You make some interesting points - esp with the "dabbling"/"It's not like that scenes" without any further explanation... I do feel like the team are starting to get suspicious of their "relationship" - in whatever way - and it makes for awkward dynamics and scene that just don't play right.

I know the writers said they wouldn't portray Jack in any "intimate scenarios", but that tends to make it seem less important that anything else. Which is sad, becuase it has (had?) such promise... But Jack's character was such a bastard to Owen in DMW I'm a bit "Whatever" about him atm. Which is sad also.

I'm sure it's just the curse of Lack of TW Continuity that's making it sit so awkwardly, but if you're going to make bold statements about sexuality like that, you have to go all or nothing. Having a character that uses their poly/pansexuality badly is worse than not having it represented at all - I think that's what pisses me off the most!

I read an interview with GDL in DeathRay mag who says about the relationship "...as far as Ianto is concerned, it's a serious thing" and yeah, having been in situations like that, I just want to scream "RUN AWAY!!" at the TV *lol*

I can understand the writers are in a very precarious situation with portraying stuff like this, but doing it badly is a million times worse than just not doing it at all.