" therefore the "when did you ever ask me anything about my life" line doesn't have a lot more emotional impact in my view if they had or hadn't been in a sexual relationship at that point."
huh. that's interesting. i didn't think of it like that. i was kind of going off of my gut reaction with that one. i guess i was going with the idea that ianto may have gotten attached then he d be willing to admit if they re sleeping together, and that throwing that line out at him is a reference to such a common move for a jerk to make to someone he's sleeping with.
but you do have a point, Jack is the kind for ground rules, and it would've been clear to both that it was "don't ask dont tell"
i guess it becomes more powerful if you look at it from the point of view that ianto WANTED to get caught. but i could just be making that up right now, also, and be totally dead wrong.
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Date: 2008-07-30 01:22 am (UTC)huh. that's interesting. i didn't think of it like that. i was kind of going off of my gut reaction with that one. i guess i was going with the idea that ianto may have gotten attached then he d be willing to admit if they re sleeping together, and that throwing that line out at him is a reference to such a common move for a jerk to make to someone he's sleeping with.
but you do have a point, Jack is the kind for ground rules, and it would've been clear to both that it was "don't ask dont tell"
i guess it becomes more powerful if you look at it from the point of view that ianto WANTED to get caught. but i could just be making that up right now, also, and be totally dead wrong.