ext_17671 ([identity profile] jvowles.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dreamer_easy 2008-01-23 11:44 pm (UTC)

Ah, but Doctor Who is about heroes, and Sarah Jane is about heroes. Both of them idealize their central characters for the most part; even at its angstiest, Doctor Who rarely delves into the really dark parts of the Doctor's life -- though the "angry god"/"sometimes you need someone to stop you" bits stand out. And Sarah Jane? At most she worries about whether she's needlessly imperilling the kids.

Torchwood is about broken people who happen to fight aliens. The show is about the wonderfully messy, screwed-up nature of humans, about bad choices and misunderstandings. Any heroism is accidental.

As for the Owen scene -- is a pheromone spray any more of a cheat than makeup, hygiene, nose job, hair coloring, working out, etc.?

Clearly he's *cheating* at the dating game; that's the point. Whether it amounts to rape depends on whether the spray overrides the "victim's" self control completely, or merely lowers their inhibitions like booze can....or indeed, whether the thing boosts Owen's creepy sex appeal rather than altering the other person's perceptions.

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