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Torchwood.
Well, fuck.
I'll, uh. Be gleeful over being right and the impending implosion of fandom later.
* Although I would like to share this: I found the spoiler about .05 seconds after the ep aired in the UK, and afterward headed out to pick up some snacks, MP3 player on full blast.
As I headed out of the store to go home, John Barrowman's cover of "Being Alive" started playing.
You know, the song about the guy who wants someone to make him totally miserable so he'll know he's alive? (Yeah, I get the idea, but seriously, with these lyrics - sung in the first person as Barrowman does rather than second as the link shows - the literal interpretation is much funnier.)
I just started giggling right there in the parking lot. Under the circumstances, with the confirmation of Ianto's death fresh in my mind, it was hideously appropriate. I will never be able to hear that song and not laugh again.
* Has anyone ever seen the movie Conspiracy? It's about the meeting in which the Nazi Party decided precisely how to address the "Jewish problem." I know I'm getting dangerously and inappropriately close to Godwin's Law here, but I couldn't help but be reminded of it during the meeting scenes. It's the thing about working out the logistics of dooming a substantial section of the population - with Conspiracy, it's creepily easy to get caught up in the math and the mundane details, which didn't quite happen for me here, but still. The similarities, with the reminder of a real situation injected into this fictional one, made the whole issue more unsettling for me.
* CLEM. Oh noes. I loved Clem. And I loved how Gwen was with him, and the very natural, tender chemistry between them. I will miss him, and the kickass actor whose name I keep forgetting to look up.
* I think I strongly object to how accurate the opening scene of my latest Torchwood fic was to the end of this ep. And, um, with the theme of family and Rhys accepting his role in the Torchwood family and yeah. I SWEAR I had the idea over a year ago.
* Seriously: "Somebody crowd me with love, somebody force me to care/Somebody make me come through, I'll always be there/As frightened as you of being alive." HAHAHAHA wow.
So. Yep. Tomorrow I'm going to be watching the finale with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sotto_voice. That'll be FUN, right, Lexie? Right?
Well, fuck.
I'll, uh. Be gleeful over being right and the impending implosion of fandom later.
* Although I would like to share this: I found the spoiler about .05 seconds after the ep aired in the UK, and afterward headed out to pick up some snacks, MP3 player on full blast.
As I headed out of the store to go home, John Barrowman's cover of "Being Alive" started playing.
You know, the song about the guy who wants someone to make him totally miserable so he'll know he's alive? (Yeah, I get the idea, but seriously, with these lyrics - sung in the first person as Barrowman does rather than second as the link shows - the literal interpretation is much funnier.)
I just started giggling right there in the parking lot. Under the circumstances, with the confirmation of Ianto's death fresh in my mind, it was hideously appropriate. I will never be able to hear that song and not laugh again.
* Has anyone ever seen the movie Conspiracy? It's about the meeting in which the Nazi Party decided precisely how to address the "Jewish problem." I know I'm getting dangerously and inappropriately close to Godwin's Law here, but I couldn't help but be reminded of it during the meeting scenes. It's the thing about working out the logistics of dooming a substantial section of the population - with Conspiracy, it's creepily easy to get caught up in the math and the mundane details, which didn't quite happen for me here, but still. The similarities, with the reminder of a real situation injected into this fictional one, made the whole issue more unsettling for me.
* CLEM. Oh noes. I loved Clem. And I loved how Gwen was with him, and the very natural, tender chemistry between them. I will miss him, and the kickass actor whose name I keep forgetting to look up.
* I think I strongly object to how accurate the opening scene of my latest Torchwood fic was to the end of this ep. And, um, with the theme of family and Rhys accepting his role in the Torchwood family and yeah. I SWEAR I had the idea over a year ago.
* Seriously: "Somebody crowd me with love, somebody force me to care/Somebody make me come through, I'll always be there/As frightened as you of being alive." HAHAHAHA wow.
So. Yep. Tomorrow I'm going to be watching the finale with
sotto_voice. That'll be FUN, right, Lexie? Right?