Howling:Why do so many people dislike Amy Pond?
Why do so many people seem to hate Pond? I just can't understand it. Amy is a magnificant, tragic, and wonderfully complicated character portrayed by a talented actor (both young and grown). People whine about her problems with comitment and trust, and her way of losing her temper and being sarcastic with people. But that's what we call flaw, and it's what makes her such a well-rounded character. People insult her sexual confidence, while they praise Captain Jack for an even greater amount of these types of qualities - gender stereotype, anyone? And as for the names she teases Rory with, well, you forget they were friends as children! Why should they drop that playful dynamic in favour of a solomn, serious one? She also has a great relasionship with the Doctor, with their layers of romantic, platonic, maternal, paternal, and rival-like affections - it's far to complex to be summed up with the word "mates" really, but that's what they are, through and through.
Amy Pond is a beautifuly written and developed character and I'd love to know the reasons people choose to bash her. MidnightCat 09:10, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
Because every companion is bashed by someone. I have actually seen people bashing Peri and Mel, who are easily the two best written companions in the series, but the people who bash companions like this all the time are thankfully in the minority.68.55.218.250 17:05, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
I agree with you that every companion is bashed by someone; everyone has different taste.
But I can't believe anyone would call Mel one of the two best written companions in the series! Which of course just proves your larger point, but I can't leave this alone. If you're talking about the Craig Hinton novels (but not the Gary Russell ones) and the BFAs, then yes, but on TV, she slogged through some of the worst writing ever on display in a major television series, and, as a consequence, she was one of the worst companions in the history of the show. In fact, the only reason Hinton was able to rehabilitate her is that she was so shallowly drawn during her tenure on TV. And much the same is true with the 6th Doctor.
Anyway, back to the main point: I love Amy, and Rory, but I can understand that some people are stupid^H^H^H^H^H^H different from me. --173.228.85.118 04:16, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
Peri was also pretty annoying. The only thing worse than her American accent were the "Americans" in The Chase.Icecreamdif 04:26, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
You are correct that your comments completely prove my point. Every companion is hated by somebody. I personally find Sarah Jane Smith to be one of the worst companions in the entire series. I've never read the novels or listened to the audios, but I think that the Sixth Doctor was one of the best televised Doctors, and he had the best companions. The Fifth Doctor had way too many companions travelling with him at once, all of whom (especcially Adric) were really obnoxious and annoying, so it was a welcome change when the Sixth Doctor went back to travelling with only one companion at a time. I've never noticed anything wrong with Peri's accent, and I've never seen the chase, but Peri is certainly one of the best companions in the entire series. I don't think that any of the other companions would have been able to put up with the Sixth Doctor's rudeness as long as Peri did without killing themselves, and Peri had one of the best "deaths" in the entire series (next to Adric, whose death was a relief). Her death was certainly better than any of Rory's deaths anyway. Mel, on the other hand, was a welcome change to Peri, whose personality rivalled that of Colin Baker's Doctor in originality. She also appeared in some of the best written stories of the series, like time and the rani, and delta and the bannerman. Amy and Rory aren't the best companions that have ever travelled with the Doctor, but there's nothing wrong with them.68.55.218.250 05:11, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
