The problem with Jack/Ianto can be sumed up in one word - ambiguous, ambiguous, ambiguous. We know that Ianto has a strong attachment to Jack - regardless of whether or not it's romantic attachment - but Jack's feelings are not at all clear.
Heck, RTD could tell us straight that whilst Ianto's falling in love with Jack, Jack isn't falling in love with Ianto and I'd find that easier to handle than all of this ambiguous stuff. We know Rhys loves Gwen. We know Rhys worships the ground that Gwen walks on. We know Rhys fell in love with Gwen the minute he first laid eyes on her. We know Rhys thinks that Gwen is "a bloody hero" And the writers and producers wanted us to know that too. So why aren't things so clear cut with Jack and Ianto or indeed Jack and Gwen? Probably because the writers want to keep their options open.
However, I don't think the ambiguous nature of the Janto relationship is going to continue into S3, so I'm not too worried about that at this point in time. :) We'll get some answers one way or another I'm sure.
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Heck, RTD could tell us straight that whilst Ianto's falling in love with Jack, Jack isn't falling in love with Ianto and I'd find that easier to handle than all of this ambiguous stuff. We know Rhys loves Gwen. We know Rhys worships the ground that Gwen walks on. We know Rhys fell in love with Gwen the minute he first laid eyes on her. We know Rhys thinks that Gwen is "a bloody hero" And the writers and producers wanted us to know that too. So why aren't things so clear cut with Jack and Ianto or indeed Jack and Gwen? Probably because the writers want to keep their options open.
However, I don't think the ambiguous nature of the Janto relationship is going to continue into S3, so I'm not too worried about that at this point in time. :) We'll get some answers one way or another I'm sure.