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? I figure that Rory was *always* ready to be fierce where Amy was concerned, he just didn't know *how*. I mean, even in Vampires in Venice when he's spending the whole trip dragging his feet, stumbling, and being sullen, as soon as Amy's face to face with a space lobster he's grabbing the nearest broom and throwing himself into it as well as he can manage. So give him the skills (and 2000 years to perfect them), a way to access those memories when he needs to, some overall increased confidence as we saw in season six, and a deadly serious purpose . . . yeah, I believe it.
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I figure that Rory was *always* ready to be fierce where Amy was concerned, he just didn't know *how*. I mean, even in Vampires in Venice when he's spending the whole trip dragging his feet, stumbling, and being sullen, as soon as Amy's face to face with a space lobster he's grabbing the nearest broom and throwing himself into it as well as he can manage. So give him the skills (and 2000 years to perfect them), a way to access those memories when he needs to, some overall increased confidence as we saw in season six, and a deadly serious purpose . . . yeah, I believe it.