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[t_eyla]

On doctorwho, there's this poll going on about who's on the roof and who isn't. For all the people who haven't seen the 2005 Doctor Who x-mas special: in 2005, the Sycorax came to Earth and used blood control to send all the A positives to the roofs of high buildings, threatening the rest of the population to make them jump if their demands weren't met

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[wihluta]

LOL, I've been thinking about the Owen/Jack topic for about two hours last night (instead of sleeping like a good girl) and here is my take on it:

Jack is being Life. Owen is now being his opposite, he's Death. Because Jack has absorbed all this life-energy of the Heart of the TARDIS and now cannot die.
Whereas Owen is only 'alive' (and he isn't really alive) because he absorbed all that energy from the Death-Alien.
I really like the idea of them being opposite forces. I could write a whole essay about it and it's implications, but that would probably be tl;dr.

And to come back to your question: No, to me Owen is not a Zombie. Because Zombies do rot and they move strangely and they are generally detestable, whereas Owen is just annoying. ;-)

[t_eyla]

Yeah, I bet there's at least an essay in that topic. Although personally, I'd rather write one about 2x07 xD. I liked 2x08, but it was a tad pretentious, what with the fragmented story and the old trick with the two people on the roof and all that. I loved Jack, though: "Guy in tight jeans runnning into the water? I was taking pictures."

Well, Owen doesn't decay, but he has a big old hole in his chest, and his left pinky is permanently broken, and he has a permanent slash in his palm. Considering his life style, it's only a matter of time until he ends up with a hole in his head or an eye falling out. And he always did move a bit like a zombie, didn't he? ;)

I was puzzling at the whole "don't let anyone give you bruises" thing, though. I mean, the guy's dead! He doesn't bleed! How is he supposed to get bruised?

And hey, Owen's not as annoying as in s1 anymore. I like him better now that he's dead ;).

[wihluta]

Ha, yes. Jack was great and it's true that 2x07 was a 'better' ep. But for me they kinda belong together since they're mainly about the same topic - Dead!Owen.

And yes, Owen has always been a little... uhm, stiff. *gg*

Don't get me started on the 'bruise' topic. I mean, you might just as well ask how he's able to talk without breathing, or how he can actually move around without constantly bumping into things when he can't feel anything (never mind the fact - HOW DOES HE MOVE AT ALL?!) I guess as a scifi-er you just gotta believe TPTB a little and forget about common sense. ;-)

I like him better now that he's dead
LOL this is pretty macabre. But true nonetheless.

[t_eyla]

Ahaha, yes, the science of dead!Owen doesn't make any fucking sense. Ah well. It's Torchwood xD.

And hey, macabre is totally my thing ;).

[explodedpen]

I see the newly deceased Owen annoying me extremely quickly. Also I figure they either kill him off completely or find some device to 'revive' him permenantly because lets face it, the poor bastard's gonna just fall apart, physically that is. He's already got a hole in his chest, permenantly broken fingers and a gash across his palm!

[t_eyla]

the poor bastard's gonna just fall apart, physically that is
He will, yes. I hope they won't just ignore that. And I also hope they won't draw it out in some gruesome watch Owen turn into a decaying zombie arc. I actually vote for them developing some sort of regeneration technique that will help Owen but at the same time restrict him in some way - sort of like the holographic thingie they put together for the doctor in Voyager, so he can leave Sickbay, but can't go anywhere without the device.

I see the newly deceased Owen annoying me extremely quickly
Yeah, he's annoying, but he's more interesting than he was before. Annoying and dead is more interesting than annoying and normal/alive like everybody else.