I Don't Know, Something Not Spoilery.

[rionaleonhart]

Well, that was the darkest thing I've ever watched in my life, and I've watched all of Supernatural. Frobisher's end in particular was so upsetting. I spent the whole time since he requested the Obviously A Gun thinking NO, FROBISHER, DON'T DO IT. And then he came home and he was smiling when he hugged his children and then adfsdkhjajhfajhadjfjaghh I hate you Torchwood.

THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. WE DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED. MAYBE HE JUST SHOT A PARTICULARLY ANNOYING BIRD SINGING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.

Oh, and if he hadn't done it Jack would still have stopped the 456 (let's not talk about how he managed it; one intensely depressing event at a time) and Frobisher's children would have been fine.

My sooooul.


Moving onto the second intensely depressing event: I was actually expecting it to turn out that Stephen was also immortal, and Jack to heave a huge sigh of relief, and then for Alice to go LIKE YOU'RE EVER SEEING EITHER OF US AGAIN EVEN IF HE IS ALIVE (understandably) and Jack to go :(. That wouldn't have been much less depressing, really, but it was what I was expecting. I didn't think they would actually kill the small child. Which is, in retrospect, odd, given that they had had Frobisher kill his entire family earlier that very episode.

(I was mildly put off by Alice's inability to stop smiling. PLEASE STOP LOOKING SO DELIGHTED WHEN LOOKING AT FOOTAGE OF A HORRIBLY MUTATED DRUG-CHILD, ALICE.)


I don't actually know what I thought HEY WAIT WHAT HAPPENED TO LOIS

WHAT

IS SHE STILL IN THE CELL

WHAT HAPPENED THERE SERIOUSLY

Ahem. Anyway.

I don't know whether that episode was good or not! It was so thoroughly depressing that I cannot tell whether I enjoyed it. Hmm.

(EDIT: I have just been looking at Twitter updates about Torchwood, and I have stumbled across this one by Warren Ellis, in which he refers to the latest series as TORCHWOOD 3: THE CRYENING. This is the perfect name for it and I shall use it from now on.)


I have never written Torchwood fanfiction, and I'm not in the habit of writing fix-it fic, and yet I do find myself wanting to write fanfiction in which EVERYTHING IS HAPPY AND FINE AND MAGICAL.

IANTO AND OWEN AND TOSH COME BACK TO LIFE. THEN OWEN GOES AWAY BECAUSE HE MAKES OTHER PEOPLE UNHAPPY. POSSIBLY HE OCCASIONALLY POPS UP TO MAKE AMUSING COMMENTS.

FROBISHER KILLED AN ANNOYING BIRD AND THEN HE AND HIS FAMILY FORM THE CAST FOR 'FROBISHER AND FRIENDS', A BRAND NEW SPINOFF ABOUT FROBISHER BEING PUT UPON BY THE GOVERNMENT AND HILARITY AND NO DEATH ENSUING.

(Seriously, the absolute bastard of a Prime Minister really did pile a lot upon poor Frobisher. Having done all the speaking to the terrifying alien, you'd think he'd have gained a reprieve from the 'having your children turned into drugs' bit.)


Hey, at least Rhys and Gwen survived! I was beginning to fear that no non-immortal characters would make it to the end of this series. I've come to love Gwen, and I've always loved Rhys, so that's something. (Also there were parts of this episode in which Rhys was carrying and talking to small children, and I found this the most charming thing in the world. I am sure he and Gwen will be wonderful parents. Of course, as this is Torchwood and Torchwood hates happiness, they're probably going to give birth to James Sunderland or something.)

Comments

[make-a-move.livejournal.com]

I think you would write very good magical fix it fic. FOR THE GOOD OF THE INTERNETS, RIONA. FOR THE GOOD OF THE INTERNETS.

[rionaleonhart]

I am not entirely certain that Frobisher and Friends would be the best entrance to the Torchwood fandom.

[ms-katonic.livejournal.com]

Lois is fine! That Patricia Spears woman blackmails the PM, and then the female Cabinet Minister says Spears is free to go and Lois'll be released as well.

[rionaleonhart]

Oh, good! I missed that. Thank you!

[perrie.livejournal.com]

Why could she not stop smiling?! At EVERYTHING! Stop smiling, Jacks Daughter! A green masked child is NOT FUNNY WHY ARE YOU ABOUT TO START LAUGHING?!

[rionaleonhart]

Obviously, Alice is secretly a 456 supporter.

[urawrd.livejournal.com]

Rhys and the children made me go *___* at my TV. And PC Andy going all HEROIC on us was spectacular.

