The Anti Gwen Alliance

Ok.
1st off. I've been a 'watcher' on this community for years - it's Anti-Gwen, how could i not :)
Awhile ago, I gave myself a project of going back through the posts on this site from start to current.
There's _a lot_ of them.
Enjoyed re-reading the fics, the commentary and the rants.
I thought I'd add my 2 cents.

Seems everyone can agree that they didn't like Gwen from the moment she lied to Rhys about being at the murder scene.
I agree but I realized that there's a scene we've overlooked.
The 1st one.
There SHE is, standing in the rain (what is it with the lack of umbrellas?!?), when the word gets passed down.
Clear the area for Special Ops/Torchwood.
Gwen's reaction to that?
"They can't do that!"
...
uuhm, yeaah. I'm pretty sure that not only CAN they but that they ARE doing that.

Did she never hear about interagency cooperations?!?!
I'm not a cop, I just watch cop shows and I KNOW that the Police work with other organizations.
Here in the U.S., tv cop shows have the NSA or the Feds coming in and taking over a case.
It happens.
Yet, there's our 'hero' denying reality.
And this is her FIRST SCENE!!

Then what does she do?
She LEAVES THE MURDER SCENE!
Again, from tv shows, wasn't she supposed to tell people she's left. That way, IF anything else happens, they can account for her?
I'm guessing, when she got back (still shocked/dazed from what she saw), that she told her co-workers that she left to go to the bathroom but I don't see them believing that.

My retake on the scene (aka how to keep Gwen out of Torchwood):
A co-worker reminders her that "yes, they can take over the scene' and gives examples of not just TW taking over a scene but the army or the government. Then the co-workers (re-)explains WHY another organization would come in. (victim's an arms dealer, was an informant, was carrying something that shouldn't be known...)
By the time the re-education of Gwen is done, Torchwood has left the scene.
Gwen never sees the resurrection, (still lies to Rhys), never sees the Torchwood team and, therefore, never sees Jack's coat disappearing up the stairs at the hospital.
No Gwen in Torchwood.
What do you think? Works, right?

Oh, my take on Gwen's background?
(based only on what we learned from 1st season - means we don't know about meeting Rhys in college, her parents and friends...only Andy, who she bails on whenever she wants)
She was a shop girl who got rescued from (?!?) by the cops.
Gwen started noticing how people treat police officers and decided she wanted in.
As a cop, she was now SOMEBODY.
But then came Torchwood and she knew that she had to join THEM to become a bigger SOMEBODY.
.
.
ok, that theory doesn't really work but there's a bit of truth in it, I'm certain of that.
Also, I'm certain that one Billis Manger is the one who points Gwen towards the Police AND, quite possibly, altered records so that she's hired, when Torchwood DOES look at them (and I like to believe that, while Jack does hire impulsively, he also verifies the qualifications - explains Tosh & Owen).

That's it. I could ramble on but this being 1st post, I'll go easy on you ^_^
(there's the whole non-qualifications of Gwen to rant on, after all)
'Night.

- Rose