OH OH OH (Yes, I'm still having THOUGHTS about Doctor Who)

[lizbee]

In "Day of the Moon", when she just starts shooting at the Silents, killing them all in a calculated and really cool practised way -- that wasn't just a gratuitous bit of violence thrown in with some extra lens flare to look good in vids and icons. That was an adult who had been kidnapped, raised and traumatised by literal monsters taking her revenge.

TL;DR Anyone who says that River is not a character with layers is wrong. Also, I need more River icons.

Comments

[such_heights]

oh, YES. Of course. :D

[lizbee]

I just went through it in slow-mo to take screencaps for icons, and you can see in her face that this means so much more to her than just taking down some bad guys.

[such_heights]

That's really cool - I can remember noticing at the time that she had a lot more going on with her in other scenes, but not that one. Time for a rewatch!

[lyssie]

Oh god. That's very true. Also, these are the ones that perpetuated the fiction of her mother's life, and that has to also hurt.

[lizbee]

The Pond-Williams-Song family Christmases are not events friendly to Silents.

[arch]

This just made me all wibbly inside. RIVERRRRRRR ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[trouble]

I love you. :D

[fly_to_dawn]

THIS.

[sqbr]

Ooooh.

[tree_and_leaf]

I hadn't noticed that, but you're so right.

[sapote]

... Four days later and I'm still reading latest/tag?doctor_who. And I'm glad I am, because I did not think of this and it a) makes me feel better about it b) makes so much sense.

The next question is: when did she get an archaeology degree?

[fyrdrakken]

OT comment -- I just ran across this fandom quilt patterns blog that I thought would be relevant to your interests. No AtLA patterns (yet), but in the Harry Potter section I did note a squid.

[infiniteviking]

omg. truth.

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