Well, I certainly agree fandom isn't as fair to female characters. So if River were a guy I reckon she would be better received. But Captain Jack certainly was accused of being a Mary Sue/Marty Stu/Gary Stu in some circles, though I think River gets it a bit worse because her secret knowledge is more specific to The Doctor.
Anyway, I like River. I think she's trustworthy to the extent that I fundamentally think she has The Doctor's best interests at heart. That doesn't mean she might not have some significant and upsetting secret she's not currently telling him about (we still don't know why she's even in prison, do we?). To put it another way, I mostly disagree with disliking her for the things she does, and for concluding the things she does mean something sinister, rather than disagreeing that she does at least some of the things people who do dislike her dislike her for.
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Date: 2010-06-22 05:18 pm (UTC)Anyway, I like River. I think she's trustworthy to the extent that I fundamentally think she has The Doctor's best interests at heart. That doesn't mean she might not have some significant and upsetting secret she's not currently telling him about (we still don't know why she's even in prison, do we?). To put it another way, I mostly disagree with disliking her for the things she does, and for concluding the things she does mean something sinister, rather than disagreeing that she does at least some of the things people who do dislike her dislike her for.