*g* Every time I argue about this I feel like I'm starting to sound like the crazier kind of HP fans that always tell JKR to shut up and not spoil their canon by giving out additional information.
I guess my problem with the Blog is that my mind is analytical rather than imaginative and doesn't immediately try to fill in blanks or think up backstories, so when I see one thing in the show and then read what to me is a rather different version of this relationship on the Blog, my brain tends to go into either/or mode, and starts to consider the possible reasons for the differences, instead of trying to find a way to make both versions fit.
And I guess what makes me prejudiced is that I still feel it's a bit of a cheap cop-out, having so much of the emotional relationship stuff off-screen, and Moran's wording ('make you see scenes in a different light', 'cheeky retcons') for me only emphasis that what he was writing in the Blog wasn't what was actually happening in the episodes.
That this got approved hopefully at least means TPTB are aware of what a good part of fandom wants, and so maybe won't try to kill Ianto again next season, but beyond that? I would feel more secure if he'd said that what he'd written was the official version/consensus, rather than just his interpretation. Strictly speaking the Blog is probably more legitimate, but if I were writing fanfic, and, e.g., had to decide between the Blog's version and something JB or GDL said (provided they were being serious and not just kidding around, obviously), I'd pick their version, because they're the ones who have to keep track of their characters throughout the season and through scripts coming from different writers that at least sometimes bring out rather different sides of the characters.
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I guess my problem with the Blog is that my mind is analytical rather than imaginative and doesn't immediately try to fill in blanks or think up backstories, so when I see one thing in the show and then read what to me is a rather different version of this relationship on the Blog, my brain tends to go into either/or mode, and starts to consider the possible reasons for the differences, instead of trying to find a way to make both versions fit.
And I guess what makes me prejudiced is that I still feel it's a bit of a cheap cop-out, having so much of the emotional relationship stuff off-screen, and Moran's wording ('make you see scenes in a different light', 'cheeky retcons') for me only emphasis that what he was writing in the Blog wasn't what was actually happening in the episodes.
That this got approved hopefully at least means TPTB are aware of what a good part of fandom wants, and so maybe won't try to kill Ianto again next season, but beyond that? I would feel more secure if he'd said that what he'd written was the official version/consensus, rather than just his interpretation. Strictly speaking the Blog is probably more legitimate, but if I were writing fanfic, and, e.g., had to decide between the Blog's version and something JB or GDL said (provided they were being serious and not just kidding around, obviously), I'd pick their version, because they're the ones who have to keep track of their characters throughout the season and through scripts coming from different writers that at least sometimes bring out rather different sides of the characters.