TORCHWOOD FANFICS TROPES AND STEREOTYPES

TORCHWOOD FANFICS TROPES AND STEREOTYPES

(Because lately I’ve read too many fanfics and I don’t know what to do with all that knowledge)

THE TEAM

- they never sleep apparently

- Always drinking Ianto’s coffee but at the same time always ask Ianto for coffee (?)

- When writers need some fluff to happen they use the phrase “the rift was strangely quiet that week, there was just a bunch of weevils to hunt” uh, how convenient.

- If I see another post countrycide fic istg

- Why there are so many coe fix-it and just a bunch of exit wounds fix-it?

- When a fic is post exit wounds there is always this angsty air around about hiring some new people (just write some fluffy before coe fic for my mental health please)

-The team either eats pizza or chinese, that’s it.

JACK

- he’s always horny (but that’s also in canon so idk)

- Doesn’t really pay that much attention to Gwen which is just because janto shippers are salty

- He’s either very angsty brooding on a rooftop or super happy without a reason, there’s no between

- Innuendos

- People only write about his ptsd after tytnw but never about his past :(

- If he doesn’t comment about Ianto’s suit is he really Jack?

- Goes looking for Ianto in the archives for S E X all the time

- Jumps in front of bullets for fun and Ianto is always grrrr

- “U canT unDerStanD immOrtalitY” or “I wouLd’T wiSh it On mY worsT enemy so no IANTO U CANT BECOME IMMORTAL”

- Hates paperwork, you wonder what did he do without Ianto before

TOSH

- She’s needed for checking CCTV and hacking but most of the time writers forget to characterize her :’(

- Ten times more shy around Owen than canon

- Apparently she’s Ianto’s BFF when in canon we have almost no scenes with them (I wish there were ugh)

- Pls write more about her that it isn’t in correlation with Owen or Ianto

OWEN

- I swear this man never calls Ianto by his name in fics, he only calls him Teaboy

- The phrase “He went into doctor mode” just appears whenever someone is hurt

- People forget to write him bi :(

- Owen/Ianto friendship fics are amazing and soft

- HE IS EITHER A F ASSHOLE or just a softie

- Write more about his relationship with Jack don’t forget them pls!

- Always doing some autopsies on weevils or a hoix

- Owen/Tosh in janto fics is also amazing

- He’s either Ianto’s big brother or cares about Ianto only for his coffee

- Where is his relationship with Gwen? No I don’t mean their sexual relationship, I mean their amazing friendship

IANTO

- Writers love to make him suffer (it’s me, I’m writers)

- Why does he blush so much in fics? I don’t remember him blushing that much in canon

- Apparently you haven’t tasted real coffee if you haven’t tasted Ianto’s

- The trope “Ianto’s has a secret” fic is so overdone but DAMN they’re all good so keep doing lord’s work writers

- Ianto in fics: I have a mask, I never smile, I’m a shadow.

Ianto in canon: so who wants Chinese :)? *laughs so much at the most random jokes*

- If I see one more post cyberwoman fic I’m gonna riot (also me: oh look! Post cyberwoman fic 🥰)

- Apparently this man always overworks himself and hasn’t eaten in months

- He spends so much time in the archives when in canon they rarely acknowledge his role as an archivist.

-stopwatches. that’s it.

GWEN

- Gwen bashers will invent the most crazy and ooc shit to make you hate her, when canon things she said/done are ENOUGH

- Let’s be honest when writers write her in love just with Rhys things are better (let’s not think about her I love you to Jack in S2)

- Apparently Rhys constantly cooks her amazing lasagne and she’s almost never there to eat them

- When there is Gwen/Ianto friendship I’m: 🥺

- When she actually puts her years in the police into torchwood work>>>

- She’s the mama hen of the group but is she really?

RHYS

- I love this man in fics and canon

-it’s hilarious anytime he doesn’t catch on jack/Ianto relationship

-he really loves Gwen

-he’s a saint really

JOHN

- fanon!John is usually really close to canon. Fic writers just have to decide if he’s the villain of their story or the helper.

- If he’s the villain then the other characters are literally fucked, villain!John is chaos and will shoot your favorite character

- If he’s the helper then he’s just a hornier Owen.

- Also he never calls Ianto by his name, Eye-candy is his go to.

SUZIE

- she’s a murdered, but fic writers love her. (She almost never shows up but when she does she’s probably the most interesting character in the fic)

The Weasleys were Harry’s favorite family in the world.

✨manifesting✨ Thirteen apologizing to Jack for the way she treated him during her tenth regeneration 🤞🏼🥰

prayer circle that in the special Jack will be treated as a serious character like they did in torchwood and not as comic relief as they usually do in dw 🙏🏼 🤞🏼

My day be so bad and then BOOM Captain Jack Harkness

Every day I wake up and think about Dean Winchester