aka gwen cooper

Is a rather stupid take I see all the time and I just want to ask…what actual proof is there of that? Like, seriously?

So season one, Gwen is fascinated by Jack and has a bit of a hero worship. Fair enough, he’s the mysterious and dashing stranger.

Then time passes and Jack starts showing his flaws, making mistakes. He leaves and he lies and he lets his team down and he kills a child and it turns out he gave up a bunch of kids as a gift to an unknown alien to live a life of unending misery, and then abandons Gwen when her entire world is crumbling and all her other friends are dead and she’s pregnant and still on the run from Torchwood’s enemies.

And Gwen…still loves him a lot. She still adores him. Watch the two of them together at the end of Miracle Day, watch how happy she is to see him even after they ripped into each other earlier on (I feel like I know you now better than ever). She offers to shoot him herself, despite the pain it will cause her to kill her best friend (and potentially tow other best friends and her dad,) in order to spare him. Watch how she fights Kitzinger in order to rescue Jack and drag him to safety. 

She knows he can be a piece of shit, she knows he no flawless hero. She calls him out in that repeatedly. In fact, she has been doing so literally since Day One. No, literally, her first day on the job, the day she told Jack off for not treating Carys with enough respect, was called Day One. That is how literal Gwen has been aware of Jack’s faults since Day One is.

Actually, even before Day One, because in Everything Changes she points out he has access to vital information regarding a dangerous criminal and is with holding it. 

(The only logic I get for Gwen ‘only seeing the hero not the man and being totally blind to his faults despite calling him out on them repeatedly’ is that in challenging Jack and pushing him to do better, she’s not ‘accepting him for who he truly is’, and that if she loved the man and not the hero she would just let him get on with things his way. Because ‘loving Jack for who he is’ is more important that fighting for her principles.)

So yeah, Gwen starts off not knowing Jack too deeply because..they only just met, and through the series she gets to know him more and more. And throughout all this time, Gwen’s friendship and love for Jack; even when it is tested, endures.

Gwen’s love for Jack never depended on her having a false vision of Jack, she always knew he could be a bit shit, and the more she got to know him, the more she loved him, because through getting to know each other their bond had time to grow.

Okay here we go with the strongest Mitty-ish screenshots:

Why are they the strongest, you ask? Well, if anyone were to look at these pictures without any context or knowledge of the show, I think it’s safe to assume that they would think that these two women are in love with each other, but they’re both secretly pining for the other. I mean, look at how Kitty is looking at Mary here - if that’s not a look of complete adoration, then I don’t know what is.

Next up, we have some more pictures of Kitty looking at Mary lovingly:

These don’t really need explaining. It can be clearly seen that Kitty is giving Mary loving looks here.

Now we have Mary comforting Kitty on the stairs:

You can kind of see Mary’s concern here, and also she’s reassuringly touching Kitty too which is cute.

Here they are being enthusiastic about and enjoying each other’s talks/performances:

In this one, you can see Mary smiling at Kitty, loving her rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’, while nearly everyone else (bar Robin) seems to not be impressed or they’re cringing at how high-pitched her voice is.

And here, you can see Kitty applauding enthusiastically after Mary’s talk in 1.1, while everyone else is not really that impressed.

It’s just cute that they both seem to support and enjoy what each other like to do, especially when everyone else is not so enthusiastic.

Talking about being supportive, here is Mary supporting Kitty when she stands up to the Captain:

Since they’re both not the most confrontational people, it’s just nice to see them support each other here. Look at how Kitty is smiling at Mary here too - she appreciates her support.

Next up is them playing Twister! with each other:

They both look like they’re having so much fun and that they’re happy to be doing it with each other! Just look at the smile on Kitty’s face!

Here they are enjoying each other’s company in 2.5:

Again, they’re just smiling at each other and having a nice time coming up with ways to remember the inventory.

Okay, now here’s another adorable one:

Kitty is enjoying being a bridesmaid, she’s walking down the aisle. But wait - who is she waving to? It’s Mary of course! Idk I just find it really cute that out of everyone she waves at Mary here - it emphasizes that they’re really close to each other in my opinion.

And that’s about it really! Although I will share some final cute screenshots of them two because I can’t help myself:

There they are both looking at the baby together.

There they are both seeing the bride getting ready together and thinking how lovely she looks.

And finally, there they are looking disapprovingly at the Captain together. Mary’s expression in this one is a mood I swear.

here’s a cute screenshot from them in the background of the chritsmas episode when the captain and thomas are playing twister.

Squeeze your eyes shut and scream like a newborn.