and you know what else?

[kaydeefalls]

...no, seriously, I think the Martha/Mickey WTF is going to be the ONE primary thing I take away from that episode. Because what the hell, love Mickey though I do (and oh, believe me, I do), you realize what this means?

Martha is stuck playing sloppy seconds to Rose Tyler AGAIN.

CAN A GIRL NEVER CATCH A BREAK HERE?

Comments

[pocky_slash.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY! And Mickey, once again, is going to compared to the Doctor constantly, even if it's not consciously. THIS IS THE MOST TRAINWRECKY RELATIONSHIP POSSIBLE FOR BOTH OF THEM.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

SRSLY. I would, however, totally consider Mickey/Lois...

[andraste-oz.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. It was unneccesary and smacked of Rusty just wanting to squish them up together to save time. I am all for saving time, but he could have done it somewhere else and saved them this... throwaway humiliation.

[kalliopeia.livejournal.com]

He could easily have put them together without making them MARRIED. Ugh.

[tormented-space.livejournal.com]

It was my main WTF moment too! Wonder if he had this planned all along when he mentioned Martha's honeymoon in CoE but didn't say who she'd married. Funny how such a tiny moment can really jar.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. They could just be on a UNIT team together!

[nevercheshire.livejournal.com]

The worst part for me was it threw me out of the moment of 10's goodbyes. of course the bar scene threw me too!
I didn't start thinking about it till later but you are so right!

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

I just wasn't a fan of the extended goodbyes in general, but there you have it.

[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

Yup. I just don't understand why they did that!

At least Mickey in the present is more capable and confident than he was when Rose left him. Also, there is nothing to tell us when Ten visits Martha and Mickey, so it could be several years later, enough to imagine a marriage with Tom fizzling out and a romance with Mickey starting.

Nevertheless, WTF RTD?

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Both Mickey and Martha are AWESOME, and it's not a terrible idea, but...still. WHAT.