Rapture as a haunted house…….

anna hellevik    +    timeline  /  recap of series one of lykkeland.

stavanger is in crisis,   with its fishing industry slowing down and the oil adventure coming to a halt before it’s even begun as international companies begin to pull out.      anna,   an ambitious young woman,   finds herself in the center of it all.

i.   TREASURE HUNT.      summer 1969.

jonathan kay,   a lawyer for phillips petroleum,   is sent to stavanger to sublet their rig,   ocean viking,   to another company or facilitate a withdrawal deal.      anna hellevik,   a farmer’s daughter from dirdal,   celebrates her engagement to high school sweetheart christian nyman,   the heir to the nyman fishing and shipping company,   who due to his occupation as a diver on the ocean viking platform is offshore for long periods of time.      anna lands a job as politician arne rettedal’s secretary and transcribes his meetings with phillips petroleum’s ed young and jonathan kay.      after phillips decides to drill its final block on the ocean viking rather than pull out,   christian gets into a car accident with marius torstensen,   who sustains injuries he later dies of.      christian lies to the police and claims he was sober,   thus keeping the accident off his record.      soon after,   marius’ pregnant daughter toril is forced to marry a local man who has agreed to raise her illegitimate child as his own. 

ii.   SMOKING BAN.      late 1969.

anna’s parents,   hardon and oddfrid,   wonder if christian and anna are a good match,   claiming they’re too different,   and oddfrid isn’t sure she really loves him.      rein,   anna’s older brother,   is out of work and hopes to get a job on an oil platform.      meanwhile,   christian is offshore when Phillips Petroleum believe they’ve found oil on the 2/4 block.      in a meeting with rettedal,   ed and jonathan pretend they haven’t found anything of significance,   and name the block ekofisk.      christmas is just around the corner,   but nyman’s shipping company has to lay off several of its employees,   and christian’s father fredrik cuts his own salary by 20% to help the company,   which catapults his wife ingrid into a valium induced depressive episode.      when christian is flown back to shore in order to help his mother,   he tells anna that they’ve imposed a smoking ban on the platform.      smart enough to know that this means they must have found something,   anna shares this knowledge with rettedal and tries to convince her future father-in-law to enter the oil industry,   but her attempt is interrupted by toril,   marius’ daughter,   going into labour.      after the last day of work before christmas,   jonathan invites anna to the movies.      she declines,   explaining she has to get back to the family farm,   and he walks her to her bus.      on december 23rd 1969,   phillips petroleum finally finds oil on the ocean viking platform,   with claims it’s the largest underwater oil reservoir ever found.

iii.   THE SUMMER HOUSE.      spring 1970.

anna is in the midst of wedding planning with ingrid and fredrik at garnodden,   the family summer house,   but christian himself is a no-show.      fredrik is in need of a translator at a meeting with a possible buyer in england and asks anna to accompany him.      christian holds a party at his new apartment,   a purchase he has kept secret from both his parents and anna,   and invites friends and coworkers from the platform,   including jonathan.      while at the party,   christian and anna get into an argument about the family’s financial problems and their different priorities.      after christian storms off,   a conversation with jonathan makes anna realise that selling garnodden to phillips petroleum would help the nyman family from going into financial ruin.      the next day,   fredrik’s meeting in england is unsuccessful,   but after anna recommends turning their old trawling ships into supply ships for oil companies,   fredrik returns to stavanger with a new sense of hope.      when anna later tells fredrik that she took jonathan to garnodden so he could survey the plot,   he’s disappointed in her,   but after yet another unsuccessful meeting with the bank,   he decides to follow her advice and sells garnodden to jonathan and phillips petroleum,   against his wife and son’s wishes.

iv.   SIXTY NINE METRES DOWN.      spring / summer 1970.

anna’s role in the sale of garnodden has led to a falling out with both christian and his mother.      she hasn’t spoken to either of them in weeks,    but after running into fredrik while working for rettedal at the golf club,   he forces his son to apologise to her.      despite their bickering,   they make up.      the following week christian is involved in a traumatizing accident on ocean viking in which damon,   a close friend and colleague,   dies.

v.   DIRDAL VALLEY.      early 1971.

when phillips petroleum is looking to build a dry dock for the construction of the ekofisk tank,   jonathan notices anna’s family farm in dirdal on one of the possible building plans.      the land owners are to be given offers by norwegian contractors’ gunnar sandvik later the same day,   so jonathan drives anna to her family farm so she can convince her father to take the offer.      by the time they get there,   hardon has already refused the offer,   but after anna lies to her family about the other landowners accepting the offer,   her father changes his mind and accepts the offer.      after the meeting,   anna and gunnar meet for celebratory drinks at esso motor hotel,   where a moment between anna and jonathan is interrupted by toril,   who now works as a waitress at the hotel.      anna spends more time with jonathan,   while christian decides to start a diving company of his own with martin, a friend and fellow ocean viking diver.      meanwhile,   the stavanger city council has decided that the dry dock will be built in jåttåvågen rather than dirdal,   and anna’s actions has alienated her family from the rest of the village.

vi.   HOPE AND FRAUD.      march 1971.

while he struggles with financing his diving company c - max,   christian and anna continue getting into arguments over the smallest things.      fredrik sells his canning company to hastings,   the english company who turned him down the year prior,   in order to help christian with his company,   but lies about the production rate.      anna accompanies rettedal in a meeting with arve johnsen,   a labour party politician working on establishing a state owned oil company.      back at the office,   anna’s female colleagues think she’s beginning to sound like a politician,   and jonathan invites her on a road trip the following day.      christian offers rein a job with c - max,   but when anna returns to the family farm to share the good news,   she’s faced with the harsh realities her family is facing in dirdal.      rein turns down dhristian’s offer,   having been approached by phillips petroleum for a job at the platform.      hardon insists anna and christian’s wedding should be held at the family farm,   and won’t give her a suitable date for the ceremony.      anna then decides to join jonathan on his road trip around stavanger,   opening up to him about her struggles of feeling indebted to the nyman family.      back at the nyman house,   ingrid informs the family that hardon has finally agreed to hold the wedding at the atlantic hotel in stavanger in late june 1972.      when the father of toril’s son shows up to talk to toril,    christian reacts with jealousy and anna decides to spend the night at the family farm.      things have begun to settle in dirdal,   and the hellevik family is slowly but surely being included in the village again.      being at the family farm makes it clear that deep down anna is unsure about her engagement.

