Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

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(27-10-2011 11:57 AM)Gillymac Wrote:  

(26-10-2011 11:55 PM)beatrice4ruth Wrote:  To an older deluded fan there is no greater love than a love between two people who are not only intellectually and emotionally compatible but also sexually well-matched.

A kiss, just before Ruth's death, to acknowledge the love of Harry and Ruth was not asking too much. I personally have never expected a nude scene in the middle of the field (just joking), just an understated hint that Harry and Ruth are now together.

Hmmm... As for your description of yourself...you said it :-P.

I don't do fanfic personally and if I did I wouldn't share it with others, because fanfic for me is all about self gratification, wish fullfilment and fantasy. It has nothing to do with workable dramatic structure or narrative line (not to mention continuity of character and plot development). People can and do write beautiful stories based on fictional characters that they haven't created themselves - I'm not getting at the fanfic writers here, but I would respectfully suggest that if their narratives were workable as television drama, they would be employed as scriptwriters rather than sharing their work online for free.

I'm a nurse by profession, and a fan fiction writer for fun. Part of the fun, I suppose, for me, is playing in other folk's universes, at least for the time being.

Quote:Harry and Ruth were NEVER together, they were NEVER a couple. Thats the point. Close friends, trusted colleagues, confidants to each other? Yes, of course. But they never crossed the line into a romantic relationship. BY THEIR OWN CHOICE.

There was attraction certainly, longing even on both sides but, as is the case with all classic 'doomed' relationships they were "...never meant to have any of those things". They had ample opportunity to start a relationship, but neither of them acted on it, UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

Given the fact that they never had an actual romantic relationship - they weren't going out with each other, boyfriend and girlfriend or whatever way you want to phrase it, it is perfectly reasonable that we never saw them get physical with each other.

THANK YOU! Brilliantly articulated. While we can see them in romantic pairings in various fan fiction stories to various degrees, the fact is, that what was shown on screen is exactly how you described. We weren't going to get that physical exploration the way we saw it with Adam and Fiona, Tom/Ellie or others because that's not what they were onscreen, and I never expected we would get that.