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In response to "I think my problem is that they played Van Gogh as passive and sweet. but the energy from his paintings is frantic. -- nm" by loosilu

He was bi-polar/manic-depressive. He wasn't ALWAYS frantic. In fact the episode opens with him (spoils)

Posted by TWuG Oct 17 '11, 13:40

in a funk deep enough that he wishes he was dead.

The visit from the Doctor and Amy break that funk, inspire him to paint again.

The only change to history as we know it is a dedication to Amy on a sunflowers painting and an exploding TARDIS painting. In other words, damn near exactly the life he lived before the beast showed up and the Doctor appeared.

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When you know a famous artist well, you feel you know things about their personality. Like with musicians. I would not expect Sid Vicious - loosilu Oct 17, 13:43 4
- he's been a favorite of mine since childhood, and I probably know more about him than any other artist. it felt fine to me. - b. Oct 17, 13:48
- You saw 3 days of his life in the episode. You're telling me the guy you know didn't have 3 days where he wasn't a complete manic obsessive asshat? -- nm - TWuG Oct 17, 13:45 2
  - you win. Everything about hte episode was perfect. -- nm - loosilu Oct 17, 13:47 1
    - oh, I see. nevermind. -- nm - b. Oct 17, 13:49
right, he wasn't passive and sweet throughout. -- nm - b. Oct 17, 13:42

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He was bi-polar/manic-depressive. He wasn't ALWAYS frantic. In fact the episode opens with him (spoils)

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