the girl who's still waiting:

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

the girl who’s still waiting:

okay so here’s the thing right about amy pond

when amy pond was a child her parents were murdered by a creature living in her house that she didn’t know about

that accessed her house by going through a hole in the fabric of the universe that she also didn’t know about

which altered her thoughts (to the point that she was later able to reconstruct the universe), which she also didn’t know about

her life was heavily influenced at a young age by a visit from an alien man in a blue box who told her he would be be right back

her belief in this man caused people to believe she was crazy

no really; that’s canon, the twelve years she spent being told she was crazy

twelve years she also spent, again unknowingly, being childhood best friends with her part-time-lord daughter

who was born after a pregnancy that amy also did not fucking know about

after months and months during which amy’s brain was disconnected from her body, sent off on adventures, and again NOT TOLD that this was happening

(not to mention how this child was immediately separated from amy after her birth, again, without amy’s knowledge)

and now it turns out that while amy was being unknowingly held hostage during her unknown pregnancy, amy’s body was—in some unknown way—rendered incapable of bearing children

so say what you want, have whatever opinions you want about whether or not the ~gave rory up since she could not provide what she wanted~ thing was sexist

seriously; knock yourself out, i don’t care either way

this is still a show in which the lead female character’s physical and mental wellbeing is CONSTANTLY and CANONICALLY either out of her control or called into question

this is still a show on which the lead female character’s ability to make her own choices about her physical and mental wellbeing is CONSTANTLY and CANONICALLY denied to her

and you can call that whatever you want

you really can

but when you cut it in half and peer inside?

it looks a whole fucking lot like sexism.