Yeah...I love that moment myself, lol!! It is a moment I strive for in ifction, but don't get a chance to use often.

*HUGS*

Ohhh, this is quite true. And it made me think of RTD vs. Moffat too, and the attachment for characters… the comparison has its limits, since RTD's companions are more realistically built and layered on a psychological level, if you ask me, but they also get "Fuck yeah" moments—but my heart still goes to River Song in a heartbeat. (It really only works for her, since RTD and Moffat companions have an about equal amount of kick-ass moments, I'd say.) And in general, over time I've been more and more character and style-driven in my love of fantasy/sci-fi, and kind of drifting away from the genre in general, but while I'll prefer a good, heart-wrenching life story for reading purposes, I've never gotten as invested in one such fandom. Then again, it's very interesting seeing you adapt the "fuck yeah" concept to non-sci-fi material, for romance for instance, that makes sense :)

It's wonderful the author referred to the exact same moment as you did! :D

Haha, that's fine, don't worry. :) You didn't sound bashing, just critical! Personally, I like Clara's character—partly thanks to Jenna-Louise Coleman's performance and because she's sharp and fun, and interesting in an emotional level—the use that's made of her, not so much. I don't think she's fearless—I think she tries to be fearless. She acts a lot like the Doctor is testing her and she has to prove herself to him—which she was right to pick up on in a way, because he is observing her a lot at first, trying to figure her out. In Cold War, she's obviously daunted by realizing what those adventures can be all about, but she still acts like it's a test somehow and she has to prove herself, to keep it together. In Hide, she's also rather uneasy but trying to act tough ("I'm a grown woman, you don't need to hold my hand."). She seems to be a lot about control, about living up to people's expectations and just taking every situation in her stride. Which is why it should be interesting to see her thrown a bit and in more challenging situations with Twelve, because she's trying to always get things right, but she can't—she's just a girl. But come to think about it, she’s visibly freaked several times in her episodes. The thing is, however—she goes through stuff that should make her a lot more than a bit freaked. The timestream thing, the travelling through the freaking Time Vortex, just clinging to the TARDIS. That should be fairly traumatic. But like you mentioned, the getting out of the timestream/being scattered throughout the Doctor’s life just… entirely fell out of the radar (I wasnʼt bothered so much by the sacrifice being cheapened, as her courage still stands, but really by how grossly unrealistic it was that they made such a huge deal about jumping into the timestream, and then did not even bother showing us how they were getting out)—as for the Vortex travel, just lol. It’s Clara! Wrap her up in a blanket, give her tea and she’ll be fine. But that’s a Moffat thing with emotional coherence. The Ponds’ family mess regarding Melody is also only hinted at… I get that Who’s focus is not supposed to be psychology and that PTSD!Clara would be difficult to work into the plot, but that’s no excuse to dismiss consequences altogether. So yeah, that part is problematic.

(Hahaha… I'm sorry… I broke wordcount :D Known to happen.)

