hi, we've never met, but no one on my flist has watched it yet, and I just wanted to say how very much I agree with everything you said here (as I type through my tears).
We had the spoilers, but I - like many others, no doubt- didn't think TPTB would actually go there. I hope that someone notices when fandom EXPLODES in paroxysms of grief over the next 24 hours, but I don't know how much I would count on it :/
they said far far more than "I love you" ever could
So very much This.
You know, I get that sometimes characters have to die. Especially in a show with a worldview as dark as Torchwood's. But coming so soon on the heels of Tosh and Owen, it... It actually made me think of Serenity and Wash. (Or Willow and Tara)
Narratively speaking, I think they were trying to make the stakes intimate to the characters. Global devastation is hard to conceive emotionally; but someone you've invested three seasons worth of emotion into? It's a far easier task. Then there's the reaction from the one left behind -- grief, rage, vengeance.
Going into a Joss production, I expect to have my heart stomped on at some point. But to paraphrase -- RTD, you are no Joss Whedon.
And I haven't even begun to process how I feel as a gay audience member. On the one hand, everyone in Torchwood is not long for this world, on the other... it's disheartening.
Sorry. I'm rambling. Didn't mean to go on. Also, hello.
And I haven't even begun to process how I feel as a gay audience member. On the one hand, everyone in Torchwood is not long for this world, on the other... it's disheartening
I'm not gay but I can't even imagine the backlash from the aspect of we moved it to big network let's kill off the other half of a gay relationship.
I've settled on a mixture of resignation and anger. I really, really hoped for better from one of the few shows that not only stars an openly gay actor, but is run by an openly gay producer. Who at the very least should be aware of the cliche.
I'd go on, but this response to Tara's death on Buffy is equally applicable, and more eloquent than I can manage.
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Without Ianto there is no Torchwood.
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We had the spoilers, but I - like many others, no doubt- didn't think TPTB would actually go there. I hope that someone notices when fandom EXPLODES in paroxysms of grief over the next 24 hours, but I don't know how much I would count on it :/
It is times like this that I wish I drank
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they said far far more than "I love you" ever could
So very much This.
You know, I get that sometimes characters have to die. Especially in a show with a worldview as dark as Torchwood's. But coming so soon on the heels of Tosh and Owen, it... It actually made me think of Serenity and Wash. (Or Willow and Tara)
Narratively speaking, I think they were trying to make the stakes intimate to the characters. Global devastation is hard to conceive emotionally; but someone you've invested three seasons worth of emotion into? It's a far easier task. Then there's the reaction from the one left behind -- grief, rage, vengeance.
Going into a Joss production, I expect to have my heart stomped on at some point. But to paraphrase -- RTD, you are no Joss Whedon.
And I haven't even begun to process how I feel as a gay audience member. On the one hand, everyone in Torchwood is not long for this world, on the other... it's disheartening.
Sorry. I'm rambling. Didn't mean to go on. Also, hello.
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I'm not gay but I can't even imagine the backlash from the aspect of we moved it to big network let's kill off the other half of a gay relationship.
Nicole
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I'd go on, but this response to Tara's death on Buffy is equally applicable, and more eloquent than I can manage.
http://www.stephenbooth.org/lesbiancliche.htm
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I too did hope for a bit more as well.
Nicole
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