vii.   PARTY AT ESSO MOTOR HOTEL.      december 1971.

the norwegian state is considering moving the oil operation to bergen,   so rettedal asks anna to help him convince the state’s industry committee to choose stavanger as the oil capital of norway.      after taking the committee on a tour of the ekofisk tank,   jonathan invites anna on yet another road trip the very same night,   but she’s busy with work as rettedal is hosting a dinner for the committee.      when arve johnsen tells rettedal it’s unlikely the committee will vote for stavanger because it’s such a conservative and religious town,   anna is given the responsibility to organise a party at esso motor hotel to show the delegates that stavanger can be fun.      after the party,   jonathan tells anna he likes her and they spend the night together.      they sleep together again the following day,   but anna is conflicted.      after having dinner with rettedal at esso motor hotel,    anna goes home to christian to break off their engagement,   but finds herself unable to.      she calls jonathan,   who expects to hear good news,   but instead tells him she doesn’t know how christian would cope if she left him.      she tries writing a letter to end the engagement,   but can’t find the right words and instead goes back to christian,   ending her relationship with jonathan before it’s even begun.

viii.   THE OIL CAPITAL.      spring / summer 1972.

anna and christian’s wedding is only a few months away,   and planning is in full swing but at the wedding tasting,   anna finds herself arguing with fredrik over their differing political views, and her distaste for the family’s view on wealth only grows.   the next day,   jonathan and ed young have a meeting with rettedal which anna transcribes.      after the meeting,   jonathan,   who still has feelings for anna,   asks her to go for a drive but she refuses.      she rushes home to christian,   but is left annoyed at his drinking habits.      jonathan flies back to bartlesville.      meanwhile,   on june 14th,   the parliament votes on the establishment of a state owned oil company and the location of norway’s oil capital.      stavanger wins and is officially made the oil capital,   and the parliament votes to establish a state owned oil company,   which later becomes statoil.      jonathan is offered a senior position at the phillips headquarters in bartlesville.      later the same day,   anna and christian’s parents are finalizing seating arrangements for the wedding reception when anna finally breaks down.      a conversation with fredrik leads her to finally admit she doesn’t love christian anymore,   and she ends the engagement.      she then applies for a bachelor in economics at nhh in bergen.      in august,   jonathan turns down the senior position in bartlesville and returns to stavanger,   finding anna just as she’s about to move to bergen.      the two reunite and decide to enter a long distance relationship while she studies.

C-PTSD & BPD DOctor

(Doctor Character Study part 3c)

An analysis of The Doctor as having Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) along with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

If you read my ADHD & Autistic doctor posts you will notice some symptom overlap mostly with impulsivity. I chose to put C-PTSD and BPD as one post because symptom overlap is strong, and the disorders are highly comorbid.

11th Doctor:

The Eleventh Doctor is a character that is the perfect representation of instability. He oscillates from generally childish, a cold force of nature and a chaotic man broken from anger and grief. It’s a compelling characterization because it gives some unpredictability in a show that can be formulaic. This doctor also is driven by a fear of abandonment and lack of attachment, probably because everyone Ten came to care for left him or got left behind him, this is shown in the 0 to 100-way Eleven acts within relationships. He is very alien and doesn’t do much to try and blend in a normal sense but does to cover up why he does thing still aching for acceptance. 

Eleven has the common Doctor trait of just running so nothing can touch you and avoid staying still in a very extreme state for much of the run, up until he has no other choice. It's a large part of the character’s arc stopping long enough to make a difference. 

Lack a sense of internal identity/stable self-image and he uses the idea of The Doctor as a mask (TV: Eleventh Hour, TV: Victory of The Daleks, TV: The Wedding of River Song, TV: Dinosaurs on A Spaceship). The Doctor references this phenomenon “Look, three options. One, I let the Star Whale continue in unendurable agony for hundreds more years. Two, I kill everyone on this ship. Three, I murder a beautiful, innocent creature as painlessly as I can. And then I find a new name because I won't be The Doctor any more.”(TV: The Beast Below)

When introducing himself to Craige Eleven says;“ I'm The Doctor. Well, they call me The Doctor. I don't know why. I call me The Doctor, too. Still don't know why.” we know that there are reasons, like his promise that he chooses to use this title Eleven feels a disconnection from the word (TV: The Lodger) Being The Doctor is built on being that hero (TV: The God Complex)

The construction of the identity is remarked upon in TV: The Day of The Doctor, The Doctor itself is a construct they try and hold themselves to, the name is a “promise” a way they want to be. That promise was “Never cruel or cowardly. Never give up, never give in.” 

Connects his identity and emotions to inanimate objects like his Bow Tie, Fez, and Sonic (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: The Hungry Earth, TV: The Snowmen, TV: The Rings of Akhaten, & TV: Hide)

Eleven also changes his affect and personality around other for example River. Amy points this out saying “You're letting people call you sir. You never do that.” (TV: Time of Angels) 

The Doctor hates himself to a large degree even when talking himself up periodically. His self-concept often comes as a very powerful view of a god-like entity. This view is based on actual action and the way others see him, it can cause a huge dissonance and adds to his feelings of responsibility to everyone. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, TV: Day of the Moon, TV: The Wedding of River Song, TV: The Time of The Doctor & TV: The Day of The Doctor)

When Eleven, Amy and Rory get the psychic pollen in their brains The Doctor comments on the “dream Lord’; “No, no. No. Sorry, wasn't it obvious? The Dream Lord was me. Psychic pollen. It’s a mind parasite. It feeds on everything dark in you, gives it a voice, turns it against you. I'm nine hundred and seven. It had a lot to go on.” Amy is disturbed by this idea because the dream lord was both the villain of the dream and openly insulted Eleven like saying “If you had any more tawdry quirks you could open up a Tawdry Quirk Shop. The madcap vehicle, the cockamamie hair, the clothes designed by a first-year fashion student. I'm surprised you haven't got a little purple space dog just to ram home what an intergalactic wag you are. Where was I?” (TV: Amy’s Choice). 

