I can't begin to thank you for writing this. This - exactly - are my thoughts, my take on CoE and Jack, that I've just not been able to put down. (If I had it would have been run-away meta like this - I, too, just write and write...)
I wish I had anything intelligent to add, but I'm all overwhelmed. I have an essay on Jack and heroism brewing, and post-CoE fic, and this has definitely helped clarify things for me. So thank you again. I might come back later, once I've thought things through.
ETA: Re. hommophobia etc. I always loved Torchwood's omni-sexual bubble, where everyone might end up with anyone, but I actually *liked* that they took the characters out of the Hub and had them deal with the 'real world', where people are still wary of same-sex couples and Jack's charisma doesn't magically wow everyone into happy acceptance.
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Date: 2009-08-20 07:34 pm (UTC)I wish I had anything intelligent to add, but I'm all overwhelmed. I have an essay on Jack and heroism brewing, and post-CoE fic, and this has definitely helped clarify things for me. So thank you again. I might come back later, once I've thought things through.
ETA: Re. hommophobia etc. I always loved Torchwood's omni-sexual bubble, where everyone might end up with anyone, but I actually *liked* that they took the characters out of the Hub and had them deal with the 'real world', where people are still wary of same-sex couples and Jack's charisma doesn't magically wow everyone into happy acceptance.