I'm in a really weird place about my only favourite show at the moment, so reading what you've written wasn't quite as uncomfortable as it could have been. What makes it uncomfortable is that I agree with what you've said about Jack, and because I do, I feel I have to take a giant step back from what I have personally built up about the two characters. I never thought it was 'tuw wuv' but I was very happy to think that it had become some kind of love on both sides, even if it was unbalanced and probably very convoluted. Now that I'm seeing it in your light, it also throws cold water on all the truly wonderful, well-written Jack/Ianto stories out there, because for a story to be great for me it has to reflect what I see in canon ... and if my perception of canon is shifting .... I'd be really depressed right around now if I wasn't feeling quite emotionally detached from TW ATM.
This may have been touched on in the comments above - I haven't read them all - but - and I hesitate to ask this in my out-loud voice because it borders on sacrilegious - do you think, on some level, Jack may have been relieved that Ianto was killed off by the 456? Once he got over the shock of it, and of having caused it-- oh! Oh. Could he have actually meant to take Ianto into a deadly situation?????
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onlyfavourite show at the moment, so reading what you've written wasn't quite as uncomfortable as it could have been.What makes it uncomfortable is that I agree with what you've said about Jack, and because I do, I feel I have to take a giant step back from what I have personally built up about the two characters.
I never thought it was 'tuw wuv' but I was very happy to think that it had become some kind of love on both sides, even if it was unbalanced and probably very convoluted.
Now that I'm seeing it in your light, it also throws cold water on all the truly wonderful, well-written Jack/Ianto stories out there, because for a story to be great for me it has to reflect what I see in canon ... and if my perception of canon is shifting ....
I'd be really depressed right around now if I wasn't feeling quite emotionally detached from TW ATM.
This may have been touched on in the comments above - I haven't read them all - but - and I hesitate to ask this in my out-loud voice because it borders on sacrilegious - do you think, on some level, Jack may have been relieved that Ianto was killed off by the 456? Once he got over the shock of it, and of having caused it-- oh! Oh. Could he have actually meant to take Ianto into a deadly situation?????