Rusty Davies has said, as has Julie Gardner, that Rose and the Doctor were in love and that he was mourning her during series three. I don't know why these 'ship wars erupt when it comes to Rose/Martha. Ten loved Rose. He liked Martha. Did he treat Martha poorly? If their relationship would be looked at realistically, rather than through rose-colored glasses (oh the irony), Martha was the one that was in love with him, and she knew full well that he had lost someone very close to him. That didn't stop her from following him around making eyes at him and then getting all upset when he didn't return her affections. While I don't hate the character of Martha, I do dislike the way she was written. If we could have had "Last of the Time Lords" Martha all series long, I would have been more than happy with that. But we didn't. We got love sick Martha instead, mooning after a man who was completely unavailable to her. As Ten put it in "The Sound of Drums", it's like when you fancy someone and they have no idea you're alive. Yeah, exactly like that. It wasn't that Ten didn't know she existed, it's just he didn't see past his own pain to even consider that Martha was in love with him. She was his companion, a friend, that's all.
While I respect that there are other 'ships out there besides Ten/Rose, I just don't understand the venom towards Rose by the Martha fans. It makes no sense to me.
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Rusty Davies has said, as has Julie Gardner, that Rose and the Doctor were in love and that he was mourning her during series three. I don't know why these 'ship wars erupt when it comes to Rose/Martha. Ten loved Rose. He liked Martha. Did he treat Martha poorly? If their relationship would be looked at realistically, rather than through rose-colored glasses (oh the irony), Martha was the one that was in love with him, and she knew full well that he had lost someone very close to him. That didn't stop her from following him around making eyes at him and then getting all upset when he didn't return her affections. While I don't hate the character of Martha, I do dislike the way she was written. If we could have had "Last of the Time Lords" Martha all series long, I would have been more than happy with that. But we didn't. We got love sick Martha instead, mooning after a man who was completely unavailable to her. As Ten put it in "The Sound of Drums", it's like when you fancy someone and they have no idea you're alive. Yeah, exactly like that. It wasn't that Ten didn't know she existed, it's just he didn't see past his own pain to even consider that Martha was in love with him. She was his companion, a friend, that's all.
While I respect that there are other 'ships out there besides Ten/Rose, I just don't understand the venom towards Rose by the Martha fans. It makes no sense to me.