Why are protagonists so durable…

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abossycontrolfreak:

izanagis-tea-time-turnabout:

Unimportant secondary character:
*gets violently thrown against a car*
*dies tragically*

Main character:
*gets violently thrown against a car*
“Hoo boy I’m gonna be feelin that in the mornin.”

And this is one of the reasons Clara thought she’d be fine, that the risk was worth taking. Because protagonists don’t die, and she has always seen herself as the protagonist of the story.

And she thought rightly. The companion’s the real protagonist of Who in its modern iteration. She just didn’t foresee being in a show that’s all about constantly destroying everything that it is to be reborn again.

Anyway, I desperately need a meta Clara story of her directly seeing herself in Doctor Who sometime (and having an existential crisis at not being the title character). Probably involving Jane Austen, because authory bi goodness.