I guess I'm agreeing with Reddygirl in that I think execution matters. I say that because as wary as I am of Joss doing this (Dude, I saw what he did to Cordy. Hijacked then killed her. Joss has a poor history with this trope). I have to admit to not having been all that bothered by Amy Pond's plot (then again, her child's conception had no hint of dubcon).
More, I remember Farscape's "Two Crichtons" plot with great, squeeing fangirl love. But, the two Crichtons plot wasn't a 'gotcha'. We knew there were two of them. We knew when it happened. We knew he was cloned. He knew he was cloned. And Aeryn knew that he'd been cloned. (We never knew which was the original and which was the clone though. They were both John Crichton... up to the moment they were separated. Which was the point. They were the same person... and then they lived different lives. And their different lives made them different people. (So when one of the John's died, despite knowing even as he died that there was another John... it was 'her' John that died. She couldn't just change Johns. And that was a really wonderful plot because in it's overall plot it played first on how the two john's weren't the same because they lived different lives, and the next season she had to accept how they were the same. It had some truly wonderful angst.
BUT -- John wasn't hijacked. The plot wasn't played as a 'gotcha.' And both he and the characters knew that there were two of them. So it was exploring issues other than that (and I admit that I love the fact that they never clarified which was the original Crichton. They both were).
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More, I remember Farscape's "Two Crichtons" plot with great, squeeing fangirl love. But, the two Crichtons plot wasn't a 'gotcha'. We knew there were two of them. We knew when it happened. We knew he was cloned. He knew he was cloned. And Aeryn knew that he'd been cloned. (We never knew which was the original and which was the clone though. They were both John Crichton... up to the moment they were separated. Which was the point. They were the same person... and then they lived different lives. And their different lives made them different people. (So when one of the John's died, despite knowing even as he died that there was another John... it was 'her' John that died. She couldn't just change Johns. And that was a really wonderful plot because in it's overall plot it played first on how the two john's weren't the same because they lived different lives, and the next season she had to accept how they were the same. It had some truly wonderful angst.
BUT -- John wasn't hijacked. The plot wasn't played as a 'gotcha.' And both he and the characters knew that there were two of them. So it was exploring issues other than that (and I admit that I love the fact that they never clarified which was the original Crichton. They both were).
This plot? This feels quite different.