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Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
Remember in "Ariel" when Simon was looking at her he said that she's not able to not be scared or whatever.
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Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Interesting question! And one I've thought about myself.

I don't know about the general opinion, but my own personal one is that River is probably more stable than she was. I don't imagine she's cured though. Not only is she psychic, but her brain is still wounded from the procedures she went through. She still feels every emotion full on. She can't block it. That's going to be tough for anyone to deal with.

I imagine she still has trouble distinguishing between what's going on in the world around her and what's going on inside people's heads. I think River still sees the world the way she did in the opening scenes of "Objects in Space", so she's bound to appear a bit loopy to other folk in the 'verse!

The "I'm all right" line is one I've thought about a lot since the movie. I think it shows River realising that, bad as things are for her, she can face them. She was terrified of the truth about Miranda through most of the movie, and the knowledge of it was terrible for her to bear. "I shouldn't have to carry it. It isn't mine!" On Miranda she submitted fully to that fear. Even though it was overwhelming (I was almost in tears when she begged the dead to "please, get up!") she survived. And she still had her friends. And she was okay.

That's my opinion anyway. Um ... does it make any sense?

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