One Question meme.

[unfeathered]

Nicked off fandom_me:

One (in any way fandom or writing related) question.
One honest answer.
That's all you get.

You get to ask me one question.
Any one question.
Anything, no matter how crazy it is.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I'm stealing someone else's question (think of it as recycling), but what's one canon event (any canon) that you would change?

[unfeathered]

It's a different question if you put it to someone else :-)

Um. Can I go with the really obvious and say the Face of Boe thing?

Or maybe just a more general change: that RTD gets himself some betas (I'd volunteer) and stops contradicting himself!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I think we should nominate you!

[unfeathered]

If only it were that easy :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lmao at the RTD comment...

Ever had a plot bunny you tried and tried to write and just couldn't?

[unfeathered]

Hmm. I think I'll have to think about that one.

I think it's more a case of not even attempting to write things...

[unfeathered]

Right. I've racked my brains about this and honestly can't think of anything I've tried to write and couldn't. I think I just didn't even try.

About the nearest I can get is when I put off trying to write slash. Hell, I put off reading it when I first discovered fanfic because the idea of two guys together - urgh! And then I read a couple of Spike/Angel fics and discovered the fun of reading about two sexy guys at once.

And I was writing something really long (still am!) and suddenly I saw I could do slash with that too. But I put off writing it for about three or four months before I finally felt confident that it was sexy and not gross, and not wrong... And once I'd written it, it came out fine, and I went on writing it and, as I said, it's still ongoing. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I suppose "ongoing" is the best way to describe the writing process and our attempts at it! It's interesting that alot of people (myself included) seem to have the same sort of problem with slash.

Okay, I'll bite...

[mickeyk.livejournal.com]

Why did Jack leave the Doctor (whom he obviously enjoys being around, loves in some way), turn down his offer to travel, and return to the group of betraying backstabbers, one of whom murdered him, and the rest didn't do anything to try to stop Owen?

Yes, he's had a year, in TYTNW, to think about them... but I would have thought that that would have just convinced Jack even more to travel with the Doctor for a while/get a lift to somewhere else, to do something else.

Re: Okay, I'll bite...

[unfeathered]

Honestly? I have no idea. I think the only person who does is RTD and he didn't exactly do a very good job of explaining it in LotTL, beyond the fact that obviously Jack has to be back at Torchwood for the next season, which is not a reason within the story itself.

I suppose we can hope for it to be explained a little more in Torchwood, but I doubt we'll get it.

I did like this explanation, though.

Though I personally still can't see any reason why he shouldn't travel with the Doctor for a hundred years or so and then get dropped off back in Cardiff as if nothing had happened.

Maybe Ianto is just a really amazing shag. Though I really don't know what Jack (and the fangirls) see in him. :-)

Re: Okay, I'll bite...

[mickeyk.livejournal.com]

Here's another icon I love, of mine. :)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's going, 'does not compute, does not compute, does not compute...'

Heh, that's one of the stories I have to catch up on (from g_c). Thanks. :)

Though I personally still can't see any reason why he shouldn't travel with the Doctor for a hundred years or so and then get dropped off back in Cardiff as if nothing had happened.

Yes! Exactly!! Or maybe even a 'Hey, give me a way to reach you, and I'll call you when I want a vacation,' from Jack to the Doctor (to explain him dealing with T3, then when they bug him too much, he can go for a trip).

Here's irony (well, maybe that's not the proper usage) for you:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/board/nest/83320474

In a 'Who else thinks Gwen Cooper...' [is drop dead gorgeous, when you click on the link on the board) thread... I'm defending Eve Myles and the gap in her teeth. If you ever want to see White, Rich, American, Male Privilege in action, read the posts by herson2004 in that thread.

Maybe Ianto is just a really amazing shag. Though I really don't know what Jack (and the fangirls) see in him. :-)

Heh, he looks good all dressed up. But Jack is still better. *grin*

Re: Okay, I'll bite...

[unfeathered]

I'm sorry, but to me Ianto is just wet.

Possibly it's also that he's a little young for me. I'm finding I really prefer the slightly older blokes as I slide gracefully (*g*) into my mid-thirties :-)

And talking of pictures, I now have a new default icon made by becky_h as of moments ago :-)

Re: Okay, I'll bite...

[mickeyk.livejournal.com]

Heh, love the new icon.

Everyone on TW is younger than me, but at least I'm not much older than JB. Ianto's had a good scene or two (taking the people from the 1950s to the supermarket, and good cop/snarky cop routine in "Combat" and in the field in that episode). I'm willing to see if he'll become a character I enjoy.

Kudos to becky_h for the great icon!

Re: Okay, I'll bite...

[unfeathered]

Kudos to becky_h for the great icon!

She is multi-talented. She's a fantastic writer, and she makes fantastic icons!

The only problem with this one is that I might find myself licking my computer screen if I'm not careful! *g*