(You should not have to be *reminded* to express sympathy when someone tells you all her people are dead, what the everloving hell.)
I know! Especially when he's always trying to garner sympathy for being the last of his own people. It does get a bit All About Him sometimes, which makes me sad.
You are so right about how differently Eleven and Ten deal with individuals. Yes, Eleven can be a bit rude too, but he can also be very caring and really literally take care of his friends who are in need (I love him with Craig SO MUCH -- and honestly think its sad that it is probably his weight than has made fandom not ship them).
But most importantly, as you said, the show points out that the Doctor is fallible and lets people call him on his shit. Instead of, as we mentioned, telling us Ten was so awesome, but showing us something very different quite often and therefore leading to a disconnect (I have the same exact issue with the portrayal of Rose in the series, but that's a whole other can of worms).
I'm not sure if you've ever seen the 'What We Had' fanvid (http://cherryice.livejournal.com/213248.html) by cherryice, but it really sums up the negative aspects of Ten's character perfectly for me (in fact, I always get really sad and angry when I rewatch it). God, I really want to love him (I do still ship him with Martha, though -- because I'M INSANE), but sometimes he makes it so hard for me. :(
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(You should not have to be *reminded* to express sympathy when someone tells you all her people are dead, what the everloving hell.)
I know! Especially when he's always trying to garner sympathy for being the last of his own people. It does get a bit All About Him sometimes, which makes me sad.
You are so right about how differently Eleven and Ten deal with individuals. Yes, Eleven can be a bit rude too, but he can also be very caring and really literally take care of his friends who are in need (I love him with Craig SO MUCH -- and honestly think its sad that it is probably his weight than has made fandom not ship them).
But most importantly, as you said, the show points out that the Doctor is fallible and lets people call him on his shit. Instead of, as we mentioned, telling us Ten was so awesome, but showing us something very different quite often and therefore leading to a disconnect (I have the same exact issue with the portrayal of Rose in the series, but that's a whole other can of worms).
I'm not sure if you've ever seen the 'What We Had' fanvid (http://cherryice.livejournal.com/213248.html) by