Torchwood: I'm feelin' crotchety!
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foxmonkey[Pieced together from email messages and a message board post or two because I am the laziest LJer ever, and writing about Torchwood gets me all whipped into a frenzy. Why whip myself into a new frenzy, when I can recycle old vats of bile? I give you The Foxmonkey Torchwood Ramblings, TM.]
If Gwen crossed over into the Doctor Who universe, I'd stop watching the show. Immediately.
Gwen and Jack are completely mismatched and would be hideously wrong together, no matter what the writers think. If they ever hook up, I may have to stop watching.
I hate Gwen. I hate that she has more screentime than everyone else, including John Barrowman, who's the reason I started watching the show. I hate that when Jack is onscreen, his time is monopolized by Gwen. She's way too over the Mary Sue line for me to connect with her as a character. I love it when Jack rips into her -- and that's probably really evil of me.
OH MY GOD, I want to smack them all (except Jack) sometimes, and if he's paired up with Gwen next season, I'll want to smack him all the time. And possibly boot him in the ass as well. We'll see.
Ianto is just too adorable and I want to eat him with a spoon. I'd like to see him take Gwen's place in the field; Gwen could have the major domo duties since she likes all that linear thinking and by-the-book stuff. ;-)
Overall though, I like the show and I cannot wait until the fabulous Martha Jones (from Doctor Who season three) shows up. Much love for Martha! I'm gay not only for Martha, but for the adorably gorgeous actress who portrays her, the adorably gorgeous Freema Agyeman. Freema is my official new girl crush. But I digress.
I love when people are open about any- and everything. I admire flexibility, openness, the ability to approach a problem in more than one way. Fixed thinking drives me batty! Gwen's constant policewoman approach to things just bugs me. She's not a cop anymore, and she's working with an agency that's about as un-coplike as it gets. I wish they'd let her shake off some of that mental baggage.
Also, others may disagree, but if Torchwood has a heart, it's Ianto. Various thoughts to irritating crap in various episodes...
5. Small Worlds
If I'd had a gun I'd have shot my TV when Jack's old flame died and Gwen stayed right there as if she had some right to intrude on his grief. And the questions! MY GOD WOMAN, SHUT UP! She's horribly self-important.
All that boohooing about not having to worry about being stalked when she was a cop...well, go back to policework, then. Either stop complaining about the kitchen you're in, or go back to the kitchen you're used to. Yes, she irks me just a bit. ;-)
How much do I love the pterodactyl? That's one of the best things ever. It reinforces the idea they brought up with the fairies -- wild things far older than we know are still amongst us. I love that.
I hit the Mary Sue wall when they examined the prisoner in the cell. Tosh laid out all the specifics, but Gwen's the only one who put two and two together that you don't need necessarily need to be strangled in order to choke to death? COME ON. We all saw 'Silence of the Lambs.' ;-) Yes, it was very police procedurely, but I'd also like to see things done more as a group. Owen's the doctor, it would have been nice if that scene had been geared to show his knowledge of the subject.
6. Countrycide
Oddly enough, I actually liked it when Gwen and Owen got together. It was nice watching her fall from that high horse she's been prancing around on. Smug, moralizing cow.
8. They Keep Killing Suzie
I hate that Susie spent half the episode moaning about how Gwen was so special and smart and yakkity shmakkity whatever else she said. In true Mary Sue fashion, Gwen put on the Death Glove and *wazoom!* it worked for her right off the bat (a little too well). Also, what kind of a doofus would smuggle a known killer out of a secure (hahaha) station and take her on a road trip? If I were Jack, her ass would have been fired and heavily retconned for that stunt. If Gwen's the best and the brightest, I fear for the future of the planet. Way to kill Suzie's dad, you idiot.
9. Random Shoes
Also in classic Mary Sue form, Gwen (naturally) was the one Eugene crushed on.
If Gwen crossed over into the Doctor Who universe, I'd stop watching the show. Immediately.
Gwen and Jack are completely mismatched and would be hideously wrong together, no matter what the writers think. If they ever hook up, I may have to stop watching.
I hate Gwen. I hate that she has more screentime than everyone else, including John Barrowman, who's the reason I started watching the show. I hate that when Jack is onscreen, his time is monopolized by Gwen. She's way too over the Mary Sue line for me to connect with her as a character. I love it when Jack rips into her -- and that's probably really evil of me.