In TV: A Good Man Goes to War Eleven explicitly states he does not believe he is a good man. Eleven literally says “Oh no, no, no, no, no. Give me someone I like.” referring to when the TARDIS offers a holo doctor as the voice interface. This shows he does not have a positive opinion of himself. 

In TV: The God Complex Eleven speaks the Minotaurs last words “An ancient creature, drenched in the blood of the innocent, drifting in space through an endless, shifting maze. For such a creature, death would be a gift. Then accept it, and sleep well. I wasn't talking about myself.” Eleven doesn’t seem to disagree, is caught off guard but seems to hit home. While Eleven doesn’t actively want to die and does try and live, but we can see that there are times when this does fail. He does view himself as broken down.  

 The Doctor’s rules are used as a kind of system of maintaining the idea of the ‘Doctor’ and a way of coping with the wrongs he has done, and a shorthand of communication (TV: The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, &TV: Let’s Kill Hitler) These rules are also used in his own mind to try and give moral guidelines as part of this identity maintenance and to try and not hurt others. We see this in the comment Eleven makes “Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.” (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

The Doctor has a lot of guilt in his life, he is willing to let himself die for others, his imposed isolation and his rules all reflect this. (TV: Amy’s Choice, Minisode: Night and The Doctor, TV: A Good Man Goes To War, Prequel to Let's Kill Hitler, TV: Let’s Kill Hitler, TV: The Girl Who Waited, TV: The God Complex, & TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Name of The Doctor, TV: The Time of The Doctor, & TV: The Day of The Doctor) We see this really explicitly when he has the chance to find more time lords in TV: The Doctor's Wife and Amy reminds him what they thought he did to the others. 

Eleven says “I can explain. Tell them why I had to.” Amy then says “You want to be forgiven.” The Doctor then replies, “Don't we all?”. In that same story, Eleven says “Another Ood I failed to save.” when the Ood dies, referencing his history of letting Ood die in fights like in TV: The Satan Pit. 

After seeing the effect his story has had on those around him and the way it hurt people he cares about we see him delete himself from history out of guilt. (Home Video: The Inforarium, TV: Asylum of The Daleks and TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, & TV: The Nightmare in Silver).

Guilt often leads to him raining in his outward shows of strength to not invoke more guilt or memories of things like his believed use of the moment. However, it’s not always the case when Karlah-Jax triggers his trauma the guilt manifests in hurting others. The Doctor justifies his actions with a combination of trauma-based guilt and his moral system saying: “But they keep coming back, don't you see? Every time I negotiate, I try to understand. Well, not today. No. Today, I honour the victims first. His, the Master's, the Dalek's, all the people who died because of my mercy!” (TV: A Town Called Mercy) 

In TV: The Day of The Doctor we see how guilt is a huge diver of most of what they do throughout the show. Even to the point, the War Doctor wonders if without the guilt he would even become the same man that 10 and 11 are. However, it is important to note that using the moment isn’t the only guilt The Doctor carries. What he did to his companions is another one. Guilt and responsibility also drive a lot of the behaviour in TV: The Time of The Doctor. 

Eleven has extreme difficulties with handling his impulsive behaviours (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, TV: The Beast Below, TV: The Vampires of Venice, TV: Vincent and The Doctor, TV: The Curse of The Black Spot, TV: The Lodger, TV: The Doctor's Wife, Minisode: Space/Time. TV:Asylum of The Daleks, TV: Dinosaurs on A Spaceship, TV: A Town Called Mercy, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, TV: The Rings of Akhaten, TV: Hide, TV: Journey To The Centre of The TARDIS, TV: The Name of The Doctor, & TV: The Day of The Doctor) His mind and thoughts get so ahead of himself he’ll do dumb things like baiting the armed people in the white house to shoot at him (TV: The Impossible Astronaut).

The Doctor has obsessive thoughts and behaviors connected with the impulse control and preoccupation with trauma (TV: Vincent and the Doctor,TV: The Wedding of River Song, TV: Closing Time, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Rings of Akhaten, TV: journey to the center of the TARDIS & TV: The Time of The Doctor).

 Puts himself in deadly and dangerous situations. Often a combination of hero complex and a lack of regard for his own well being in dangerous moments. (TV: Victory of Daleks, TV: The Big Bang, TV: Let’s Kill Hitler, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, TV: Hide, & TV: Journey To The Center of The TARDIS)

This behaviour can become almost suicidal in nature taunting and getting to close other enemies. In TV: Flesh and Stone he puts himself in more danger than necessary. One of his plans amounts to suicidal actions. We can see similar actions in TV: The Rings of Akhaten, TV: Nightmare in Silver and TV: Cold War where he is willing to kill everyone to save others. 

After seeing The Doctor die Amy, River and Rory discuss what the next thing they should do is. We get this dialogue: 

Rory: “We're not all going to arrange our own wake and invite ourselves. So, The Doctor, in the future, knowing he's going to die, recruits his younger self and all of us to, to what, exactly? Avenge him?” 

River: Uh-huh. Avenging's not his style. 

Amy: Save him. 

Rory: Yeah, that's not really his style either.” 

In this conversation, we see that they recognize that Eleven one doesn’t want his friends to act violently, and Rory also recognizes that The Doctor is willing to die for, whatever the astronaut was about. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

Has very strong and reactive emotional states. The emotional reactions are shown very visibly in his face, voice and actions. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: The Victory of The Daleks, TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, TV: The Beast Below, Minisode: Space/Time, TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: A Good Man Goes To War, TV: Let’s Kill Hitler, TV: The God Complex, TV: Asylum of The Daleks, TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, & TV: Journey To The Center of The TARDIS ) We also often see extreme rapid cycling emotions and affect (TV: Amy’s Choice, TV: The Pandorica Opens, The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People, TV: Closing Time, TV: The Doctor's Wife, & TV: The Rings of Akhaten)

We see an example of this when Eleven is talking his effect going from slightly annoyed, excited and falls down to tired and then cold derision all in one paragraph length of speech “Home. Well, you two are. Off you pop and make babies. And you, Doctor Song, back to prison. And me? I'm late for a biplane lesson in 1911. Or it could be knitting. Knitting or biplanes. One or the other. What? A mysterious summons. You think I'm just going to go? Who sent those messages? I know you know. I can see it in your face. Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that.” (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

In TV: The Doctor's Wife we see an expression of cold and extreme anger. He slips in an expression of cruelty in the way he talks to the people who live on House threatening them and telling them to run. Ith the TARDIS they kill the house with only callous anger and disregard. We see a similar show TV: Dinosaurs on A Spaceship when his anger at the lack of morality that Solomon shows and his treatment of the Silurians and Nefertiti he kills the man to save the others. He does this showing very little regret a combination of severe anger and his ability to shut down and dissociate from his emotions. 

