I've thought from the beginning that Rose was rather Jo-like. The same sort of charming, fashionable, bubbly blond without much in the way of real-world skills, but the occasional random thing that pops up usefully (lockpicking when it's needed, under-sevens gymnastics when it's needed, and neither ever again), and sort of attached at the hip to the Doctor. And S2 was significantly less functional than S1; painfully so, at times.
And I do agree that the She's So Special arguments do suffer somewhat when the companion Rose is most like is the Intentionally Rather Rubbish One. That sort of ranges from funny to insulting-to-women-who-aren't-rubbish, depending on the tenor of the argument.
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Date: 2006-08-11 03:27 pm (UTC)And I do agree that the She's So Special arguments do suffer somewhat when the companion Rose is most like is the Intentionally Rather Rubbish One. That sort of ranges from funny to insulting-to-women-who-aren't-rubbish, depending on the tenor of the argument.