You don't get someone to love you just because you've paid your dues and "deserve it".
That's exactly it. The whole unstated expectation that the Doctor *owes* Martha anything more than friendship is just really creepy underneath.
I think he is arrogant and flawed, but I don't really see why that's a problem.
I agree that he's arrogant and flawed, but not to the degree that the fandom seems to think he is. His flaws make me love him because they make him a deeper and more interesting character, but so much of fandom reviles him for being imperfect (as if a "perfect" character could ever be interesting).
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Date: 2008-01-26 05:38 am (UTC)That's exactly it. The whole unstated expectation that the Doctor *owes* Martha anything more than friendship is just really creepy underneath.
I think he is arrogant and flawed, but I don't really see why that's a problem.
I agree that he's arrogant and flawed, but not to the degree that the fandom seems to think he is. His flaws make me love him because they make him a deeper and more interesting character, but so much of fandom reviles him for being imperfect (as if a "perfect" character could ever be interesting).