Chicago Comic Con - Gareth and Kai had a weekend out.

I'm mostly putting all these links up for posterity, but you should probably watch them anyway, because they are pretty hilarious. Torchwood panel at Chicago Comic Con: One Two Three Four. And Kai and Gareth sell hugs kisses for beer. (First half of the video.)

ETA: Adding more vidoes. For, um, the angles? The boys demand beer. And the whole panel in itty pieces: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen

I do want to make a comment about Gareth's loose and open attitude towards answering questions. I saw a theory that he might have signed a contract to not bad-mouth the show or something while there was a chance that he could get back on, and it sounds suspicious to me.

Because in the media industry, you need to be very careful what you share with the public all the time. If you develop a reputation as someone who airs all the dirty laundry and complains about all the people you work with, then you can potentially have a harder time finding a job. A professional attitude in this industry is all about maintaining the positive to the public. There's a reason John Barrowman and Eve Myles and Kai Owen are relentlessly positive about the show. They might really beleive what they say, they might not. We may never find out, we might find out one day. (Of course, overall I don't think Gareth is angry about Torchwood for the reasons we're angry, but there is certainly stuff he has been more political about in the past.)

Seeing GDL actually make all these cynical comments is a little weird to me, because it's never a good idea to be that negative while you're still looking for a job. He's focusing on the music right now, so his head might be in a different place, or maybe, maybe he has that job with the H.G. Wells Warehouse 13 spin-off lined up (PLEEEEAAAASEE!) but still. I was shocked when Eccleston came out with all those comments about working on Who. I'm sure Tennant experienced a lot of the same problems, but he has been silent about them, from what I can tell. And that's normal, that amount of not-sharing is expected.

Added bonus: Felicia Day and Jeff Lewis panel!

Mostly fic. And a little West Wing.

So, amand_r posted a new chapter to her Season 4 fic. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. JACK AND GWEN AND JOKING AND FLIRTING AND FUN AND QUIRKINESS. LOIS, FULL STOP. IN CARDIFF. WITH THE PLASS. AND TARDISES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

I don't know if I've recced this officially before, as I'm not much for public recc-age, but I've loved this fic to bits from the very beginning, and I didn't realize how great it would be to have it going while Miracle Day is still airing. I think my favorite part is that she packs so much into every chapter that I have to re-read just to be sure I've got everything. And then, when I read it again, I find more.

That said, while I'm on a roll, I met ilizze while I was at Wales Comic Con in June, and she is fantastic. We had an epic train conversation about Ianto and she was the one who first told me about ianto_bigbang waaaay back when. Anyway, she just posted a huge collection of ficlets for the "random music" meme, and some of them are just wonderful, so I'm promoting! Reading them all together makes a sort of patchwork canon - they jump up and down the emotional scale, but some of them (especially some Jack/Ianto ones) are quite clearly taking place in the same headspace, and I enjoyed reading them. You can find her stuff here!

Does anyone remember my Musical Episode Evaluation for how to judge Nu!Torchwood vs. Old!Torchwood. I've developing a more complex theory right now, but I just read this fic and LOLed. Between GDL and Barrowman and Naoko Mori, a musical episode would have been amaaaazing.

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PEOPLE.

TOBY. TOBY IS IN WHITE COLLAR.

pocky_slash WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME????