more CoE: random stuff and have some plot bunnies

[rm]

So, cried at least twice today, but am starting to settle into a nice place with it all, and, you know what? Hope for a series 4. But you people who want a series 4 that involves Ianto coming back to life? Do you think that's going to break your heart less? Because if he does, all of us will be torn apart when he exits again. I'm sure of it. So just, think on that.

And, actually, totally looking forward to doing this as one 5-hour watch with DWNY tomorrow.

Not wanting to wait until next year's Gally to cosplay after this, I'm thinking I'm going to be a bad pro and if my schedule allows, role up my guest ribbon under my badge and bring the coat down to Drag*con and cosplay for one day of it, or at least, one of our evening bar outings.

I am eating something that should not be eaten with chopsticks with chopsticks. I blame copperbadge, and if you've read a certain fic in question, you know why. It's making me feel better.

The ads for the airing on BBCA are on like EVERY SINGLE BUS here. And that's breaking my heart a little.

At one point in IHNIIHBT Jack and Ianto have a conversation about what if Ianto is the last person Jack manages to fall in love with, because Jack is scared his immortality is making him less and less human and able to connect with others. I keep looking at that, and looking at CoE, and smiling, just a little to myself -- because I don't think it's true, but I think canon Jack and our Jack were on the same page with that fear, and that pleases me.

Here, have some plot bunnies:
- if Ianto ever confessed to Jack about the master tailor thing, I'd love to see that scene.
- there's no way Torchwood didn't sleep for five days -- what were the nights like between episodes?
- Ianto and Jack in the car after the block of concrete rescue
- the six months for Jack before he meets Gwen on the hilltop (I may do something with this, but you should do something with it too)
- the political fallout from CoE: does earth get a clue or does it become more bleak and horrifying? Are the events of CoE when everything changes?
- why wasn't the Doctor there, and how bad is the confrontation going to be the next time Jack and him run into each other?
- What if Jack had stopped the 456 by offering them himself and his endless lifeforce? Sure it doesn't really make sense, but neither does the shit they wrote -- this is a seriously dark Jack torture fic sort of thing, but is a great excuse to write altered consciousness and evolution into Face of Boe (this is also something I might write, but am happy to see others tackle).
- Fix some of the shitty science -- why did it have to be kids?
- Bring Ianto back to life with a Risen Mitten. That never goes entirely well -- what's the price this time?
- Bring Ianto back to life in a manner that doesn't involve the Risen Mitten or Jack's kiss. Yeah, I've no idea either, but fucking figure it out and write it ;)
- Jack finds the Doctor and demands he fixes thing, but the Doctor can only mess with the timeline so much, and Jack can't save both Ianto and Stephen, what does he do?
- What if Ianto's Day 4 death wasn't permanent and he was there when Jack uses Stephen to save the planet? How does that go down? What happens between them after?
- Jack leaves earth in grief, and runs into John Hart: does he go with John and drown his sorrows in the wicked ways of his past? tell John to fuck off? or does some sort of third option emerge.
- Jack's leaving earth, and he needs a new name....
- Jack and Alice's mother -- I'd love anything I can get on this. Was Jack there when Alice was born? When did he first see Stephen. What did he think of Alice's husband before he left? What really frightened Alice about her dad in the specific as opposed to conceptual abstract -- what did she see him do as a child or teen or adult that so terrified her?
- Ianto's family, piecing their understanding of him together. Does Jack help, send some info?
- Ianto's childhood -- fuck we have a lot to work with now!
- things that branch AU from any one of the days of CoE. Because apparently Torchwood got Gwen pregnant ;)
- things that branch from the radio plays (I'm doing one for each).
- Songs that need vids: When I Grow Up by Garbage (Ianto!), My Mind is a Box by Pretty Balanced (retcon!), Lake of Tears by L'ame Immoretelle (Jack/Ianto), Our Lies by Raputina (kinda anything).

And of course, things that branch from the earlier two seasons, the books, and anything else. All times are now, multiple fix-its exist, and in DW/TW/SJA canon more than any other, you can throw out huge chunks of canon material and still be playing within the bounds of time and space.

Comments

Just checking in.

[garylapointe.livejournal.com]

Usually I just read you in my feed reader, today I came specifically to see how you were doing after days 4 and 5...

Re: The Doctor - He can't be everywhere. He can only be where he is, there is a lot of space and time for him to be in. Loss of life was minimal actually (for an "invasion"), besides when the 456 killed everyone in the building, most of the violence was ours. And most of it was just to cover someone's ass.

I'm really hoping for a season 4. Or maybe a few more mini-series. Maybe an additional Torchwood with Lois or Johnson or Bridget. With Rhys communicating with pregnant Gwen.

And as a final note. They should have released the video.

Take care,
Gary
http://GarySaid.com/

Re: Just checking in.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thanks, man. It's... I've never seen anything like this -- either from inside my own head or across fandom or even in the media reviews in general. It's both gutting and pretty cool. But yeah, it's been real hard.

And you're right.

Re: Just checking in.

[therealycats.livejournal.com]

And as a final note. They should have released the video.


Gwen's video? Mmm...that just makes me think of Watchmen, though--the reason they all knew Adrien couldn't be exposed, because the repercussions of THAT would be even worse.