CoE blather - Part End + More

[51stcenturyfox]

Okay... that was dark.

Would it be terrible if I said I had a galloping stampede of plotbunnies after last night? My brain does not have a rabbit-proof fence.

lipsum noted the (GREAT) amount of female screentime in Children of Earth. I really, really liked that. And I liked that we weren't smacked over the head by this but it felt natural. AS IT SHOULD BE. WTG Gwen, Lois Habiba, Bridget Spears, Alice, Agent Johnson (oh, hey, @lizmaybrice is on twitter and seems really nice. Let her know she was awesome?)

fajrdrako points out all of the WOW stuff in Part Five.


And guys... the entire Torchwood team is safe and is holding a "fake wake"! ask_aboutcoffee has reaction to Children of Earth. :D

Comments

[lilithbint.livejournal.com]

Funnily Day 5 got too dark for my husband and he had to watch motor racing afterward balance himself.
Since I have always loved flawed, broken beyond repair characters I loved Jack in this. I loved that he made the choice, I loved that he didn't look away as Stephen died, I loved that he walked the earth for six months and could only see death, I loved that Gwen begged but he left anyway, but he at least said goodbye this time. When Jack has everything stripped from him he makes the decisions that nobody else would. The government was willing to sacrifice children so long as they weren't theirs, Frobisher was willing to kill his when he saw the alternative, but Jack killed his grandson to save the children. Not just this time but the next time because drug addicts can never get enough. The 456 would have come back again and again. Instead of taking the easy way out and letting Agent Johnson force the choice on him (and she would have) he took the burden that nobody else would have. Let's face it, parents have been sending their children off to die for centuries, this was just more personal.
I've been babbling everywhere but it feels good to know that others saw the same show I did and the same Jack I did.
My plot bunnies are having plot bunnies and it's happening too fast for me to put anything coherent on the page yet.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

It was too dark for a TON of people, really.

Not just this time but the next time because drug addicts can never get enough. The 456 would have come back again and again. Instead of taking the easy way out and letting Agent Johnson force the choice on him (and she would have) he took the burden that nobody else would have.

YES. I thought about this today when I was driving. The 456 would have been back for the next "fix". Easy prey.

Poor Jack, though. GOD.

[lilithbint.livejournal.com]

My big question is how did the 456 know they could get a fix off children? Did they bite one by accident one day and get a hit, do the kids give off some pheromone that they find irresistible? The456 can't survive in our atmosphere so they didn't just pop in on holiday and pick up a souvenir that turned out to be really tasty.
(I'm coping with my grief for Jack by micro thinking instead of meta)

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I think a child was sucked through the rift like Jonah and they found this out by experimentation.

Perhaps they do this to other species like Ood, but earth children are better.

EARTH KIDS ARE THE BOLIVIAN MARCHING POWDER OF THE UNIVERSE. PRIMO STUFF, BABY.



I'm going to hell for that.

[lilithbint.livejournal.com]

*joins you*
I wonder how much they sell for? Twelve was obviously not enough to establish a market.
They must have used something else first and started searching for bigger and better hits until they struck earth.