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the--highlanders · 1 year

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tbh I think it would take a while for polly to actually realise how traumatised jamie is? she knows he's come from a war but blatantly doesn't know much about the context, and jamie's not exactly the sort of person to be super open about it. so I think she'd initially see him just as this sweet younger brother figure who's a little bit lost in all the futuristic stuff around him. and it would take some pretty heavy circumstances for her to realise what's going on beneath the surface

so their early s4 dynamic just ends up being

#second doctor #i'm right about this ok.#i think two would fare a little better?#like he's still an early incarnation of the doctor and initially early in /his/ regeneration & not quite connecting with his companions #in the way he will later on #but i think he'd be more aware that Something's going on with jamie. he's just not going to talk about it for a while.#whereas polly. idk i feel like she's a bit sheltered/naive when it comes to outright trauma?#of course she'd want to support and help jamie once she understood what was going on #but it's outside her experience and understanding initially and she wouldn't necessarily think of it #idk i just like letting polly be a bit brusque and a bit prone to sweeping other people's pain under the rug #like she is with kirsty in the highlanders she's super insensitive & not particularly understanding to begin with #let her be messy you know. no more perfect mum friend brain cell holder. she deserves to be a bit of a disaster #not 100% sure on this but i think ben might get jamie a bit more tbh. at least initially #once again pushing my 'ben and jamie have a weird unspoken trauma support system going on' agenda

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