Howling:Why do so many people dislike Amy Pond?

Why do so many people seem to hate Pond? I just can't understand it. Amy is a magnificant, tragic, and wonderfully complicated character portrayed by a talented actor (both young and grown). People whine about her problems with comitment and trust, and her way of losing her temper and being sarcastic with people. But that's what we call flaw, and it's what makes her such a well-rounded character. People insult her sexual confidence, while they praise Captain Jack for an even greater amount of these types of qualities - gender stereotype, anyone? And as for the names she teases Rory with, well, you forget they were friends as children! Why should they drop that playful dynamic in favour of a solomn, serious one? She also has a great relasionship with the Doctor, with their layers of romantic, platonic, maternal, paternal, and rival-like affections - it's far to complex to be summed up with the word "mates" really, but that's what they are, through and through.

Amy Pond is a beautifuly written and developed character and I'd love to know the reasons people choose to bash her. MidnightCat 09:10, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

Because every companion is bashed by someone. I have actually seen people bashing Peri and Mel, who are easily the two best written companions in the series, but the people who bash companions like this all the time are thankfully in the minority.68.55.218.250 17:05, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with you that every companion is bashed by someone; everyone has different taste.

But I can't believe anyone would call Mel one of the two best written companions in the series! Which of course just proves your larger point, but I can't leave this alone. If you're talking about the Craig Hinton novels (but not the Gary Russell ones) and the BFAs, then yes, but on TV, she slogged through some of the worst writing ever on display in a major television series, and, as a consequence, she was one of the worst companions in the history of the show. In fact, the only reason Hinton was able to rehabilitate her is that she was so shallowly drawn during her tenure on TV. And much the same is true with the 6th Doctor.

Anyway, back to the main point: I love Amy, and Rory, but I can understand that some people are stupid^H^H^H^H^H^H different from me. --173.228.85.118 04:16, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Peri was also pretty annoying. The only thing worse than her American accent were the "Americans" in The Chase.Icecreamdif 04:26, July 23, 2011 (UTC)