Life after love [fic]

[shadowbyrd]

Title: Life after love
Author: shadowbyrd
Rating: PG - 13
Prompt: 14. I'm awake and you're breathing for un_love_you
Word Count: 3126
Pairing(s): Gwen/Rhys, Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Owen, Jack/Gwen
Summary: Take things for granted and they will be taken from you.

Comments

[adjovi]

oh, i think your characterization is spot on here, actually. i liked this bit quite a lot:

Once she realises there’s no one to keep it a secret from she gives up all pretence, stops avoiding Owen and just carries on, ignoring the significant looks that are flying around.

this is nicely done. would very much like to have seen this *instead*.

[shadowbyrd]

would very much like to have seen this *instead*.

Hm. I'm in two minds about that; while I absolutely adore Rhys, the one thing that really annoys me about Gwen's story is that she doesn't lose anything (permanently) to Torchwood the way the others do. Particularly unlikely/nonsensical when you think that she's got far and away the most to lose.

I'm so glad this worked for you - as I say, my characterisation worried me a bit, especially in light of series three.

[adjovi]

Hm. I'm in two minds about that; while I absolutely adore Rhys, the one thing that really annoys me about Gwen's story is that she doesn't lose anything (permanently) to Torchwood the way the others do. Particularly unlikely/nonsensical when you think that she's got far and away the most to lose.

yup--me too. i love rhys, but why does gwen always seem to get the free pass? i want her to actually lose something for a change, instead of getting to be all badass AND have all the toys at the end. bit lopsided.

[adjovi]

but, it should be said, i really DO like gwen as well. i liked them all.

[shadowbyrd]

I think the writers were a little cowardly with this. It would have been a really good story for them to give Gwen, especially compared to some rubbish-y stories they've given her instead (Random shoes, anyone?) - instead they keep telling us that she's human and that wokring with Torchwood has changed her for the worse, which she resents.

Yet despite being a main character (arguably the main character), they never make her deal with (permanent) loss or the consequences of her actions, the two things that make characters really relatable to an audience and make characters and stories interesting.

[adjovi]

Yet despite being a main character (arguably the main character), they never make her deal with (permanent) loss or the consequences of her actions, the two things that make characters really relatable to an audience and make characters and stories interesting.

EXACTLY. she was supposed to be the audience perspective, no? which, it can be argued that she is less the audience than ianto is.