Another act of his anger common out in an act of manipulative violence is the TV: The Bells of Saint John by using the Base station to threaten to bring down and scare people into action and ends up using it. 

An extreme example of how strongly his anger can run is seen when he learns of the actions of Kahler-Jex. He comes back angry at the lies and feeling deeply upset at the lies. It escalates with Jax telling The Doctor he doesn’t understand when The Doctor absolutely understand what position Jax was in. All of this peaks and when Kahler-Jex references The Doctor’s own trauma and actions in his history of not only the Time War but the other actions he’s had to take, along with the all the death he blames on his inactions as well. It pushes him to the edge of violence yelling and acting out physically. However, unlike other examples of The Doctor being willing to hurt others to protect something and/or someone he loves this time it’s out of a trigger to the past, he loses control of the anger he feels. 

Jax “You wouldn’t” 

The Doctor replies “I Genuinely don’t know.” 

This shows that being so disconnected to the emotions his trauma brings makes this scene confuse him. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)

After Amy is captured Eleven shuts down his emotions, a strong emptiness comes over him which is different from Rory who has a level of desperation and love for Amy. 

Rory says “Amy, can you hear me? We're coming for you. Wherever you are, we're coming, I swear.” 

The Doctor answers; “She can't hear you. I'm so sorry. It's one way.”  

Rory replies “She can always hear me, Doctor. Always. Wherever she is, and she always knows that I am coming for her. Do you understand me? Always.” 

(TV: The Day of The Moon)

The Emotional shutdown can even form a block in his empathy, much like rage he sometimes swings the other way trying to not feel, TV: The Snowmen, but being unable to manage these he often starts lashing out to others by trying to act on feelings. 

In TV: A Good Man Goes To War when Vastra points out he is seen as a weapon his emotions go from sadness to an episode of dissociation. We can see this as he loses the ability to register what the others are saying and has to be brought out of it. A similar event can be seen after an anger outburst and discussions truly close to his traumatic history his friends have with Kahler-Jax. Eleven goes almost blank facially and folds into himself emotional;y and physically. He isolates himself by stepping away and he completely loses the thread of the events around him. We see this when he says “Hmm? Yes. I don't know. Whatever Amy said.” It also melds with his wildly changing emotions as he flies into anger right after this. (TV: A Town Called Mercy). We also see dissociation in TV: The Girl Who Waited, The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone & TV: The Snowmen)

We can see a physical manifestation in the way The Doctor physically acts as well. When he experiences dissociation and/or emotional shutdowns he curled into himself. (TV: The Day of The Moon, TV:The Girl Who Waited, TV: A Town Called Mercy, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, TV: The Snowmen, & TV: Journey to The Center of The TARDIS ). 

We can see another physical manifestation of the disconnection he feels from himself and the dissociation he has with his table identity when he gets dressed without his own knowledge, Seen in this exchange

The Doctors: “No, you didn't, because I don't. Because this isn't the sort of thing I do any more. Next time you're in trouble, don't expect me to” 

(The Doctor is distracted by his reflection in a mirror.) 

Clara “What is it? What's wrong?” 

The Doctor: Sorry, it's just. Didn't know I'd put it on.  

(TV: The Snowmen)

Memory gaps are also seen in TV: Hide when he doesn’t even know what’s in the console room and TV: The Day of The Doctor as he has lost track of his own age and timeline [Not remembering the events with the moment doesn't count] Also seen in TV: The Lodger

His emotions and trauma can bring Eleven to the point of pretty dramatic outbursts. When the Daleks are seen for the first time by Eleven expresses an episode of range attacks the Dalek with a wrench (TV: Victory of The Daleks) Fear and Anger lead to a panic and rage episode including throwing things around and losing focus (TV: Flesh and Stone). We see these trauma, guilt and anger based breakdowns screaming and pushing others away, saying “Nobody talk to me. Nobody human has anything to say to me today!” (TV: The Beast Below). We see a physical breakdown again in TV: The God Complex and TV: The Angels Take Manhattan. 

A trauma-induced Panic Attack can be seen in TV: Asylum of the Daleks. He shows all the physical attributes and calls out for help a very uncharacteristic way of reacting showing a more heightened fear response. After this reminder of his trauma during the war, we see him struggle to return to the normal emotional level struggling to show compassion he normally has for human hurt by the Daleks reacting with rage at the Dalek shell that Oswin is trapped into. And panics again when she starts to move. 

In TV: Nightmare in Silver just seeing a Cyberman he goes into protect mode his easily triggered survival and protective manner. 

The Doctor is a show-off and is very dramatic to project the appearance he wants and hid a lot under it/ (TV: The Eleventh Hour, Minisode: Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2, TV: The Vampires of Venice, TV: The Big Bang, TV: The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe, TV: Day of The Moon, TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: Let’s Kill Hitler, TV: A Christmas Carol, TV: The Wedding of River Song TV: The Asylum of The Daleks, TV: A Town Called Mercy, TV:The Snowmen, TV: The Bells of Saint John,TV: Journey to The Center of The TARDIS, & TV: The Day of The Doctor ). 

