Torchwood: On Gwen

[butterfly]

I think the thing that confuses me about 'Adrift' is people disliking what Gwen does because they say she's being inconsiderate and not thinking of anyone else. Because she's very definitely thinking of other people -- she's thinking of Nikki, who says that the hope is killing her, who says that she needs to know, who is living in a state of suspended animation because she doesn't know, unable to move on with her life. And, once Gwen meets and talks to Jonah, she informs Jonah of the situation and he's the one to ask to see his mother.

But Gwen is just supposed to know that Nikki's full of bullshit and that she'd rather keep the fairytale image of her son in her head than deal with the truth of a man who has been tormented and broken by what he's been through. She's supposed to ignore what both Nikki and Jonah say that they want and make the decision that Nikki couldn't handle it.

If Gwen had done that, I have a really hard time believing that fandom wouldn't have hated her even more for making that choice. Oi, that Gwen Cooper, thinks she knows better than the man's own mother! How dare she!

Gwen chose to believe Nikki and respect her choices. She got burned for it. That's just life. People can't always handle what they say they can handle. But sometimes they can. Sometimes they can handle so much more. All we can do is respect people's choices about their own lives and deal with what happens because of them.

Comments

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

Ha, that will so never happen! I kind of love how Gwen has only to flash the big eyes at him for Jack to cave. Ianto also manages Jack, although in an more devious way, but there's no denying the effect she has on him.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

It's hilarious, really, how many people have Jack completely whipped. Gwen and the Doctor should compare notes for the lols.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yes. The Doctor can point out that he doesn't even need to ask for Jack to bring him tea and hold his coat, while Gwen can talk about easily Jack can be brought around if you just look at him hard enough (and maybe say his name). And the Ianto can bring up how easy it is to distract him with sex. Everyone wins! Except Jack, but he's having fun anyway.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I'D READ THAT FIC SO HARD. Really someone write this. I also demand it to become canon.

[librarianstales.livejournal.com]

LMAO! This thread is made of win!

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

It is. /o/