I don't mean talking about Ianto constantly. I don't mean wistful gazes into the middle distance at the mention/scent of coffee. I'm talking about the scenes of him alone with a photograph, or a memento. But chances are, we won't get that. And if we do there'll be no real significance to it.
And there was the right balance of escapism and sci-fi in TW S1+2 = CoE was just ... no. It was death, and hopelessness and despair and there was no chance of saving the day - not really. You were left hopeless and hanging, having just seen the mass slaughter of hundreds of people - including one of the main characters - the painful and traumatising death of a defenceless child (brought on by his own grandfather) and witnessed all those screaming children being dragged away from their parents and bundled into buses. There was nothing to feel good about. There was nothing to remind you that maybe there is hope. I watched Torchwood for its balance of escapism and drama - CoE was a very, very painful slap in the face and taints the genre.
And a sci-fi show on earth can have much escapism as it once. It's a sci-fi show. The whole point is anything can happen.
And it's all very well that there's parents in special ops and government agencies - but the point of Torchwood is that there is no chance of you surviving long. And with Gwen, it's not about protective people - it's about her doing what she wants, even if she leaves a her child without a mother when simply stepping back and saying 'my child comes first' could save so much grief (and terrible Gwack sequences).
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And there was the right balance of escapism and sci-fi in TW S1+2 = CoE was just ... no. It was death, and hopelessness and despair and there was no chance of saving the day - not really. You were left hopeless and hanging, having just seen the mass slaughter of hundreds of people - including one of the main characters - the painful and traumatising death of a defenceless child (brought on by his own grandfather) and witnessed all those screaming children being dragged away from their parents and bundled into buses. There was nothing to feel good about. There was nothing to remind you that maybe there is hope. I watched Torchwood for its balance of escapism and drama - CoE was a very, very painful slap in the face and taints the genre.
And a sci-fi show on earth can have much escapism as it once. It's a sci-fi show. The whole point is anything can happen.
And it's all very well that there's parents in special ops and government agencies - but the point of Torchwood is that there is no chance of you surviving long. And with Gwen, it's not about protective people - it's about her doing what she wants, even if she leaves a her child without a mother when simply stepping back and saying 'my child comes first' could save so much grief (and terrible Gwack sequences).