I too was perplexed by the claim that Adam "shows us neither of them really need each other hugely in order to function as pretty much the same human being." In my mind, that's more or less a credit to their relationship, not something that diminishes it. If it isn't something that is built on neediness and codependency... that seems rather healthy to me.
It's interesting, too, that even without the memories (and we don't know exactly how much they lost, though Ianto's "Love's blind" comment definately leads me to believe that he's forgotten Lisa, and since it's significant that Adam is now Jack's confidant, any Jack/Ianto relationship is probably a lot more casual), they retain their faith in eachother.
To me that suggests that their relationship is, in fact, based in trust and personal connection, rather than in circumstances (which they've forgotten). You could see it as being a subtle parallel of Gwen/Rhys, since Rhys too expresses a concern that without the memories of circumstances, they've got nothing.
I wonder what would have happened to Gwen/Rhys if Rhys had also forgotten.
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Date: 2008-05-20 04:54 pm (UTC)I too was perplexed by the claim that Adam "shows us neither of them really need each other hugely in order to function as pretty much the same human being." In my mind, that's more or less a credit to their relationship, not something that diminishes it. If it isn't something that is built on neediness and codependency... that seems rather healthy to me.
It's interesting, too, that even without the memories (and we don't know exactly how much they lost, though Ianto's "Love's blind" comment definately leads me to believe that he's forgotten Lisa, and since it's significant that Adam is now Jack's confidant, any Jack/Ianto relationship is probably a lot more casual), they retain their faith in eachother.
To me that suggests that their relationship is, in fact, based in trust and personal connection, rather than in circumstances (which they've forgotten). You could see it as being a subtle parallel of Gwen/Rhys, since Rhys too expresses a concern that without the memories of circumstances, they've got nothing.
I wonder what would have happened to Gwen/Rhys if Rhys had also forgotten.