Being rather too cynical for my own good

[drakyndra]

So, according to Teh Papers, yesterday was the second hottest October day on Record. 36.5 degrees Celsius. Yep, this summer looks like it might be less than fun, bushfires and droughts and water restrictions, oh my!

Onto more fandomly events: MsScribe "apologises". Yep, the queen of sockpuppets herself speaks out against the account of her deeds (which, although she denies reading, still claims it is mostly false). As people have commented, MsScibe appears to have a slight lack of sincerity. If by slight, I mean "huge".

In more cheerful topics, the BBC Torchwood site is now live. Yep, it's not long until it starts up. (If you are out of the UK, try this link to see more of the cool stuff - thanks to taraliveson for that).

Conclusions: As much as I do like Jack, I think I might end up watching this show for the rest of the ensemble. Because right now, they are the ones that really interest me. Maybe it's just the "I know nothing about them" factor (which has been known to compel me to certain characters), but still...

I have decided that I shall like Ianto. Because his pissy memo on the flash site is win.

Though as others on my flist have commented, certain things on the site give me a "trying too hard to be edgy" vibe. The excessive darkness, and overwritten angsty character descriptions. And the trailers obsession with the "adultness" of sex and violence. I'm hoping that the series is a little better than it's advertising.

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[aervir.livejournal.com]

Though as others on my flist have commented, certain things on the site give me a "trying too hard to be edgy" vibe. The excessive darkness, and overwritten angsty character descriptions.

I'm still giggling over the "hidden depths of anguish" bit in Ianto's character profile.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I've already metaquoted a comment from torch_wood about that line.

I have decided to like Ianto on the basis of a bitchy memo that makes him sound like a pterodactyl loving coffee fiend.

Yep, trust me to go to the "dark and adult" spinoff, and be most entertained by the silly, childish things.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Nice quote, that!

And if they overdo their "dark and adult" stuff, they are going to look at least as silly as many a kids' programme, IMHO.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, it amused me, hence the metaquoting.

There's that, too. (How much you want to bet that a certain section of the Who fandom insantly declares it better that New Who, just because of said "dark and adult" stuff?)

[aervir.livejournal.com]

How much you want to bet that a certain section of the Who fandom insantly declares it better that New Who, just because of said "dark and adult" stuff?

My mini-TARDIS, my tiny K-9 replica and, hell, even my City of Death DVD.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I am too a-feared to take this bet up.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

*breathes sigh of relief*

My merchandising is safe!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I FOUND ANOTHER IANTO LOVER! Whee! Seriously, the guy loves coffee, how can one not love him? Let´s have a secret Ianto comm where we post our fav icons

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

So lets. Wait until the first ep, find a suitable quote, and we can hang around there and squee about the coffee-loving, pteryodatyl-caring Welsh bloke.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

ianto_love: "Depths of anguish and darkness waiting to be revealed"

Sadly I have no idea how to create a comm ^^

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I know how, I just want it to have a cool comm name.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Recommend a better one. We need that comm up before the first ep, just for the attention ^^

If we have it, they will come

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I sure I read a quote somewhere about disturbingly good coffee, think you could dig that up for me?

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Never heard that one before, all I could dig up was: Gareth has been shooting his first scenes as Ianto this week and his character is quite the charmer. Dressed in snazzy suits he guards the Hub from unwelcome attention and although not strictly part of Torchwood, his intelligence, good looks and a strange ability to make superb coffee makes him an valued contributor to their investigations.


Sounds like he's the bouncer with the Secret Ingredient Coffee ^^

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

And I just remembered JB defined Ianto as "Jack's boy toy" ^^

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

That's the one! (It's from here"

Think we can get a good comm name from that? 15 characters or less.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

boy_toy_love
secret_ingredient
special_blend
Iantos_blend

ehh... I'm not too creative today I fear... I need more coffee

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Aye. Which is why I wanted to wait until the episode, see what quotes we get. (Is anything much said about Ianto in the trailers et al?)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

ZOMG IDEA: dark_coffee.

Thoughts?

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

FTW. Can I be mod? ^^

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

ARGH, dark_coffee is taken. I'm fiddling round with spaces, but is there some way we could change it to make it less common (and thus, less likely to be in use?)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Ehm, ehm... no idea? Deep_black_coffee? Torchwood_coffee?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

torchwoodcoffee FTW! Join, and I'll add you as a Mod.

Now, we need some peoples to do some graphics for us...

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

FTW!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

What do you plan to do first with your l33t Mod skillz?

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

We need to advertise this like whoa now, so more people will join the Ianto love ^^

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It's 1:30 in the morning here, so my brain is not at it's best. Get cracking, dear!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Aye, Cap'n!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm a Captain, am I?

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

Sometimes its difficult for me to wrap my brain around it being 'summer' in October... Too long living in the northern hemisphere i suppose.

I read the toilets swirl the other way round down under... ;)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It's not actually Summer until December, we're just getting crazy summer weather now.

I read the toilets swirl the other way round down under.

Urban legend, I'm afraid

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

Cool. Or, well, not. Heh :)

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

Is there any suggestion that Eve Myles' character (Gwen Cooper) might be related to her character in The Unquiet Dead (Gwyneth)?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

We really don't know. All we know about Gwen is the current day, cop stuff, we really don't know much about her family or history.

Watch to find out, I suppose.

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering because the names were so similar. And because Gwyneth was able to communicate with the Gelth (who were involved in the Time War) and "died" in the rift between the two worlds.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

People have been pondering that for a while. Wait and see, I guess.

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

It's comforting to know I am not alone in my paranoid delusions. :)