I think you've hit all of the nails on their respective heads. You've built yourself a house, or rather, a ship.
I agree with everything you've said, and I must say that it's refreshing to know that someone else is thinking about this from a critical standpoint, rather than just a fannish one. Jack/Ianto is my OTP, but I don't want it at the expense of continuity and character development. I wish the writers and producers could read this, but I've a feeling that Davies is too stuck on himself to care.
The only character they seem interested in really developing is Gwen, and even her scenes are very one-dimensional. I rewatched Sleeper the other day and found myself wishing that Moran (and the whole crew) had written fewer repetitive "GWEN CARES A LOT" scenes. If they'd cut just a few of those, they would have time to use the other characters, particularly Tosh and Ianto. Like Beth's husband, Tosh found out that someone she cared about was going to betray her, and the combination of kind-human/destructive-alien reminds me of Lisa. I would like to see how Ianto felt about the Beth situation, and how his views have changed since he acknowledged that Lisa couldn't be saved.
There is so, so much potential in this show. If Torchwood had a more talented team of writers, it could be brilliant.
Confession: I like most of the fanfic better than cannon. And a significant portion of it is of higher quality than the episodes themselves. *ducks rocks*
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Date: 2008-07-17 06:31 pm (UTC)I agree with everything you've said, and I must say that it's refreshing to know that someone else is thinking about this from a critical standpoint, rather than just a fannish one. Jack/Ianto is my OTP, but I don't want it at the expense of continuity and character development. I wish the writers and producers could read this, but I've a feeling that Davies is too stuck on himself to care.
The only character they seem interested in really developing is Gwen, and even her scenes are very one-dimensional. I rewatched Sleeper the other day and found myself wishing that Moran (and the whole crew) had written fewer repetitive "GWEN CARES A LOT" scenes. If they'd cut just a few of those, they would have time to use the other characters, particularly Tosh and Ianto. Like Beth's husband, Tosh found out that someone she cared about was going to betray her, and the combination of kind-human/destructive-alien reminds me of Lisa. I would like to see how Ianto felt about the Beth situation, and how his views have changed since he acknowledged that Lisa couldn't be saved.
There is so, so much potential in this show. If Torchwood had a more talented team of writers, it could be brilliant.
Confession: I like most of the fanfic better than cannon. And a significant portion of it is of higher quality than the episodes themselves. *ducks rocks*