[River simply watched, studying the girl before her. If she was anything like her mother, she'd be slapping Rose right about now. Thankfully, River had a little more restraint, though... just barely.
The fact of the matter was, the doctor Rose was describing was a very, very far cry from what he would become and she rather doubted this girl was really...truly up to the task of being the equal partner he would eventually need his wife to be. ]
You never asked when was the first time he met me, only when I met him. There's a marked difference when it comes to my time with the doctor. There is much, much more to our relationship than you could ever fathom.
[River couldn't help it.But, if Rose really... truly wanted to compare notes, then so be it.]
I have stars and worlds burn because they love that man when he refused to ask for help. I took it upon myself to show him just how much he was loved and by no one more than me.
[She nearly destroyed time itself to prove that point. Selfish? Probably, but, it worked.]
You may have seen the horrors, but, have you seen the good? He may leave the dead in his wake, but, think about the lives he saves. There are worlds out there where 'Doctor' means great warrior because of that man and all he focuses on are the dead, not the living.
He is frustrating and amazing, an yes he told me his name because I am the one person in the universe... in the multiverse that he will come to trust with his darkest secrets and the only person who truly could. There is nothing he can do that I can't do.
[In a way, she could thank the silence for that.]
You may think I don't know your depths Rose Tylers, but, you don't know mine. I do more than keep his secrets from him or for him.
I have seen that man escape death more times than I can count and if that's not enough, I would gladly die to save that man and I'm rather sure that one day, I will so he can have all the adventures we are meant to have.
You think that helping him through the grief of loosing Gallifrey is hard? Just you wait. There are worst days to come for him and I will be there for them all. There will be days when the mere mention of his name will make armies run and where he will be the thing that the evil in the universe will fear the most.
They will fear him enough to make a weapon to bring him down, one that will succeed and I will be there in those darkest days to do exactly what he needs or can't do himself.
Loving him is more than just staying. More than merely running with him more than coming back to him when he thinks he's lost you. It's reminding him that the bad comes with the good and he shouldn't focus on the bad but focus on the good. On the people who need him to be him.
To be The Doctor and everything that entails. Ask him, why did he take that name? He could have any name in the universe but he chose that name. Why?
Because that is who he is and there are many, many times he needs to be reminded of that. Holding his hand and coddling him in his grief doesn't do that. He needs reminders, not sympathy. No some woman who loves him because he's 'broken'.
The Doctor isn't broken, Rose. He's a man whether he wishes to admit it or not. A frustrating, handsome, annoying, mad man with a box who will save lives and always be on the run to the next big adventure.
Re: B.
The fact of the matter was, the doctor Rose was describing was a very, very far cry from what he would become and she rather doubted this girl was really...truly up to the task of being the equal partner he would eventually need his wife to be. ]
You never asked when was the first time he met me, only when I met him. There's a marked difference when it comes to my time with the doctor. There is much, much more to our relationship than you could ever fathom.
[River couldn't help it.But, if Rose really... truly wanted to compare notes, then so be it.]
I have stars and worlds burn because they love that man when he refused to ask for help. I took it upon myself to show him just how much he was loved and by no one more than me.
[She nearly destroyed time itself to prove that point. Selfish? Probably, but, it worked.]
You may have seen the horrors, but, have you seen the good? He may leave the dead in his wake, but, think about the lives he saves. There are worlds out there where 'Doctor' means great warrior because of that man and all he focuses on are the dead, not the living.
He is frustrating and amazing, an yes he told me his name because I am the one person in the universe... in the multiverse that he will come to trust with his darkest secrets and the only person who truly could. There is nothing he can do that I can't do.
[In a way, she could thank the silence for that.]
You may think I don't know your depths Rose Tylers, but, you don't know mine. I do more than keep his secrets from him or for him.
I have seen that man escape death more times than I can count and if that's not enough, I would gladly die to save that man and I'm rather sure that one day, I will so he can have all the adventures we are meant to have.
You think that helping him through the grief of loosing Gallifrey is hard? Just you wait. There are worst days to come for him and I will be there for them all. There will be days when the mere mention of his name will make armies run and where he will be the thing that the evil in the universe will fear the most.
They will fear him enough to make a weapon to bring him down, one that will succeed and I will be there in those darkest days to do exactly what he needs or can't do himself.
Loving him is more than just staying. More than merely running with him more than coming back to him when he thinks he's lost you. It's reminding him that the bad comes with the good and he shouldn't focus on the bad but focus on the good. On the people who need him to be him.
To be The Doctor and everything that entails. Ask him, why did he take that name? He could have any name in the universe but he chose that name. Why?
Because that is who he is and there are many, many times he needs to be reminded of that. Holding his hand and coddling him in his grief doesn't do that. He needs reminders, not sympathy. No some woman who loves him because he's 'broken'.
The Doctor isn't broken, Rose. He's a man whether he wishes to admit it or not. A frustrating, handsome, annoying, mad man with a box who will save lives and always be on the run to the next big adventure.