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[doyle]

I have snacks, I have Sudoku, I have no plans for today except listening to the audio of The Dalek Master Plan. Ahh, Saturdays. (I would be joining in taraljc's Life on Mars-a-thon, as I still haven't watched it, but I'm at my parents' and my dad's PC is creaky and weeps emo computer tears if I try to make it do complicated things like play .avi's)

And a meme, seen everywhere but most recently from twinkledru: Name a character or pairing! Then I will ramble on about it! I just like how emphatic it is.

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[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Mickey! Possibly with a side of Mickey/Ten...?

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Mickey, Mickey, Mickey... I admit, it took me a bit to warm to Mickey, since he doesn't make the best first impression in Rose. By the time we get to WWIII, though... wow. He's spent a year being persecuted and probably questioning his own sanity and he's still prepared to kill the woman he loves to save the world, something the Doctor hesitates over. And he stands up to Jackie, which is a terrifying enough prospect.

Mickey is just good, basically. I know RTD's said the intention was for him to be a blameless character whose life was blown to bits by the Doctor, and I love that despite the crap he's gone through he's still the one who refuses to let Rose give up in PoTW: he's got the perfect chance to keep her, get rid of the Doctor forever, but he helps her instead, knowing he might never see her again.

So: loyal, funny, a hell of a lot smarter and braver than he thinks - yeah, I'm glad he's going to get to be a proper companion. And Mickey/Ten - definite thawing of his relationship with the Doctor in TCI (the group hug!) and when he asked "you're never going to stay"... maybe it was just me, but I don't think that was solely for Rose. It'll never happen in the series but I'd love to see, after Mickey's been travelling with them a while, Rose decides it's time to go - and Mickey realises *he* doesn't want to. He's actually out there, doing these amazing planet-saving things rather than working in a garage, and the Doctor's possibly the first proper male friend he's ever had and just maybe, if he's honest, his thoughts have sometimes wandered in a less than platonic direction. And they're alone in the console room as Rose is packing and the Doctor asks what she hasn't, does Mickey want to stay, and there's just a moment... I need to fic. *g*