New Rule

[sumeria]

 From now on, no one is allowed to be buried alive, or stand guard over a box, or any other damned thing for two thousand years, unless the writer is prepared to subsequently write that character in some way that indicates that such an experience had some sort of effect on the character.

Comments

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

Maybe he forgot.

*snicker*

Sometimes I really HATE that guy...

[sumeria.livejournal.com]

Oh, ME TOO.

Though, in fairness, this is the kind of problem that afflicts a distressing amount of television. (Crops up in other media too, but most often in TV.) The writer wants the maximum emotional punch, so they go all superlative on the problem. (Buried alive! For *two thousand years*! Standing guard over his lover's sleep! For *two thousand years*! etc)

But since all they wanted was momentary excitement/angst/stress, the writer then fails utterly to think about what the *consequences* of that is.

Moffat's total and abject failure at writing any depth into characters and relationships is almost a side issue to this particular irritation. (Almost; not quite. Jack at least had "being old" as part of his character concept. Rory's is more "normal guy" which absorbs a few thousand years less easily.)

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, once time was rewritten it never happened for Rory. I don't know how they're supposed to explain Amy and Rory remembering, but in the 'new world' their lives were different and they never travelled with Eleven in the first place.

Or something. But I'm not a fan of this season anyway, Rory aside.

[sumeria.livejournal.com]

Well, my own views of series 5 are... uncharitable, shall we say. But if Rory gets to remember that time --and it appears that he does-- my objection holds.