Often done to people he wants to like him like Amy, saying: “A forest in a bottle on a spaceship in a maze. Have I impressed you yet, Amy Pond?”(TV: Flesh and Stone) When Eleven finds himself in the oval office he goes on a rant, flaunt his intelligence and sits in the president's chair. Enjoying Putting on a show for his friends as well it works to refocus control and attention to him. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut)

In TV: A Good Man Goes To War we see a huge example of this. It is a combination of the way using confusion and manipulation is The Doctor's signature method of fighting enemies but it also is a way he enjoys getting positive and negative attention. 

Amy Pond is His favourite person and they both have a codependent relationship to a very high degree. Both being a defining part of the others life. Eleven while not really wanting a romantic relationship with Amy still experiences worry around Amy wanting to leave him some jealousy with Rory (TV: The Vampires of Venice) Is deeply protective over Amy even when he does bring in to dangerous situations (TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, TV: Victory of The Daleks, TV: Vincent and The Doctor, & TV: The Pandorica Opens). Eleven struggles to attach healthy to others wanting this full 100% or 0% love (TV: The Eleventh Hour. TV: The God Complex, & TV: The Power of Three)

We this complete or zero attachment in action again in TV: The Snowmen with Clara. Going from a lockout of people in general to trying to make her come with him and feeling a deep connection in the matter of a day. Even when he doesn’t trust River Song yet he becomes jealous when she gives attention to others like saying “What? You two engaged or something?” when the father follows her around (TV: Flesh and Stone)

His extreme connection to his companions magnifies his own grief tenfold causing pretty deep reactions when losing his FP in the form of Amy. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan & The Snowmen). His general problems with attachment magnify grief and loss in general, he struggles to form normal relationships and has deep abandonment issues that we see starting a few doctors back. This is further compounded by his long lifespan meaning he can see the way people are eventually going to lose them. In TV: The Power of Three he explains the way he knows loss is coming and tries to lose it, but when hitting this realization hard on he actually attempts to severe the bond before getting really hurt but that doesn’t work. He then pushes everyone again when the loss does it. (TV: The Snowmen). Clara points out that she is competing with a ghost in TV: The Rings of Akhaten, which while he rebuffs this she was actually right, one because he only picked her up based on a past loss but also because for a very long time the companions are competing with the ghost of past loss as it informs how protective and guilty The Doctor is with everyone. 

This struggle with grief can also be seen in TV: The Time of The Doctor when The Doctor as he sends Clara away to not deal with losing her even though that isn’t what she wants. 

Likes to be in control of everything to feel like he can manage a world that constantly throws pain and disorder. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: The Vampires of Venice, TV: The Hungry Earth/Cold Earth, TV: The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Curse of the Black Spot, TV: The Crimson Horror, TV: Nightmare in Silver, TV: Cold War, & TV: The Name of The Doctor) 

Eleven takes control no matter who is around them, up to and including the president of the united states (TV: The Impossible Astronaut/Day of The Moon). There is also often the need to try and protect people, though this often bothers the people as it takes their choice from them. (TV: A Christmas Carol, TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: The God Complex, TV: Asylum of The Daleks, & TV: Name of The Doctor). 

In Prose: Touched By an Angel Eleven comments that Rory is "disconcertingly full of surprises" when he alters the plans Eleven is trying to work through. In TV: The Snowmen we see another example of his control issues verbalized by Eleven when Clara attempts to lead him saying “No, I do the hand grabbing. That's my job. That's always me!”, a telling example of the way Clara not listening even more than normal throws him off balance. 

In TV: The Time of The Doctor The Doctor takes control of not just the battle but ends up essentially running the entire planet, based on a hero/god complex along with his warranted feeling of responsibility. In TV:Day of The Doctor we see this control and god complex in an extreme form as they feel a responsibility to save the entire universe, it’s also connected to guilt born from trauma The Doctor experienced throughout the time war even before the use of the moment, as the War Doctor feels the same responsibility/god complex. 

Eleven tries to control the entire situation of the adventures and the situations around those he loves. It’s not trying to really hurt them, and often works but he still wants to try and make everything work right. (TV: The God Complex, TV: Asylum of The Daleks, TV: The Crimson Horror)

 We see an example of this also TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People in the way he doesn’t tell people what he’s doing so no one interferes with his plans, even willing to lie to people by omission and right out no telling Amy which doctor is made of Flesh and which is the Time Lord. Similar to this situation in TV: Journey to The Center of The TARDIS The Doctor manipulates the salvage crew withholding information, using intimidation and his superior understanding of the TARDIS to get what he wants so he can save Clara. The Doctor also lies to Clara here and scares her once he does lose that control, the lies and information he had been hiding for long can’t keep in under stress. 

Lacks any ability to trust almost anybody (TV: The Beast Below, TV: The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People, & TV: Journey to The Center of The TARDIS). TV: The Impossible Astronaut gives us to rather good examples of this, the person he trusts number one is himself over anyone who has been with him over time. Also when talking to River he says “Trust you? Sure. But, first of all, Doctor Song, just one thing. Who are you? You're someone from my future. Getting that. But who? Okay. Why are you in prison? Who did you kill, hmm? Now, I love a bad girl, me, but trust you? Seriously.” a cruel statement of his trust issues, and acts as a way to push her away and keep at arm's length even when he does enjoy her company. 

The Doctor struggles to understand and communicate ideas and emotions. Forming new relationships are hard for him his ability for healthy attachments in non-existent. We see this with Rory a lot. Rory doesn’t quickly fall in line with The Doctors normal way of functioning. Eleven doesn't have a good ability to communicate their issues. This makes relationships pretty volatile with River, Amy and Clara even when they are what he loves most 

Experiences splitting mostly with River Goes back and forth being very flirty and then pushing River away (TV: Flesh and Stone, TV: A Good Man Goes to War, & TV: The Day of The Moon)

Eleven avoids talking about trauma trying to not remember or discuss it while it also clearly affects everything he does (TV: The Beast Below, TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: A Good Man Goes To War, TV: Day of The Doctor, TV: The Snowmen, TV: Hide TV: The Name of The Doctor, TV: The Day of The Doctor & The Time of The Doctor) Distraction used as a coping mechanism (TV: Amy’s Choice, TV: The hungry Earth) When he does talk about it he struggles to then stop (TV: The Rings of Akhaten, TV: The Day of The Doctor).

