It's a pity Jake didn't cameo in the finale, because he and Rose suddenly have a lot in common: To live with the doppleganger of the man you love. Only Rose has the advantage that the split into 'parallel' lives is only a few hours.
The beauty and curse of RTD's writing is that the same images and words can be interpreted in many different and valid ways.
For instance, this looks a lot like the love cap in your original post, and a happy smile by an onlooking Blue suit. I call both the smiles on the men joyful, happy at seeing the pieces fall into place in the save the day plan:
For the hugging, I find it very weird that Brown Ten isn't seen hugging Rose. It was a blink and miss it when they begin to kind of face each other. But this cap is interesting:
<<< No Brown suit leaving Rose's arms. We never see Rose hug either of the suits when she is aware of two of them. Which is fine in a sense because we don't see everyone hug everyone else. Brown goes on to muscle in on Martha/Rose, but we don't see Martha hug anyone after that; it's Rose that's freed to hug her Mum. I wonder if they declined to show the Brown/Rose hug because of how different it would have been from their reunion hug at the start of the episode, that it would have jarred either with that hug or jarred with Brown's distancing at the end. But what we see is, Brown gives no special attention or touch to anyone on the TARDIS on the way home.
In fact, Blue is only seen hugging SJS, and the rest of his physical interaction is with Rose. On the beach Brown never takes his hands out of his pockets. That's not exactly comforting. And I can accept the level of intimacy, or lack thereof, between Blue and Rose on the beach. I've seen a woman married to a twin who was less affectionate to her husband when his brother was around. I accept the kiss that was chosen, because I'd be a bit tamer with my Mom watching! I agree with Rose kissing Blue, too. Otherwise it might seem like he was pushing himself on her the way Brown was forcing them to be in the parallel universe. Blue only knows Rose in this world, so he'd be unwise to push any issues for fear of being alone. Maybe we can see if Rose really meant "Stuck with you... that's not so bad." Maybe Brown is teaching her about responsibility, that she asked him to cast off his regeneration so that's what she gets to live with.
I suppose we should compare the intimacy to when Ten regenerated in TCI: At the end of the episode he held out her hand and she said it freaked her out. They mumbled nervously about whether they wanted to be together because he'd changed. But after a while, she held his hand, and she asked where they were going next. And yet, imagine how much it would hurt the audience if we saw that everyone was happy except Brown at the end because of his arrangements. It reminds me of the He-Man film: We don't say good-bye, we say good-journey. One journey ends, another begins, and sometimes paths cross once more. Even if it's just to kick Brown up the bum, because it's clear to the audience that things aren't right when he plays God.
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Date: 2008-07-22 09:19 pm (UTC)The beauty and curse of RTD's writing is that the same images and words can be interpreted in many different and valid ways.
For instance, this looks a lot like the love cap in your original post, and a happy smile by an onlooking Blue suit. I call both the smiles on the men joyful, happy at seeing the pieces fall into place in the save the day plan:
For the hugging, I find it very weird that Brown Ten isn't seen hugging Rose. It was a blink and miss it when they begin to kind of face each other. But this cap is interesting:
<<< No Brown suit leaving Rose's arms. We never see Rose hug either of the suits when she is aware of two of them. Which is fine in a sense because we don't see everyone hug everyone else. Brown goes on to muscle in on Martha/Rose, but we don't see Martha hug anyone after that; it's Rose that's freed to hug her Mum. I wonder if they declined to show the Brown/Rose hug because of how different it would have been from their reunion hug at the start of the episode, that it would have jarred either with that hug or jarred with Brown's distancing at the end. But what we see is, Brown gives no special attention or touch to anyone on the TARDIS on the way home.
In fact, Blue is only seen hugging SJS, and the rest of his physical interaction is with Rose. On the beach Brown never takes his hands out of his pockets. That's not exactly comforting. And I can accept the level of intimacy, or lack thereof, between Blue and Rose on the beach. I've seen a woman married to a twin who was less affectionate to her husband when his brother was around. I accept the kiss that was chosen, because I'd be a bit tamer with my Mom watching! I agree with Rose kissing Blue, too. Otherwise it might seem like he was pushing himself on her the way Brown was forcing them to be in the parallel universe. Blue only knows Rose in this world, so he'd be unwise to push any issues for fear of being alone. Maybe we can see if Rose really meant "Stuck with you... that's not so bad." Maybe Brown is teaching her about responsibility, that she asked him to cast off his regeneration so that's what she gets to live with.
I suppose we should compare the intimacy to when Ten regenerated in TCI: At the end of the episode he held out her hand and she said it freaked her out. They mumbled nervously about whether they wanted to be together because he'd changed. But after a while, she held his hand, and she asked where they were going next. And yet, imagine how much it would hurt the audience if we saw that everyone was happy except Brown at the end because of his arrangements. It reminds me of the He-Man film: We don't say good-bye, we say good-journey. One journey ends, another begins, and sometimes paths cross once more. Even if it's just to kick Brown up the bum, because it's clear to the audience that things aren't right when he plays God.