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

[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 ;)