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[catslash]

Wow, I have been with the fail at posting lately. I'm getting back into the swing of working after the semester, and it's been tiring. Also my manager sucks at life, but I don't want to get pissed off all over again talking about it, so I'm not going any further into that.

Instead, I want to talk about the upcoming new series of Torchwood. (. . . Yeah, I know I quit the show after "Exit Wounds." I am continuing to watch it because SHUT UP, that's why.)



I'm always wrong when I say that. But anyway, I just wanna ask you guys a question. When you consider the following information:

* That there's gonna be a bunch of annoying couple-y Jack/Ianto stuff (seriously, I'm not violently against the ship or anything, but it is SO BORING AND BADLY WRITTEN AND IT IS THE SHIP THAT ATE FANDOM ANYWAY AAAAAUGH so blech)

* That Jack is going to be evasive about said couple-y stuff

* That Ianto's family is going to show up

* That this will all likely culminate in an exchange of heartfelt blah blah blah

. . . when you have considered all this, then tell me, on a scale of one to ten: exactly how violent and gruesome do you think Ianto's death is going to be?

Nobody survives shit like that on TV. It's just too much.

Also: someone is (this is speculation, not a spoiler!) definitely going to die, and I say better Ianto than Rhys.

. . .

Yeah, I know, I just killed Rhys.

Comments

[irradiatedsoup.livejournal.com]

Man, can you imagine if Yanto got it? The fallout! The weeping! The hair tearing and teeth gnashing! It would be absolutely delicious to watch.

I know I'm bad person, but as someone who has done all that over Owen and Tosh already, I'm actually quite okay with being a bad person. And besides Yanto is Rusty's second favourite self-insert after Wose, so it's not like he wouldn't bring him back eight times anyway.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME OH MAN.

I'm actively rooting for it. And I kind of like Ianto. More or less. When he shows signs of having a personality, anyway.

[irradiatedsoup.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am mostly indifferent to him, which seems like an odd thing to say as I am also basically baying for his blood. Possibly I still have so much saved-up indiscrimate S2 rage for that show, I want *everyone* to suffer. Well, I'd rather Gwen and Rhys and PC Andy didn't but. You know.

PC Andy is so going to get it. D:

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. You're probably right. D:

[irradiatedsoup.livejournal.com]

I'm so convinced of my right-ness, that were I a betting type, I would bet both my legs and my grandma on it.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

All I'm truly convinced of is that someone is going to die. PC Andy is probably the safe bet and would cause the least backlash.

'Course, Rusty appears to enjoy pissing off fans. So. *sews a shroud for Ianto*

[mmexlibris]

So.... Did you ship Jack/Gwen?

Just yanno, curious. >.>

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Nope. If I ship anything with Gwen, it's Gwen/Rhys. She doesn't deserve him sometimes, but he does adore her. And when it counts, she chooses him.

And I don't ship much of anything with Jack, because, well. Jack. If you're gonna ship anything, you may as well ship everything.

I'm not much of a shipper, really. I do get very sick very quickly of ships that get shoved in my face, though, whether it's by canon or by fandom.

Also, your icon! ♥

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

As completely true as it is that Rusty adores fucking with the fans, I am honestly not convinced about the death thing. I don't think the show could credibly continue with only two of the original six (counting Suzie) main cast left alive -- and one thing Rusty does know how to do is keep a show running and popular. I would be supremely unsurprised if we got a CLIFFHANGER OF DOOM, though.

Hilarious (and, okay, sad: I like Ianto) as I would find the fandom's reaction if Ianto kicks the bucket, if RTD kills off Rhys I am REALLY going to be gunning for him. YOU LEAVE THE RHYS ALONE, BITCH.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Yeah, normally I'd agree with you, but I'm not hearing good things about the chances for a series four. And hell, if they've already been dumb enough to knock off two-thirds of the main cast, why not another one?

I really just want the fan reaction. And for Rhys not to be the one who dies. *clings to him*

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

I've also heard the rumours about series 4... but on the other hand, it is a fact that they're in the process of getting planning permission for a separate Torchwood exhibition (distinct from the already-existing Doctor Who exhibition) down the Bay, with plans to have it up and running before Christmas. And it seems very strange to me that they'd go to all that trouble and expense for a show that's likely to end very soon.

*joins you in clinging to Rhys*

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Eh, not to me. Mind you, I live in Maine and am automatically cynical about any and all transparent attempts to cater to tourists. Tourism is eighty percent of our economy (here in Maine, I mean; this sentence could be clearer but I can't be bothered to do anything more than the token parenthetical edit), and DW/TW is probably the most significant draw for tourism to Cardiff these days. I'd go so far as to argue that if there isn't going to be more shooting to draw crowds, an exhibition might be a logical replacement to keep 'em coming.

But, again: cynical Mainer.

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

Nah. They do go to a certain amount of effort to keep the Torchwood filming secret - 9 people out of 10 who I've met at filming have been from people who know the area and either happened to hear about what was going on or actively looked for it. Very few tourists. Tourism, whilst useful, is not a major part of Cardiff's economy as far as I can tell -- and the major boost to it comes from Doctor Who, not Torchwood. If Torchwood did get cancelled, I can't see an exhibition being profitable for more than a year at the most - it has a sizable fanbase, but it really isn't embedded in the culture like Doctor Who.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I suppose I'm used to a more commercialized, Disneyfied culture, then. Go, US?

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

Guess so!

Disneyfied this place certainly ain't. It'd be cleaner, for one thing. (I really need to upload my photo of the piece of graffiti from a bench in the Bay that says 'IMPEACH SAXON'.)

[catslash.livejournal.com]

YES YOU DO. That is awesome.

[necessary_child]

It is fantastic and I'm a little bit in love with it just for existing.

Also, I finally manage to convince my godawful internets (hence not bothering to sign out of Sam's account - it just took me five minutes to sign into it) to let me log on to AIM and you're not on there? *stamps foot* :P

[catslash.livejournal.com]

*pets* I am about fifteen minutes from heading out the door. It is a day off and there is a movie that must be seen.

[necessary_child]

):

Have fun!

[isaysimplewords]

I will try!

PS, check out the happy hour thread with Ianto. Cal can has plot advancement!