I have to agree with the posters above here and say that what evidence there was for any sort of emotional dymanic was hidden away in precisely those marginal things you mention like the Captain's Blog and radio plays, and not intended for the wider audience. That strikes a lot of people as a sign of a production team wanting to have their cake and eat it too, wanting mainstream acceptance and hiding away the emotional aspects of the gay relationship in order to get it, and adding the depth to it in other less mainstream avenues, so they can point to those things and say "No, look, they really did love each other, honest!" All of that, to me, seems cynically pasteded on, and I have terrible trouble taking it seriously.
No matter what was stated in the plays and blog, nothing can alter the fact that their relationship in CoE was at an awkward stage, which, given the things that happened before seemed to a backwards progression. Jack's reluctance to give Ianto even a hint of affection was odd and, to me, seemed out of character.
Having said all that, I have great difficulty seeing Children of Earth in any other way than how it was written, and that was as a standalone production for a new audience, and viewing it as that, not knowing anything that's gone before, Jack is fucking cold towards a stereotypical infatuated, awkward gay boy, pure and simple.
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Date: 2009-09-12 05:28 pm (UTC)No matter what was stated in the plays and blog, nothing can alter the fact that their relationship in CoE was at an awkward stage, which, given the things that happened before seemed to a backwards progression. Jack's reluctance to give Ianto even a hint of affection was odd and, to me, seemed out of character.
Having said all that, I have great difficulty seeing Children of Earth in any other way than how it was written, and that was as a standalone production for a new audience, and viewing it as that, not knowing anything that's gone before, Jack is fucking cold towards a stereotypical infatuated, awkward gay boy, pure and simple.