I which Zin cannot contain her glee...

[zinnith]

Yes, I am completely shallow. That shouldn't be news by now, should it? But I also have a serious thought or two. Hey, close that mouth, it does happen sometimes!

Um... I should also probably mention that the screencaps under the cut are not exactly work-safe... *whistles innocently*

Okay, a short recap of the episode. Stuff happened. Then some more stuff happened. Then there was NAKED BOYKISSING and I sort of stopped paying attention to the stuff.

Well no, not really. I appreciate this episode for other reasons than the naked boykissing. I really like how dark Torchwood is this season. I like how we get to see the things that are going on underneath the surface, that the show isn't trying to make us believe that our heroes save the world and everything's all right. I like that they show us how not everything can be fixed, that maybe not everything should be fixed. I like that we get to see the tragedies and the unhappy endings.

It's depressing, but sometimes I want the dark and depressing, the terrible reality of what the universe looks like under the shiny polished surface.

I like that Gwen gets to see this too, that she gets to understand that sometimes there's just nothing she can do to help. That by trying so hard, she ended up hurting someone instead. Gwen strikes me as the kind of person who likes to help people so she can feel better about herself - and I don't mean this as a critique of the character! It's human and we all do it. But now she gets to realise that she can't single-handedly save the world, that sometimes it's better to just leave things be and let them rest. That the best thing she can do is try to live her life.


Well, this ended up being a very serious episode reaction. I think I have to remedy that with some NAKED BOYKISSING, YES, YES, YES!!!







Bad Gwen for interrupting them!

(Yup, posting despite the so-called 'strike'. I'm not trying to make a statement, I just read about it and went 'meh'.)

Comments

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

well, hot damn. I don't think I've seen this episode yet - but like you said - OMG - NAKED BOY KISSING!!!!!!!

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Ah yes... If they made an entire episode with nothing but naked boykissing I would not complain at all.

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Oh My!

Wow!

I don't get TW locally so I bought the first season on DVD and am doling out the episodes a little at a time to tide me over until season 2 is available, so I found your comments about season 2 really interesting. I get little shivers when I think about TW--it is already a darker program than I usually like and I am in love with it. And these pix? WOW.

Good thing I *really* understand delayed gratification...

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

You have lots of things (and boykissing) to look forward to! I think what I like the most about Torchwood is that I shouldn't expect a happy ending. It might not be all that realistic in terms of technology, but when it comes to human emotion it completely blows me away.

Of course, the naked boykissing doesn't hurt either. *has happy thoughts about what Ianto's hand is doing in that second pic*

[psio03kx.livejournal.com]

It's a shame they were interrupted by Gwen, but without her there would be no pics of the hot naked boy kissing ;)

Did I mention that this is extremely hot?

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I think my monitor spontaneously combusted. I would also pay huge amounts of money to find out what they did after Gwen left again..

[psio03kx.livejournal.com]

I know right, although I think I'd go with my imagination on that one, that way it would be alot more filthy - but in a good way ;)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm back!! *waves like mad* And wow - I'm gone for 4 days and all of a sudden you're posting naked!boys... what a lovely welcome home! *drools* I can't wait for this week's episode now!! *hugs* cep xxx

[the-cephalopod.livejournal.com]

Okay, so obviously 4 days is enough to make me forget how to use LJ. This is why we need to have internet access plugged into our brains... *g* The above was me... cep xxx

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Yay, welcome back! *squishes you* Did you have a good weekend?

Ah, the scene that melted fandom... Not to mention the one afterwards with Jack and the pants and the smugness...but I shouldn't spoil you like this ;)

[the-cephalopod.livejournal.com]

Spoil me, spoil me, spoil me!! *bounces* I'm really looking forward to the next few episodes now!! :)

The weekend was... well... we survived, I'll put it like that... I'm *so* glad to be home, though!! Right, I'll stop spamming your LJ and send you an email instead...

cep xxx