What bugged me about the scene (well, what bugged me the most, anyway) was the suggestion that "human" Ten was able to say it whereas actual Ten couldn't, as if the Doctor himself couldn't love, or couldn't admit to loving, a human. That's how it hit me when I first saw it: Rose asks Ten and he won't say it. "Human" Ten walks up to her, presumably says it in her ear, and snogs the life out of her.
As far as Ten hiding his feelings so Rose would leave, I have problems with that, at least with whether it would work.
1) Rose isn't stupid. She knows the actual Doctor loves her. And just because the other one has some human genes, or whatever, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be more able, or willing, for that matter, to live life "on the slow path." (Whether "human" Ten will be OK, and whether the Doctor should have just sent him off to the parallel world, with Rose, not knowing what might happen, is another big question.) So, if the Doctor's just trying to manipulate her for her own good, she should have seen right through it -- just like the other times he tried to send her away!
2) It seems pretty darn presumptuous for the Doctor to decide what's good for Rose here, and she should have called him on it. ("Oh, this is for my sake? My arse!") Even first season, less mature, Rose would have been smart enough to see through it and strong enough to object. And she's older, wiser and more independent now.
3) Why couldn't Rose stay? Mickey got to stay! And there didn't seem to be any problem with Rose, Mickey and Jackie all going to the parallel world in "Doomsday."
It might have made sense if we'd seen some discussion, at least. Maybe the Doctor couldn't bear to leave his universe undefended (martyr!) and Rose couldn't leave her Earth undefended. Maybe they don't need each other as desperately as they once did. Me, I'd have liked more resolution of this and less let's-cram-every-Whoniverse-character-we-can-dig-up-into-three-episodes. (I could definitely have done without crazy cackling Dalek Caan!)
(end ranting)
Oh well. There can never be too many fix-it fics :)
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As far as Ten hiding his feelings so Rose would leave, I have problems with that, at least with whether it would work.
1) Rose isn't stupid. She knows the actual Doctor loves her. And just because the other one has some human genes, or whatever, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be more able, or willing, for that matter, to live life "on the slow path." (Whether "human" Ten will be OK, and whether the Doctor should have just sent him off to the parallel world, with Rose, not knowing what might happen, is another big question.) So, if the Doctor's just trying to manipulate her for her own good, she should have seen right through it -- just like the other times he tried to send her away!
2) It seems pretty darn presumptuous for the Doctor to decide what's good for Rose here, and she should have called him on it. ("Oh, this is for my sake? My arse!") Even first season, less mature, Rose would have been smart enough to see through it and strong enough to object. And she's older, wiser and more independent now.
3) Why couldn't Rose stay? Mickey got to stay! And there didn't seem to be any problem with Rose, Mickey and Jackie all going to the parallel world in "Doomsday."
It might have made sense if we'd seen some discussion, at least. Maybe the Doctor couldn't bear to leave his universe undefended (martyr!) and Rose couldn't leave her Earth undefended. Maybe they don't need each other as desperately as they once did. Me, I'd have liked more resolution of this and less let's-cram-every-Whoniverse-character-we-can-dig-up-into-three-episodes. (I could definitely have done without crazy cackling Dalek Caan!)
(end ranting)
Oh well. There can never be too many fix-it fics :)