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So. Um.
Having just rewatched the last two episodes of S1 of Torchwood?
Y'ALL.
I REALLY LOVE IT.
When it first came out, I thought it was insanely bad. There were too many gratuitous Post-Watershed antics, Jack's sparkle was gone, no one was LIKABLE in the cast of characters, and the writing was PAINFUL. I still can't believe I kept watching past the orgasm alien, and there's no way I would have done so had it not been for the Doctor Who ties.
But I know that when I made it to the end of that first series, I suddenly started seeing that they might well be able to make a GOOD show, apocalypse demons and their killer shadows be damned. I maintain that the very best justification for going spoiler-free in any fandom is the end of this last episode. I SHRIEKED when I heard the TARDIS sounds and my housemates had to come check on me and I COULDN'T TELL THEM WHY cos they were all hooked on the show as well and wouldn't see it until later. That surge of joy was AMAZING because it was so unexpected and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
And then S2 was way more consistent and FUN and just...
WHERE IS MY TORCHWOOD. I NEED MORE TORCHWOOD.
When I finish my Dramaturgy project, I am spending a WEEK rolling around in Torchwood fic, aren't I?
BRING IT ON.
In other fabulous news of the day, they installed new vertical blinds in our apartment today and they are SO LOVELY. What is ALSO lovely is that I finally bought one of those magical cords that connects my laptop to my Shiny New TV (YAY ANDREA!) and spent all day watching things like Farscape and the first episode of S2 of Ashes to Ashes (NEEDS MORE GENE HUNT) and random vids and now Torchwood. IT IS GLORIOUS.
Having just rewatched the last two episodes of S1 of Torchwood?
Y'ALL.
I REALLY LOVE IT.
When it first came out, I thought it was insanely bad. There were too many gratuitous Post-Watershed antics, Jack's sparkle was gone, no one was LIKABLE in the cast of characters, and the writing was PAINFUL. I still can't believe I kept watching past the orgasm alien, and there's no way I would have done so had it not been for the Doctor Who ties.
But I know that when I made it to the end of that first series, I suddenly started seeing that they might well be able to make a GOOD show, apocalypse demons and their killer shadows be damned. I maintain that the very best justification for going spoiler-free in any fandom is the end of this last episode. I SHRIEKED when I heard the TARDIS sounds and my housemates had to come check on me and I COULDN'T TELL THEM WHY cos they were all hooked on the show as well and wouldn't see it until later. That surge of joy was AMAZING because it was so unexpected and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
And then S2 was way more consistent and FUN and just...
WHERE IS MY TORCHWOOD. I NEED MORE TORCHWOOD.
When I finish my Dramaturgy project, I am spending a WEEK rolling around in Torchwood fic, aren't I?
BRING IT ON.
In other fabulous news of the day, they installed new vertical blinds in our apartment today and they are SO LOVELY. What is ALSO lovely is that I finally bought one of those magical cords that connects my laptop to my Shiny New TV (YAY ANDREA!) and spent all day watching things like Farscape and the first episode of S2 of Ashes to Ashes (NEEDS MORE GENE HUNT) and random vids and now Torchwood. IT IS GLORIOUS.