Double Drabble: First Rule
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Title: First Rule
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badly_knitted
Characters: Gwen, Tosh, Ianto, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 643: Wonder at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Gwen has a lot to learn.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“I wonder what would happen if I just pressed the button.”
At Torchwood, those were words nobody wanted to hear, and most people would never consider saying them.
“If that’s meant to be a joke it’s in very poor taste, and if you’re not joking then you’ve got no business working here,” Tosh snapped, knocking Gwen’s hand away from the alien device she was researching. Gwen had only been with Torchwood a couple of weeks and Tosh had no idea why Jack had hired her. She was always touching things she shouldn’t, even after being told not to.
“But it’s only a purple ball; what harm could it do?”
“Mauve, actually,” Ianto said, bringing Tosh some files she’d asked for. “The universal colour used to indicate something dangerous.”
“No, pet, that’s red.”
“Only on earth. Everywhere else it’s mauve.”
“You’re having me on.” Gwen grinned to show she could take a joke.
“He’s deadly serious,” said Jack, coming up behind her. “You need to stop thinking about everything in earth terms. It might look harmless, but chances are it’s an explosive device of some description, or possibly a cannister of poison. First rule of Torchwood: Don’t fiddle with unidentified objects.”
The End
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Gwen, Tosh, Ianto, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 643: Wonder at
tw100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Gwen has a lot to learn.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“I wonder what would happen if I just pressed the button.”
At Torchwood, those were words nobody wanted to hear, and most people would never consider saying them.
“If that’s meant to be a joke it’s in very poor taste, and if you’re not joking then you’ve got no business working here,” Tosh snapped, knocking Gwen’s hand away from the alien device she was researching. Gwen had only been with Torchwood a couple of weeks and Tosh had no idea why Jack had hired her. She was always touching things she shouldn’t, even after being told not to.
“But it’s only a purple ball; what harm could it do?”
“Mauve, actually,” Ianto said, bringing Tosh some files she’d asked for. “The universal colour used to indicate something dangerous.”
“No, pet, that’s red.”
“Only on earth. Everywhere else it’s mauve.”
“You’re having me on.” Gwen grinned to show she could take a joke.
“He’s deadly serious,” said Jack, coming up behind her. “You need to stop thinking about everything in earth terms. It might look harmless, but chances are it’s an explosive device of some description, or possibly a cannister of poison. First rule of Torchwood: Don’t fiddle with unidentified objects.”
The End
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Date: 2021-02-11 02:21 am (UTC)This shows how underqualified Gwen was.
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Date: 2021-02-11 06:42 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2021-02-12 06:38 am (UTC)Despite that, it does not takeaway from your great storytelling.:)
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Date: 2021-02-12 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-13 04:46 am (UTC)Yeah. It was just lucky that Jack took a chance on Gwen. If the retcon didn't work, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
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Date: 2021-02-13 11:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-14 09:33 am (UTC)That does make much more sense to me! It made Jack look cocky in that scene too. If anything, Gwen should have been ticked off at him for drugging her. Not all of a sudden, going: Yeah, I'll join this Torchwood Institute willy-nilly.*scoffs*
Or maybe that's just how I'd react?*shrugs*
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Date: 2021-02-14 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-15 07:32 am (UTC)Torchwood were at odds with the Police Force even if they were on the same side. I suppose Gwen didn't hold a grudge because of the narrative as well. Like how Rose researched the Doctor.
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Date: 2021-02-15 12:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-16 09:45 am (UTC)See! How was the audience suppose to relate to that? I certainly didn't. She only showed a few redeeming qualities in the last series. Which I know you didn't see. So imagine other people that tuned out earlier than that. Anyways, you can catch my drift.
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Date: 2021-02-16 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-17 09:48 am (UTC)By this point Gwen is all settled with Rhys so she was no longer infatuated with Jack, but he however treated her the same. I'm not saying it was great character growth. Just that the dynamic change slightly.
Now that I think about it, almost in the same line as Clara when she became an "adrenalin junkie". I personally don't think RTD knew what he was doing. Look what happened with Rose's storyline.
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Date: 2021-02-17 11:18 am (UTC)Gwen treated Jack really badly in Miracle Day, going by what I read.
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Date: 2021-02-19 09:26 am (UTC)It's his perception of what he would do, if he were in their shoes. So I don't know what that means.*sighs*
Well, she had a daughter and her "dying" father to deal with. I block out the rest. Too distracted by the graphic violence and sex scenes for the sake of making them.
Plus the controversial aspect of having a pedophile. I was not watching for entertainment purposes. Just seeing it till the end.*shrugs*
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Date: 2021-02-19 12:28 pm (UTC)The whole thing sounded like a mess from reading the synopses, and not entertaining at all.
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Date: 2021-02-20 09:55 am (UTC)Yeah. Fair point. The betrayal storyline was already done at the end of series one. We didn't need to rehash that. It would have been more clever had it all been a bluff. But maybe I'm asking too much of RTD for a plot twist.
Sadly the production money looked like it was spent on relocating, explosions and actors I guess. Most of the American characters were either weird or killed off. Some were both.
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Date: 2021-02-20 11:53 am (UTC)He deatroyed Torchwood in oirder to break through in the American market and failed miserably.
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Date: 2021-02-21 10:20 am (UTC)Isn't that why showrunners hire writers to collaborate with?*shrugs*
What a weird way to go.*baffled*
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Date: 2021-02-21 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-22 09:51 am (UTC)That's the issue with DW right now. There are some American fans who are disappointed about that.*sighs*
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Date: 2021-02-22 11:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-26 09:53 am (UTC)True. All I'm saying is that DW was already getting exposure after series 5. So it's probably a shock that the narrative has changed. Too much of a shift I suppose. Which is what happened with Torchwood.
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Date: 2021-02-26 12:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-28 09:36 am (UTC)Your userpic says it all.
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Date: 2021-02-11 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-11 09:11 pm (UTC)Thank you!