Focusing on the good stuff, the new way to watch TV! :D

[rionaleonhart]

Oh, yes, PC Andy was wonderful! Did we see anything of him after he got pinned down?

[urawrd.livejournal.com]

I don't think we did, no. :( I'm choosing to believe that he kicked arses and saved the day.

[strangeumbrella.livejournal.com]

I was mildly put off by Alice's inability to stop smiling.
HA YES. I basically missed everything that happened in that scene where she was watching the screen because I was too busy going, why does she still look happy?? Does she have no other expressions?! And obviously she was upset by it, she was going "oh god how terrible" and everything, but...I just have no idea.

Also I think Lois got let out? The prime minister's assistant told Bridget she was going to have her released in that scene where she revealed she had the contacts in.

OH GOD TORCHWOOD THIS HAS BEEN AN EMOTIONALLY INTENSE WEEK.

[rionaleonhart]

I am glad I wasn't the only one distracted by the perpetual smile. STOP IT, ALICE. BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. PLEASE STOP SMILING.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

I have no option but to believe that is how the actress' face looks all the time.

Either that or a peculiar side-effect of mixing 51st-century genes with 21st.

[rionaleonhart]

Frobisher's face did seem to be locked in an expression of perpetual misery, but at least that was appropriate.

[thinkpink20.livejournal.com]

Write the make-it-better fic, Riona. :)

[rionaleonhart]

I can't write Torchwood fic! I'd have to rewatch the old series for characterisation purposes, and I don't really want to go back after the huge improvement of this week.

[pointytilly.livejournal.com]

Torchwood is trying to outcompete 80s Zoids stuff for my Most Morbid Fandom, it seems. At least it didn't literally drop rocks on everyone to end the series due to low toy sales!

...am I horrible for expecting to have a lot of fun watching this? In a holycrapdidtheyjustwhat sort of way.

[rionaleonhart]

Are you reading spoilers? Tsk tsk tsk. (Can you be sure they didn't drop rocks?)

[greensilver.livejournal.com]

I'm surfing through friendsfriends, and this is the first TW review that's made me laugh. Yes, he totally just shot an annoying bird. Stupid BIRD.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad it could amuse! (Obviously it was a bird. Silly Torchwood writers; they could easily have given people the wrong idea with the way they portrayed that scene.)

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Would you like to know what I was hoping for with Frobisher? It was cheery, completely inaccurate, and only slightly incorporated birds.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you anyway, because I've decided you need cheering.

I thought he was possibly a shapeshifting alien private detective who used to travel around with the Doctor, and had a fondness for looking like a penguin. Which would have been cute, but was sadly not true.

[suzie-shooter.livejournal.com]

When Frobisher first appeared, I said "Well he doesn't look much like a penguin." :D

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Which was the tricky thing. Because he's fully capable of not looking like a penguin. (Apparently, he once spent several years as a supermarket checkout stand, in order to be near this girl he was infatuated with.)

But it's not him. Which, considering the ending, was a relief.

[suzie-shooter.livejournal.com]

I was mildly put off by Alice's inability to stop smiling.
yeah, that was a bit distracting. WTF?

also, pity Mr Frobisher didn't just go on the run with his family like everyone else. Over-reaction much? :D

[rionaleonhart]

I assume the idea was that he couldn't, because of the crowds outside his house. But, yes, perhaps he should have tried. Although that would have been risking his children being taken by the 456 if they were caught.

Mostly I'm just laughing at the inappropriateness of the ':D' there. (ALICE, IS THAT YOU?)

[gulliblesnail.livejournal.com]

You know, I think if I ever get the urge to watch the miniseries I'll have to make myself go read your sky pirates instead.

[rionaleonhart]

The miniseries is good - certainly better than the rest of Torchwood put together - but, yes, it is extremely depressing. Tales of time-travelling sky pirates are much happier.

[gulliblesnail.livejournal.com]

I'll probably get around to it eventually, then, but it'll be nice having that to bolster me up!

I think the problem I have is accepting that this is supposed to happen in the same universe as Doctor Who instead of some alternate one all on its own. I mean, ha, Doctor Who's certainly not all sweetness and joy either, but I still have hard time about them breaking Jack when I remember back to when he was originally introduced.

I don't know if it's better because it means Doctor Who is able to sneak in some ounces of hope into the same universe as Torchwood, or worse because both of them are required to deal with the consequences from this. It seems doubly unfair that Martha and Sarah Jane aren't around to sort things out.