Post-B'day Schtuffs

[thescarletwoman]

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Thank you guys SO much for all the birthday wishes on Saturday. Day was loverly and I got to spend time with my fabulously gay boyfriend at a gay bar in the evening. *g* Was absolutely fantastic. Hard to believe I'm running out of time here in Erie. Yeesh.


If anyone is interested, there is a statement from Gareth on his website. And it reads like the typical 'they asked me to say this diplomatically' which I can't blame him for. I DO feel wretched for James Moran who had been SO open to talking to fans which is wonderful for us. But to those of you (not saying any of them are on my flist) who did abuse the poor man for shame. Honestly, for shame.

It's taken me a good four days to finally feel as if I'm not reeling from this. TV shouldn't make you feel as this made me feel. And things damn near broke my Jack!Muse. I don't know who is really still unspoiled as to what happened but until it airs in the US I'll be good.

I'm, at last, working on fic. The sequel to the Trace Memory fic from Jack's POV has been put on the back-burner (it's half done) for the time being while I work on fixing CoE. Or, at least, finding a deserved ending.

Comments

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

I trust you to fix things. *squishes*

I'd be interested to read that Trace Memory fic. It's one of the few of the novels that I enjoyed, and had half-decent characterisation. Admittedly, I haven't read many (doing all my TW novel reading sitting in Borders), but I didn't like the Twilight Streets at all, and so many people rave about that one.

To make myself feel better, I'm plotting a writing experiment that doesn't go anywhere near the Season That Never Was. It's pre-Reset, even. Kind of nervous, since I haven't done much dialogue in TW fandom, but it does have a cracking joke in it that's too good to waste. So, I'm kicking my muse into gear! I haven't written anything postable since writing a cheer-up fic for Sam when he broke his leg. A couple of unpostable things that could, technically, be knocked into shape, but the most polished of them is kinda melancholy, and I don't really want to be playing in the angst-pool right now.

[thescarletwoman.livejournal.com]

*snuggles* D'aaaw! ♥

Here's the first part if you missed it. Of Future Pasts and Past Futures. I wanted to do a companion piece from Ianto's PoV, so that's the one that's coming. I adored Trace Memory and there were things in Twilight Streets I really liked. If you're reading for nice Janto moments, Pack Animals is fantastic for that. As for 'Almost Perfect'... I have a love/hate relationship with that novel. *g* I'm a dork and buy the books because they're small and easily fit into my purse.

XD that's fantastic! I can't wait to see that either. Alas, the fix-it has to be angst ridden, but it's the happy ending that counts, right?

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

I've read the first part. I think I've got it bookmarked on my delicious... If I don't, I should. I meant I'd like to read the next bit. :)

I know I read Twilight Streets a bit quickly, but the whole thing with Bilis and light and dark seemed like so much nonsense, to me. Extravagant handwaving, without enough substance, just a whole heap of grandiose last-minute exposition. I was really disappointed, because the initial idea was really interesting: that there was this area of Cardiff that Jack was basically allergic to because of his condition, because time was fucked up there. I ended up basically forcing myself to finish it, in between eyerolling.

Almost Perfect, from what little I've heard of it, kind of sets my teeth on edge. I don't like that to have a really Jack/Ianto heavy plot, they had to genderswap one of them. It makes my brain scream 'heteronormatism!!!'. That said, there was a Jack/Ianto genderswap fic in TARDIS big bang this round that I quite liked, so maybe I'd like the book if I gave it a chance. I don't know.

HAPPY ENDING IS THE KEY. Or at least a hopeful ending. That for me is the major difference between what they did in Exit Wounds, and what they did in COE. As I said on kerryblaze's journal, 'the end is where we start from' is miles apart from the note COE left things on. You can put your characters through the worst kinds of shit, but unless you leave them with something, the viewers/readers are going to be left in that bad place. Dark fic/horror is a whole different genre, something people read/watch deliberately to go to that grim place, but up until COE, Torchwood was NEVER that. All the most traumatic eps I can think of have an upbeat note that end, even a little one, just enough to keep people tuning in for the next episode. Cyberwoman ends with the nod of forgiveness, or at least truce between Jack and Ianto. Countrycide, with Gwen finding solace with Owen. Even Adrift, which is arguably the most 'realistic' depiction of the dangers of the Rift to the general human population closes on the reconciliation between Gwen and Rhys.

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

Oh God, it just occurred to me - I hope no one's giving Gareth shit over this. Some people were so pissed that James Moran had told them they'd enjoy this season (I know! the nerve of that man!) and of course Gareth had to say "yeah, I'm looking forward to season four, blah blah blah" at conventions and whatnot, so maybe people got bent out of shape over that too...

*shields GDL from the Internetz*

[neshel.livejournal.com]

Fans that get angry at writers like that just make me want to bitch-slap them all, and then hug the poor writer.

The only time I think it's every justified to be mad at a writer is if they write badly - and by which I mean OOC and plot holes and the like. I say this because the only time I've ever gotten truly mad at writers was for this last season of Heroes, in which they did a horrible job with plot and characterization.

I am a rather rabid Heroes fan, and it hurt like fuck to see it happen to my show, but aside from deciding that the writing team is mostly crap, I could never imagine ATTACKING them. I can see leaving messages saying in a calm, respectful way, why you think they've fucked it up, but I've seen people expressing the thoughts that I imagine got shot at James, and I think it's absolutely horrible. Being a fan of something means you can feel joy and sadness, and at times betrayed, but it's just not such a big deal that attacks like that are ever, EVER justified.

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

Happy Belated Birthday!!!

[halfspell.livejournal.com]

Poor writers (and James) that he got crap for it. Honestly, it was brilliantly written. I'm angry about the direction they chose to go. Really really angry. The thing about TV and serials like Torchwood and Doctor Who is that people tune in to see how their heroes get out of the messes they find themselves in. We don't tune in to see which one of our heroes die next. But if that's the way the writers want to go (in specific the head writer), it's their choice, neh? All I can do is choose not to read/watch their work anymore.

And possibly send coffee to the BBC.

[tigerstriped86.livejournal.com]

My muses actually wouldn't let me write anything else until I wrote my CoE fic. If you head over to my journal, you'll see that it is done. Comments always appreciated!