Mutual crushing. Which probably never would have gone anywhere, anyway. Coming to a screeching halt on Jack's part the moment he felt the ring.
That was my interp. Because for some reason, I do read him as someone who would respect someone else's committment. I also never thought it took anything away from the date scene with Ianto. And was frankly surprised to see the spec online about that. Didn't even occur to me to doubt that he'd spent time thinking about Ianto. Or that he had really wanted to try a date with him. I think he spent time thinking about Gwen too. Although, not necessarily in the same way. He probably used every good memory he could come up with to escape the Valiant.
Point being. I wasn't at all confused by the scene or the 'confusing' timing of the two scenes, because I don't thing there was any relation at all between them. I saw them as two seperate relationships. One was an unresolved crush, and the other was (at the time) a mutual comfort/attraction sexual relationship with the potential to be more.
I'm in the seemingly small portion of fandom that appears to view the relationships in a positive light instead of a negative. I think it tends to make me a little annoyed at fandom, occasionally. But I'm willing to bet I enjoy the show more for it.
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Date: 2008-05-13 05:17 pm (UTC)That was my interp. Because for some reason, I do read him as someone who would respect someone else's committment. I also never thought it took anything away from the date scene with Ianto. And was frankly surprised to see the spec online about that. Didn't even occur to me to doubt that he'd spent time thinking about Ianto. Or that he had really wanted to try a date with him. I think he spent time thinking about Gwen too. Although, not necessarily in the same way. He probably used every good memory he could come up with to escape the Valiant.
Point being. I wasn't at all confused by the scene or the 'confusing' timing of the two scenes, because I don't thing there was any relation at all between them. I saw them as two seperate relationships. One was an unresolved crush, and the other was (at the time) a mutual comfort/attraction sexual relationship with the potential to be more.
I'm in the seemingly small portion of fandom that appears to view the relationships in a positive light instead of a negative. I think it tends to make me a little annoyed at fandom, occasionally. But I'm willing to bet I enjoy the show more for it.