I will die on a hill defending clara. No one tried to understand her and judged her for her reaction when she was still trying to process seeing the doctor age, die then change right before her, in under 24 hours.
Sure she’s seen his other faces but she never saw him regenerate, she doesn’t know what it means or what it’s like. When he didn’t recognize her and was clearly feeling the effects of regeneration- it must’ve been such a shock.
She knew for her it was less than a day, for the doctor it was hundreds of years. How those years must’ve changed him, affected him, changed the way he saw her, and she could see and feel it.
When she asked Jenny“If Vastra changed, if she was different, if she wasn't the person that you liked?”
And Jenny says,“I don't like her, ma'am. I love her. And as to different? Well, she's a lizard”
I felt like it wasn’t really what she was asking, she fell in love with Vastra even as a lizard, but if Vastra suddenly changed and was different from who she fell In love with, then how would she react? What would she do then?