See, this is where the logic falls apart for me. If Jack is somehow being drained, so that he's now mortal while everyone else is undying, then why do they try to kill him at the start? Seems to me that they might want him captured, but not killed. Well if he's dead, no one can reverse it [the miracle] - presumably. (Unlike the Immortality Gate - I think this is not transferring Jack's template onto everyone, but literally reversing it. And if the miracle *can* reversed, you'd presumably need Jack in order to do so, which means that 'they' want him dead.)
Anyway, I'm not really capable of overthinking it, since I'm pretty sure it's as straightforward as it seems - RTD tends to echo Joss in these matters:
"So if we can get past that [awkward plot stuff] by saying 'These things happen when you're on a Hellmouth' then you can get to what's important!"
Rusty operates in the same way: Fairly straightforward plot which sets up all the issues he's interested in. Look at the 456 - they were merely a tool enabling Rusty explore moral dilemmas. So yeah, I think Jack's now mortal. There could be a twist of course, but there needn't be. Esp since Jack's sudden mortality is a good thing to explore. (Actually, just Jack believing that he's mortal is what he's exploring. Whether he is or not is plot related. The characters stuff is... removed from that? The important thing is that Jack thinks he's mortal.)
Good lord I hope I make sense. It's been a LOOOOOOONG week.
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Well if he's dead, no one can reverse it [the miracle] - presumably. (Unlike the Immortality Gate - I think this is not transferring Jack's template onto everyone, but literally reversing it. And if the miracle *can* reversed, you'd presumably need Jack in order to do so, which means that 'they' want him dead.)
Anyway, I'm not really capable of overthinking it, since I'm pretty sure it's as straightforward as it seems - RTD tends to echo Joss in these matters:
"So if we can get past that [awkward plot stuff] by saying 'These things happen when you're on a Hellmouth' then you can get to what's important!"
Rusty operates in the same way: Fairly straightforward plot which sets up all the issues he's interested in. Look at the 456 - they were merely a tool enabling Rusty explore moral dilemmas. So yeah, I think Jack's now mortal. There could be a twist of course, but there needn't be. Esp since Jack's sudden mortality is a good thing to explore. (Actually, just Jack believing that he's mortal is what he's exploring. Whether he is or not is plot related. The characters stuff is... removed from that? The important thing is that Jack thinks he's mortal.)
Good lord I hope I make sense. It's been a LOOOOOOONG week.