The Doctor isn’t in touch with his emotions (TV: A Town Called Mercy, TV: The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, TV: The Snowmen, & TV: The Bells of Saint John). In TV: A Good Man Goes To War he comments “Oh, look, I'm angry. That's new. I'm really not sure what's going to happen now.” However, The Doctor often shows anger to the point of outbursts of violence. This shows a profound disconnect from his own emotional state. 

Eleven like the previous incarnations is deeply lonely and feels like he is alone and disconnected (TV: The Beast Below, TV: The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe, TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: Night Terrors TV: The Bells of Saint John) We see this in his trying to connect with the Krafayis “Well, no harm trying. Listen. Listen! I know you can understand me, even though I know you won't understand why you can understand me. I also know that no one's talked to you for a pretty long stretch, but please, listen. I also don't belong on this planet. I also am alone. If you trust me, I'm sure we can come to some kind of, you know, understanding. And then, and then, who knows?” (TV: Vincent and The Doctor) 

The most extreme example of this is of course seen in TV: The Snowmen where for what is implied to be years The Doctor isolates himself from almost everyone and stops trying to help others. 

The Doctor experiences hypervigilance and general hyperarousal symptoms about him always on edge and looking for danger. It also causes him trouble staying still and enjoying any calm (TV: Amy’s Choice, Minisode: Night and The Doctor, TV: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood, TV: The Lodger, TV: The Impossible Astronaut, TV: Closing Time, TV: Asylum of The Daleks, TV: Dinosaurs on A Spaceship, TV: Closing Time TV: A Town Called Mercy, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Angels Take Manhattan, TV: The Bells of Saint John, TV: The Rings of Akhaten, & TV Nightmare in Silver)  

We see this in his conversation with Amy Saying; “Oh, lovely. You're a cheery one. Never mind dead, look at this place. Isn't it wrong?” Amy is confused by this “What's wrong?” Elven seems genuinely surprised that she doesn’t see what is happening the way he can “Come on, use your eyes. Notice everything. What's wrong with this picture?” (TV: The Beast Below) 

Even when in a calm environment like a museum The Doctor is on the lookout. When viewing Van Gogh art he stops to investigate danger having noticed it everywhere “Yes. And not a nice face at all. I know evil when I see it and I see it in that window.“ (TV: Vincent and The Doctor)

The Doctor deals with catastrophization (TV: The Beast Below, TV: Vincent and The Doctor, TV: The Curse of The Black Spot & Prequels: Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe) The Doctor also struggles to view the world with an active hope more using it an idea to focus his thoughts, it takes extreme emotions to push through that, and not much to bring it all crashing down. (TV: The Doctor The Widow in the Wardrobe, Minisode: Meanwhile in The TARDIS, & TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)

Other people tend to understand and see his erratic behaviour. In TV: The Time of Angles. 

Father Octavian asked River “Doctor Song, I've lost good Clerics today. You trust this man? “ 

She replies “I absolutely trust him.” 

Octavian asks “ He's not some kind of madman, then?” 

All River does is repeat “ I absolutely trust him”. 

A comment on the very noticeable erratic behaviour and presentation of his feelings and dysregulation, his own friends who trust him can’t even pretend he isn’t like that. Clara makes a similar comment in TV: Nightmare in Silver.

Multiple times people who knows him warn against getting to the emotional breaking point. In TV: The Doctor's Wife  Amy says “Don't get emotional because that's when you make a mistake” In TV: Forest of The Dead River warns Ten against it when he generally has a slightly higher boiling point to Eleven to experience full emotional breakdowns. 

Rory finds The Doctor to be dangerous in his ability to be magnetic and the way his own recklessness plays of each other. (TV: The Vampires of Venice)

The Doctor’s interactions with Van Gogh is really interesting we see to a large instance I think he understands what he is going through but trying to use his own coping mechanisms on Van Gogh proves to not be very effective. He tries to make Van Gogh focus on the task at hand, ignore people calling him crazy don’t think about the pain. But of course, this doesn’t work for Van Gogh who has slightly different problems than The Doctor and can’t function on denial. 

We also see his difficulty with communication here talking about his or others feelings being a struggle. He does try and offer kindness with mentioning hope, and then lets Van Gogh he will be remembered kindly a truly kind act. Eleven is also distinctly less surprised than Amy that one kind day can not make someone not struggle with suicidal thoughts, something I think comes from both his knowledge of time travel but personal experience with mental illness. (TV: Vincent and The Doctor)

In TV: Hide we see Emma Grayling being able to read The Doctor because she is an empath, this ability makes her distrustful of The Doctor overall but also works with him because she can tell he does want to save people. Emma warns Clara about the fact the Doctor’s history has left him deeply damaged she says“Don't trust him. There's a sliver of ice in his heart.” 

Professor Alec Palmer also reads The Doctor in this same episode, he can tell the Doctor has seen traumatic events of war and death just like he as. They are similar people and they can see it in each other. 

Eleven has become so used to the chaos and violence that he cannot change and disconnect. Adventure and violence are the only way he knows how to function, also I sort of an addiction to chaos. (Minisode: Night and The Doctor, TV: The Lodger, TV: Amy’s Choice, TV: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship, TV: The Power of Three, & TV: A Town Called Mercy) 

We see The Doctor has a breakdown in being able to enjoy a normal life and things, even some of the less violent of the things in space like stars or general life (Minisode: Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2)

While The Doctor is addicted to violence he has a deep moral problem with the concept of war and hurting other creatures. The Doctor also tries to ensure that other people don’t have to live in the war as he did. It is hypocritical as The Doctor will cause harm for the greater good. However, opposition to war is as much a part of the identity as a moral concept. This hatred of war actually dates back to the early doctors and carried through till this point, now with the layers of trauma and having continuously broken the morals himself. (TV: The Beast Below, TV: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood, TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People, TV: Dinosaurs on A Spaceship, TV: A Town Called Mercy, & TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Other soldiers and actors of violence can always read this past in The Doctor (TV: Hide, TV: Nightmare in Silver, & TV: The Name of The Doctor). This is seen in TV: Cold War when the other soldiers can see that The Doctor understands the battle, River also comments on this in TV: Let’s kill Hitler as she was taught that he understood “all forms of war.'' He is confronted with the way he’s been acting as a violent force when he learns the Gamma forest uses the doctor as the war for a warrior (TV: A Good Man Goes to War). 

