Gwen is human. That is basically it. You call her shallow and selfish, but she has made mistakes like a lot of people. Nobody's perfect.
She brings heart and emotion into Torchwood and into Jack, which is why is another reason that dynamic works so much. She makes Jack want to live again in the same way Rose made the Doctor want to live.
Personally myself, I didn't like the Owen thing. But I think it happened because she was a bit disallusioned with Jack at the time. Well, in Countrycide he burst into that barn and went Terminator on those people.
Plus, I think Owen went after because he knew Jack was interested and it was part of some daft rivalry thing on Owen's part.
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Date: 2007-08-06 04:51 pm (UTC)She brings heart and emotion into Torchwood and into Jack, which is why is another reason that dynamic works so much. She makes Jack want to live again in the same way Rose made the Doctor want to live.
Personally myself, I didn't like the Owen thing. But I think it happened because she was a bit disallusioned with Jack at the time. Well, in Countrycide he burst into that barn and went Terminator on those people.
Plus, I think Owen went after because he knew Jack was interested and it was part of some daft rivalry thing on Owen's part.
Those are just my thoughts.