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Nov. 20th, 2006 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hathycolTorchwood was fucking horrible this week.
The bodies themselves were rancid, although someone had warned me in advance that it was humans doing it. Well, fair enough. Bit predictable, like, but it happens, and yes, it was very Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Rhondda Valley Massacre? I actually thought it was going to be a deep-seated commentary on how bad life is for farmers in the rural villages and they were selling the bodies onto market instead of pork or something. Nope, it was just a The Evil That Men Do story, which is pretty bog-standard in Who sometimes, you have to admit.
OH NOES JACK IS EVIL ETC ETC. Just make him start shagging already, we get that he is angsty. I did like the reference to the alien life form. It is the Doctor, you see BECAUSE HE IS KEEPING HIMSELF PURE NOW.
It was horrible and jumpy, though, and I do so hate things that do that. I did want someone to cling onto, and had to make do with my quilt. (It is November and we only get about six hours of heating a day in a house with no double-glazing, and as there's another hour and a half to go, this is the coldest part of the day. Hence the fact I'm under a quilt, wearing hobo gloves and two pairs of socks. Anyway.) It was effective, but, you know, the thing is, I was expecting to be disturbed by this.
Now, what I'm really disturbed by is Torchwood's attitude of No Means Yes. Owen is vile. Is he meant to be so vile? He thinks the best way of attracting a woman is putting her in a position where she cannot say no if he does decide to have her there and then by using physical strength, and then blackmails and talks her into shagging him. Which, I suppose, is what you get from a date rapist. And, of course, poor old Gwennie is confused and upset, so obviously gives in to his disgusting advances, ergo he is completely taking advantage of that and basically emotionally manipulating her into having his end away. And it seems to validate this as an acceptable thing to do by making Owen the amusing and 'bit of a lad, we all do it, wahey look at the tits on that bird!' character, which validates it.
It doesn't.
And I'm not sure I credit the writing team with enough sense to condem his actions. I'm hoping they will, and that Gwen gets dumped by Rhys and that is the end of that. Poor Rhys.
And I want to see where they go with this, but it really upsets me, as does Toshiko. In general. Although she was a bit for a win later on, when she sorts out "No, honest, I really do just make the tea" Ianto. But, you know, the portrayal of women of this is a bit suss at times. By 'a bit suss' I mean 'get my gun'. Although the minor female characters are more interesting - next week looks good, hurrah! - but harrumph.
Anyway.
Today I have written half an essay, but given that the essay has a maximum limit of 800, this isn't very impressive. I am also having a bad IBS day which means that I am craving bread between knowing it will hurt like fuck. Work was particularly awful. I have eaten a sandwich, and christ, that just made matters worse. Suppressents helping a little bit, but I'm going to have to throw some paracetamol at it soon. Bah. Rubbish Union vodka. GO BACK TO HURTING MY HEAD, I CAN DEAL WITH THAT.
The bodies themselves were rancid, although someone had warned me in advance that it was humans doing it. Well, fair enough. Bit predictable, like, but it happens, and yes, it was very Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Rhondda Valley Massacre? I actually thought it was going to be a deep-seated commentary on how bad life is for farmers in the rural villages and they were selling the bodies onto market instead of pork or something. Nope, it was just a The Evil That Men Do story, which is pretty bog-standard in Who sometimes, you have to admit.
OH NOES JACK IS EVIL ETC ETC. Just make him start shagging already, we get that he is angsty. I did like the reference to the alien life form. It is the Doctor, you see BECAUSE HE IS KEEPING HIMSELF PURE NOW.
It was horrible and jumpy, though, and I do so hate things that do that. I did want someone to cling onto, and had to make do with my quilt. (It is November and we only get about six hours of heating a day in a house with no double-glazing, and as there's another hour and a half to go, this is the coldest part of the day. Hence the fact I'm under a quilt, wearing hobo gloves and two pairs of socks. Anyway.) It was effective, but, you know, the thing is, I was expecting to be disturbed by this.
Now, what I'm really disturbed by is Torchwood's attitude of No Means Yes. Owen is vile. Is he meant to be so vile? He thinks the best way of attracting a woman is putting her in a position where she cannot say no if he does decide to have her there and then by using physical strength, and then blackmails and talks her into shagging him. Which, I suppose, is what you get from a date rapist. And, of course, poor old Gwennie is confused and upset, so obviously gives in to his disgusting advances, ergo he is completely taking advantage of that and basically emotionally manipulating her into having his end away. And it seems to validate this as an acceptable thing to do by making Owen the amusing and 'bit of a lad, we all do it, wahey look at the tits on that bird!' character, which validates it.
It doesn't.
And I'm not sure I credit the writing team with enough sense to condem his actions. I'm hoping they will, and that Gwen gets dumped by Rhys and that is the end of that. Poor Rhys.
And I want to see where they go with this, but it really upsets me, as does Toshiko. In general. Although she was a bit for a win later on, when she sorts out "No, honest, I really do just make the tea" Ianto. But, you know, the portrayal of women of this is a bit suss at times. By 'a bit suss' I mean 'get my gun'. Although the minor female characters are more interesting - next week looks good, hurrah! - but harrumph.
Anyway.
Today I have written half an essay, but given that the essay has a maximum limit of 800, this isn't very impressive. I am also having a bad IBS day which means that I am craving bread between knowing it will hurt like fuck. Work was particularly awful. I have eaten a sandwich, and christ, that just made matters worse. Suppressents helping a little bit, but I'm going to have to throw some paracetamol at it soon. Bah. Rubbish Union vodka. GO BACK TO HURTING MY HEAD, I CAN DEAL WITH THAT.
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Date: 2006-11-20 04:45 pm (UTC)I wish they hadn't had the "this is too horrible, only a horrible alien creature could do this" type line so early on; those are dead giveaways that yes, it's human, and we're going to have one of those OMG there are evil people! moments.
I, ummm, preferred it to the fairies though. Sorry.
Remind me when Gwen and Owen kissed the first time? Was it the fairy episode? I was sort of half-watching, to be honest...
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Date: 2006-11-20 05:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-20 06:14 pm (UTC)I liked the fairies a bit better, because Own is not so VILE in that one and also because it does not have the day saved by a tractor. I mean, come on.
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Date: 2006-11-20 05:59 pm (UTC)Also number one, Mickey Finns and fruit juice. Unusual,yes. Stomach killing, no. Tasty, yes.
Also, if I see you at Christmas, remind me to hand you some pasta. That's all the non-Christmas present you're getting.
Today I have to write an entire essay, which I haven't done in over a year, and I am teh suxxorz. Also I just fell asleep for two hours and was woken by my beautiful flatmate bringing me a cup of tea.
Argl. xx
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Date: 2006-11-21 10:38 pm (UTC)