it. I don't know why they do, but I know why I do. Because I think the Doctor understands me, he knows what its like to be all alone, and the only one of your kind and at the same time have the biggest and most wonderful ever growing family of loving and loyal friends who you hope will travel with you forever, but in the end you know some kind of monster will get them, and you'll be all alone again. And that's why I love River Song, because she's just as lonely, and she's suffered just as much, and she gets the doctor, but their time is backwards and its the greatest tragedy ever. I love how much the Doctor cares, I love his loyalty, and I love his anger, I relate to that. He has compassion, and he cares so much it hurts, and he goes through life trying to have a great adventure and help those he loves, and forget that hurt.
And I love that he gives people the chance to change, to make the right decision, to start over sometimes, but if they wont, he will fight them to the end to defend those he loves. I think the Doctor and I have a similar preach to life.
And Ten, finally Ten, Why do I love Ten? well because he's skinny with sticky up hair, and a suit and tennis shoes, I think he's hot, but its not just that, he's funny, and he's ancient, and he's young all at once. He loves so much you can see his heart breaking, and he's so tired of being alone he even is happy to see the Master, and makes a friend of an enemy in the end, even though he fights him most the way. And it payed off didn't it, but then it didn't because he was all alone again.
Ah, wait, I forgot something. Regeneration. I've never regenerated, but I've gone through changes in life. It does feel like a completely different girl has just walked off with my life sometimes. This year especially. I still remember everything, but I'm a completely different person, and yet, I'm the same. I'm kind of glad my face doesn't change that much though.
And this is a not so short explanation of why I am a Whovian.
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