Seeing humans in shows saying that Aliens are evil for conquering earth is so funny with the context that humans would probably do the same thing to other planets. Like where’s the show where the roles are reversed and aliens are the ones stopping humans from invasion
seriously though, something i love about the sarah jane adventures is just how poorly sarah jane manages to be a functional adult. start of the series, she has no friends except an alien computer and a robot dog. she’s fumbling her way through parenting every step of the way. she cannot interact with maria’s dad normally in any way. she takes this bunch of kids and goes, “yeah, you’re about as qualified as i was to start dealing with aliens, how do you feel about being in mortal danger?” the minute she feels like she’s about to lose anyone, she shuts down emotionally and pushes them away. she’s in her late 50s and she’s still figuring her shit out, and i love that for her.
Kate saw Sarah Jane Smith do all that out of an attic with a gaggle of teenagers and has spent years grabbing every ex-companion she can reach to try and keep that magic close at hand.
i was about to fall asleep but then i remembered that ten and eleven met sarah jane once again before elizabeth sladen passed away and now fourteenth met wilf mott once again before bernard cribbins passed away and now i want to cry
Hey whatever you do don't think about Sarah Jane in journeys end staring down certain death so many times and thinking about her thirteen and one year old son waiting alone at home for her, Sarah Jane who doesn't break down ever but she held her son sobbing at the daleks coming back because he's just a boy! Her son who probably tried to come with her and she made him stay home for the first time ever, who's alone in the attic with just mr smith for company, who doesn't know what the daleks are but knows his mum is terrified, who still believes his mum is invincible, who stays away from the windows and turns off the lights and flinches at every scream he can hear outside. Don't think about Sarah Jane who drove into danger because she had to and looked Davros in the face and didn't flinch, with every fiber of her being screaming that she could die and her son will be left alone. Just like she was.