I would love to read that essay! Are you planning to write it? Not really... Although maybe when S6 is over. We'll see.
I've been trying to work out Rory since AGMGTW, because I'm having trouble reconciling his "Last Centurion" bravado with how he's normally portrayed. I mean, yeah, he cries when he holds Melody, so he's still the same old Rory, but where did Rory the soldier come from? Just his plastic memories? Funny thing, but that never bothered me. It's probably because I'm also a Buffy fan, and the whole dual nature is something very familiar to me. Spike, f.ex, after getting his soul, is quite deliberately subdued, until [for various reasons] needs to be the fighter he once was, and he goes off, gets his old coat [costumes are important!] and kicks some demon ass. (That's a TERRIBLY neat parallel that I've never thought of before. Might have to write that essay after all.) Anyway, it is quite possible for people to file away aspects of their personality if they are not needed (or wanted).
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I would love to read that essay! Are you planning to write it?
Not really... Although maybe when S6 is over. We'll see.
I've been trying to work out Rory since AGMGTW, because I'm having trouble reconciling his "Last Centurion" bravado with how he's normally portrayed. I mean, yeah, he cries when he holds Melody, so he's still the same old Rory, but where did Rory the soldier come from? Just his plastic memories?
Funny thing, but that never bothered me. It's probably because I'm also a Buffy fan, and the whole dual nature is something very familiar to me. Spike, f.ex, after getting his soul, is quite deliberately subdued, until [for various reasons] needs to be the fighter he once was, and he goes off, gets his old coat [costumes are important!] and kicks some demon ass. (That's a TERRIBLY neat parallel that I've never thought of before. Might have to write that essay after all.) Anyway, it is quite possible for people to file away aspects of their personality if they are not needed (or wanted).