The relationship that we so desperately tried to fanwank away as having something of an equal footing about it, as being something of a partnership in S1 and 2 immediately, in Day One of S3, is very clearly depicted as a relationship between a STRONG and a WEAK partner.
yup. it took me awhile to figure out WHY i was so devastated post COE (beyond the usual reasons), and then a few days ago, i figured out that not only was my favorite character dead, but that the relationship development we had been promised was actually 3 steps back. interestingly, my roommate watched COE and was confused as to why i was so affected by ianto's death, as he really didn't find him that interesting of a character, and found him to be clingy and needy, and jack to be so i'm so over this. which...honestly...is so much worse than when we had mere glimpses of intimacy with no real emotional resonance. and then...he dies. just...blech. left such a bad taste in my mouth. and, THAT is how rtd pretty much killed the fandom for me, b/c is this a jack that would even want ianto back?
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yup. it took me awhile to figure out WHY i was so devastated post COE (beyond the usual reasons), and then a few days ago, i figured out that not only was my favorite character dead, but that the relationship development we had been promised was actually 3 steps back. interestingly, my roommate watched COE and was confused as to why i was so affected by ianto's death, as he really didn't find him that interesting of a character, and found him to be clingy and needy, and jack to be so i'm so over this. which...honestly...is so much worse than when we had mere glimpses of intimacy with no real emotional resonance. and then...he dies. just...blech. left such a bad taste in my mouth. and, THAT is how rtd pretty much killed the fandom for me, b/c is this a jack that would even want ianto back?