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Jul 31, 2009 13:58

me: I'm back into fighting with the creepy obsessive gay-friendly Torchwood people I was telling you about last week. The ones that think jerking off to boys-kissing manga or giggling about which household appliances the bisexual lead character might fuck means they're tolerant gay rights activists ( Read more... )

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phaballa July 31 2009, 20:43:03 UTC

Mm. I think I can both write slash and hate what happened on Torchwood. I'm not OFFENDED by it, but I am kind of offended that Jack killed his grandson and RTD killed his series. Torchwood has a way of making me hate all people everywhere. I WILL NO LONGER BE DOWNLOADING HIS SHOWS ILLEGALLY! Except for Dr Who. But whatever.

mostlikely2 July 31 2009, 20:55:03 UTC

Oh, I hated it too, trust me. You're not the thing. I know you hate it when I paint fandom with such a wide brush, but...

mostlikely2 July 31 2009, 21:02:44 UTC

Also, the show is TERRIBLE. COE is the only time I actually found it watchable. So the whole thing is like twice as ridic.

phaballa July 31 2009, 21:11:03 UTC

...but when fangirls are being retarded, they are being retarded. There's no way around it. At this point, I am almost immune to my second-hand embarrassment.

I start out liking each season, and then... each character becomes so completely horrible and unlikeable that I am happy when they are inevitably killed off. I think COE actually upset me more because I didn't end up hating the people who died, I just hated Jack. And Gwen, but I always hated her. Usually the Torchwood deaths are almost a relief, like, "Oh good, now I can stop seeing that cunt on my TV," but COE was more like, "HE's the one you're killing? And the child? Really?"

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kaffy_r August 1 2009, 07:09:06 UTC

When it comes to Torchwood itself, I'm a cheaper date than you, I suspect. I loved the first two seasons, even when I didn't like them, even when I laughed myself sick at this or that episode. With CoE, I went back to loving it. And respecting it, which was a whole other box of WTF.

I thought it was good television, really really good television. Good skiffy, too. And, yes, occasionally mind-numbingly stupid - but ultimately, for me, haunting, powerful and surprisingly hopeful ( ... )

mostlikely2 August 1 2009, 14:52:41 UTC

It's the internet. Sometimes it's helpful to step on some landmines, if only to remind yourself that none of this actually matters.

darktruth August 2 2009, 20:08:56 UTC

i don't understand why the weird internet ladies are totally obsessed with gay people. i know of like, six. and that's like, five more than one.