Torchwood, season 2
May. 8th, 2008 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmKiss Kiss Bang Bang
The hottest thing about the kiss/barfight is that they were laughing the entire time. I felt like I really got that. And that's what I loved about this episode, there was some very sincere affection/love between Jack and John, but life moves on.
Poor Ianto. He almost choked to death over the date thing. He looked so cute though. I was charmed.
Jack/Gwen. Buh? Gwen has this weird sexual daddy thing going on with Jack, and, you know, that's cool. And I think Jack has a fantasy of a normal life with her (and Ianto) like he didn't let himself have with Estelle. And I think he's really confused and unclear about that or the realities of being tied to another life regardles of polyamory and time travel. He so does not have the skill set here. I'm not sure how clearly any of this read in the episode. I know the Jack/Gwen thing feels very wtf to a lot of people, and I may be working to hard to make some sense out of it.
Ianto, Blowfish, Jack, Gun -- have I mentioned that the pacing of this episode was high art? Because it was. Also, I need to write a Jack/Ianto firing range fic now. Also, I haven't shot a gun in about 18 years, but I'm sort of like "oh yeah, that was cool." Odd thing to miss I suppose.
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Date: 2008-05-08 07:34 am (UTC)But the Jack/Gwen thing is one I've had to rant a little about myself. ;-) I've seen so many strong reactions either for or against that onscreen "shipping", and frankly, sometimes I thought that people over-reacted. There are scenes later in the season that I viewed as completely different from what many others did. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to them. *g*
Personally, I think there's a definite streak of daddy-issues going on, or perhaps better labeled hero-worship? I thnk they want very different things, and that the tension and also the nature of their work with all the dangers and necessity to reveal one's inner core at moments makes the dynamics difficult for them to deal with. Or, I'm over-thining this and should just sit back and enjoy. ;-)