There's always been a thought in the back of my mind that there was a reason they never showed any sort of Ianto-reaction to what happened with Jasmine in Small Worlds. Going based entirely off of onscreen canon, Ianto should have been the one person on the team to have an "I told you so!" reaction, instead of the rest of the team's "I can't believe you did that! You didn't even try!" reaction. But they didn't show that. IIRC, they don't show him at all. The one thing they WEREN'T showing in S1, was the actual progression of the Jack/Ianto relationship. They let it simmer behind the scenes, with a few hints and clues, until the last episode. Other than time constraints, the only reason for them not to show his response would be if his reaction were different to the rest of the team, and that reaction furthered the progression of things between Jack and Ianto. So, that's the only reason I could think of for them not to show any kind of hint on where Ianto stood on the issue, when they'd shown the rest of the team's betrayed response. The "Ianto comforting Jack after Small Worlds" fic has become almost as much a fandom "write of passage" (pun intended) as the post-Countrycide Hurt/Comfort fic, because a lot of people noticed the same thing, I think.
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The one thing they WEREN'T showing in S1, was the actual progression of the Jack/Ianto relationship. They let it simmer behind the scenes, with a few hints and clues, until the last episode.
Other than time constraints, the only reason for them not to show his response would be if his reaction were different to the rest of the team, and that reaction furthered the progression of things between Jack and Ianto.
So, that's the only reason I could think of for them not to show any kind of hint on where Ianto stood on the issue, when they'd shown the rest of the team's betrayed response.
The "Ianto comforting Jack after Small Worlds" fic has become almost as much a fandom "write of passage" (pun intended) as the post-Countrycide Hurt/Comfort fic, because a lot of people noticed the same thing, I think.