Gwen, an apology
Dec. 28th, 2010 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galadriel1010A few of my friends recently have posted in their journals about the amount of anti-Gwen vitriol that they've seen, and wondering why there is so much.
So I, being me, replied, explained why I didn't like her and tried to join the discussion.
I didn't realise it was a rhetorical question. Nor did I realise that there's been a lot of anti-Gwen stuff around, because the fandom places I hang out in are Twitter and my flist. This does not cover any of the major non-fic communities or AGA. I had no idea it was going on. So when I saw stuff in my flist asking why people dislike Gwen... I thought they were honestly asking.
Being lonely, bored and procrastinating, I felt like answering it.
So, basically, I didn't know the context, and I apologise for joining in where I shouldn't have. Apparently the fandom is full of Gwen hate that people on my flist don't want to see. My flist is mostly full of people who like Gwen, and I keep feeling like I have to justify my dislike. I shouldn't feel like I have to, and I shouldn't try. So I'll stop.
ETA: I don't think most of the people I'm apologising to are actually friends with me, so they won't see this.
So I, being me, replied, explained why I didn't like her and tried to join the discussion.
I didn't realise it was a rhetorical question. Nor did I realise that there's been a lot of anti-Gwen stuff around, because the fandom places I hang out in are Twitter and my flist. This does not cover any of the major non-fic communities or AGA. I had no idea it was going on. So when I saw stuff in my flist asking why people dislike Gwen... I thought they were honestly asking.
Being lonely, bored and procrastinating, I felt like answering it.
So, basically, I didn't know the context, and I apologise for joining in where I shouldn't have. Apparently the fandom is full of Gwen hate that people on my flist don't want to see. My flist is mostly full of people who like Gwen, and I keep feeling like I have to justify my dislike. I shouldn't feel like I have to, and I shouldn't try. So I'll stop.
ETA: I don't think most of the people I'm apologising to are actually friends with me, so they won't see this.
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Date: 2010-12-29 03:05 am (UTC)Yeah, I really can't see her being in character with the show and still have Ianto friends with her. They're just chalk and cheese, and their close working relationship would destroy any chance of friendship. Opposites attract, but not when you can spend 24+ hours with someone in one go.
I think Gwen could have been a truly brilliant character if they'd made her (knowingly) a bit more bitchy and manipulative. No one said that good characters have to be nice ones.