Russell T. Davies

[ericadawn16]

Oh, that, that man! Here he is discussing "Captain Jack Harkness"

AfterElton: I think it's one of the most romantic episodes I've ever seen.
Russell T Davies: I loved the fact the original Captain Jack died the next day. I think it’s hilarious. I think he must have been flying his plane going “No, I’m gay! I’m gay!” Then he crashed. Gayness killed him.

Part of me wants to think he's being sarcastic but even at my blackest, I'd never say such a thing. Is that because I'm coming from a Heterosexual viewpoint? Is this an innocent coping mechanism for dealing with shit in the past for being gay himself?

Because I kind of want to hit something, why would you find that hilarious???

*must stop reading anything that comes out of that man's mouth*

The whole AfterElton Interview

Comments

[politicette.livejournal.com]

Well obviously there's stuff we queers can say, and jokes that we can make that non-queer people can't. Like, stuff that we reclaim. But there's still stuff that just isn't cool and idk idk.

Maybe he was making a joke about the dead queers trope and it didn't translate well to print?

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well, he was bashed a bit for his contribution to that trope in Torchwood. Out of six characters who have had same-sex kisses onscreen, four died and only one came back on a regular basis.

He claims his previous work proves he wasn't writing with that trope in mind because of his previous work, but I don't see why someone's previous work from ten or fifteen years ago should still be relevant in this case especially when those were comedies and Torchwood is a drama. Obviously, when it's a drama or realistic, he seems to think the gays always die.

[politicette.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know tbh, because I don't watch TW? But it sounds to me like he probably has a lot of internalized *~*issues. IDK.