So, anyway...

[tencrush]

kateorman made this:



I like to think she made it for me. So...


HE'S SO DEAD. Seriously, see, the thing is, from a dramatic point of view the story has now, after The Dead Line, reached a point where I will be kind of disappointed if Ianto doesn't die in Children of Earth. It really seems to me like somebody's engineering the tale towards something of an inevitable conclusion.

Of course now, because it's suddenly coming across like somebody's actually putting some thought into some sort of story arc in Torchwood, Ianto WON'T die. Because Ianto dying would make dramatic sense. And nobody ACTUALLY puts this much thought into Torchwood.

I keep talking about this inevitable death when really, I think the chances are about 50-50. From a logical point of view, if there really is a series 4, I can't imagine they'd want to kill off Ianto now, given his popularity, if indeed they're aware of his popularity, which I think they are. On the other hand I fear, like I said a few days ago, that Ianto might be that character that's employed in Russell's time-honoured tradition of making supporting characters suffer in order to prove to us that the main characters are awesome enough to be worth suffering for. (Also, those stills from episode 5 showing only Gwen and Rhys involved in what is obviously the dramatic-saving-of-the-children-ending kind of fill me with dread.)

All in all, I'm just not sure. I'm still swinging towards Ianto-death. (Or voluntary retcon, of course, I can't stress that one enough because it totally makes sense, and also because that one leaves a possible S4 open to debate on the subject of bringing Ianto back somehow.)

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[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

That manip is adorable! And hilarious! *steals*

"I keep talking about this inevitable death when really, I think the chances are about 50-50."

I think this is where I'm at now, but only because I've convinced myself that Torchwood, as a whole, is as likely to be given the "now he's gone, now he's not" treatment as Ianto is. Because (here follows the wishful thinking wild theory)...

After the Asylum radio play, it was mentioned in a few places that Torchwood will obviously have partial or total control of the rift in the future, add to that the possibility that the ### aliens might be a part of the "everything changes" that Jack's been predicting/dreading, and the sum total might be that Torchwood as we know it will END with S03. So, that eventual S04 that the actors keep hinting at and assuring us of the possibility for? - it might have a completely different premise from the TW we've seen so far, one in which Jack and TW3 aren't flailing after what falls through the rift randomly, but are steering and controlling the flow of the rift.

And I'm probably imagining this because of all the ways something along those lines could allow for a dead or retconned Ianto to be brought back into Jack's TW3. (Denial is a wonderful thing.)