(It's awesome in my head but I just woke up)

I just dreamed something like a Torchwood 'Ghostwatch', where there was a live broadcast that steadily went horribly wrong as we watched on BBC digital and tried to record off the red button. ( Read more... )


And in my dream that was when we faded to black. So I have to figure out what happens next.

Clearly it will involve overlapping universes and the return of this Ianto to the main TW'verse. It may or may not explain what he was doing waiting for that guy. It may or may not involve thrilling heroics on his part. And while it would be spectacular to have the overlap flood the Hub from on high, there's certain problems with that if we take what canon left us.


... *sigh* dream bunnies is never as awesome once you type them up. This is pretty good, but it's like the first five minutes of something, and I have to figure the rest out.

I did do some studying today. Between Torchwood books. I read the Modernism reader. There's a whole section in there about the origins of the first World War. Basically, from a cultural studies point of view, the first world war happened because everyone though 'war: what a jolly idea!' and decided it would be noble and cleansing and good for everyone. That and a bit of nationalism and a whole my boat is better than your boat competition between powers. And of course the thing where everyone was connected up so it only took someone knocking over the first domino. But apparently people were really enthusiastic about the whole thing. They had parties. To celebrate.
There are things I cannot get my head around, and they do not reside in the world of Science Fiction.
So I read that, and then I found myself in great need of rinsing my brain out. And there was some more Torchwood.

Makes me wonder though, what was Jack doing there? How many wars for how many reasons?

ANYway:

Torchwood: Consequences
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That all sounds like I didn't like the book. I think I liked the parts of the book well enough. As much as I ever like short stories recently. It's just, if they're meant to be showing consequences of Torchwood's actions, there's only one story I feel really followed through on that, the Sarah Pinborough one. The others don't feel like they're doing that.

Or possibly it's the same problem I had last time I got short stories: I sit down wanting a proper meal, I get assorted munchables. Then I get grumpy.

Read the stories one at a time. Leave time for mood changes. Enjoy.



Oh, I forgot a good bit: There is Owen and Tosh! And Torchwood of the era when Jack got recruited. But I liked the bit where there is Owen and Tosh.

I've only got the first 3 eps transcribed so I can't count 4 or 5. Also even when I've got an accurate list of speaking characters I won't be able to count 5. I'm not watching that again.

But I'm going to count people in the first 3 days. I go through the transcript, copy all the names of speaking people, label them best as I can see (currently from memory), and then add people up. I can't count the children, they are Many and Varied.
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So it works out at about 41-44% women and 15% people of color for these three episodes.
Which is... actually vaguely embarassing since I vaguely felt there were A Lot Of Women, and we're still not up to half.
But for the show is doing better.

Very roughly. Still need to check.
Need the names and categories for people in day 4 and 5.

This is a first draft and I shouldn't draw conclusions from it.


I haven't figured out Bechdel pass/fail yet. Two named women, yes. Who talk to each other, yes, but is it about a man or in a group including men? Have to check. Think y and y.

That requires brain and reading or watching tho. And I've done a bunch of that for right now.

also I should be asleep by now.