Thoughts on Torchwood

Jul 10, 2009 08:37

particularly Children of Earth, Day 4.

Well.

Spoilers for Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day 4 )

sad times, torchwood is ready, i don't even know

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xsophiesurprise July 10 2009, 11:02:43 UTC
Perhaps they intended his death to upset so many people like this? I know that's grasping at straws, rather.
But isn't this the last series of Torchwood? If so, they were probably stuck with an ending for Ianto, and decided to kill him off.
Do you think he could have been killed off in a better way? If so, how? If I had to kill him off, I would have done it in Day 5, and make it sudden (perhaps how the Dalek suddenly shot the Doctor when he was running to meet Rose in the penultimate series 4 episode).

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altogetherisi July 10 2009, 11:46:00 UTC
Grasping at straws wise - if they somehow reverse it, then I will accept there was something to be said for devastating fandom and upsetting so many people, briefly. But personally, I think it would be very strange for them to intend to upset so many people. If they had done his death well, then my opinion might have been different. If they sent him out gloriously, on a high note, then I would able to support them from a story telling, entertainment point of view, regardless of how much I will miss the character. But they didn't ( ... )

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hanelissar July 10 2009, 11:31:08 UTC
I am still not quite ready to accept the fact that he's dead. Which means I am having a Hannah-theory whereby he isn't dead (or at least won't stay dead - as Van says, everyone else who has ever died has come back to life, apart from Tosh. Owen, Jack, Suzie, Rhys...all resurrected!) at all. Am I being pathetic and desperate and will my hopes be shattered tonight? - probably. Do I care? - not really because I need my hope ( ... )

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altogetherisi July 10 2009, 11:58:33 UTC
I am seriously hoping for this, like SO MUCH. If they reverse it, if they are "just kidding!" then, well, I won't forgive them for freaking me out so badly but I might forgive them otherwise and give them kudos for playing my emotions. But if the are just playing me, well. Its just cruel.

But yes, give him some life energy stuff! Jack used to hand out life giving kisses, and then he seemed to stop. I was like "give him a life giving kiss, please give him a life giving kiss1" OR SOMETHING. Just bring him back. Don't let that have been the real end for Ianto Jones.

Also, I know the Doctor isn't meant to intervene in Torchwood, but couldn't they at least have written a couple of throwaway lines about trying but not being able to reach him? Because they have his bloody phone number, and they shouldn't just pretend they accidentally lost it by dropping their phone down the toilet or something.

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x_merlin July 10 2009, 11:54:47 UTC
I'm so pissed off about it all. I just think it was a really stupid move. Sure, we know that Torchwood employees live dangerous lives but surely a better way to show that would have been Gwen losing her baby or something along those lines. Killing off another main character was just pointless. And without the Janto element they have lost so many of their fans and a good portion of their audience. I don't think they are going to bring him back and to be honest I think they've lost a great part of the show. I don't know if I could watch another series now that it is just Jack and Gwen. The overload in Gwack rubbish is going to be too much.

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altogetherisi July 10 2009, 12:15:07 UTC
I assumed Gwen would lose her baby, but since its only three weeks it could go either way. If the HPepilogue-it though, and have her name it Ianto, I'll be so incredibly angry ( ... )

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orrien November 2 2009, 18:08:02 UTC
...I love you for writing this ( ... )

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altogetherisi November 2 2009, 19:03:13 UTC
God, it feels like so long ago I wrote that! But rereading it, I think I still pretty much agree, though the whole issue has receeded in importance I suppose what with my RL becoming rather hectic ( ... )

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orrien November 2 2009, 19:15:52 UTC
I need that show. I need that show like BURNING.

If I ever make it big in the TV world, I'm pulling all my contacts to get you producing that show.

One slight glitch is that in the book-canon, the strange (Scottish) man is called Archie, and also in the series Owen says they've spoken on the phone, and I'm sure he'd have recognised Jack's voice.

So, I propose that Jack and Archie co-run it, because Jack no longer wants to run Torchwood after everything that's happened, but ends up sort of doing anyway.

I don't think you understand how much I want/need this show.

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altogetherisi November 2 2009, 20:23:10 UTC
I'm glad you approve! Its an idea that just occured to me one day, and I think will always be a part of my personal canon, regardless of whether it actually gets made or whether I ever write it as a fic. But yeah - that's where, were I in charge, the show would go, and/or where if the writers really wanted to impress I think they should take it ( ... )

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