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[tencrush]

In Russell's world, bumsex with Russell Tovey pretty much fixes all your emo manpain, no matter how vast, yeah?

That's pretty faily right there. Not as faily as that thing with Martha and you know who, but still pretty fucking offensively faily. As was that thing with Donna. Wow, that's a lot of fucking fail to heap upon an awful lot of companions.

DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS RUSSELL.

Also, did Simm just disappear, never to be mentioned again, or did it just seem that way?

Comments

[erinnthered.livejournal.com]

But what is there? Did he literally say that Ianto lasted for three seasons because RTD thought he was hot? Are you sure he wasn't being sarcastic?

[coldwater1010.livejournal.com]

He didn't say that although my impression was he did fancy him quite a bit. He did say, I'm assuming jokingly somewhat, that he thinks one of the reasons he likes to write scenes for hot guys is to get them to like him and he writes about Gareth specifically in that context. Every time he mentioned Gareth he mentioned how hot or sexy he thought he was much like with Tovey, whose arse he was particularly fascinated with. That just seemed to be a thing with him whenever he mentioned anything about the guys who've appeared on his shows, like James Marsters, he usually mentioned how sexy, hot etc. they were.

[teamharkness.livejournal.com]

When have you ever known RTD to be truly sarcastic? He actually said that if he kept Ianto around, maybe Gareth would sleep with him. Not sure if he was being cheeky, but ... all the same. if it applies to Russell Tovey, it applies to Gareth as well.

[coldwater1010.livejournal.com]

I don't know RTD well enough to tell whether he was joking or not. I know I was being tongue in cheek and I'm giving him the benefit of doubt by assuming he was at least half joking and/or just being a little bit too fanboyish with regards to his crushes because otherwise he's just some slimy creep who has no qualms about abusing his position. And even if he wasn't joking that still says more about him and the kind of character he is than it does about Gareth and his abilities or the viability of the character he played. The fact that RTD may be guided by his penis is his issue not the actors he hires. And if I take his comments seriously then it definitely puts another spin on his decision to get rid of the character in s3.