TV: The Day of The Doctor shows us this understanding of battles and violent politics, and how much this is splitting to his character as The War Doctor refuses to even call himself The Doctor. It shows how much he understands about war. This carries into TV: The Time of The Doctor where he can wage a hundred years of war and win. 

Insomnia: (TV: The Lodger, Minisode: Night and The Doctor, TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Disordered eating: (TV: The Eleventh Hour, TV: The Power of Three, TV: The Time of The Doctor)

Eleven is a character built on contradictions bu as highly magnetic as the other doctors. His arc is similar to 9s in being bittersweet, he dies with those he loves having saved people but is also sad because his last days were spent in war when that’s the last thing he wanted to do, they were also tainted by feelings of guilt for his part in what happened. He changes some over time in relation to loss but has less profound shifts than many other New Who doctors. 

[Also Posted on my Archive of Our Own page in a series with the other doctor study posts]

Shout out to @3lianav for requesting/reminding me to get this section up

Things to do in Cozumel 2021 – 17 Must do Excursions Cozumel Mexico is full of natural wonders and adventure. From the clear, turquoise waters to the stunning white sand beaches, it’s easy to see why people love living in Cozumel or visiting this Mexican paradise. With so many things to do in Cozumel there are a few must-do excursions and top attractions that you shouldn’t miss when you visit Cozumel, Mexico! If you are cruising to Cozumel, be sure to check out our list of 8 fun things to do on cruise vacations to help make all aspects of your vacation more enjoyable! Maybe next time you want to venture on the other side of the world? Try 19 Best Places to Visit in Australia for you vacation destinations. 1. Snorkeling/Scuba Diving   One of the most popular attractions in Cozumel is snorkeling and scuba diving. The warm, clear waters and abundance of marine life make for an incredible experience. 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These are perfect solutions if you want your lesson at any time during day or night depending on what suits best for your schedule! Whether it’s just one class or many, these lessons can be taken individually or added onto other tours offered by Cozumel. Learning how to salsa dance is an excellent way to get more immersed in Cozumel culture and is great for visitors of all levels! It’s also the perfect activity if you’re looking to learn a new skill while you’re on vacation. 17. ATV Adventure For those who are looking for a thrilling experience exploring Mexico, Cozumel is the perfect place to try ATV adventure! ATVs offer visitors an up close and personal view of Cozumel that they would otherwise not be able to have. You’ll get onto some rough terrain, see hidden beaches as well as other locations only accessible by this type of vehicle! The tour includes photo stops where you can take pictures with friends or family members – making it a great option if you want something more than just adrenaline fueled excitement! With so many options available at Cozumel’s off-road park, there’s no reason why anyone should miss out on the fun. This exciting activity will give your heart a thrill and is perfect for visitors of all skill levels. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to take your riding skills to the next level, Cozumel’s off-road park offers something for everyone! Conclusion Cozumel is full of beauty and adventure just waiting to be explored! There are plenty of excursions/things to do in Cozumel it will be hard to pick which ones you want for your vacation! With anything from swimming with dolphins, to riding ATVs through the jungle, there is sure to be something you will enjoy! We hope you have a wonderful vacation, and that you make memories that will last a lifetime! 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𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰 𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚅𝙸𝙺    +    TIMELINE  /  RECAP OF LYKKELAND SERIES ONE.

1 9 6 9.     stavanger is in crisis,  with its fishing industry slowing down and the oil adventure coming to a halt before it’s even begun as international companies begin to pull out.     anna,  an ambitious young woman,  finds herself in the center of it all.

     →        TREASURE HUNT ,     summer 1969.

jonathan kay,  a lawyer for phillips petroleum,  is sent to stavanger to sublet their rig,  ocean viking,  to another company or facilitate a withdrawal deal.     anna hellevik,  a farmer’s daughter from dirdal,  celebrates her engagement to high school sweetheart christian nyman,  the heir to the nyman fishing and shipping company.     christian is a diver on the ocean viking platform and is therefore offshore for long periods of time.     anna lands a job as politician arne rettedal’s secretary and transcribes his meetings with phillips petroleum’s ed young and jonathan kay.     after phillips decides to drill its final block on the ocean viking rather than pull out,  christian gets into a car accident with marius torstensen,  who sustains injuries he later dies of.     christian lies to the police and claims he was sober,  thus keeping the accident off his record.     soon after,  marius’ pregnant daughter toril torstensen is forced to marry a local man who has agreed to raise her illegitimate child as his own.

     →        SMOKING BAN ,     late 1969.

anna’s parents,  hardon and oddfrid,  wonder if christian and anna are a good match,   claiming they’re too different,  and oddfrid isn’t sure she really loves him.     rein,  anna’s older brother,  is out of work and hopes to get a job on an oil platform.     meanwhile,  christian is offshore when phillips petroleum believe they’ve found oil on the 2/4 block.     in a meeting with rettedal,  ed and jonathan pretend they haven’t found anything of significance,  and name the block ekofisk.     christmas is just around the corner,  but nyman’s shipping company has to lay off several of its employees,  and christian’s father fredrik nyman cuts his own salary by 20% to help the company,  which catapults his wife ingrid into a valium induced depressive episode.     when christian is flown back to shore in order to help his mother,  he tells anna that they’ve imposed a smoking ban on the platform.     smart enough to know that this means they must have found something,  anna shares this knowledge with rettedal and tries to convince her future father-in-law to enter the oil industry,  but her attempt is interrupted as toril goes into labour while at work.     after the last day of work before christmas,  jonathan invites anna to the movies.     she declines,  explaining she has to get back to the family farm,  and he walks her to her bus.     on december 23rd 1969,  phillips petroleum finally finds oil on the ocean viking platform,  with claims it’s the largest underwater oil reservoir ever found.

