I think that the blogs aren't all that inconsistent! After all they are just light banter. There is no I wuv you, or any other declarations. To suggest Ianto handcuffs Jack is hardly the most romantic thing. I have always enjoyed them as a lighthearted little filler. I really don't think they are meant to be any more than that.
I always enjoy your views, but I just don't think these blogs are very serious. I can see that those obsessed with Gwen/Jack may get upset, because the one thing I think they say, is that Jack/Ianto is played out off screen. To me RTD's writing in DW this season said exactly the same thing.
I also think it would have been awful to have Jack shag a different character every week, it would have been James T Kirk only worse, as that was the 60's when it was a new idea, now he would just seem like a sleazy git. They clearly knew that, and I think have come up with a nice way of dealing with it.
I'm pretty sure that you are British? It just seems to me that British crime/sci fi drama often deals with relationships like this. Even characters that are married etc, in crime dramas it is mostly a background thing, and not really ever given much time. Only soaps go into depth with relationships. I don't really think there has ever been that much Jack/Gwen, it can be read in so many ways, father/daughter, friendship, or crush. Certainly the irritating googly eyes seemed to stop altogether after the wedding, and were totally absent from DW.
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Date: 2008-07-17 07:54 pm (UTC)I always enjoy your views, but I just don't think these blogs are very serious. I can see that those obsessed with Gwen/Jack may get upset, because the one thing I think they say, is that Jack/Ianto is played out off screen. To me RTD's writing in DW this season said exactly the same thing.
I also think it would have been awful to have Jack shag a different character every week, it would have been James T Kirk only worse, as that was the 60's when it was a new idea, now he would just seem like a sleazy git. They clearly knew that, and I think have come up with a nice way of dealing with it.
I'm pretty sure that you are British? It just seems to me that British crime/sci fi drama often deals with relationships like this. Even characters that are married etc, in crime dramas it is mostly a background thing, and not really ever given much time. Only soaps go into depth with relationships. I don't really think there has ever been that much Jack/Gwen, it can be read in so many ways, father/daughter, friendship, or crush. Certainly the irritating googly eyes seemed to stop altogether after the wedding, and were totally absent from DW.