I always seem to miss this stuff, I think I must look at the wrong comms or something. I certainly haven't seen any of it.
Thing is, I really don't get why fans get on their high horse so much, but then I think it's because a lot of them are like comic book guy on The Simpsons, that personality type where you have no insight at all and take it all way too seriously. It seems to me that it's perfectly normal to dislike any character, and in fact a good thing, because it makes it more interesting. Series 1 Owen isn't likeable, but people don't get all upset about that. I think RTD and the producers didn't help by going on about her all the time, and I do think there is a strong resentment that RTD just went ahead and killed everyone who wasn't Gwen, which can feel a bit spiteful.
I'm meh about Gwen, unfortunately both JB and EM are weaker actors than the others, so Jack and Gwen scenes often make me cringe with the histrionics. The one where she shows him her engagement ring makes me die it's so awful. I can't watch it.
The other thing that occurs to me is that there is never an outcry about the fans who are into Jack/Gwen and bash Ianto in a way that I think is frankly weird. I came across a meta on one of these fans journals, and she and a lot of her friends were calling Ianto "that thing" and saying how happy they were that he was dead because "that thing is off my screen" . I was quite shocked, if fans were posting that about Gwen it would cause a huge row.
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Date: 2010-12-28 09:58 am (UTC)Thing is, I really don't get why fans get on their high horse so much, but then I think it's because a lot of them are like comic book guy on The Simpsons, that personality type where you have no insight at all and take it all way too seriously. It seems to me that it's perfectly normal to dislike any character, and in fact a good thing, because it makes it more interesting. Series 1 Owen isn't likeable, but people don't get all upset about that. I think RTD and the producers didn't help by going on about her all the time, and I do think there is a strong resentment that RTD just went ahead and killed everyone who wasn't Gwen, which can feel a bit spiteful.
I'm meh about Gwen, unfortunately both JB and EM are weaker actors than the others, so Jack and Gwen scenes often make me cringe with the histrionics. The one where she shows him her engagement ring makes me die it's so awful. I can't watch it.
The other thing that occurs to me is that there is never an outcry about the fans who are into Jack/Gwen and bash Ianto in a way that I think is frankly weird. I came across a meta on one of these fans journals, and she and a lot of her friends were calling Ianto "that thing" and saying how happy they were that he was dead because "that thing is off my screen" . I was quite shocked, if fans were posting that about Gwen it would cause a huge row.
And isn't the cricket briliant!