Stuff That I Think

[sariagray]

 I am sitting here at my coworker's house. I have been housesitting for her for, oh, a few days now. We got a blizzard. Someone was supposed to take care of the driveway. That someone never came. Now I'm waiting for AAA to come and get me out of the ridiculous amount of snow. I will be ridiculously late to work. 

That said, I am therefore going to rant about TW. Because I can.

There has been a lot of 'stuff' about Gwen-bashing lately. I think both sides are being ridiculous. I will say that I sort of have no opinions on Gwen - sometimes I like her, sometimes I don't. And, quite frankly, I don't relate to her one bit. I also don't relate to Jack. They're both up there in the "character's whose motivations I only understand on an intellectual level, rather than a personal level" list. 

Which is part of my problem with the proposed Season 4 of TW. I don't foresee myself relating to ANY of the characters that have been put forth so far. Except Rhys. Rhyswood would be fun to watch. But this is why I still "hold a grudge." The three major characters with whom I could actually identify have been killed. 

I know, I'm weird, but I just don't like Jack all that much. I don't dislike him, either, mind, but I'm not much of a fan. I'm sort of...meh. I only liked him when he was with Ianto. I feel the exact same way about Gwen (well, except that last bit, unless there was an episode I missed...). Owen, Tosh, Ianto, John Hart, Rhys, Andy? Love them to pieces. And they're all dead or underutilized. And, truth be told, I'm not into any of the actors, really. Except Kai, but that's only because I know he's a sweetheart. So, no, probably won't be watching Season 4. 

This is such an inelegant rant so far. Sorry.

ALSO - Why do authors consistently feel the need to make both Jack and Ianto gay? It is jarring. What makes their relationship so much more is that, for both of them, gender plays no issue. Maybe for different reasons, but still. One thing RTD gave us was characters who do not fit into sexual boxes. And that's really important. Ianto is not gay. Jack is not gay. Ianto is not 'confused' about his sexuality; he's just in love with a person. Jack is not flamboyantly gay; he's just in love with everyone. Pansexual, omnisexual, whatever. At least, that's how I see it.I don't begrudge authors who like to challenge Ianto's sexuality. I get it. Maybe I've just come across a wild crop of these things, I dunno. But either way, the past x amount of stories I read that do this just make me crazy. It sort of diminishes the importance of the relationship and seems to imply that they need to fit into these roles; which is completely against the message of the show. In my opinion, anyway.

Still no sign of the cavalry to rescue my car, but I think I'm done for now.

That is all.

 

Comments

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

I rather agree with you. Its funny, I keep hearing that there's all this anti Gwen stuff (you're the second person I've read this from) and I haven't seen it really. *shrug* I like Gwen. when she's not 1. cheating on her husband. 2. lying about everything. 3. making moony eyes at Jack. 4. being not-Gwen. Which sadly is about 10 percent of the time. *shrug*

I have fallen for Jack as I think many have. This is not to say I relate to him in the slightest. As we've seen with my attempts to write him. heh. I can't write Jack at all. Which is apparently the actual problem with Part 4.

And I completely agree with you on the sexuality thing. It does get rather silly...

heh hope you get out soon, hun.

[sariagray.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the main bit of Gwen-Bashing that started it. I saw the bashing of the bashing. Me? I just wanna bash everyone to BITS.

I know many have fallen for Jack and I don't begrudge them that one bit. I can see why. I'm just...well. Like I said, I don't dislike him. I think of him more as a...device. I dunno. It doesn't help that he is my boss. Minus the libido (I think).

I got out! The drive is now plowed, too. Huzzah! :)