OH MY GOD, I want to smack them all (except Jack) sometimes, and if he's paired up with Gwen next season, I'll want to smack him all the time. And possibly boot him in the ass as well. We'll see.
Ianto is just too adorable and I want to eat him with a spoon. I'd like to see him take Gwen's place in the field; Gwen could have the major domo duties since she likes all that linear thinking and by-the-book stuff. ;-)
Overall though, I like the show and I cannot wait until the fabulous Martha Jones (from Doctor Who season three) shows up. Much love for Martha! I'm gay not only for Martha, but for the adorably gorgeous actress who portrays her, the adorably gorgeous Freema Agyeman. Freema is my official new girl crush. But I digress.
I love when people are open about any- and everything. I admire flexibility, openness, the ability to approach a problem in more than one way. Fixed thinking drives me batty! Gwen's constant policewoman approach to things just bugs me. She's not a cop anymore, and she's working with an agency that's about as un-coplike as it gets. I wish they'd let her shake off some of that mental baggage.
Also, others may disagree, but if Torchwood has a heart, it's Ianto. Various thoughts to irritating crap in various episodes...
5. Small Worlds
If I'd had a gun I'd have shot my TV when Jack's old flame died and Gwen stayed right there as if she had some right to intrude on his grief. And the questions! MY GOD WOMAN, SHUT UP! She's horribly self-important.
All that boohooing about not having to worry about being stalked when she was a cop...well, go back to policework, then. Either stop complaining about the kitchen you're in, or go back to the kitchen you're used to. Yes, she irks me just a bit. ;-)
How much do I love the pterodactyl? That's one of the best things ever. It reinforces the idea they brought up with the fairies -- wild things far older than we know are still amongst us. I love that.
I hit the Mary Sue wall when they examined the prisoner in the cell. Tosh laid out all the specifics, but Gwen's the only one who put two and two together that you don't need necessarily need to be strangled in order to choke to death? COME ON. We all saw 'Silence of the Lambs.' ;-) Yes, it was very police procedurely, but I'd also like to see things done more as a group. Owen's the doctor, it would have been nice if that scene had been geared to show his knowledge of the subject.
6. Countrycide
Oddly enough, I actually liked it when Gwen and Owen got together. It was nice watching her fall from that high horse she's been prancing around on. Smug, moralizing cow.
8. They Keep Killing Suzie
I hate that Susie spent half the episode moaning about how Gwen was so special and smart and yakkity shmakkity whatever else she said. In true Mary Sue fashion, Gwen put on the Death Glove and *wazoom!* it worked for her right off the bat (a little too well). Also, what kind of a doofus would smuggle a known killer out of a secure (hahaha) station and take her on a road trip? If I were Jack, her ass would have been fired and heavily retconned for that stunt. If Gwen's the best and the brightest, I fear for the future of the planet. Way to kill Suzie's dad, you idiot.
9. Random Shoes
Also in classic Mary Sue form, Gwen (naturally) was the one Eugene crushed on.
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Date: 2007-11-20 04:44 am (UTC)Anyway i just came to squee at the fact that Martha will be on Torchwood! woo!
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Date: 2007-11-20 04:56 am (UTC)LOL! For all of my ranting and my Gwen-hate, I do enjoy the show. It's got it's big, gaping flaws, but -- and I'm not sure why -- I keep watching. It probably has a lot to do with Jack, Ianto (triple squee!) and the pterodactyl. I love the pterodactyl. I want one.
Anyway i just came to squee at the fact that Martha will be on Torchwood! woo!
Woo, indeed! I'm truly all squirmy thinking about it! I want her to go on in the Whoverse forever! I'd love to see her return as a full-time companion in season five, but I'm not even going to get my hopes up. Still! I can dream!
I love the icon. It looks like it should be animated so she goes down and then pops back up. :-D
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Date: 2007-11-20 06:39 am (UTC)Oh the pterodactyl was so cute. I wish the Doctor would keep a few awesome animals like that wandering around the TARDIS.
"I love the icon. It looks like it should be animated so she goes down and then pops back up. :-D"
Me too. :D Feel free to take and credit to