It doesn't make sense for someone to forget their name and background even after hundreds of years. The writer hasn't sat down and contemplated the philosophical depth of aging and it's effects over time or understood brain biology. Sorry, but i think learning about those are a prerequisite when you're writing about these kinds of concepts.
But i'll give some benefit of the doubt and head-canon that because she was a teenager when she was made immortal that her brain is always in a half-developed state and so her memories are more fractured too, i guess.
Ugh.
"Me" is a terrible name to give a character. It also makes the character and the writer seem smug.
Instead of writing a likeable and deep character, which also makes people like the episode and character more (basic writing) we have a sassy arrogant annoying immortal girl.
Ugh.
She's not THAT bad, but still.
There is some depth about her losing her children, only it's mostly dealt with in a flashback.
There is some depth and genuine feeling that Ashildr is angry with the doctor and bitter after what she's been through and what the doctor did to her. The doctor is also witnessing his mistake, and won't even fully own up to it really, still blind to the consequences that have befell his actions.
Ashildr didn't even think about if she might be wrong and this lion guy she's with is bad, and didn't have a plan if that were so.
It's nice to see Ashildr become more good by the end.
A decent episode because it has a standard kind of plot. But this should been so much deeper and unique.
Review by WardVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2023-12-19T18:41:14Z
It doesn't make sense for someone to forget their name and background even after hundreds of years. The writer hasn't sat down and contemplated the philosophical depth of aging and it's effects over time or understood brain biology. Sorry, but i think learning about those are a prerequisite when you're writing about these kinds of concepts.
But i'll give some benefit of the doubt and head-canon that because she was a teenager when she was made immortal that her brain is always in a half-developed state and so her memories are more fractured too, i guess.
Ugh.
"Me" is a terrible name to give a character. It also makes the character and the writer seem smug.
Instead of writing a likeable and deep character, which also makes people like the episode and character more (basic writing) we have a sassy arrogant annoying immortal girl.
Ugh.
She's not THAT bad, but still.
There is some depth about her losing her children, only it's mostly dealt with in a flashback.
There is some depth and genuine feeling that Ashildr is angry with the doctor and bitter after what she's been through and what the doctor did to her. The doctor is also witnessing his mistake, and won't even fully own up to it really, still blind to the consequences that have befell his actions.
Ashildr didn't even think about if she might be wrong and this lion guy she's with is bad, and didn't have a plan if that were so.
It's nice to see Ashildr become more good by the end.
A decent episode because it has a standard kind of plot. But this should been so much deeper and unique.