So explain to me... (Part one)

[laligin]

In a desperate attempt to improve my Torchwood-writing, and because I have a fanfic100 claim on the entire Torchwood team, not just those members I like/understand/have a million plot ideas for, I'm asking you for help.

Explain to me, please, as politely as you can manage (I'm not here for a fight), exactly why Gwen is a good/useful/likeable character.

Because I don't quite get it. Up to... oh... about Small Worlds (episode 5) I quite liked her. Beyond that...

So, anyway. Gwen fans. I need you to tell me why she's a vital part of the team, and why I'd actually enjoy writing her if I got it right, so I can stop coming up with excuses for her absence in my fic. (Seriously. I don't really give her a starring role (or even a mildly vital role) at any point. I feel guilty.)

Help?

(Also, convince me Jack/Gwen can work.)

Comments

[laligin.livejournal.com]

(I try my best not to be anti-Gwen, but I can't help feeling she was overused and occasionally badly written throughout the series. That's why I'm trying to get fans to bring me back round. :) )

I did like the police elements she brought to Torchwood, you're right. Unfortunately, as you say, they vanished without a trace. That is a point in her favour, though, and something I can try playing with next time I write her. Thanks.

The irony here is that what makes her "deeper" and more interesting for some (the grey area of her character) comes across to me as revealing a shallow, self-centred personality. I'd be very interested in exploring her darker side in Series 2, as long as it's well-written and has some element of her trying to fight it and go back to the way she was when she first came to Torchwood - when her ideas of right and wrong were a lot clearer and she hadn't compromised her own arguments. If she tries to sort herself out that could be quite fascinating.

Also something I shall have to play with. :)

Thank you indeed. (Maybe more vague than you intended, but still enough to give me a couple of things to think about. ^_^)