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[doyle]

I went back through this year's entries with all intentions of posting that 'first line of fanfic in each month' meme and realized that, gosh, I've been quiet this year. And my four year LJ anniversary's coming up, too. I've been active on communities all year, but must make a resolution of some sort to not disappear for weeks at a time.

Fannish stuff I've been enjoying today:

Torchwood as Dad's Army. It makes so much sense!

wishfulaces wrote the Eight/Fitz ship manifesto and it's a thing of beauty. And I discovered that months later, remembering uktechgirl's Five/Turlough essay - which correctly describes book!Eight as "canonically a bit gay" - still makes me giggle.

Big Finish is having a short story competition - a story of up to 2500 words, Doctors One to Eight and the telly or audio companions, about someone's life changing because of the Doctor. To be published in one of the Short Trips anthologies. So entering this (though I'm sad they don't seem to be allowing book-canon. Not to mention puzzled as to why all the ideas I have are for Six.)

Oh, and this week's Torchwood:


Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe!) was wonderful. Why hasn't that character been in the whole series? She could be Torchwood's nemesis!

I mentioned at home that she reminded me of Gene from Life on Mars (particularly when she gets Jack to repeat that they're locked in their own base while all the other coppers gather round to mock) and marymac suggested that Gene could have taught her everything he knows. That would be the most obscure but brilliant crossover ever.

I didn't even catch the character's name, but I Love Her Best.

Comments

[lonelybrit]

She was Detective Swanson :) Part of me wishes Suzie had survived somehow and escaped to become an irregular nemesis - just because I thought she did a great job and I'm sorry to see her go. But oh yes, I also loved Swanson and her mocking of Torchwood getting locked in their own base. Hopefully she'll come back, if nothing else TW need to improve their relations with the police and she'd be a good place to start.

[tillytilly.livejournal.com]

I loved her too. I'm not sold on Torchwood yet, but more Yasmin could do it.

[marymac.livejournal.com]

The Torchwood as Dad's ARmy is making me desperately want to see the enraged-alien-augmented-cat episode. I'm seeing Greebo with additional metal...

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Especially if it did have Gwen throwing a sickie so she didn't miss the rugby.

[pontisbright.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, Detective Swanson is Gene. Crossover heaven. She should so very have been in it all along, although given how pathetically mockable Torchwood are, she would've run out of piss-taking things to say quite quickly and gone to deal with some actually dangerous people.

I was totally taking 'canonically a bit gay' from your good self and wishfulaces, what with being a bit slow to read, er, more than one and a half of the EDAs. But hurrah, now there is a manifesto to make me read things! With canonical gayness in them!

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

Yes, but now I have specifically mentioned specific books what have the really good canonical gayness, so now you can target your EDA reading!

*poke, poke, poke*

*sunny smile*

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

I so want to see Swanson become the Kate of the Torchwood scene. A bit at odds, but basically a good cop who wants to help. And god, she was driving me crazy trying to ID her for most of the ep! She's even more gorgeous out of make-up.

[thesecondevil]

Would it be horrible to suggest that we replace Gwen with Police!Jabe?

[nwhyte]

Hah, I thought I recognised her!