Gwen is utterly fascinated by the Doctor. She finds him to be quirky, friendly, excitable; in a way, he's sort of a celebrity to her. Very mythical in his own way, and she's oddly fascinated and slightly put off by him. She doesn't really understand his interest in Earth, but she's thankful for it, though she is really plagued by the realization that he won't always be there to ride in on a white horse and save the world from disaster.
This isn't so much a disappointment to her as a forced understanding that regardless of his past actions and his seemingly endless power, he can only do so much for the human race. So thinking about him causes duality in her mind; on the one hand, she hopes Earth will always have a strong ally in the Doctor. On the other, she knows that part of her responsibility as a member of Torchwood is to fill in when the Doctor won't be there to save him. Especially after the events in CoE, Gwen knows that she should look at the Doctor more as an example of what she should do, rather than a crutch to turn to whenever the Earth is in peril.
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Date: 2009-08-03 04:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-05 06:25 am (UTC)This isn't so much a disappointment to her as a forced understanding that regardless of his past actions and his seemingly endless power, he can only do so much for the human race. So thinking about him causes duality in her mind; on the one hand, she hopes Earth will always have a strong ally in the Doctor. On the other, she knows that part of her responsibility as a member of Torchwood is to fill in when the Doctor won't be there to save him. Especially after the events in CoE, Gwen knows that she should look at the Doctor more as an example of what she should do, rather than a crutch to turn to whenever the Earth is in peril.