Dead Man Walking

[ithildin]

I thought for a bit I was watching a Torchwood/Supernatural crossover! Look! Owen's a demon! Complete with black eyes and cloud things pouring out of his mouth.

The glove? Thing's more buff brother.

Is Owen still undead? I wasn't entirely clear on that bit. They said he still had the energy in him, but I wasn't sure if the death critter leaving him and somehow changed his status.

Can Torchwood keep Martha? Please? That would be so awesome!

Comments

[jerel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Rose-TARDIS brought Jack back to "proper" life. He's alive: he has a heartbeat, brain activity, working internal systems. Owen doesn't. He's a walking corpse.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

Rose-TARDIS brought Jack back with a heartbeat, but she didn't bring him back "right". Jack spent the entire first season of Torchwood wanting to be "fixed". He told the Doctor when asked if he wanted to die he thought he did. Jack and Owen are different kinds of undead, but they both died and were reanimated. The difference is Rose-TARDIS "overdid", bringing Jack back forever, while Owen was brought back without vital signs.

I think part of the reason Jack was able to use the glove second season was the change of his own attitude towards death between first season and second. He told Gwen coaching her on using the first glove you had to connect with the person you were using the glove on to draw them back. Kind of hard to encourage someone to come back when your jealous of them for being able to stay dead. That, and Jack's feelings towards Owen were/are different than his feelings towards Susie were when he tried to use the glove on her.