regarding your essay- Y'know, it's funny- those were (kinda) my thoughts for a while, especially after The Long Game, with the Adam thing. It was just one of those things lurking in the back of my mind. And -damn, I feel pretty bad about coming to your journal and promptly linking to my own fanfic- but I sort of wrote an entire Doctor Who fanfic series based on that, about what happened to Mickey after Rose left and how he grows to become almost a little like the Doctor himself, and inspires others to be more than they were. And that was kinda what it was always coming back to- that ordinary heroism from ordinary people was equal to heroism from people like Rose and the Doctor.

But...anyway. That was an incredibly interesting post. It's interesting that they kinda did tackle that theme on the show, with 'It's what the rest of us do.' in Parting Of The Ways.

p.s. Mind if I friend you?