(life? what is this 'life' of which you speak? ^^;;)
I think the reason Rose's treatment of Mickey didn't bother me so much was because I wasn't very sympathetic to Mickey's position. Mickey is a couple years older than her, he should be the more mature one, but he isn't really doing anything with himself except following her around. He lets Rose walk over him, and yes, it's beause he's in love with her; but he's pathetic about it. He doesn't ever tell her off, doesn't ever tell her she has to choose. I saw a lot of the problems with the Rose/Mickey dynamic as being Mickey's flaws at least as much as Rose's. If Mickey had just gotten on with his life, had told her firmly "I'm seeing someone else now, sorry," as he had a right to do, then that would be one thing. But Mickey suggests a hotel room like they're still together; he makes sure he always is there for Rose, runs from his new girlfriend and pushes himself forward to be taken advantage of, because he's trying to win her back (and that's a confusing issue right there, because the Doctor isn't exactly her boyfriend no matter what Mickey thinks, and the competition is pretty much impossible.) Mickey's at least as codependent on Rose as Rose is with the Doctor... I also believe that Rose doesn't quite realize how deeply in love Mickey really is...I get the feeling they grew up almost like brother and sister, since they apparently knew each other since Rose was a baby. And you do have a tendency to take family for granted, because family always will be there...
As far as the rest goes - well, she's got a time machine, but she's got a time machine that's, errr, not exactly the most reliable piece of equipment in the universe. Twelve hours, twelve months...she really shouldn't make promises when she can't keep them!
But, still, her "see you guys in five minutes or fifty years, I don't know which, but you'll be waiting for me when I get back, right?" attitude leaves me feeling uncomfortable.
That's the thing, I guess...I don't think this is the right attitude to have, necessarily, but I can so understand it, it's just such a natural attitude, that I have trouble faulting Rose for it. If she kept this attitude for all her life, yeah...but she's young, and so enjoying herself, I guess I think that kids have a right to a couple years of selfishness, before taking on the responsibilities of maturity. The Doctor, yeah, he's another story. But Rose is young enough that it doesn't bother me to see her being immature.
And Jack...aside from the outer demands of the story, which called for the char to be put aside, I didn't get from Rose's "let's go back and find him" that she knew for certain he was alive and well, but she didn't quite have reason to think otherwise. Rose was sent back to Earth before anyone actually died, and doesn't remember returning - she doesn't know for sure that the Daleks actually managed to kill anyone, much less everyone. And the way the Doctor tells her "He's got things to do, rebuilding the Earth" - it's hurried but it certainly sounds like it might've been Jack's choice to stay. And then she's plunged right into another crisis with the Doctor's new regeneration, so... (a lot of this is subjective, definitely, and I'm biased toward Rose, so... ^^;)
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I think the reason Rose's treatment of Mickey didn't bother me so much was because I wasn't very sympathetic to Mickey's position. Mickey is a couple years older than her, he should be the more mature one, but he isn't really doing anything with himself except following her around. He lets Rose walk over him, and yes, it's beause he's in love with her; but he's pathetic about it. He doesn't ever tell her off, doesn't ever tell her she has to choose. I saw a lot of the problems with the Rose/Mickey dynamic as being Mickey's flaws at least as much as Rose's. If Mickey had just gotten on with his life, had told her firmly "I'm seeing someone else now, sorry," as he had a right to do, then that would be one thing. But Mickey suggests a hotel room like they're still together; he makes sure he always is there for Rose, runs from his new girlfriend and pushes himself forward to be taken advantage of, because he's trying to win her back (and that's a confusing issue right there, because the Doctor isn't exactly her boyfriend no matter what Mickey thinks, and the competition is pretty much impossible.) Mickey's at least as codependent on Rose as Rose is with the Doctor...
I also believe that Rose doesn't quite realize how deeply in love Mickey really is...I get the feeling they grew up almost like brother and sister, since they apparently knew each other since Rose was a baby. And you do have a tendency to take family for granted, because family always will be there...
As far as the rest goes - well, she's got a time machine, but she's got a time machine that's, errr, not exactly the most reliable piece of equipment in the universe. Twelve hours, twelve months...she really shouldn't make promises when she can't keep them!
But, still, her "see you guys in five minutes or fifty years, I don't know which, but you'll be waiting for me when I get back, right?" attitude leaves me feeling uncomfortable.
That's the thing, I guess...I don't think this is the right attitude to have, necessarily, but I can so understand it, it's just such a natural attitude, that I have trouble faulting Rose for it. If she kept this attitude for all her life, yeah...but she's young, and so enjoying herself, I guess I think that kids have a right to a couple years of selfishness, before taking on the responsibilities of maturity. The Doctor, yeah, he's another story. But Rose is young enough that it doesn't bother me to see her being immature.
And Jack...aside from the outer demands of the story, which called for the char to be put aside, I didn't get from Rose's "let's go back and find him" that she knew for certain he was alive and well, but she didn't quite have reason to think otherwise. Rose was sent back to Earth before anyone actually died, and doesn't remember returning - she doesn't know for sure that the Daleks actually managed to kill anyone, much less everyone. And the way the Doctor tells her "He's got things to do, rebuilding the Earth" - it's hurried but it certainly sounds like it might've been Jack's choice to stay. And then she's plunged right into another crisis with the Doctor's new regeneration, so...
(a lot of this is subjective, definitely, and I'm biased toward Rose, so... ^^;)