I also think that without immortal Jack, this story wasn't a Torchwood story. And the only way the immortality was really going to work in the story, was for Jack to die with someone he "loved". And then Ianto's death became a necessity. It wasn't a natural development of the story, it was a decision by the writers to make everything fit. Quite why RTD then felt the need to totally destroy Ianto and the fans belief in him, I don't know. But it was manipulative, and it's wrong to accuse the fans of over-reacting.
And I miss Ianto, my Ianto, so very much and this pain is not going to go away anytime soon.
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Date: 2009-07-13 07:50 pm (UTC)And I miss Ianto, my Ianto, so very much and this pain is not going to go away anytime soon.