Sorry to... be awkward, but can I take issue with both of these statements?
(from RTD’s frankly sickening dismissal of fans’ reactions to Ianto’s death to Moffat’s really gross comments about Karen Gillan’s attractiveness level)
The reason RTD became so harsh was because fans sent death threats to the writer of Day 4, and this pissed him off. Incidentally, when he first watched the rushes, he was in tears - he talks about it in The Writers Tale, and about how he both created and killed Ianto and how extraordinary that is to have that kind of power, and how he's managed to upset himself. (Ianto was my SPECIAL BOY and RTD broke my heart. But I still think that [some] fans reaction was completely unacceptable. I was there, and it was hugely unpleasant.)
Re. Moffat's comments about Karen, then I'm guessing you're talking about this? Which... I found really funny? Presumably you take issue with the fact that he was worried she wasn't 'pretty enough' to be a companion, but he was obviously impressed enough to be ready to brush that aside. Is it symptomatic of our culture of Pretty People? Probably. But the fact that he was expecting to see 'a beach ball', and would have cast her even if she was one, is something I put in his plus column.
/end rant. Please feel free to delete or screen this if it's not in keeping with the tone of the post. I am all for positivity and trying to look at the bright sides!
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(from RTD’s frankly sickening dismissal of fans’ reactions to Ianto’s death to Moffat’s really gross comments about Karen Gillan’s attractiveness level)
The reason RTD became so harsh was because fans sent death threats to the writer of Day 4, and this pissed him off. Incidentally, when he first watched the rushes, he was in tears - he talks about it in The Writers Tale, and about how he both created and killed Ianto and how extraordinary that is to have that kind of power, and how he's managed to upset himself. (Ianto was my SPECIAL BOY and RTD broke my heart. But I still think that [some] fans reaction was completely unacceptable. I was there, and it was hugely unpleasant.)
Re. Moffat's comments about Karen, then I'm guessing you're talking about this? Which... I found really funny? Presumably you take issue with the fact that he was worried she wasn't 'pretty enough' to be a companion, but he was obviously impressed enough to be ready to brush that aside. Is it symptomatic of our culture of Pretty People? Probably. But the fact that he was expecting to see 'a beach ball', and would have cast her even if she was one, is something I put in his plus column.
/end rant. Please feel free to delete or screen this if it's not in keeping with the tone of the post. I am all for positivity and trying to look at the bright sides!