#it's clear that the doctor (at least twelve) doesn't really do conventional romantic love and a lesser episode would have had him say
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the aroaceness of twelve/river means everything to me.
#i'm so normal about the husbands of river song. i promise#need to look up some fics before i go to sleep i guess#(also imo twelve is aroace & river is aroallo)#i just love how their dynamic shifts from eleven/river being very physically affectionate to respecting twelve's touch averseness without#ever trying to say that their relationship is lesser (if anything it's a lot deeper)#the fact that whether the doctor loves river is a central question of the episode but it's never answered directly#it's clear that the doctor (at least twelve) doesn't really do conventional romantic love and a lesser episode would have had him say#i love you and make all of river's speech meaningless because love wins or whatever#but *caring* and having a connection with someone isn't less meaningful than love#do you expect a sunset to love you back? no but the sunset will always be there for you when you need it most#ending the episode in perpetual sunset. inspired.#anyways i'm just rambling now#my posts#new who
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