I've noticed this season that as Owen has 'loosened up' and let other people into his life, as he's become a more complete human being, his facial expressions and his body language have changed. The more he smiles, and the more vulnerable he is, the more attractive he becomes.
Re: his mouth - well, the first thing I saw him do was Guppy in Bleak House, and he was a totally wretched, creepy soul in that. His mouth was a straight line all the way through. I think that to the extent one gets typecast in the UK (which is a lot less than in the US), he's probably reconciled himself to the idea that he's going to be playing unpleasant characters a lot, and he knows what he needs to do to look unpleasant. Poor guy!
I know what you mean about all the Torchwood characters seeming larger than life, and it being hard to take them seriously. It's a much more realistic show than Dr. Who, but there is still a WTF? element to it, aside from the aliens ;-)
I confess, I didn't really think of Owen's actions early on as non-con, but rather sex-starved stupid male jerk, i.e. same old, same old *g*. And I never got the feeling that he really wanted to hurt anyone. I sensed emotional neediness even in the earliest eps.
I did find him interesting, i.e. sexy, from the first ep, and I was very aware that I was meant to find him disgusting and that everyone else I talked to couldn't stand him. And I was like, what can I tell ya? Heh. I guess I'd have to describe it as an energy Gorman puts into the character..a strange sort of pain-laced electricity that made me sit up and take notice of Owen. Kind of frenetically, desperately unhappy, and an emotional train wreck waiting to happen. I sensed pain in him immediately. Here's a guy who behaves the way he does because he hurts, was my first thought. And then yes, definitely, after the ep where he saw the girl's murder, I was hooked even more, and looked forward to the eps I knew were coming where we learned more about him.
I have to say that Tosh is the one character on the show that makes me go "ewww!". Not that I thought it was fine for him to behave so cruelly towards her, but it also hasn't affected me much *g*. I do think that he and Tosh are going to have a "more normal" (ha!) relationship from now on - but I'm wondering what the writers are going to do with Owen's...situation...
I was very affected by the ep where Owen gave so much, sacrificed himself and ended up you-know-what (are we still not saying?). I felt it was a 50/50 motivation - half that he was actually being selfless, and half that he was so terminally, deeply depressed about his life that he just didn't care, and I found that terribly sad. Come to mama, sweetie! [Mwahahahaha!]
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Date: 2008-03-23 04:51 am (UTC)I've noticed this season that as Owen has 'loosened up' and let other people into his life, as he's become a more complete human being, his facial expressions and his body language have changed. The more he smiles, and the more vulnerable he is, the more attractive he becomes.
Re: his mouth - well, the first thing I saw him do was Guppy in Bleak House, and he was a totally wretched, creepy soul in that. His mouth was a straight line all the way through. I think that to the extent one gets typecast in the UK (which is a lot less than in the US), he's probably reconciled himself to the idea that he's going to be playing unpleasant characters a lot, and he knows what he needs to do to look unpleasant. Poor guy!
I know what you mean about all the Torchwood characters seeming larger than life, and it being hard to take them seriously. It's a much more realistic show than Dr. Who, but there is still a WTF? element to it, aside from the aliens ;-)
I confess, I didn't really think of Owen's actions early on as non-con, but rather sex-starved stupid male jerk, i.e. same old, same old *g*. And I never got the feeling that he really wanted to hurt anyone. I sensed emotional neediness even in the earliest eps.
I did find him interesting, i.e. sexy, from the first ep, and I was very aware that I was meant to find him disgusting and that everyone else I talked to couldn't stand him. And I was like, what can I tell ya? Heh. I guess I'd have to describe it as an energy Gorman puts into the character..a strange sort of pain-laced electricity that made me sit up and take notice of Owen. Kind of frenetically, desperately unhappy, and an emotional train wreck waiting to happen. I sensed pain in him immediately. Here's a guy who behaves the way he does because he hurts, was my first thought.
And then yes, definitely, after the ep where he saw the girl's murder, I was hooked even more, and looked forward to the eps I knew were coming where we learned more about him.
I have to say that Tosh is the one character on the show that makes me go "ewww!". Not that I thought it was fine for him to behave so cruelly towards her, but it also hasn't affected me much *g*. I do think that he and Tosh are going to have a "more normal" (ha!) relationship from now on - but I'm wondering what the writers are going to do with Owen's...situation...
I was very affected by the ep where Owen gave so much, sacrificed himself and ended up you-know-what (are we still not saying?). I felt it was a 50/50 motivation - half that he was actually being selfless, and half that he was so terminally, deeply depressed about his life that he just didn't care, and I found that terribly sad. Come to mama, sweetie! [Mwahahahaha!]