#but like s2 tries to shove three canon pairings at me. WRONG i want w/e was going on in s1 where everyone was doing insane shit w each othe

[jakowskis]

u kno whats one of my fav things abt torchwood actually. i think its depiction of explicit 'adult' themes and particularly sex itself is rlly... juvenile and gauche, but one of the things about torchwood is it manages to do this thing where... if they mean to do something, it's a mess, but if they... don't specifically mean to, it's Good. like, the subtext is ALWAYS better than the text in this show imo. and one example is in the show's relationship with sexuality.

one of the first things i found compelling about the show, on my first watch through, was the general sexual energy of the characters - the way they're always kind of eyeing each other, always toying with each other and flirting a bit, that sort of thing. this is, of course, in their day to day casual moments at work. i think those little moments, where someone throws someone a smirk, where there's lingering eye contact, where they're snarking back and forth, the constant flirtation and teasing - i find those moments more sensual and compelling than any of the more explicitly 'steamy' scenes. this may also have something to do with the fact that my idea of peak sensuality is scenes in old noir films where the detective lights the femme fatale's cigarette for her and she holds his gaze unblinkingly and their hands brush... that sort of thing.

and torchwood kind of dabbles in that realm of... i dunno what you'd even call it, i guess it's seduction, ultimately, only in torchwood it's pervasive and ongoing haha. this is ofc my poly tw agenda speaking but you just get the sense that any two characters could, and might, end up together. will they wont they, yknow? and i live for that shit. and torchwood has it in thirty directions! and certain fanfic writers see that angle and latch onto it and allow that sort of... flirtatious circling of each other to evolve into genuine seduction... unf. hotter than smut. and i quite enjoy smut haha