     →        THE SUMMER HOUSE ,    spring 1970.

anna is in the midst of wedding planning with ingrid and fredrik at garnodden,  the family summer house,  but christian himself is a no-show.     fredrik is in need of a translator at a meeting with a possible buyer in england and asks anna to accompany him.     christian holds a party at his new apartment,  a purchase he has kept secret from both his parents and anna,  and invites friends and coworkers from the platform,  including jonathan.     while at the party,   christian and anna get into an argument about his family’s financial problems and their different priorities.     after christian storms off,  a conversation with jonathan makes anna realise that selling garnodden to phillips petroleum would stop the nyman family from going into financial ruin.     the next day,  fredrik’s meeting in england is unsuccessful,  but after anna recommends turning their old trawling ships into supply ships for oil companies,  fredrik returns to stavanger with a new sense of hope.     when anna later tells fredrik that she took jonathan to garnodden so he could survey the plot,  he’s disappointed in her,  but after yet another unsuccessful meeting with the bank,  he decides to follow her advice and sells garnodden to jonathan and phillips petroleum,  against his family’s wishes.

     →        SIXTY NINE METRES DOWN ,    spring / summer 1970.

anna’s role in the sale of garnodden has led to a falling out with both christian and his mother.     she hasn’t spoken to either of them in weeks,  but after running into fredrik while working for rettedal at the golf club,  he forces his son to apologise to her.     despite their bickering,  they make up.     the following week christian is involved in a traumatizing accident on ocean viking in which damon,  a close friend and colleague,  dies.

     →        DIRDAL VALLEY ,    early 1971.

when phillips petroleum is looking to build a dry dock for the construction of the ekofisk tank,  jonathan notices anna’s family farm in dirdal on one of the possible building plans.     the land owners are to be given offers by norwegian contractors’ gunnar sandvik later the same day,  so jonathan drives anna to her family farm so she can convince her father to take the offer.     by the time they get there,  hardon has already refused the offer,  but after anna lies to her family about the other landowners accepting,  her father changes his mind and accepts the offer.     after the meeting,  anna and gunnar meet for celebratory drinks at esso motor hotel,  where a moment between anna and jonathan is interrupted by toril,  who now works as a waitress at the hotel.     anna spends more time with jonathan,  while christian decides to start a diving company of his own with martin,  a friend and fellow ocean viking diver.     meanwhile,  the stavanger city council has decided that the dry dock will be built in jåttåvågen rather than dirdal,  and anna’s actions has alienated her family from the rest of the village.

     →        HOPE AND FRAUD ,    march 1971.

while he struggles with financing his diving company c - max,  christian and anna continue getting into arguments over the smallest things.     fredrik sells his canning company to hastings,  the english company who turned him down the year prior,  in order to help christian with his company,  but lies about the production rate.     anna accompanies rettedal in a meeting with arve johnsen,  a labour party politician working on establishing a state owned oil company.     back at the office,  anna’s female colleagues think she’s beginning to sound like a politician,  and jonathan invites her on a road trip the following day.     christian offers rein a job with c - max,  but when anna returns to the family farm to share the good news,  she’s faced with the harsh realities her family is facing in dirdal.     rein turns down christian’s offer,  having been approached by phillips petroleum for a job at the platform.     hardon insists anna and christian’s wedding should be held at the family farm,  and won’t give her a suitable date for the ceremony.     anna then decides to join jonathan on his road trip around stavanger,  opening up to him about her struggles of feeling indebted to the nyman family.     back at the nyman house,  ingrid informs the family that hardon has finally agreed to hold the wedding at the atlantic hotel in stavanger in late june 1972.     when the father of toril’s son shows up to talk to toril,  christian reacts with jealousy and anna decides to spend the night at her family’s farm.      things have begun to settle in dirdal,  and the hellevik family is slowly but surely being included in the village again.     being at the family farm makes it clear that deep down anna is unsure about her engagement.

     →        PARTY AT ESSO MOTOR HOTEL ,    december 1971.

the norwegian state is considering moving the oil operation to bergen,  so rettedal asks anna to help him convince the state’s industry committee to choose stavanger as the oil capital of norway.     after taking the committee on a tour of the ekofisk tank,  jonathan invites anna on yet another road trip the very same night,  but she turns him down as she’s busy with work as rettedal is hosting a dinner for the committee.     when arve johnsen tells rettedal it’s unlikely the committee will vote for stavanger because it’s such a conservative and religious town,  anna is given the responsibility to organise a party at esso motor hotel to show the delegates that stavanger can be fun.     after the party,  jonathan tells anna he likes her and they spend the night together.     they sleep together again the following day,  but anna is conflicted.     after having dinner with rettedal at esso motor hotel,  anna goes home to christian to break off their engagement,  but finds herself unable to.     she calls jonathan,  who expects to hear good news,  but instead tells him she doesn’t know how christian would cope if she left him.     she tries writing a letter to end the engagement,  but can’t find the right words and instead goes back to christian,  ending her relationship with jonathan before it’s even begun.

     →        THE OIL CAPITAL ,    spring / summer 1972.

anna and christian’s wedding is only a few months away,  and planning is in full swing but at the wedding tasting,  anna finds herself arguing with fredrik over their differing political views,  and her distaste for the family’s view on wealth only grows.     the next day,  jonathan and ed young have a meeting with rettedal which anna transcribes.     after the meeting,  jonathan,  who still has feelings for anna,  asks her to go for a drive but she refuses.     she rushes home to christian,  but is left annoyed at his drinking habits.     jonathan flies back to bartlesville.     meanwhile,  on june 14th,  the parliament votes on the establishment of a state owned oil company and the location of norway’s oil capital.     stavanger wins and is officially made the oil capital,  and the parliament votes to establish a state owned oil company,  which later becomes statoil.     jonathan is offered a senior position at the phillips headquarters in bartlesville.     later the same day,  anna and christian’s parents are finalizing seating arrangements for the wedding reception when anna finally breaks down.     a conversation with fredrik leads her to finally admit she doesn’t love christian anymore,  and she ends the engagement.     she then applies for a bachelor in economics at nhh  ( norwegian school of economics )  in bergen.     in august,  jonathan turns down the senior position in bartlesville and returns to stavanger.     the two reunite and decide to enter a long distance relationship while anna studies.