Lost in time and inner space... (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} serpentpixie) wrote,@ 2009-07-10 11:39:00 |
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Children of Earth: Day Four [point two]
Right. Well now that I've stopped being quite so upset and weepy - I just wanted to say how much I love this show.
Simply the fact that I spent the rest of Thursday night choking back tears speaks volumes. I mean, it's fiction - It isn't real. But at the moment Ianto died, I felt every loss I've ever had, and I cried. I'm not even ashamed to admit that I cried. Speaking as a writer - to achieve that kind of reaction is pretty amazing.
In real life, death doesn't come at the time most convenient to everyone involved. It's random, and ugly. Life can be random and ugly, too, but it can also be brilliant and incredible. I've always thought that RTD understood that more than many other writers. The human race is fleeting and members of Torchwood especially so. In hindsight, I'm not sure I should've been as blindsided as I was.
One of the writing blogs that I read happens to be James Moran's, which, at 10.01pm, exploded with people saying they were never going to watch the show again. Um, wtf? Firstly, the show is still mindblowingly brilliant drama. Secondly, you do not hate mail the writers. Especially because the writing has been so brilliant. I kind of hope that James Moran is laughing at all those people who claim to have 'lost a bit of their soul' or whatever, because LOL, get on with life.
I'm spending my day killing time until tonight's show.
I can't wait.
Right. Well now that I've stopped being quite so upset and weepy - I just wanted to say how much I love this show.
Simply the fact that I spent the rest of Thursday night choking back tears speaks volumes. I mean, it's fiction - It isn't real. But at the moment Ianto died, I felt every loss I've ever had, and I cried. I'm not even ashamed to admit that I cried. Speaking as a writer - to achieve that kind of reaction is pretty amazing.
In real life, death doesn't come at the time most convenient to everyone involved. It's random, and ugly. Life can be random and ugly, too, but it can also be brilliant and incredible. I've always thought that RTD understood that more than many other writers. The human race is fleeting and members of Torchwood especially so. In hindsight, I'm not sure I should've been as blindsided as I was.
One of the writing blogs that I read happens to be James Moran's, which, at 10.01pm, exploded with people saying they were never going to watch the show again. Um, wtf? Firstly, the show is still mindblowingly brilliant drama. Secondly, you do not hate mail the writers. Especially because the writing has been so brilliant. I kind of hope that James Moran is laughing at all those people who claim to have 'lost a bit of their soul' or whatever, because LOL, get on with life.
I'm spending my day killing time until tonight's show.
I can't wait.
