Originally Posted by
Rashelly
At that point, history was being deleted anyway, so it's not as if he had anything to lose. And I don't think it was "the power of love" that brought him back, per se, more that... Memories are never gone, they're still buried deep within you even if you forget them. There was a couple of references leading up to that in S5. Mainly Rory being deleted. Although I guess love was kind of a trigger.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting the ending... But I wasn't really shocked, like you I knew something was/is coming. That's the internet for you though... To the average viewer, who doesn't read about it/discuss theories etc, it's probably much more exciting to watch.
Wow, long boring post. I've only just discovered this thread! I'll be lurking from now on :p