Brief thoughts on Gwen in CoE
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itsnotmymindGwen Cooper’s role in CoE is interesting, because she doesn’t have a clear storyline. She does lots and lots of stuff, but she doesn’t have as strong a storyline as some of the other characters.
She makes connections. Lois. Clem. Rupesh. Rhiannon. Johnson. She keeps everyone connected together, and gets Jack in touch with the people he needs to be in touch with.
She’s always of both worlds. A police constable, but on the run for the law. Torchwood, and ordinary folk. While every other woman in the miniseries is either a mother or not a mother, Gwen is pregnant, partway between both worlds. She can communicate with people from vastly different worlds: Lois, the daring young woman in over her head, and Clem, the old man still stuck in 1965. She can love and obey Jack and still support Clem, the person he hurt. Gwen is even the one to try to call Frobisher in Day Two. Jack sends her to Rhiannon, a woman he’s never met, and probably never will, and Gwen is able to connect the two worlds that Ianto has kept separate with lies and reserve.
There are so many different people in Children of Earth, and Gwen can communicate with just about all of them.
She makes connections. Lois. Clem. Rupesh. Rhiannon. Johnson. She keeps everyone connected together, and gets Jack in touch with the people he needs to be in touch with.
She’s always of both worlds. A police constable, but on the run for the law. Torchwood, and ordinary folk. While every other woman in the miniseries is either a mother or not a mother, Gwen is pregnant, partway between both worlds. She can communicate with people from vastly different worlds: Lois, the daring young woman in over her head, and Clem, the old man still stuck in 1965. She can love and obey Jack and still support Clem, the person he hurt. Gwen is even the one to try to call Frobisher in Day Two. Jack sends her to Rhiannon, a woman he’s never met, and probably never will, and Gwen is able to connect the two worlds that Ianto has kept separate with lies and reserve.
There are so many different people in Children of Earth, and Gwen can communicate with just about all of them.
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Date: 2012-05-24 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-24 05:45 pm (UTC)I also love Gwen very much and I tend to dislike Jack. I believe that, maybe, mine is an unpopular opinion.
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Date: 2012-05-24 07:21 pm (UTC)I actually love Jack more than Gwen, but Jack and I kind of have a love-hate relationship. I try to tone down my Jack Harkness issues when I make Torchwood posts, because I don't want people to take it the wrong way. My feelings for fictional characters can be very complicated. :)
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Date: 2012-05-24 07:48 pm (UTC)Personally I have this difficult relationship with Faith, for example. With Jack ... I don't love him, sorry. I try to understand him and I know when he makes good decisions. I liked him very much in Miracle Day, if I have to be sincere, but so many times I find myself yelling at him! :) Gwen is my Torchwood favourite character.
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Date: 2012-05-24 10:15 pm (UTC)