Five Times Gwen Cooper Suffered the Consequences of Her Actions

[holdingoff]

Title: Five Times Gwen Cooper Suffered the Consequences of Her Actions
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Torchwood Series One and Two cast.
Warnings: In fanfic, the teflon self-insert Mary Sue is the most reviled creature. So, what would happen if Torchwood's own Mary Sue actually had to pay up?
Notes: For the Five Things Challenge at

Comments

[blucougar]

Brilliant, just brilliant. I especially loved the last one.

[holdingoff]

Nikki Bevan wasn't the type to give up like that, not from what we saw. After seeing the truth about Jonah she would have snapped and Gwen would have been the obvious target.

[cjharknessgirl]

Brilliant, just once I would like Gwen to get whats coming to her for actions. I can see each of these happening if she had.

[holdingoff]

Even a non-death consequence for her actions would make her a little less repulsive, or maybe a bit of remorse for what she'd done? But self-insert Teflon Mary Sue's ™ never suffer (or apparently remember) their misdeeds.

[cjharknessgirl]

That's always been my biggest problem with her no consequences for her actions and no remorse.

[cazmalfoy]

Ah nothing like a bit of Gwen bashing to make a girl feel better. :-D

[holdingoff]

well, is it bashing if it just makes Teflon-girl suffer the same way as everyone around her? especially considering how bad she stuffs things up on a regular basis?

[badly_knitted]

Loved all of these, but the last if definitely my favourite. I was appalled by Gwen's behavior in Adrift, the way she wrecked lives yet expected to receive sympathy. I can only hope that Ianto went to see Nicky, explained about Retcon and offered it to her, then helped her put Jonah's room back to rights before leaving her to take the pill. Of course, Jack would have talked to Jonah first - I'm sure he wouldn't want his mother having to live with the memories and having her visit would just make things worse for him. Still, I really like the idea of Nicky shooting Gwen!

[holdingoff]

I had great hopes that Adrift would finally be the "Gwen learns about consequences" episode. Alas, those Teflon Mary Sue's are impervious to anything sticking.

[hohaiyee]

I think the mother needed things explain to her though, tough love that Gwen doesn't understand. Explain how it's not like Jonas is dead, he's alive, and he's got hours of calm periods showing that Jonas isn't GONE after all. Jonas is receiving care, and when he is calm, his mom can visit him, and that'll be what she didn't even have before.

If that still didn't take, then retcon her of the past two days.

Gwen's problem isn't that she makes messes or Start Things, but she doesn't finish them, she just, drops them. Doesn't work? Move on! Like, when her relationship with Rhys

[slns7552]

Hey, I just wanted to point out that it was said that Jonah was screaming 23 out of 24 hours and Jack said that soon he wouldn't stop screaming.

[eviekeller]

Don't we all wish our crappy choices had as few consequences as Gwen's...

[holdingoff]

If we take RTD at his word, then Torchwood is dangerous and as many bad/wrong choices she's made- something should have happened by now. But when you are the self-insert teflon mary-sue, you are apparently impervious to reality.

[eviekeller]

I have to say, of all the fandoms I've been part of, and all the series (books and TV) I've loved, there is only one other instance I have seen a character - especially from the main character set - who has had such imperviousness to logic/cannon reality. It takes a special something for a headlining character to be a mary-sue...