meme

[donutsweeper]

Borrowed from fandom_me and smithy161

Name a character from one of my fandoms and I'll give you either (a) three facts about them from my personal canon/fanon, (b) a reason he/she sucks, (c) a reason he/she is awesomecakes, (d) five things that never happened to that character or (e) five people that character never fell in love with and why. You pick the character. I pick the letter

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[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

A-pparently. Grumble. They put in all those young women in short skirts & low necklines, & whadda they give *us*? It's discrimination, that's what it is...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

We did get Rhys's bum, twice I think. NOT REMOTELY fair in my book. *sigh* is asking for a little Captain appreciation such a bad thing?

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

They gave us Jack's bare backside in DW1, this is TW, for cryin' out loud! I mean, they gave us skinny Owen's bare just-about-everything, give us something with a little more substance, already.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

back yes in S1, but not bum, the BBC cut that. *sigh* and what they've shown of Owen? *sigh* why?

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

Why, indeed. I can only conclude, given what I've read of the dire food shortages in WWII Britain, that Diane was accustomed to making do with skinny guys.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't really mind Owen all that much, but I once saw him described (apologetically) as a rat on a stick, and, well... the description's not far off, especially compared to the other TW men

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

Well, Ianto's lean, but he has a sturdier frame; attach a string & a tail to Owen & you could use him for a kite. Jack's like a big, beautiful cavalry horse. (OK, OK, can't help it, Texas girl, we love our horses & our trucks.)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oooh excellent descriptions. I don't really know horses, but I can see what you mean.

(Btw- have you asked for someone in the Meme yet?)

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I don't know all that much, but I've been around them (Texas, semi-rural, State Fair...). Now, I have a friend who *really* knows horses!

No, I haven't named a character, come to think of it. How about Toshiko?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Tosh- D
1- she never really fell in love with Mary as a person, she fell in love with the ideas Mary represented (danger and risk)
2- she never hated her job, but she's hated some of the things she's seen because of her job
3- She never really wanted to open the rift, especially that way. She hadn't really made up her mind either way and got swept up in it all and was horrified when Owen shot Jack
4- Tosh never really wanted Owen. She wanted someone to want HER, but was scared by that desire so set her sights on Owen, knowing it would never happen
5-Tosh was never sorry she went to 1941 with Jack, it was scary, but she learned so much about him and really felt she shared something with him

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

I basically agree, though I think the things with Owen & Mary also had a lot to do with loneliness & insecurity. As for going to 1941 with Jack, he wound up confiding more to Tosh than he did to anyone but possibly John, the man displaced from 1953.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yep, there was a loneliness aspect to it too, I knew I was forgetting something.

Jack and John Ellis were incredible together. Just *sigh* Barrowman did such a great job at showing how torn Jack was, he truly understood John- where the other man was coming from, how he felt about the past/present/future... and he felt a lot of the same things. that last scene- in the car with the carbon monoxide seeping in- was heartbreaking

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think it was one of Barrowman's best performances in the series. It's just a pity so many of Barrowman & Ellis's scenes together didn't make into the final cut; oh, well, there is the DVD.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oooh, the DVD's aren't available here till January, I'm really looking forward to them and if there are more John/Jack scenes? *bonus*

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

I saw the extras on YouTube, I can't remember if it was from TW Declassified or something else now.