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I just stumbled on this photo, and I think my brain might have exploded a little bit.
First of all, this is confirmation that Gareth David-Lloyd has been to the Ianto Jones shrine/memorial. I never doubted he knew about it, but I always suspected he would avoid it like the plague because how weird must the whole thing be for him, right? And can you imagine him standing there looking at it and one of the oblivious tourists (a lot of them puzzle over this thing) going, "hey wait, why is this here? Clearly you're still alive!" Awkward.
The shrine is weird. The first time I was there, my fannish mind could barely figure it out. It was like a huge manifestation of fandom devotion in the real world. The world that doesn't get fandom. I mean, fandom stuff tends to be contained most of the time - cons are in hotels and you can miss even the big ones if you don't know about them. Most fandom stuff is online right now, and we don't exactly advertise ourselves. The memorial blew my mind a little bit. I can't imagine what the actors/producers/writers/RTD think of it. Or the BBC.
(Although the Doctor Who tour guide thought it was pretty awesome, even though he's not a Torchwodo fan.)
It's just so unique. I don't know quite how to capture my feelings on it. I have yet to go to Cardiff without visiting the shrine, but I have yet to leave anything there, and I suspect I never will. I don't know what to say.
It is fairly amazing, though, to go to the Bay for the first time as a fan. The second I saw the Millennium Centre, I was immediately oriented. Found the shrine/TI entrance to Torchwood without thinking about it, because I already knew how to get around. Cool.
BUT LOOK. GDL HAS SEEN IT. I totally understand his expression as well. What do you do at a site like that? Grinning is right out unless you're with friends and joking around. He seems to be leaning towards a smirk, but a little solemn and uncertain as well. Man, oh man. Mind. Blown.
(Does anyone know when this was taken? I recognize some of the stuff, but not all of it, but things are always being moved/taken down/added, so only someone who really knows the shrine can figure it out. But now I'm wildly curious.)
ETA: Proving that you can find some really interesting things when you deliberately misspell names, HERE is a clip of Gareth David-Lloyd in PERIOD CLOTHING. Thus proving that he seems destined to play wide-eyed angsty scenes. (Can you guess what I'm doing today instead of my film paper?)
YOU'RE WELCOME.
I just stumbled on this photo, and I think my brain might have exploded a little bit.
First of all, this is confirmation that Gareth David-Lloyd has been to the Ianto Jones shrine/memorial. I never doubted he knew about it, but I always suspected he would avoid it like the plague because how weird must the whole thing be for him, right? And can you imagine him standing there looking at it and one of the oblivious tourists (a lot of them puzzle over this thing) going, "hey wait, why is this here? Clearly you're still alive!" Awkward.
The shrine is weird. The first time I was there, my fannish mind could barely figure it out. It was like a huge manifestation of fandom devotion in the real world. The world that doesn't get fandom. I mean, fandom stuff tends to be contained most of the time - cons are in hotels and you can miss even the big ones if you don't know about them. Most fandom stuff is online right now, and we don't exactly advertise ourselves. The memorial blew my mind a little bit. I can't imagine what the actors/producers/writers/RTD think of it. Or the BBC.
(Although the Doctor Who tour guide thought it was pretty awesome, even though he's not a Torchwodo fan.)
It's just so unique. I don't know quite how to capture my feelings on it. I have yet to go to Cardiff without visiting the shrine, but I have yet to leave anything there, and I suspect I never will. I don't know what to say.
It is fairly amazing, though, to go to the Bay for the first time as a fan. The second I saw the Millennium Centre, I was immediately oriented. Found the shrine/TI entrance to Torchwood without thinking about it, because I already knew how to get around. Cool.
BUT LOOK. GDL HAS SEEN IT. I totally understand his expression as well. What do you do at a site like that? Grinning is right out unless you're with friends and joking around. He seems to be leaning towards a smirk, but a little solemn and uncertain as well. Man, oh man. Mind. Blown.
(Does anyone know when this was taken? I recognize some of the stuff, but not all of it, but things are always being moved/taken down/added, so only someone who really knows the shrine can figure it out. But now I'm wildly curious.)
ETA: Proving that you can find some really interesting things when you deliberately misspell names, HERE is a clip of Gareth David-Lloyd in PERIOD CLOTHING. Thus proving that he seems destined to play wide-eyed angsty scenes. (Can you guess what I'm doing today instead of my film paper?)
YOU'RE WELCOME.
