Comments | melinafandom: On Torchwood, and not being a jackass

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On Torchwood, and not being a jackass

Jul 13, 2009 10:34

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devohoneybee July 13 2009, 18:19:07 UTC

yes.

While I will certainly miss the Hub and all that entails (and what WAS the everything that changes, that we have to be ready for?), COE was BRILLIANT television. The lighting was gorgeous, there were a lot of subtle and gorgeous acting moments (Ianto's sister, Jack's daughter, Frobisher's aide), and the political moments chilling (the worse monsters are the politicians, not the aliens). In some ways, this is a sophisticated sci fi tale that just happens to have Torchwood characters in it (and in some ways, not the most important ones). And I can live with that. How often do we get brilliant science fiction on television? There's plenty of room in fanfic for everything else, all the things that COE *wasn't*. The rudeness to Moran is just embarrassing.

melinafandom July 13 2009, 18:30:19 UTC

It really was. I just cringe to see fans acting like that.

kahtyasofia July 13 2009, 18:23:47 UTC

I was eventually going to write something similar to this, I think you know I agree with you 100%. Can I link to you from my journal?

melinafandom July 13 2009, 18:29:57 UTC

Of course you can :)

kahtyasofia July 13 2009, 18:35:34 UTC

I doubt anyone on my flist would come be hostile but I figured you should at least be aware you were going to have eyes from outside your own flist reading it.

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melinafandom July 13 2009, 19:14:54 UTC

Sadly, yes. For those of us from HL, this is a sad deja vu to the days of "Dear Murdering Bastards."

kahtyasofia July 13 2009, 20:43:30 UTC

Forgot to tell you...somebody on a comm mentioned getting tshirts to wear to ComicCon that states their position. I just back clicked when I realized they thought they had had an original idea.

feochadn July 13 2009, 19:08:01 UTC

Thank you so much for saying this. I have nearly had it with the behavior fandom has been exhibiting over this. It's nice to see a rational, adult response for a change.

melinafandom July 13 2009, 19:36:05 UTC

I totally get that people are upset (I'm upset) but there is a time to take a step back and be decent human beings, too.

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melinafandom July 13 2009, 23:18:15 UTC

I really want to go to the TW panel at Comic-Con, and I really do not want to witness any embarrassing fan behavior. That may be too much to hope for at this point, though.

Thanks for your comment and drop by anytime. :)