Torchwood 3x05 - Children of Earth: Day Five

[castalia]

Screw you, Rusty. You didn't fix it. I am so done.

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[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

as someone else on my flist said, he's probably catering to the bbc1, heteronormative expectation, which equals a double fuck-you Rusty from me

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

*nod* It's nothing new to get a homosexual relationship on TV and then see half of the pairing die. Nothing new at all. RTD wants to be Joss Whedon far too badly.

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

But not only do we have the cultural equivalent of sweeping 'teh gay' under the rug (esp. by emphatically coding one half of the partner ship in feminine terms -- all the convos about feelings that Ianto invoked, as well as the little grace notes like doing the shopping -- and then killing that half of the partnership), but I believe we also have the Torchwood equivalent of women in refrigerators (http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/) -- a female character introduced solely to kill off and thus add to the male protagonist's motivation.

Your failure is multiplying, Rusty

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Good point. Another way in which Ianto's death reminds me of how Tara was killed in Buffy.

I don't think RTD is going to get as good a reception at ComicCon as he probably thinks he will.

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

Of course, complaining will just get another 'uppity beeyitches don't git good writing" response

*headdesks repeatedly*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Lord, yes. I forgot, he thinks all the fans of his shows are idiots.

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

Esp. the wimmin. Cos god knows we only want boykisses and to hate on Gwen

*pads the desk and drops head on it some more*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

*sigh* It makes me upset to see Gwen bashing so much in the TW fandom. B/c even though she could be difficult to like, especially in the 1st season, I liked Gwen. And she kicked major ass in this season.