stunt_muppet

a scene that mostly succeeded at implying a lot of ambivalence more than the sop it might've intended, anyway.

That happens a lot, I've found - I don't know if it's deliberate or not, but there are a lot of scenes in New Who that don't say what they think they're saying. I like to think it's deliberate, since I do occasionally give the writers the benefit of the doubt.

I've heard speculation that the ending was a jab at fandom as much as anything, giving Rose and Ten a superficially happy ending that was in fact not terribly happy at all. I don't think I believe that, but it's an interesting way of looking at it.

So much Who fic is character stuff, and while that's awesome, I kinda feel like I'd be Doing It Wrong if I didn't try to keep with the central driving force of the show.

Same here, really, although I'm guilty of doing the mostly charater-centric stuff just because actually coming up with engaging and believable sci-fi plots and aliens and things that haven't been done ad nauseum already can be a lot of work for me. I love a good character piece, but I love a good adventure just as much, aliens and all.