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gen-is-gone · 11 months ago

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Yeah el-oh-el. Like, a reasonably valid criticism of Moffat is that that man is a twee fucking *marshmallow* a lot of the time. So many of his plots are solved with the power of love that it's practically a stereotype...meanwhile rtd wrote the Torchwood cast speculating that when the Doctor doesn't show up to save humans it's 'cause they're so disgusted with us they turn away and ignore us.

i think the reason i like rtd doctor who over moffat doctor who is that rtd doctor who to me had a sense of earnestness - of diving into concepts no matter how silly they were, of an optimistic view of humanity

whereas moffat to me came over as mostly cynical, smug, with a negative view on humanity and people

#like davies I think actually has a Very strong streak of bitter cynicism running through not just dr who but all of his work #and I don't in any way begrudge him that!#he came of age young gay and Welsh in the 80s - he's allowed to be cynical #but the idea that rtd is a bastion of hope and love while moff is the cynic is so laughably backward lol #chib imo strikes something of a balance - far far more cynical than moffat but still less so than davies #also not to bring up my own meta but again #Lawrence Miles and Rusty Davies both having this weird rage/despair at the dr for not being able to fix real world injustice #and mad larry's response being to repeatedly try to fucking murder them while rtd turned them into a god he could rail against #contrast that with 'we're all stories in the end - just make it a good one eh?'#the doctor can't save you in real life because they're not real #but you can be inspired by the story of the doctor to do good in whatever ways you can #but lbr at this point rtd stans are literally weaponizing any currently in-vogue criticisms of media trends in general against moff #everyone on tumblr has been raging against 'cynicism' (however they define it) and in favor of 'earnestness' due to marvel backlash #if you hate a writer they therefor must be cynical and not earnest even if only five years ago you were lodging the exact opposite complain #that moff was treacly and twee and 'not realistic'#apologies to my followers I'll stop putting negative shit on the dash I promise

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