Rose was a great companion who worked really well with 9 and 10. Her personality really helped exaggerate the Doctor's sass and later his emo-ness as 10. She was super brave and very willing to act on her beliefs. (even standing up to the Doctor)
Martha was unfortunately overshadowed in the Doctor's mind by the loss of Rose (L) but she is a GREAT character who had strong opinions and wasn't afraid to tell the Doctor he was wrong or fucked up.
Donna was a great partner to the Doctor with their bickering back and forth. She would readily challenge him but would also play off of him with her own specializations (The calendar in The Doctor's Daughter, The planets in the stolen planet bits)
I have my own issues with Moffat's writing so I'll leave out things that I believe to be "Moffat Issues" and not individual character issues.
Amy was an interesting character who seemed to understand the Doctor more than some of the other companions. This, combined with the new lease on life that was the 11th Doctor really let Amy be both serious and goofy playing off of the silliness of the Doctor.
Rory felt like kind of a side note until he died the first time. When he came back he was a main character kind of guy. His main priority was always Amy, even when there was other things going on, and I REALLY like him.
River isn't really a companion, she's more of a side character. River feels like she was kind of shoehorned in to some of the Doctor's lore in earlier seasons, but by the time she arrived in the Capaldi era for the Christmas special it felt like she was actually someone that the Doctor would like. Before then it almost felt like she was just there for drama. Her appearance in Silence in the Library was interesting and made her character someone to be excited for, but her appearance in The Impossible Astronaut felt kinda of dramatic for me. (not that drama is a bad thing, just my preference) I'm not really a fan.
Clara... I've written essays on why I don't like Clara's character. I think she's well written, especially when we get into series 8 territory, but I also very much HATE her as a person. Her struggle with 11's regeneration is understandable, but the way she treats 12 hurts me a little bit. The 12th Doctor definitely doesn't help Clara's ego when he makes her choose things for the entire planet Earth (Kill the Moon) but by the time Dark Water rolls around her ego is so big it could have BEEN the moon. Spoilers BTW: Oops her boyfriend dies. She's like "OH, I have a time travelling friend I love and care about, he has nothing to do with anything related to this horrible thing that just happened to me so let's threaten to strand him on this planet forever if he doesn't help me undo an event that I already witnessed" What in her mind tells her to do this. I get it, you're mentally ill and grieving. I hate her. Not only did she think of the idea of stranding him on Earth to be fine, but she also TRIED. She tried to drug him and strand him. The idea that he was ok with that kind of put me off a bit. Him forgiving her aside, she also told him that anything Missy did ever was his fault, which is INSANE. I know Missy did some terrible shit to her boyfriend but Clara using this to guilt the Doctor into MURDERING Missy is insane. If she had a spine, she would have done it herself before he got in between them. Anyway I'm glad she died of her hubris. (I could go on)
Bill Potts is my scrungly and she was SO perfect for the 12th Doctor. Their conflict in Thin Ice really nailed down how different the Doctor is from their human companions and emphasized that he's not morally perfect all the time. His hands aren't clean and she knows that, but she also knows that he has good hearts and wants the best for humanity. They have a very grandpa/granddaughter kind of thing going on, which I think works super well with the grumpy 12th Doctor. They're fun, they get along, and in the end it's the Doctor's confidence in his own ability that gets her killed (at first). Bill did nothing wrong ever.
Graham and Ryan are generally ok. I'm putting them in one section because I don't really feel much about either of them. They each have like 3 character traits and nothing else. I feel ways about Chibnall's writing, but I feel like the crowded TARDIS was a bad idea and if it was going to be crowded I might have preferred that Grace be there. I don't dislike Ryan or Graham but a lot of the things they do (particularly Ryan) seem to be for the plot and have nothing to do with their personalities. In the first two episodes Ryan shows some impulse control issues, (touching a shiny alien thing in the woods, and running out to shoot robots with a gun). Graham shows some anger management issues when it comes to emotional things a couple times(The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos)
Dan was a great short-term companion. He had what... 4 stories total? His personality was good and he fit in well with Yaz and the Doctor. He was sarcastic, and missed his crush. He had guts, running around with a wok in Liverpool during an alien invasion.
Yaz. I have feelings about Yaz. If only they had decided to make her crush on the Doctor apparently BEFORE series 13, it would have allowed them more than 3 episodes to deal with it. With what little reference there was to it in The Flux, there was maybe 4 lines and some screentime in the new years dalek episode for that season, and a 2-3 scene reference in the sea devils return episode. That, combined with her saving the Doctor's ass in Power of the Doctor, it feels like this was shoehorned in after audience response, which is almost never a good idea. Otherwise Yaz is a generally ok character with little to argue about, and not enough to her for me to dislike. I do feel like they used Power of the Doctor as the stock standard "companion who has a crush on the Doctor saves their ass" that all these types of companions get at some point. It just feels like it was decided late and they realized that they didn't have one.
Anyway, writing some of these opinions made me feel like it was 2014 again and I didn't like rose because I liked the 10th Doctor. Ofc some of these opinions are from a place of "oh no! They hurt the scrungly!" I did not read this before posting, I just WENT.
P.S. Also I have feelings about the Master, I'll post those later.
P.P.S Also I have watched some of classic who but there's a lot of it so I just skip around to whatever bits sound the most interesting at the time.
