Pre-CoE Torchwood fandom was a wonderful, partytime place. People were SO EXCITED. There were many CAPSLOCK happenings. It was the fevered expectations of exciting adventurous massive Torchwood heroes take the day against all odds ramming headlong into CoE, that explains much of why the fandom is the way it is today.

(I still like the idea that Barrowman moonlights in people's dreams for extra cash. As for GDL, um... he's a nice guy and the probability of hanging with him again any time soon is vanishingly small so the brain tries to make up? IDK)