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tasty_kateA few moments ago I read a Moffat-era critique that I almost shoved into the "WILL IGNORE" part of my brain so that I can keep enjoying the show without anything annoying like Real Life and Morals and my own Beliefs to muck any of it up. I've done pretty well in the past with rationalizing (i.e. how Amy's snogging of the Doctor in FaS was not, in fact, sexual assault) but this one... this one's a bit more tough.
If you're lazy (like me) and don't want to read the post, it basically said that one thing that the writer has not liked about this series is that Amy had no idea she was pregnant only to have the link between her and the Flesh cut and find out she's about to pop a baby out. As the writer said, thankfully Amy took being a Mom in stride (which we do not see her process but can only assume from the opening sequence of AGMGTW). In this situation, Amy had no choice about whether to carry her pregnancy to term. Which is, when you think about it (if you're prochoice), is kind of effed up. But what does that say as us, as viewers, to not question it? We just assume married women are okay with getting knocked up and they'll automatically say, "Baby? Cool, I'm game." Heck, I'm guilty. I totally did that.
Something the writer tried to put into perspective was what if it was one of Ten's companions that this happened to? A single woman? There would have been at least more notice, if not out-cry. On a more personal level, I have every intention of getting married to my main squeeze within the next two to three years and have absolutely NO desire to have kids. How would I feel if I were Amy? I couldn't even imagine it, I'd probably be freaking. the eff. out. Which may be why I screamed with Amy at the end of TAP.
I can slide this all under, "It's scifi and yes, a plot device. Stop analyzing it," which I probably will end up doing. But for now, it has me scratching my chin.
Thoughts?
If you're lazy (like me) and don't want to read the post, it basically said that one thing that the writer has not liked about this series is that Amy had no idea she was pregnant only to have the link between her and the Flesh cut and find out she's about to pop a baby out. As the writer said, thankfully Amy took being a Mom in stride (which we do not see her process but can only assume from the opening sequence of AGMGTW). In this situation, Amy had no choice about whether to carry her pregnancy to term. Which is, when you think about it (if you're prochoice), is kind of effed up. But what does that say as us, as viewers, to not question it? We just assume married women are okay with getting knocked up and they'll automatically say, "Baby? Cool, I'm game." Heck, I'm guilty. I totally did that.
Something the writer tried to put into perspective was what if it was one of Ten's companions that this happened to? A single woman? There would have been at least more notice, if not out-cry. On a more personal level, I have every intention of getting married to my main squeeze within the next two to three years and have absolutely NO desire to have kids. How would I feel if I were Amy? I couldn't even imagine it, I'd probably be freaking. the eff. out. Which may be why I screamed with Amy at the end of TAP.
I can slide this all under, "It's scifi and yes, a plot device. Stop analyzing it," which I probably will end up doing. But for now, it has me scratching my chin.
Thoughts?