Now, that is Clara emotionally, as a person—the feel I get of her character, anyway. Clara as a plot device is something I thoroughly agree on—and honestly, it really bugs me. Her role in episode resolutions often feels pretty unrealistic. The episode resolutions I often had problems with lately, anyway—it felt like they were heavily relying on the symbolical, which can be very interesting, but sometimes it just feels… off. I read a critique somewhere that argued that Moffat is more fantasy-oriented than strictly sci-fi, and though I’m no expert on the genres, I found this seemed quite true. Anyway… Clara just very often seemed to get what had to be done, or even more often what had to be said, really out of the blue, and that’s a thing that bothered me. The leaf in Akhaten, the singing in Cold War, the way they brought her talking to the Doctor in DotD, the fact that the Time Lords listened to her, just a human girl… It felt wrong. It wasn’t really Clara’s insight bringing the resolution, it felt like she was just a plot device, indeed, like things happened through her. In the two last specials she was as good as the Voice of the Loving Companion Who Knows Who the Doctor Really Is. Ahem… That especially didn’t sit right with me because I’d been really scared the show would go for omniscient!I’ve seen your whole life!Clara after the timestream’s events and yeah :( I used to really, really love Clara. In the specials not so much, so I’m really hoping that s8 and her new dynamic with Twelve will be an occasion to develop Clara as a person, Clara’s emotions and Clara’s insights and Clara’s mind, not Clara Gets It Because She Can. Just… no. Her mystery is done, only the character, the person should be left now… (On the other hand, from what I heard of s8—the official info from interviews, not anything that leaked, no worries—she’ll have a really tough time with Twelve, and I don’t know what to think about that, lol. Like I mentioned, I like the dynamic being more challenging, I love the thought of a rougher Doctor too, a bit like Nine—but Iʼm worried about the U-turn and how theyʼll handle that. Itʼs funny, I really love Moffatʼs stuff despite finding tons to criticize about it and getting really annoyed at his recurring flaws, but at the same time I have very limited trust in his way of handling things :/ Most of all as far as emotional continuity and long-term storylines are concerned.)

Haha, see, I got very rambly… hope you donʼt mind ;)

Yes, exactly. Both of those sudden resolution movements just felt sudden and out of the blue, unrealistic. And youʼre also exactly right about the Time Lord. Sentimentalism about the Doctor was the last thing they were likely to respond to. Gratefulness for saving them, maybe, and even then… thatʼs really stretching it. I agree, the likeliest option was their knowing they had to help the Doctor in their own interest. Like you said, even in DotD it was clear the Doctor was an outsider.

Yeah, it should have been the Doctor talking to the Time Lords. All right, it ruined the heroic walking-to-my-death moment, and his surprise at being granted new regenerations. So what? Heʼs walked to his death before. That could be sacrifized for the sake of realistic development. (Also, it would have removed the freaking crack opening at the middle of the sky and spitting out regenerations at him. I was hysterical with laughter.) That would have explored the Doctor vs. the Time Lords, which would have been interesting, given a good dramatic moment/an occasion for vibrant acting… and it just shouldnʼt have been Clara. The Time Lords wouldnʼt just listen to a human companion :( All right, Clara had to play her part and be relevant somehow… but she could have encouraged the Doctor to talk to his people or something, I donʼt know… been relevant to the Doctor, found the words to get through to him. That she could do. This, no.

Thatʼs understandable, given the issues in the writing. I really hope her character is well developed in s8, too. With Capaldi, if Clara had an occasion to shine too and Danny Pinkʼs addition worked well… it could be really great :D Fingers crossed.

Now youʼre making me want to see those tension-in-the-TARDIS parts. XD My classic watching is so slow.

On Moffat: I so get you. The timey-wimey and lack of solid emotional insight really bother me about him too—trying to remain positive and hopeful, though ;) I agree about the individual episodes, too. Personally I mostly had a problem with s7-a, s7-b worked better for me but that was mostly because Clara kept me hooked, I think. The episodes themselves I found good, but the resolutions often lacked something—we discussed that already. Ironical, since s7 didnʼt have two-parters and was supposed to focus more on individual eps—but at the same time, it probably contributed to making endings seem very rushed. (The Power of Three was ridiculous because the episode itself was pretty fun, with good build-up and insight in the right places, and then you had that closure and I just went wtf?!) S6 remains my favourite season and thatʼs partly because the individual episodes were really good—the other part being River Song, though her story went a bit all over the place because timey-wimey mess =P

Yes, I completely agree. Lol, the first point sounds more fitting for episode climax indeed, but both are quite accurate :)

Rewatches ftw! And sharing fandom discussions with family ♥

So true. And s5 was very nice, but I'm a bit iffy about Amy at her beginnings, so that didn't help me. Episodes like Amy's choice are just brilliant, though.

Yes, let s8 come already! :D