OK, if you are one of those people who's rage or dislike of RTD has nothing to do with the Ianto situation, then I'm sorry and I apologize for the rile-up.
Howevere...there are locked communities, where people are reminded constantly not to share their views with the outside world (to no avail) that are completely and totally united in their hatred of RTD because of and only because of the events of CoE.
The self-same people have of late been EXTREMELY hypocritical, deciding that RTD is a bad writer and the scum of the earth, when they were previously heaping love upon him for the so-called canon-slash they thought they were getting.
In my case, I'm essentially only a New-Whovian and a Jack-centric one to boot, so yeah, I'm highly sensitive to that particular thread of the Who-niverse and that one point of the finale.
Which WAS the point addressed in the VERY FIRST LINE of tencrush's post, and by implication teamharkness's response.
I'm genuinely sorry that you feel RTD's work has harmed something you cherish. Meanwhile I've gotten four amazing years of Dr. Who, one good year of Torchwood, one so-so one, and a five-episode mini-series that in the end gave me back the character I'd fallen in love with (Jack) and the hope of future stories with that character.
As a one-issue voter, my approach to the Who-verse and RTD does tend to be a bit skewed and my reactions to certain criticism somewhat defensive.
However, you can't deny there is the equivalent of the VRWC that hates on the RTD for the very same issue.
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Howevere...there are locked communities, where people are reminded constantly not to share their views with the outside world (to no avail) that are completely and totally united in their hatred of RTD because of and only because of the events of CoE.
The self-same people have of late been EXTREMELY hypocritical, deciding that RTD is a bad writer and the scum of the earth, when they were previously heaping love upon him for the so-called canon-slash they thought they were getting.
In my case, I'm essentially only a New-Whovian and a Jack-centric one to boot, so yeah, I'm highly sensitive to that particular thread of the Who-niverse and that one point of the finale.
Which WAS the point addressed in the VERY FIRST LINE of tencrush's post, and by implication teamharkness's response.
I'm genuinely sorry that you feel RTD's work has harmed something you cherish. Meanwhile I've gotten four amazing years of Dr. Who, one good year of Torchwood, one so-so one, and a five-episode mini-series that in the end gave me back the character I'd fallen in love with (Jack) and the hope of future stories with that character.
As a one-issue voter, my approach to the Who-verse and RTD does tend to be a bit skewed and my reactions to certain criticism somewhat defensive.
However, you can't deny there is the equivalent of the VRWC that hates on the RTD for the very same issue.