This is Grand. 10x Grand, to be precise.
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I may be the only one left following the Ianto charity smackdown, but I thought there ought to be a post to commemorate the passing of the 10,000 pound mark.
Ianto Wants a Pony: 2,025.56 (second highest fundraiser for the charity)
Save Ianto Jones: 8,000.25 (*The* top fundraiser for CiN, according to the Just Giving page)
This is the Best. Idea. Ever. It doesn't matter if Save Ianto actually gets Ianto back (I'm remaining pretty skeptical about there being a Torchwood S4 at all, frankly). The triumph is that it's so easy to be snotty about people who send in coffee or pencils or whatever the "thing" drive is for the fan petition du jour. But there's no possible way to blow off (much less patronizingly blow off) that that much money without pinning on an "I'M AN ASSHOLE, ASK ME HOW" sign on that's so big that even people who don't give a rat's ass about TV will be sneering. You just don't diss charitable donations. You certainly don't diss the contributors to the top two individual fundraisers as dumb, hysterical, unable to handle drama, etc., regardless of the impetus!
I doubt it will bring Ianto back. I doubt there's even going to be any more Torchwood to bring him back to, in tie-ins or on TV. But just for introducing a form of protest that cannot be dismissed, for saving two horses and countless children, for expanding the long-standing connection between fandom and charity - this whole thing should be noted as a Great Moment in Fannish History.
I may be the only one left following the Ianto charity smackdown, but I thought there ought to be a post to commemorate the passing of the 10,000 pound mark.
Ianto Wants a Pony: 2,025.56 (second highest fundraiser for the charity)
Save Ianto Jones: 8,000.25 (*The* top fundraiser for CiN, according to the Just Giving page)
This is the Best. Idea. Ever. It doesn't matter if Save Ianto actually gets Ianto back (I'm remaining pretty skeptical about there being a Torchwood S4 at all, frankly). The triumph is that it's so easy to be snotty about people who send in coffee or pencils or whatever the "thing" drive is for the fan petition du jour. But there's no possible way to blow off (much less patronizingly blow off) that that much money without pinning on an "I'M AN ASSHOLE, ASK ME HOW" sign on that's so big that even people who don't give a rat's ass about TV will be sneering. You just don't diss charitable donations. You certainly don't diss the contributors to the top two individual fundraisers as dumb, hysterical, unable to handle drama, etc., regardless of the impetus!
I doubt it will bring Ianto back. I doubt there's even going to be any more Torchwood to bring him back to, in tie-ins or on TV. But just for introducing a form of protest that cannot be dismissed, for saving two horses and countless children, for expanding the long-standing connection between fandom and charity - this whole thing should be noted as a Great Moment in Fannish History.
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Date: 2009-10-05 11:12 pm (UTC)Between thee and me, I'm a bit surprised that they aren't, considering the high ratings of CoE. The backlash would come under "the only bad PR is not being talked about."
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Date: 2009-10-05 11:21 pm (UTC)Also Brit TV is far less locked into set schedules than the U.S., which may be a factor.......
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Date: 2009-10-06 12:30 am (UTC)True... but. I still remain skeptical. RTD's angstful worldview doesn't mesh at heart with Moffat's more upbeat angle; as Moffat takes the mothership in his own direction, it's going to leave some of Davies' ideas behind. Up to and including what Jack became on Torchwood, which was by the end unrecognizable from the character introduced in Empty Child.
Frankly, I'm more than ready for the change, because I have no intention of ever forgiving RTD the snuff film that CoE became. Blink and Empty Child were more than adequate evidence that drama, even horror, does not require an ever rising, ever more graphic body count.