all your love is just a dream, dream, dream

[beingfacetious]

Hi, my name is Catey and I need more icons realbadlike. (I replaced my only Nine/Rose icon with this Amy/Rory icon...? Ilovethemsomuch.)

I decided to do an Amy's Choice thoughts post separate from a Hungry Earth/Cold Blood post, because I can just sense that that will be pleeenty long enough on its own, and also, I absolutely freaking loved Amy's Choice.


Ummm, how much do I love married!Amy/Rory. A LOT. Even with the kind of gross ponytail. I actually thought right away that this might be some dreamworld of Rory's, but it's exciting to me that I came to that conclusion; it means they've been doing Rory right! And d'awwww Doctor popping in for a visit. His speech about how he doesn't just abandon people was much more Doctor than Eleven. I liked that. In fact this whole episode was just, ahh, gold. Falling asleep in one world and waking up in another! Not knowing which one is real! Not knowing which one you want to be real! Not knowing who and what to hang onto in either world! AND music that sounds like Jon Brion's Eternal Sunshine score! The whole thing had an Eternal Sunshine vibe for me. Which I loved, obviously. I'm all about intense, emotionally taxing decisions that can change/end your life as you know it. ♥

I'm not sure how much I'm buying the whole Dreamlord-is-actually-the-Doctor thing, mostly because of all the ~intense plot twists~ in this series, but if that really is the answer, then that kind of hurts. "There's only one person in the universe who hates me as much as you do." I mean, ow...really? I've never thought of the Doctor as really self-loathing. I mean during the specials, especially EoT, I can see that, and the Dreamlord's taunting Amy about old companions etc. fits with that I suppose. But it hadn't crossed my mind that he might still feel that way. Eleven is kind of happy-go-lucky about things, faaaar from my beloved emo!Ten, and while I can see that as a coping mechanism type thing it still seems to come out of left field. I mean, I loved all of that introspection, if Dreamlord=Doctor; it was the kind of tragic poignancy I really do love. I just don't know if I love it for the Doctor.

The best part of this episode, though, was of course the Amy/Rory development. I felt like in this episode, more than in any before this one, these two especially came alive as people more than characters. I actually got a little teary about him cutting off his absurd ponytail, just because of the way Arthur did it. Arthur's a freakin' champ you guys. He's so good at handling the tension of the Amy/Rory love story. I was so glad he got something to work with this episode. And KAREN!!! as always; I hate that Rory had to, like, die for Amy to realize how she feels about him, but that moment is so beautiful to watch. Her faaaaace. And of course she decided it didn't matter anymore whether that world was the real one. Perfect. And the end scene!!! Oh my gosh, Arthur and Karen together, you guys, why are they soooo incredible. I just KNEW this was going to be so much different and better than the corresponding Mickey bits of Series 1 and 2. The face touching! The awkward dialogue! The looks on their little faces! One question, though: when Amy says "I love Rory and I never told him," does she mean never as in not frequently, or never as in literally never, in which case, holy God, it's really huge that he wanted to marry her. What is it with people on this show being so afraid to say "I love you" ALL OF YOU SHOULD JUST SAY IT ALL THE TIME.

Seriously, I'm in love with this episode. Beautiful television. I can't wait to watch it again. My only real complaint is that I don't really understand why this episode happened. I mean if Dreamlord=Doctor, then...why did the Doctor do all this? Is he really so dark and devious that he would scar Amy that way just for the sake of making a point? And what was the deal with them both being fake?...I might have just missed the answers there so I'll reserve that judgment for a second watching. Overall this is absoluuuutely my favorite of the series so far.

...and now I'll stop before discussing how much what came next does not make any sense.



Also, here's a comment meme!

If you comment on this entry, I shall...

1. Respond with something random about you.
2. Tell you which color you remind me of.
3. Tell you my first memory of you.
4. Tell you what animal you remind me of.
5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you.
6. Tell you my favorite thing about you.
7. Tell you my least favorite thing about you.
8. Challenge you to post this on your journal.

Comments

[professor-spork.livejournal.com]

My only real complaint is that I don't really understand why this episode happened. I mean if Dreamlord=Doctor, then...why did the Doctor do all this?

YES, THIS. I obsessed over that for aaaaages. "But WHY is it Amy's choice?!"

Eventually I decided it was just DW... being DW... and not to question it xD

[bytheshoreline.livejournal.com]

I really, really loved this episode. Definitely the best of the series so far. (Though I do have rather a soft spot for "The Eleventh Hour".) Of course, I'm still holding out for "Vincent and the Doctor" this weekend ;) Seeing as I am a bit of an art history geek, I feel I am going to enjoy it immensely. But really, "Amy's Choice" was brilliant on a different level. And it did feel very Eternal Sunshine, which I watched again per your suggestion, and loved. (Also, Elizabethtown, which I had not seen but also loved.)

I don't buy that he's the Dreamlord either; I feel like the Doctor must be hiding the truth from Amy and Rory.

Rory's death was so tragic :( Karen absolutely killed me in that bit. I love them so much. I had no idea I would care at all about them at the beginning of the series.

You don't have to do the comment meme for me, because I'll probably be too lame to do it myself :P

[miracleofmercy.livejournal.com]

(I replaced my only Nine/Rose icon with this Amy/Rory icon...? Ilovethemsomuch.)
I chucked my 'i bet you're going to have a really great year' Rose icon to make room for Rory. WHAT?!

I found the idea of the Dreamlord absolutely fascinating (and scary!). It was a WOAH moment at the reveal, but I actually slightly like that there is that dark side of the Doctor that we see other than emo!Ten and his angst, because it was different. I don't want the Dreamlord to be some series-arc-plot-whatever, but for that one particular episode, it was marvellous. And frankly, I thought it was just the parasitic psychic pollen screwing with his mind that made him screw with Amy and Rory, so I didn't really think too much about other reasons the Dreamlord came to life.

Amy/Rory is the best thing in this series by far! Arthur and Karen are soooooooooooo fantastic, I just want to squish them for being so marvellous and so adorable while doing it.

Have you seen the Confidential? Karen did a baby bump dance which scared Matty away. Arthur was saying that he thought his ponytail was rather cool, and that no one seemed to have any complaint about it. And then immediately cut to Karen who thought it was hideous. Gosh, THESE THREE.

Now you've got to give me answers to the meme. I'll do it for you. But you only. xD