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Torchwood: Cyberwoman
May. 11th, 2020 03:21 amThis is a frustratingly good episode. Frustrating because the costume design on the Cyberwoman makes it difficult to notice everything else. But it does some really good stuff.
It's asking how far you'd go for someone you love, and when even is that person the same person you love. Big big question.
Unfortunate rubber suit.
So there's a lot of compare contrast on relationships, ( Read more... )
The characters as I hang out with them in my head, or even in fanfic sometimes, have far fewer sharp edges. Not a monster, less of a twat, sort of thing. Seldom in doubt that they are both trying and succeeding at being good guys. They dont get caught in these tensions, not knowing what to do, moral imperatives every which way and getting torn or ground up between. They resolve things one way or another, finish the journey, become some steady state of themselves that wouldnt be terrifying to meet.
Which is several steps from canon, I am noticing.
But one reason one runs out of new fic ideas is that process runs its course, the deciding, becoming, finding a place to stand. Without new canon you either need to take them on new journeys several more steps away from their established selves, or things get settled. The conflicts wear thin. It's either done or it seems a problem they're still having to think about it.
It's weird, I get new Torchwood content from Big Finish every month, but rewatching the episodes still feels like visiting a closed chapter, almost an old fandom. We did this bit.
Still tried telling interesting things though.
It's asking how far you'd go for someone you love, and when even is that person the same person you love. Big big question.
Unfortunate rubber suit.
So there's a lot of compare contrast on relationships, ( Read more... )
The characters as I hang out with them in my head, or even in fanfic sometimes, have far fewer sharp edges. Not a monster, less of a twat, sort of thing. Seldom in doubt that they are both trying and succeeding at being good guys. They dont get caught in these tensions, not knowing what to do, moral imperatives every which way and getting torn or ground up between. They resolve things one way or another, finish the journey, become some steady state of themselves that wouldnt be terrifying to meet.
Which is several steps from canon, I am noticing.
But one reason one runs out of new fic ideas is that process runs its course, the deciding, becoming, finding a place to stand. Without new canon you either need to take them on new journeys several more steps away from their established selves, or things get settled. The conflicts wear thin. It's either done or it seems a problem they're still having to think about it.
It's weird, I get new Torchwood content from Big Finish every month, but rewatching the episodes still feels like visiting a closed chapter, almost an old fandom. We did this bit.
Still tried telling interesting things though.
