tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post1515267351220977288..comments2022-10-23T07:31:43.533-04:00Comments on The Horror of Fan Blog: War and Peace: An Overanalysis of "The Name of the Doctor"Julie Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07104713215454267323noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post-70257138445277715972013-05-23T02:48:27.468-04:002013-05-23T02:48:27.468-04:00I think I've just accepted very loose interpre...I think I've just accepted very loose interpretations of oddly worded prophecies thanks to my love for Harry Potter. Cheskonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post-33543676512879043172013-05-22T08:53:26.942-04:002013-05-22T08:53:26.942-04:00Then again, Moffat sometimes tries to do things wi...Then again, Moffat sometimes tries to do things with the English language that it's not meant to do:<br /><br />"Nobody says saved, they say safe!"<br /><br />No, Moffat. People say "saved." All the time.Julie Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104713215454267323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post-43364592845455814322013-05-22T08:52:19.086-04:002013-05-22T08:52:19.086-04:00Then that would have to say "No unliving bein...Then that would have to say "No unliving being." "No living being can fail to answer or answer falsely" is a pretty unequivocal statement. No person can lie or fail to answer.Julie Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104713215454267323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post-73706809001905086092013-05-20T17:27:05.622-04:002013-05-20T17:27:05.622-04:00Chesko, you're inserting a double negative int...Chesko, you're inserting a double negative into the statement where none exists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545096155825223340.post-78162790685493388322013-05-20T00:21:55.705-04:002013-05-20T00:21:55.705-04:00"no living being can fail to speak or answer ..."no living being can fail to speak or answer falsely"<br /><br />This episode didn't really contradict this, it just contradicted the widely accepted interpretation of what that meant. <br /><br />"No living being" could mean River since she is dead and she couldn't fail to speak because that would mean they would die or "answer falsely" because if she lied the door wouldn't open and they would die.<br /><br />Kind of brilliant...or really stupid, but I liked it haha<br />Cheskonoreply@blogger.com