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Why did no one tell me Nana Visitor was in Torchwood: Miracle Day? Yes, I have finally caught up. But you need to tell me these things, people!
I also have a new layout to go along with this. Because I love Gwen Cooper so, so much. She started off as a young, green constable running coffee orders for her more experienced colleagues on the Force, and through Torchwood was forged into a warrior. Now she's tough as nails, with an understanding and acceptance of the kind of decisions Jack has had to make, but without losing the heart that still lets her bring people together. The only other woman we know of to survive Torchwood was Lucia Moretti (Alice's mother, and Jack's wife). She taught Alice and Steven to survive, and eventually died of natural causes (heart disease). I told a friend my conclusion recently: of those who survive Torchwood, the men get cursed; the women become warriors.
So what do I want to talk about regarding Torchwood: Miracle Day?
Symbolism! My favourite example to use is the one I came up with at university. "Apple". Say the word and everyone who hears it will think of something different. Some people will think of red apples. Others will think of green apples. Still others Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. Apple computers. Lunch. William Tell. The letters: A-P-P-L-E. Everyone gets different mental associations. Most of us will assume that whatever we think of, others will also think of.
This is why stories are so fascinating to me as a writer and an English student, because when you look at what writers have written, those writers will invariably have written something that they think is just the way things are. They won't even have realised how many subconscious assumptions and associations have crept into their writing.
I thought of that when I thought about Miracle Day. Particularly in thinking about the Blessing.
The Blessing shows us who we are. Everyone sees something different because we are all different.
Jack, Gwen, and Oswald all see themselves reflected back in their own unique ways.
As for me? I see a giant vagina. Not just because I have sex on the brain, but because I see in the Blessing an opening in Mother Earth that gives life, quite literally, and its connection with blood is also graphically obvious.
I don't know if that's what the powers behind the scenes intended (I suspect they did), but that's what I see.
Incidentally, I love this icon. I love the sense of space it evokes. The picture is of Gwen on Flat Holm Island, and the quote is from the episode "Meat".
I also have a new layout to go along with this. Because I love Gwen Cooper so, so much. She started off as a young, green constable running coffee orders for her more experienced colleagues on the Force, and through Torchwood was forged into a warrior. Now she's tough as nails, with an understanding and acceptance of the kind of decisions Jack has had to make, but without losing the heart that still lets her bring people together. The only other woman we know of to survive Torchwood was Lucia Moretti (Alice's mother, and Jack's wife). She taught Alice and Steven to survive, and eventually died of natural causes (heart disease). I told a friend my conclusion recently: of those who survive Torchwood, the men get cursed; the women become warriors.
So what do I want to talk about regarding Torchwood: Miracle Day?
Symbolism! My favourite example to use is the one I came up with at university. "Apple". Say the word and everyone who hears it will think of something different. Some people will think of red apples. Others will think of green apples. Still others Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. Apple computers. Lunch. William Tell. The letters: A-P-P-L-E. Everyone gets different mental associations. Most of us will assume that whatever we think of, others will also think of.
This is why stories are so fascinating to me as a writer and an English student, because when you look at what writers have written, those writers will invariably have written something that they think is just the way things are. They won't even have realised how many subconscious assumptions and associations have crept into their writing.
I thought of that when I thought about Miracle Day. Particularly in thinking about the Blessing.
The Blessing shows us who we are. Everyone sees something different because we are all different.
Jack, Gwen, and Oswald all see themselves reflected back in their own unique ways.
As for me? I see a giant vagina. Not just because I have sex on the brain, but because I see in the Blessing an opening in Mother Earth that gives life, quite literally, and its connection with blood is also graphically obvious.
I don't know if that's what the powers behind the scenes intended (I suspect they did), but that's what I see.
Incidentally, I love this icon. I love the sense of space it evokes. The picture is of Gwen on Flat Holm Island, and the quote is from the episode "Meat".
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