Torchwood Children of Earth Ep 4 (Spoilers)

[amanuensis1]

I want this actress to get whatever the English equivalent of an Emmy is. Jeebus, that was fantastic.

...oh, you thought I was going to talk about that other thing? Well, why not.

1.) It doesn't make sense for them to have killed off so many members of the team and then to kill off more. Unless the series is ending completely.

BUT

2.) It doesn't make sense to give a character a long emotional death scene like that and then go "FAKE" one episode later.

So, yeah, there are little hints Ianto might not stay dead ("He will die," says the 4-5-6, as if there might be a while before everyone's actually dead. It's alien poison, who knows) (and Gwen's "There's nothing we can do," is just ripe for contradiction) but I'm trying to deal with the likelihood he's toast. If that's so, then I'd prefer the series end. Most of us aren't watching Torchwood in a "I only like the Jack And Gwen Show, all the other characters can go f**k themselves" way, so they'll piss off more viewers than they'll entertain if they've killed off this much of the regular cast.

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[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

I want this actress to get whatever the English equivalent of an Emmy is. Jeebus, that was fantastic.

Yes! Fantastic scene. Gave me chills.

You make very good points about the other thing. I've heard the show will continue (though I don't know if it's rumour or fact) but it really doesn't make much sense when more than half of the original team are dead. So... I don't know. I'm just "let's wait and see." And I think I'm staying away from LJ/IJ/DW from the moment tonight's episode airs till I see it myself because last night I got accidentally spoiled about Ianto despite being careful to avoid spoilers. :/

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I knew something big was coming and thought, "If it's death, if they kill anyone, it'll be Ianto. He's had the red light of dooooom on him from the beginning of this miniseries because of the deepening of his and Jack's relationship." So I worried it might happen, but it wasn't the same as being spoiled.

And, hell, I was upset when they killed SUZIE. When I started watching the series I was all, "Omigod, I LOVE Indira Varma, I'm so thrilled she's in this!"

[dementedsiren.livejournal.com]

He's had the red light of dooooom on him from the beginning of this miniseries because of the deepening of his and Jack's relationship.

*sigh* Yeah, because God forbid there's an enduring same-sex relationship on television that a) isn't fetishized, b) ends in tears, or c) all of the above.

Sorry for comment hijacking...it just hits a bit of a nerve for me :-/

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Is that hitting a nerve for you? Aw, I'm sorry. I didn't even think of it that way. I guess Torchwood has put bisexuality in such a favorable light that I'm not even thinking of it as "they killed a same-sex relationship," just, "they killed a relationship that I loved." But I believe I understand.

[dementedsiren.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I didn't mean it in the "you were hitting a nerve" way - just in a "the show is hitting a nerve" way. In case you took it that way, which I did not intend (silly internet and it's inability to convey nuance).

It's just near the top of my thoughts at the moment b/c I was talking to friends the other day and we were trying to think of examples of "normal" (or as close to normal as you get in TV/movies) gay relationships, and couldn't come up with one. It is a bit discouraging.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I didn't think you were saying it in a "you" way, 's okay! ^_^

I'm still waiting for the gay James Bond series. You know?