I can kind of see that being an admirable point - except that it backfires on her so much.
The only member of the team who really gives her any trouble is Owen - and she sleeps with him, rather than "not taking any shit"... By doing that she gives him (and Jack) far more ammunition to use against her. It's this point that drives her in the last couple of episodes - I do think that it's partly guilt that makes her so desperate to bring Rhys back, and she prevents Jack from stopping them opening the Rift when he mentions the whole Owen business. That's her not putting up with being insulted - Gwen chooses to smack him rather than admit he has a point...
And her always fighting for what she thinks is right is all very well if she's right - if she's wrong (for example, Suzie) then she appears stubborn and foolish. She seems less open to other people's ideas and opinions, and more convinced that she knows best, even though she's still new to Torchwood.
Beyond the second episode, I can't help finding these traits of hers to be increasingly negative instead of the positive things they were to begin with...
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Date: 2007-08-14 02:11 pm (UTC)The only member of the team who really gives her any trouble is Owen - and she sleeps with him, rather than "not taking any shit"... By doing that she gives him (and Jack) far more ammunition to use against her. It's this point that drives her in the last couple of episodes - I do think that it's partly guilt that makes her so desperate to bring Rhys back, and she prevents Jack from stopping them opening the Rift when he mentions the whole Owen business. That's her not putting up with being insulted - Gwen chooses to smack him rather than admit he has a point...
And her always fighting for what she thinks is right is all very well if she's right - if she's wrong (for example, Suzie) then she appears stubborn and foolish. She seems less open to other people's ideas and opinions, and more convinced that she knows best, even though she's still new to Torchwood.
Beyond the second episode, I can't help finding these traits of hers to be increasingly negative instead of the positive things they were to begin with...