Whoniverse: Biracial Couples

[sariagray]

Just a quick thought that struck me as I was on getting ready for work.

Why do biracial couples fare so terribly in the Whoniverse?

The first one I thought of was Martha and Tom. Why did she end up marrying Mickey when she was engaged to Tom? Huh.

Which obviously leads me to think of Rose and Mickey. That didn't work out, now did it?

And Martha's dad with his new girlfriend; that never pans out.

Oh! And Donna with her conniving fiancé. Poor Donna.

Torchwood takes it a step further.

First, we have Ianto and Lisa. Yep. That goes smashingly, doesn't it?

Then, as a bit of a sidebar, Beth and Mike. Stabbity-stab.


I know it's probably, ya know, not intentional. Right? But it seems so odd. What are your thoughts? Is there a successful biracial couple anywhere in the Whoniverse? 

Comments

[bk_forever]

Uhhh, let me think....

Nope, drawing a black so far!

Plus, if we look at other ethnicities (is that a word?) we have Tosh's unrequited love for Owen. And Tosh's 'relationship' with Mary, and Tosh and Tommy...

All in all, not a good track record.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed I didn't even think of Tosh! I just brushed it off as Tosh being unlucky in love...but you're so right.

I think I should write an essay....

[bk_forever]

Tosh is a walking Doomed Romance - poor girl never gets a break! It's like the writers couldn't come up with anything else to do with her! Sad when you consider what an inspiring character she could have been with a bit more effort on the part of the writers. All their effort seemed to go into exploring Gwen and Gwen's Life and Gwen's Relationships, and for all that, they failed to make her anything more than dull and boring - for me, anyway. Gwen was nothing I hadn't seen before, just written worse andmade less likeable. I found the snippets of Tosh's life much more interesting. I may not be a brain like Tosh, but I'm geeky and quiet and I've been overlooked or ignored most of my life, so I found her (and Ianto) much easier to identify with, and much more interesting as multi-layered characters.

An essay could be interesting, plus it would give you a good excuse to watch everything again in order to check your facts and look for any other examples ;)

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

...Just outta curiousity, was "drawing a black so far" intended? *grin*

[bk_forever]

Arrrgghhh! My ability to spell has completely deserted me today! It was supposed to be Drawing a BLANK!

*Bangs head repeatedly on keyboard*

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

haha, i figured as much... i just thought it was a very entertaining and well timed typo. :)

[bk_forever]

Entertaining and well-timed maybe, but I really should pay more attention to what I'm typing. I swear I do know how to spell - most days...

Today is apparently NOT one of those days.

Did you get the other photos? I think I sent 5 by separate emails. Seems sending more than one at once doesn't work!

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

lol, yes i got them. i sent emails back... did you get those? hehe, stoopid interwebz. Those definitly help. Is next week ok? Gonna be a craaaazay weekend. :)

[bk_forever]

Anytime you have the time is fine with me!

No, didn't get emails back, sometimes I think there are spiderz in the interwebz that eat emails!