Doctor Who Companions
Round 3: Danny Pink
(for rules and round one, see this post)
J: danny pink is awesome
A: he saved the world
J: psshttt! errybody saved the world
J: it’s like buffy, that ain’t even special anymore
A: Danny Pink was the MAN, instantly lovable, really great tactical skills, stood up to the Doctor (way more than any version of Clara ever has), and he GETS it
A: he GETS why the Doctor is so dangerous and, unlike Rory who knows and then still ambles after Amy, tries to STOP it
J:I do like Danny – he’s not my favorite but i get why he made your top 5
J: the ONE THING that i dont like about him is that he tries (in his nice, not-overbearing way) to tell Clara what she can do with her life
J: like “I don’t like you doing x”
J: which is off-putting for me
J: besides that he’s a DELIGHT
A: he tells Clara that he can’t be with her if she keeps doing x, which is completely fair. If a guy is doing hard drugs, I can still love him, but inform him that if he doesn’t stop doing hard drugs (or go to rehab and try to kick it, in which case I will be as supportive as fuck), then I can’t stay in that relationships
J: that’s why i said he did it in his nice, not-overbearing way
J: like he didn’t throw a lamp at her head and scream. but just that LEETLE bit of arrogance of “I know better than you”
J she has the same information
J shit, she has MORE information
A I’d argue it’s not telling her how to live her life, it’s more like an ultimatum: pick your priorities–me or the Doctor
A but he has a better perspective than her
J and that bit of “I have weighed the risks FOR you” i could do without
J it’s so mild though
A in terms of understanding the doctor as a general manipulating his troops
J he has a different perspective, but she KNOWS – it’s not like she’s sitting there going “oh gosh, i had no idea”
J like yeah man she knows and decided it’s worth it
A the way they arc that season is very much like an addiction though
A a very conscious addiction ar
A where she really knows that it’s bad and she’s risking her relationship with the man she loves, but she can’t give it up, and then lies about it
A in the same way that a smoker knows it’s a bad idea, but keeps doing it anyway for the rush
J yeah i get all that, it’s just a SCOOTCH mansplainey
J but besides that whole thing
J Danny Pink is cute, skilled (hello frontflip), brave, self sacrificing, and DEAD
J and does not take the doctor’s shit – nearly the perfect companion
J very important
A yes, very important, something that neither Rose nor Martha could get the hang of
A I still think they’ll bring him back somehow
J well they’ve brought him back in robot form
J and dream sequence form
J i HOPE they bring him back
J but i fear they’ve blown that load
A yeah, maybe- but death hasn’t stopped a lot of characters from coming back for almost no reason. Hello Master.
J so annoying, that dude(ette)
A That guy has got to stop having so many death scenes, they’re just not believable any more
J for shiz
J although like…time lord
J they do tend to die a lot – it’s kind of their THING
A: I want danny pink cyberman to still be around somehow. in some form, just to use the actor
A: even if they have someone evil using his form for something dastardly, would LOVE me some evil Danny Pink
J: i donno like he really seems to dislike being evil
J: Unlike ME
Conclusion
A. Tipton
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J. Tipton
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