"I struggle to find any truth in your lies and now my heart stumbles on things I don't know."

[nausicaa83]

Assorted news!

Do you remember the annoying neighbour upstairs with the loud tv after midnight? Yesterday evening, after 9 pm, someone rang my bell, and asked me if the guy was still living here, because he had been coming over to talk to him for days but he was never home. I told him he comes home every night, and that probably it's just a matter of timing. Shortly after that, the annoying neighbour came home, and the guy was probably waiting for him downstairs, because they started shouting at each other. I was about to call the police, and then they stopped. I guess the stupid neighbour owes someone money, but seriously. What did I do in another life to my neighbours to deserve this guy? At least he keeps the tv volume down since I told him to weeks ago, but if something like this happens again I'm so calling the police.

Yesterday I also finished watching Torchwood. I just have the first two episodes of the fourth season left. Here are some spoilery thoughts.

First, god it was depressing. I'm starting to see a pattern here: the government, all the powerful people suck and in a time of crisis they just want to cover their asses, and normal persons are the only ones who are going to fight to protect each other. It happens in every season finale with Russel T Davies, but this was... even a bit over the top. I loved the storyline, but maybe five episodes were a bit too much for it. Still, lots of character development.

I already knew who was going to die, so it didn't come as a surprise. But what I didn't get is how everyone seems so fascinated by the Jack/Ianto ship. I didn't find it all that romantic. I mean, Ianto is so in love with him, and wants to be a couple, wants Jack to trust him, to talk to him about his past, but Jack doesn't love him at all. He cares for him, sure, but he seems to care more about Gwen. In the end, the only person he seems to love, really love, is the Doctor. Everyone else is eye candy, a nice way to pass the time. Even before that scene with his grandson at the end I was getting angry with him everytime he opened his mouth.

I really loved this series, but it made me question my love for Captain Jack a lot. Great job on handling an immortal character, though, even the annoying traits made sense considering the guy is going to survive everyone.

Before I sit down to watch the two new episodes though I must do some ironing.

Comments

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Oh yay, you finished Torchwood so now I can chat with you about it without spoilers.:)
I totally agree about the series becoming very depressing. Children of Earth, good grief--I don't think I'll ever re-watch that. I liked S1 of Torchwood the most, then S2 had quite a few good episodes, too, but it had started getting too heavy for my liking. And finally the five-parter--just too much. Don't you feel that the effect of layering depressing stuff over depressing stuff instead of making the audience appreciate the drama, makes it kind of numb? The audience, I mean.
I like the new series though, contrary to all the snark I'm seeing about it. Okay, it's quite American in some not very nice ways but overall it's kept me involved into the plot and I think you'll like Captain Jack more--he's less the authority figure he'd become in Childern of Earth and more the character of the early Torchwood.

To be honest I never really got that much into Torchwood to get the ships--none of them seemed too OMG for me. Like in Sherlock, even those who don't slash could see the intensity of Sherlock and John's connection, and how important they are to each other. I certainly didn't see that kind of chemistry between Jack and Ianto, or Jack and any of the other characters. But each to their own.:)

And on the other very important RL topic

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

I'm having major problems with my neighbour across the building, too! The one whose windows look directly to my balcony. I have an improvised garden on my balcony, one of the few things that keep me sane in the concrete jungle of this city--see photo.:) Anyway, I'm taking measures today--the guy's TV is SO loud I cannot even keep my balcony door open while I stay indoors, let alone sit on the damn balcony. And it's so hot here, I suffocate with doors closed after five minutes. But the noise is unbelievable. And I really need quiet to write--I've been brough to tears when I am writing and the noise of some adverts or stupid films are filling up the space! He's not been answering his door when we've gone there and we've had his neighbours talk to him with no result--I think he has some issues! Anyway, wish me luck!

Here's my oasis.:)Hopefully you can see why I feel miffed that I can't enjoy sitting in my chair with a book there without the TV news shouting across the space!!

Re: And on the other very important RL topic

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

First, your balcony is so beautiful! My mom loved plants and we used to have similar balconies in my old house, like little gardens. Me, I'm a disaster with plants, just like my aunt. You leave a perfectly healthy plant in the same room with me, I guarantee you it's going to be dead by the end of the day. =_=

About the neighbour, he definitely has some issues. I'm so sorry for you! In my old house I had a couple living upstairs, mother and son, and they both had schizophrenia. Every other day they had seizures, or something like that, and got violent, and there was screaming, and mom had to call their only relative so that she could call the hospital. It was horrible.

Since it's not only you who's complaining, obviously, maybe if it's a group of neighbours calling the police they'll listen?

Re: And on the other very important RL topic

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Thank you!*beams* Haha, my sister's like you--I've made her some nice flower arrangements in pots, she took them home and she's tried looking after them, bless her, but half the time she's bringing them back to me half-dead and I perform miracles of salvation!:)

Yes, I'm getting some neighbours to join me today and deal with this. Sigh. Neighbours from nightmares!

Re: And on the other very important RL topic

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

My aunt is even worst, she kills plants by watering them. You give them a nice potted plant, she waters it for a couple of days and it just...chockes. It's quite hilarious, because it takes less than 48 hours, and we just have to take the plant away from her, and it gets better. You should see the look on my aunt's face. XD

Keep me updated on this neighbour thing!

Re: And on the other very important RL topic

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Sure! And hopefully yours won't give you anymore trouble!

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

The only ship I really liked was Jack and John Hart, mostly because I loved his storyline a lot. But even there I was a bit disgusted by Jack's behaviour. John loves him, and he's so hurt Jack doesn't even notice something's wrong with him, and assumes he would just bomb half a town without someone coercing him or something. It's like Jack doesn't even stop to know the persons he sleeps with, he just enjoys it for a moment, and even when they fall in love with him he doesn't care about them at all.

About Children of Earth, it was... too much. I'm a Supernatural fan, so I'm used to kids being killed by nasty creatures, or possessed, or whatever, but this. It was sick. I cried a lot when they got to the soldiers grabbing the kids from their houses, and then felt nauseous the rest of the time.

If the Doctor ever finds out what happened there he's so going to torch the whole planet. O_O

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

"If the Doctor ever finds out what happened there he's so going to torch the whole planet. O_O"
Quite. Or rather never return to it.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Unless that whole mess with the cracks in time made everyone forget everything alien-related that happened, including this. I seem to recall amy didn't recognize the Daleks because of that.

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Yes, good point! But I doubt it RTD had that in mind--he wrote this before Moffat took over DW.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

No, no, I mean that with that being the officail canon I can bear the thought of all that stuff with the 456 happening. It feels better because now we know it never happened. Or something.

*is still quite traumatized*

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see what you mean--yeah, agreed! (I was traumatized for days afterwards!)