I quite completely agree with you. I really can't make Amy/Eleven shipping work in my head... but I totally see her wanting it. She's spent her whole life lost in a fantasy world -- as you point out, shaped very much by the Doctor's brief presence in her life. In her own personal fairy tale, the Doctor's her knight in shining armor, her Prince Charming, her romantic hero to come and take her away from the tedium of everyday life. And even the Doctor, as marvelous as he can be, can't live up to the perfect fairy tale hero. In reality, he's anything but a romantic... but Amy is stuck with the idea of him as the romantic hero and she won't be easily swayed from it.
And at the same time... yeah, I think she really does love Rory. But who could stand up to what the Doctor can offer? All of time and space is hard to beat. Rory simply seems ordinary, even dull, by comparison.
Amy's going to need some time to really figure out what she wants here -- she's been chasing her fairy tale so long that I doubt she really knows anymore.
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on 2010-05-02 12:15 am (UTC)And at the same time... yeah, I think she really does love Rory. But who could stand up to what the Doctor can offer? All of time and space is hard to beat. Rory simply seems ordinary, even dull, by comparison.
Amy's going to need some time to really figure out what she wants here -- she's been chasing her fairy tale so long that I doubt she really knows anymore.