Similarly, the last image we have of Rose - of her crying in her mother's arms - is not meant to indicate that Rose is destroyed; rather, that she is safe. Both characters will get through their grief and be all right.
She is safe, you're absolutely right - but does she actually appreciate it, do you think? Because that's not the impression I took away from that scene. Since she's trapped in another universe and, I presume, basically unreachable to us as viewers as well as to the Doctor, without seeing that she gets over it and moves on, all we're left with is an image of a distraught young woman sobbing on the beach and concluding her life is empty without the Doctor.
The Doctor's comment in TRB about how alive Rose is glosses over that a little. I think he means, as you say, that now Rose has a chance for a new life, new opportunities with a loving family to support her. I have faith in Jackie to be a supportive mum on that score, and help her.
I just hope Rose doesn't spend the rest of her years comparing all her following relationships to the one she had with the Doctor and concluding none of them will ever be the man he was. Because that would really suck. And it's not entirely clear that wouldn't happen?
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Date: 2007-02-26 05:50 pm (UTC)She is safe, you're absolutely right - but does she actually appreciate it, do you think? Because that's not the impression I took away from that scene. Since she's trapped in another universe and, I presume, basically unreachable to us as viewers as well as to the Doctor, without seeing that she gets over it and moves on, all we're left with is an image of a distraught young woman sobbing on the beach and concluding her life is empty without the Doctor.
The Doctor's comment in TRB about how alive Rose is glosses over that a little. I think he means, as you say, that now Rose has a chance for a new life, new opportunities with a loving family to support her. I have faith in Jackie to be a supportive mum on that score, and help her.
I just hope Rose doesn't spend the rest of her years comparing all her following relationships to the one she had with the Doctor and concluding none of them will ever be the man he was. Because that would really suck. And it's not entirely clear that wouldn't happen?