Ianto looks like a trodden-upon boytoy who just takes it (in the ass, yes I know you were thinking it, well done, you)
This made me LOL entirely too hard.
I agree with all of what you said. I myself think it's probably mostly the result of James Moran being a Jack/Ianto fan and not so much the result of any devious planning from TPTGB. Mainly because of all the fans that watch the show, only a fairly small fraction probably read the BBCA Captain's Blogs at all, so using them to appease the fanbase with Jack/Ianto doesn't really make sense because it would still leave the sizeable portion of the fans that don't read the Blog wanting more Jack/Ianto. I myself am determined to be optimistic and hope for some more serious Jack/Ianto development on the show just because it's too painful to be cynical. And we've had no real indication either way about where they plan to direct the relationship now.
Also, on the Jack/Gwen front, I have the feeling that that's basically done after "Something Borrowed." "Adrift" had a lot of scenes where Jack and Gwen interacted but I didn't see ANY Jack/Gwen in it, so I think that's a good sign. I think at this point the writers have basically realized that there isn't much to get from pursuing that relationship.
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This made me LOL entirely too hard.
I agree with all of what you said. I myself think it's probably mostly the result of James Moran being a Jack/Ianto fan and not so much the result of any devious planning from TPTGB. Mainly because of all the fans that watch the show, only a fairly small fraction probably read the BBCA Captain's Blogs at all, so using them to appease the fanbase with Jack/Ianto doesn't really make sense because it would still leave the sizeable portion of the fans that don't read the Blog wanting more Jack/Ianto. I myself am determined to be optimistic and hope for some more serious Jack/Ianto development on the show just because it's too painful to be cynical. And we've had no real indication either way about where they plan to direct the relationship now.
Also, on the Jack/Gwen front, I have the feeling that that's basically done after "Something Borrowed." "Adrift" had a lot of scenes where Jack and Gwen interacted but I didn't see ANY Jack/Gwen in it, so I think that's a good sign. I think at this point the writers have basically realized that there isn't much to get from pursuing that relationship.