In which I am miserable and grieve for Torchwood

[galadriel1010]

I've spent the last year and a half in serious denail about Torchwood. I have Jacks and Iantos all over the place, in varying states of relationship settlement and happiness, different developments of Torchwood, different ways that the 456's visit was dealt with or not. It's been a great place to be, and I could stay there quite happily, hoping that the powers that be would get it and bring Ianto back and bring Torchwood back to Cardiff and I would be able to go back to it and go on with it.

Every single thing that I have seen about Miracle Day has damaged this, because Torchwood is moving on, but that's not... Torchwood. Torchwood was black and silver, dark but with sparkles, happiness and loyalty winning through despite everything. Children of Earth ripped that down and I chose to ignore it. Miracle Day is the show I loved as much as Torchwood was Doctor Who.

Since rm's awesome post and essay on grief and mourning for characters (which you should definitely read), I've been back through the spoilery reaction thread I was part of and actually laughed at our reactions. All the shiny shiny hope beforehand, the way we dismissed the rumours of Ianto's demise as ridiculous, the way I got drunk and squeed... the first time I can remember swearing on the internet when it all came crashing down and the denial with which we approached Day 5 (surely it couldn't be that nihilistic?) and then, at the end, the chorus of "they have to bring him back in the next series. They have to see that it makes sense."

We were right, and we were wrong. For Torchwood to continue as it was, it made sense for Ianto to come back. But what they did was ended the series in death and desperation...

And now they're starting a new show with the same name. Do I want to be a part of that?

Would you buy a ticket for a boat called The Titanic?

I can't give up hope that we'll get Torchwood back as it was. But I have to let go of how tightly I was holding it and grieve for the fact that I'll probably never see another new episode.

But get over it? Get over Torchwood?

Maybe. About 100 years after people stop writing Sherlock Holmes fanfiction.

Comments

[ruthyf.livejournal.com]

You probably could've never gotten into something like "Alias" then, 'cos the Rambaldi storyline was one big long story arc for the entire 5 series'. But I loved it....very interesting.

Back to TW, well I love old, new, and hopefully future. I am an utterly besotted fan of all things TW. And I'm very much the obsessed fan as well.

I loved the whole Janto thing and always will, but for me, the period of time between CoE and MD has worked well, as it has given us time to grieve.

I know there are fans out there that don't want to watch MD, but I've been viewing the Welsh filming pics etc, and all it does is excite me even more.

After such a long break without TW, I'm looking forward to S4.

Sorry if you other guys don't feel the same way, but I love TW in ALL its formats. And as I personally love Kai and Eve so much, I'm all for supporting their careers in whatever they do.

Roll on UK summer I say :)

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

I can cope with story arcs - love them in fact, but that's not the same as being able to sustain my interest in a single story over several weeks. Give me a theme to follow for a few weeks, even series, and I'm like Sherlock Holmes all over that breadcrumb trail. Expect me to remember anything non-obscure that happened last week? Maybe. Three weeks ago? Not a chance.

Which means that they have to overexplain things for me to remember them, and I hate it when they do that. Not a format that agrees with me at all.

And I know what you mean about loving Torchwood in all its formats, but MD to me just isn't Torchwood. There comes a point where it stops being the original and becomes a spin-off, and taking away most of the characters, the iconic location, the format and the theme... far and away crosses that line for me.