But you should get someone to respect you when you've paid your dues and deserve it, because that's what respect means.
Um, yep. And the Doctor does respect Martha, which we see when he hugs her, thanks her, tells her she's a star, saves her from falling into the sun, trusts her to look after him in 1913, and trusts her to save the world.
he couldn't even say, “Yes, Martha Jones, you are good”? A little chuckle. Really?
Um, he does. He literally says "Thank you," gives her a big hug, and follows it with "Martha Jones, you saved the world." And then she says "I am good" and he literally does give a little chuckle! This is everything the Martha fans keep insisting never happened, and it is right there on the screen. (Not to mention all the other hugs and thank yous throughout the series that were apparently only visible to those who don't love Martha.)
If we don't get to see the people who care about him and admire him struggling with it, what's the point?
We do see the people around him struggling with his flaws. Rose, Jack, Martha, Mickey, Jackie, Harriet Jones... all people who have to deal with the Doctor's flaws (and he has to deal with theirs).
If we don't get to see him growing past it, what's the point?
Um, because some flaws are just plain character traits. You can't "resolve" every character flaw, because then you'd be left with a perfect cipher instead of a character.
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Date: 2008-01-27 10:03 pm (UTC)Um, yep. And the Doctor does respect Martha, which we see when he hugs her, thanks her, tells her she's a star, saves her from falling into the sun, trusts her to look after him in 1913, and trusts her to save the world.
he couldn't even say, “Yes, Martha Jones, you are good”? A little chuckle. Really?
Um, he does. He literally says "Thank you," gives her a big hug, and follows it with "Martha Jones, you saved the world." And then she says "I am good" and he literally does give a little chuckle! This is everything the Martha fans keep insisting never happened, and it is right there on the screen. (Not to mention all the other hugs and thank yous throughout the series that were apparently only visible to those who don't love Martha.)
If we don't get to see the people who care about him and admire him struggling with it, what's the point?
We do see the people around him struggling with his flaws. Rose, Jack, Martha, Mickey, Jackie, Harriet Jones... all people who have to deal with the Doctor's flaws (and he has to deal with theirs).
If we don't get to see him growing past it, what's the point?
Um, because some flaws are just plain character traits. You can't "resolve" every character flaw, because then you'd be left with a perfect cipher instead of a character.