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A blender mix-up of feelings: Torchwood Miracle Day
I'm running out of time on this, but I must have started and stopped this post at least a dozen times. I've looked at the date this show is supposed to air, and it's Time To Post.
Torchwood is having a fourth season. When rumors about this started, I was totally dismissive. "No way," I said, "no way will Torchwood have a fourth season. RTD broke all the toys in the toybox after Children of Earth. That was the finale. That was it. Torchwood is over."
Because that's what it seemed like. Children of Earth was such a departure from the first two seasons, and the team went from a staff of five to two, and then Jack walked away. I had my private little fan theories about What Happened Next, as did we all, and fandom was free to play in the pool that RTD had clearly abandoned. We had our fix-its and our non-fix-its and our sheer "ignore COE and possibly also Exit Wounds" and we were good, if a little sad and maybe a slowly dying fandom. But that's how it goes.
I was a little frustrated coming into the fandom late, because a torn-apart, slowly-dying fandom isn't necessarily one that you want to fall head-over-heels into. I spent at least two months silently playing catch-up before I really posted anything anywhere. I contented myself with the bits of fandom that were still active, and that was it.
As I came to the fandom about a year after Children of Earth, I couldn't partition it away from canon the way some fans could. It came to me as part of the bundle, and while I could easily read fic that ignored it, or contradicted it, COE was there to stay. Even if COE was different. It was there anyway.
But then suddenly it wasn't a dismissive rumor with Fox. Suddenly the show was a pre-production with Starz. And all the craving I had for an active fandom came rolling back. I wouldn't have to settle for old fics and authors that have left the fandom and long-abandoned theories and excitment. Torchwood didn't have to be a sleepy fandom anymore. It could be an active place with new characters and fan theories and excitement! I knew I was going to be watching it. I was THERE.
But Ianto was my favorite character of the team. (Rhiannon is my favorite character. But that is neither here nor there.) And like I said, COE was a pretty decisive "breaking the toys, burning the toybox and stamping on the ashes" moment. And I wasn't thrilled with the American angle. And the show was clearly going to skip the closure the fans craved. (And RTD clearly has no idea how old Anwen is supposed to be/act. Babies change pretty fast, Russell. Google it.)
And then I got scared. I mean, this fandom is already splintered into factions. Another season is only going to make it far worse.
( Now I'm going through major ups and downs over this )
Torchwood is having a fourth season. When rumors about this started, I was totally dismissive. "No way," I said, "no way will Torchwood have a fourth season. RTD broke all the toys in the toybox after Children of Earth. That was the finale. That was it. Torchwood is over."
Because that's what it seemed like. Children of Earth was such a departure from the first two seasons, and the team went from a staff of five to two, and then Jack walked away. I had my private little fan theories about What Happened Next, as did we all, and fandom was free to play in the pool that RTD had clearly abandoned. We had our fix-its and our non-fix-its and our sheer "ignore COE and possibly also Exit Wounds" and we were good, if a little sad and maybe a slowly dying fandom. But that's how it goes.
I was a little frustrated coming into the fandom late, because a torn-apart, slowly-dying fandom isn't necessarily one that you want to fall head-over-heels into. I spent at least two months silently playing catch-up before I really posted anything anywhere. I contented myself with the bits of fandom that were still active, and that was it.
As I came to the fandom about a year after Children of Earth, I couldn't partition it away from canon the way some fans could. It came to me as part of the bundle, and while I could easily read fic that ignored it, or contradicted it, COE was there to stay. Even if COE was different. It was there anyway.
But then suddenly it wasn't a dismissive rumor with Fox. Suddenly the show was a pre-production with Starz. And all the craving I had for an active fandom came rolling back. I wouldn't have to settle for old fics and authors that have left the fandom and long-abandoned theories and excitment. Torchwood didn't have to be a sleepy fandom anymore. It could be an active place with new characters and fan theories and excitement! I knew I was going to be watching it. I was THERE.
But Ianto was my favorite character of the team. (Rhiannon is my favorite character. But that is neither here nor there.) And like I said, COE was a pretty decisive "breaking the toys, burning the toybox and stamping on the ashes" moment. And I wasn't thrilled with the American angle. And the show was clearly going to skip the closure the fans craved. (And RTD clearly has no idea how old Anwen is supposed to be/act. Babies change pretty fast, Russell. Google it.)
And then I got scared. I mean, this fandom is already splintered into factions. Another season is only going to make it far worse.
( Now I'm going through major ups and downs over this )