#buuuuttt it’s literally a bog standard damsel in distress saved by her two male companions Like girl!!!

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a good man goes to war probably the Most doc who episode of all time. The epic highs and lows of moffat. it’s possible that trying to combine your screwball high flying funky star wars homage episode with your self serious very important character and plot development episode is stupid and does not work… or maybe it does? But of course combined with one of the most insanely dumb plot reveals of all time, to have ever happened on this earth. But also karen gillan acting down. But also… flesh baby. Look how they impregnated my girl literally probably the most fucked up and evil thing to happen to a companion like whatttt is this? BUT ALSO THE INTRO OF VASTRA AND JENNY AND STRAX. But also flesh baby…..Unless flesh baby is secretly awesome? im coming around to flesh baby. But also amy trapped in a well george lucas gave his girls more agency in the 70s moffat you freak. Is this episode legendarically terrible is it Really cool and awesome and ambitious and doing the most all the time are there themes. Can we unpack this. No. Like it’s literally all in service of some stupid bullshit really.. But what if it wasnt

#i think. The fun star wars stuff kooky side characters ROCKS. But the whole dark scary war doctor does not FIT IN THAT #please just do that in another episode idk…. Like devote more time to it or something… #Unless its supposed to sort of be like Haha we are having fun blowing stuff up… But lets examine that #but i dont think that’s what hes trying to do #doc who #LIKE. wots going on here. This is absurd #im not a river person. i’ll never be a river understander…. #she was more fun when she was just a normal archaeologist sorry. #**i dont think it’s necessarily terribly bad for female characters to lack agency in a story about how they lack agency #buuuuttt it’s literally a bog standard damsel in distress saved by her two male companions Like girl!!! #i love the fuckedupness tragedy of amys story but it’s also like. Okay so explore that. Please #oh unrelated but watched a christmas carol. LOVE A CHRISTMAS CAROL GREAT EP CHRISTMASCAROLDEFENDER