I have a feeling that when I’m depressed but don’t have anything to be depressed about, I’m actively being depressed just to be depressed. If I’m aware of what I’m doing, and do nothing to stop it, am I faking it? I’ve been having a lot of trouble accepting that I’m sad when I’ve got nothing to be sad about. I’m seeking out reasons for every imperfection I find in myself like the way I speak, the reason I do certain things like the way I move or act, why I can’t understand simple things like other people. I think if I don’t have something to call it, or blame it on, I’m making it up. Do I mix up my words and numbers and letters because I’m stupid? Or because there’s something wrong with me? Am I isolating myself on purpose? Or because I think that’s what I’m supposed to be doing? I’m overthinking again oops 😬
“While Marv and I did discuss the possibility of Joseph Wilson being gay, Marv decided that it was too much of a stereotype to have the sensitive, artistic, and wide-eyed character with arguably effeminate features be also homosexual”. - Perez, New Teen Titans writer
Is BOGUS. Joseph Wilson is handsome, strong, intuitive, compassionate, and INSANELY powerful.
These guys were pulling at straws for a reason not making Joey gay.
Because:
Tim Drake has effeminate features.
Damian Wayne is artistic.
Connor/Kon-El is HELLA sensitive.
None of those things make these characters GAY. It is just part of their personalitiea. Just like Joey being gay isn't part of his personality, it's just who he is. So why use it as an excuse to sensor homosexuality in comics???
Why are a majority of the adults on this site willing to attack literal children for the stuff they like? Why do most adults on this site fucking suck ass?
I got called a creep for arguing a point against someone making a callout post with no receipts and their points had already been argued against by hundreds of people. I'm 15. The person who called me a creep was 21-
I've seen so many adults here get offended over children simply liking things they deem "problematic" when the things aren't even FUCKING PROBLEMATIC. LET THESE CHILDREN LIKE WHAT THE FUCK THEY WANT TO.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ADULTS WHO MAKE A CALLOUT POST AND DON'T EVEN LET PEOPLE REPLY TO THE POST! YOU LOOK SUS AS FUCK WHEN YOU DO THAT! IF YOU WEREN'T SO SCARED TO BE ARGUED AGAINST YOU WOULD LET PEOPLE COMMENT! YOU KNOW YOU'RE WRONG SO YOU DISALLOW PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING TO REFUTE YOUR ARGUMENT! SHUT THE FUCK UP!
God DAMNIT I'm fucking pissed. I'm fucking fuming.
for all you bitches coming for Aja trying to call her out for copying Naomi you obviously haven’t been following Aja. Y’all trying to compare that nose contour ok let’s compare. Aja always does that little triangle on the tip of her nose and Naomi doesn’t. Also Aja does the colorful hair and Naomi doesn’t. Their performance styles, completely different like have you watched Aja preform?? She fucking murders it. I love Naomi but the shade lately ???? And you mother fuckers try to come for Aja acting like she has nothing to offer or whatever, but she’s out there being amazing, I mean she’s 23 and has her own haus like what ?? that’s fucking amazing. And she is honestly so genuine, go watch her facebook live streams she has like a 100. So stop. comparing. queens. And stop trying to come for Aja she is far too talented for this bullshit. WERK.
It’s funny how they say they can’t stand me but still follow my art account and make new accounts just to talk to me.
You and your friends gave me PTSD. What makes you think I’d want to talk to you? I gave you a second chance knowing you’ll turn it around and you did. It’s been 4 years. Leave me the fuck alone. I blocked you for a reason.
I want to FORGET YOU. Please. You’ve tormented me out of school and now you’re trying to through a screen?
In short, it sucks waking up everyday with notifications that say “you should follow this person”. It’s so tiring to be told everyday that I’m not good enough. I get it, okay? I’ll forever be that one kid that got bullied out of public school because she was too weak to handle it. Waking up every single day knowing you’ll get harassed from not just the kids but the teachers and staff too? I had absolutely no one to comfort me. I physically shake when I pass any public school. Sometimes I think about who I would’ve become if I just.....sucked it up.
So please. Please. Think about what you’re going to do/say before you do it. It WILL change that kids life.
I have a video of me and my mom flipping off my old school that gave me PTSD. The fact that one of my old friends saw it and responded to it with “why would you do that? That’s so disrespectful” like YEAH. I KNOW. That was the whole point dumbass. You’re literally part of the reason we did it too. I was originally doing it to the staff because they bullied me worse than the kids but just for that comment, fuck you too lol. I left that school in 6th grade. Best decision of my life. Imagine your 12 year old kid telling you she would rather die than have to go to school everyday KNOWING she’d get harassed in every way possible. I had full blown panic attacks when I saw the bus. I legit couldn’t breathe. I still physically SHAKE when I see public schools. I’ve put myself down every single day thinking that my diagnosed PTSD is an overreaction because “I didn’t fight in a war”. I’ve seen multiple therapists and every one of them tells me that mine is just as important. So next time you’re rude to someone, think of how it’ll affect them in the long run. Sure, you’ll forget about that comment. Right? That kid though? They won’t ever forget. Imagine having you permanently in someone’s mind for all the wrong reasons.
Realizing you've done something shitty doesn't make you a better person. It doesn't mean I owe you forgiveness. It doesn't mean things will be fixed. All it means is that you realized you fucked up, and now you have to live with that fuck up.
