I don't think we'll see bastard!Jack back because Gwen is his favorite and I think he'll want to make all the Gwen/Jack shippers happy. They'll have a contenscious relationship (a la Moonlighting), but eventually domestic. Kai Owen said at a recent con that he didn't expect Rhys to live through S4.
Ultimately, I think what bothers me the most is that in order to get romantic Gwen/Jack to work RTD had to totally change the personality of Gwen from nosy, selfish, self-absorbed to MommyGoodWifeGwen. If she had started out that way, I'd be fine with it, but she obviously had a personality transplant between S2 & S3.
I wouldn't mind Bastard!Jack back. It would at least make sense in the context of the CoE. Man loses his lover (or shag from your point of view), kills his grandson, alienates his daughter, so he doesn't want to form new attachments. In fact, I would Love, I mean Love for Gwen to just be another in a long line of shags for Jack. But that's not going to happen, not in RTD's universe anyway.
As for 'man-pain' its meant to be derogatory. It probably is sexist, but RTD doesn't write this type of angst for his female characters. No, they just get their memories wiped (Donna) or go crazy (Suzie) or selflessly die (Tosh). And trust me when Rhys meets his tragic death, Gwen will grieve, but it will not be the same. Only the male lead character has this peculiar, over-the-top angst. Can I call it hero-pain? That's not gender specific.
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I don't think we'll see bastard!Jack back because Gwen is his favorite and I think he'll want to make all the Gwen/Jack shippers happy. They'll have a contenscious relationship (a la Moonlighting), but eventually domestic. Kai Owen said at a recent con that he didn't expect Rhys to live through S4.
Ultimately, I think what bothers me the most is that in order to get romantic Gwen/Jack to work RTD had to totally change the personality of Gwen from nosy, selfish, self-absorbed to MommyGoodWifeGwen. If she had started out that way, I'd be fine with it, but she obviously had a personality transplant between S2 & S3.
I wouldn't mind Bastard!Jack back. It would at least make sense in the context of the CoE. Man loses his lover (or shag from your point of view), kills his grandson, alienates his daughter, so he doesn't want to form new attachments. In fact, I would Love, I mean Love for Gwen to just be another in a long line of shags for Jack. But that's not going to happen, not in RTD's universe anyway.
As for 'man-pain' its meant to be derogatory. It probably is sexist, but RTD doesn't write this type of angst for his female characters. No, they just get their memories wiped (Donna) or go crazy (Suzie) or selflessly die (Tosh). And trust me when Rhys meets his tragic death, Gwen will grieve, but it will not be the same. Only the male lead character has this peculiar, over-the-top angst. Can I call it hero-pain? That's not gender specific.