I love double standards like this. Many claim that this is why Gwen is "safe" because she would then become the 'love interest'. Or that she was safe in s1 because it was seen as her being the 'love interest' to Jack. So why is Gwen safe and Ianto not?
Because she would not be the overt love interest, she would be their cliche ridden little "love that cannot be". They could have their cake and eat it too, she and Jack can make moon eyes at each other until kingdom come but never have to act on it because she's OMG! married. It's TV's favourite type of romantic interest, one with a stonking great obstacle, the kind that has been dragged out ad nauseum by show after show. Does she love Rhys? Does she love Jack? Does anyone frankly give a shit by the time they get sick of torturing the viewers? In my heart of hearts I want to believe that RTD et al are better than that but I'm not quite sure I can.
Why not take the opportunity, when you have been paid for an LA appearance (which often includes flights) to come over a bit earlier and see what you can get, or at least get your name out there. To do it around a time when you are being mentioned in the media as one of three leads for the BBCA top rating show, smart boy.
I agree that he is a smart boy but you are still missing the point that if he was indeed putting himself up for pilots then he is looking at roles where he would be expected to sign a contract for several years, to commit to US shooting schedules that in no way leave time for going home to shoot several months of Torchwood no matter whether it's August or December or even next year entirely. Pilot season is a big, ugly meat market, worth the trouble if you want to try your luck for what may turn out to be a long term thing but certainly not the time to be looking a bit of something to tide you over before your real job starts again.
Oh and the persistent spoiler rumours dates back to one post on the Doctor Who Forum where a poster, with limited history on the site, claimed that either Rhys or Ianto will die because they know someone on the production staff. It then got repeated all over the place.
*shrug* Bigger spoilers have come out of smaller sources before today. The first hint I got of Owen's departure fell into my lap from the most unbelievably random and unexpected source that I didn't give it a second thought. Didn't make it not true, did it? Nor will the same three or four of you shouting down anyone who expresses a fear about it with all of your spurious assumptions of why it can't be true. It could be. It might be. I sure as hell hope it won't be. But I'm certainly not going to be stomping around declaring it impossible until I've seen it with my own eyes.
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Because she would not be the overt love interest, she would be their cliche ridden little "love that cannot be". They could have their cake and eat it too, she and Jack can make moon eyes at each other until kingdom come but never have to act on it because she's OMG! married. It's TV's favourite type of romantic interest, one with a stonking great obstacle, the kind that has been dragged out ad nauseum by show after show. Does she love Rhys? Does she love Jack? Does anyone frankly give a shit by the time they get sick of torturing the viewers? In my heart of hearts I want to believe that RTD et al are better than that but I'm not quite sure I can.
Why not take the opportunity, when you have been paid for an LA appearance (which often includes flights) to come over a bit earlier and see what you can get, or at least get your name out there. To do it around a time when you are being mentioned in the media as one of three leads for the BBCA top rating show, smart boy.
I agree that he is a smart boy but you are still missing the point that if he was indeed putting himself up for pilots then he is looking at roles where he would be expected to sign a contract for several years, to commit to US shooting schedules that in no way leave time for going home to shoot several months of Torchwood no matter whether it's August or December or even next year entirely. Pilot season is a big, ugly meat market, worth the trouble if you want to try your luck for what may turn out to be a long term thing but certainly not the time to be looking a bit of something to tide you over before your real job starts again.
Oh and the persistent spoiler rumours dates back to one post on the Doctor Who Forum where a poster, with limited history on the site, claimed that either Rhys or Ianto will die because they know someone on the production staff. It then got repeated all over the place.
*shrug* Bigger spoilers have come out of smaller sources before today. The first hint I got of Owen's departure fell into my lap from the most unbelievably random and unexpected source that I didn't give it a second thought. Didn't make it not true, did it? Nor will the same three or four of you shouting down anyone who expresses a fear about it with all of your spurious assumptions of why it can't be true. It could be. It might be. I sure as hell hope it won't be. But I'm certainly not going to be stomping around declaring it impossible until I've seen it with my own eyes.