Double Drabble: Disillusioned

[bk_forever]

Title: Disillusioned
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Suzie, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 616: Thrill at tw100.
Spoilers: Set pre-series.
Summary: Suzie has become disillusioned about Torchwood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.




Back when she was recruited to Torchwood, it had all been so exciting and new. Suzie had been filled with awe and wonder at each new discovery but as time had passed the thrill had worn off.


She’d started to realise they never got anything really good. They got Weevils and Hoix, both species willing to eat whatever they could get their claws on. They got bits of unidentifiable tech, most of it broken beyond hope of repair. They got random objects from earth’s past, none of which were worth anything, and they got junk, the discarded refuse of a thousand worlds. The Rift should be charged with littering.


Where were all the wonderful things she’d expected to discover, the technology that could change the world? Where were the aliens from advanced civilisations who could provide the people of earth with cures to all known diseases, eliminate air pollution, and provide clean sources of energy?


Jack was no help; he kept talking about timelines and how they had to be maintained. He said changing the future would be catastrophic, but he was wrong. They should be using what they found to make the world better, otherwise what was the point?



The End













 

Comments

[bk_forever]

I do, but I can't afford to replace it. What little money I have coming in goes on the household bills. Computers are expensive.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

True. I had a TAFE teacher who preferred doing all her online work on campus because she didn't own a computer. Then there are those who use the public libraries. It's only convenient to have your own one during social distancing. If I get to retire my laptop. I want a smaller more portable one.

[bk_forever]

I can't go out anyway, so I'm stuck. I need my computer.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I see.:(


Mick St John: If I hadn't become a vampire, I would have missed out on the Internet, TiVo, World of Warcraft, and GPS.*Short-lived series: Moonlight*

The way we operate today is different to how it was, say twenty years or ago. Give or take.

[bk_forever]

The world keeps changing, not always for the better.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

David Bowie: Time may change me. But I can't trace time.

Kind of how Suzie saw things.*my runabout way of getting back to the summary of this drabble.

[bk_forever]

I suspect Suzie has a pessimistic streak.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Suzie: This is sick.
Jack: You started it.

Torchwood did have a "glass half empty" aspect to it.*shrugs*

I didn't understand how both Suzie and Gwen were the only two who could "control" that glove. Empathy? Really?

[bk_forever]

I know! Both Tosh and Ianto had more empathy. It was more likely a hunger for power that was the deciding factor.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Everyone else was scared of the glove and I don't blame them. Jack tried, but the plot of convincing us all of Gwen's specialness made center stage...

[bk_forever]

They should have been scared, knowing what the glove did to Suzie.

Gwen was nothing special, she was just susceptible to the glove's powers.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Gwendolyn Post: I have the Glove, and with the glove comes the power!

I forgot the glove idea came from a Buffy episode!

Ianto: This glove is different to the other one. Maybe different gloves do different things?
Martha: How many are there?
Ianto: Two. Well, they tend to come in pairs.

The second time round, Jack was desperate to get Owen back, while Gwen was hesitant to use it. So, yeah, whatever Rusty wants to do with said characters...*shrugs*

[bk_forever]

I'd forgotten that too!

RTD changes the rules as he goes. I doubt he even remembers what they are from one episode to the next. Plot holes and inconsistencies everywhere. Let's just hope he never gets the chance to do a Torchwood re-boot because it would be all Gwen all the time, with Jack adoring her. Oh, wait, that's what we had first time around.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It happens.:)

Jack was momentarily mortal during Miracle Day. The way RTD was shipping Jack/Gwen was like Tenth Doctor/Rose. I just didn't like it.*shrugs*

[bk_forever]

It was so stupid making Jack mortal, and I never thought Jack and Gwen should be together. Why should practically she have every man on the show?

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I was fed up with seeing Jack "dying" again and again. It literally was overkill. He is already from the future. That's he's edge right there, but no! It was all part of what brought him back to life blah, blah, blah.*mini-rant*

It's a given unfortunately. Sure Jack has a soft spot for Gwen, but she really overdid the "make him jealous" side of things. At least we saw that Ianto was the exception to the rule.

[bk_forever]

Miracle Day made it all about Jack's blood, which is nonsense. The amount of Jack's blood Ianto's had on him he'd be immortal.

Jack kept pushing Gwen back towards Rhys. He could have had her anytime if he'd wanted but he never did.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I didn't like it.*a tad dejected on the subject of life and death*

You would think she'd take a hint. I get being rejected sucks, but come on, Gwen had Rhys already!

[bk_forever]

Gwen had Rhys but wanted everyone else. Rhys was never enough for her. Greedy.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Rhys was her back up plan, not a life plan.:(

He should have been brought into Torchwood all on his own merit. Especially since he was too important to kill off. No need for Gwen.*shrugs*

[bk_forever]

Yeah, she came into Torchwood going on about how special Rhys was, then cheated on him for no good reason, flirted with Jack, confessed her affair and retconned Rhys so he wouldn't remember. If that's her idea of loving someone...

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

She didn't man up! Woman up?*confused by gender terms*

[bk_forever]

Her dishonesty was not the behaviour of a decent person, regardless of gender.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Gwen: Will you miss me?
Jack: Always. Rhys is a lucky man, a perfect husband. He's loyal, brave. He's got a hell of a swing on him. And best of all, he really loves you.
Gwen: I know.

Do you, Gwen?*raises hands in defeat*

[bk_forever]

No, Gwen never really understood how lucky she was to have Rhys.