Torchwood - Adrift

[tencrush]

THOUGHTS ABOUT ADRIFT...

• Ummm... Andy was in it! LOTS! And he called Rhys fat!! Go Andy. After this episode I can quite truthfully say I'd be MORE THAN HAPPY with Andy as a part of Torchwood. It's just Gwen who looks down on him and thinks he's shit. Boo, Gwen, boo.


• Ah, but there's the rub: ANDY'S IN LOVE WITH GWEN. Why is EVERYONE always in love with Gwen? What on earth does the woman possess??? Please explain it to me. I can't IMAGINE Andy being in love with Gwen. In my ideal world Andy would get it on with Tosh and they would BOTH be TOTALLY HAPPY. Forever. Poor Tosh.


• Rhys was in it! And being manly! I was indifferent towards Rhys when this season started and now I love him to bits.


• I actually quite liked this one. The moral being that sometimes Jack does spooky mysterious things which are FOR THE BEST, and sometimes it's perhaps better to just leave him to it.


• I'm intrigued by Ianto. Again. He obviously knows that Jack does spooky mysterious things, and he knows where he does them. The question is, did Ianto know what they were? In which case, did Ianto and Jack elaborately set Gwen up? Or did Ianto just see in Gwen a handy opportunity to investigate said things behind Jack's back? Either there is more to the relationship than meets the eye, or there is far more to the manwhorespy aspect of Ianto's character than has been revealed. Either way, I'm intrigued.


• And then there was THAT SCENE. Really, in my mind, two scenes. Scene One involving Gwen walking in on what is quite possibly the most unambiguous sex act I have ever seen on television. Which was, let's face it, played FOR LAUGHS. And it was quite amusing and made me giggle profusely. Handjobs in the Hub, yes, anyone who tries to tell me there's significanty more to this relationship that LULS, weevils and handjobs in the Hub, is WRONG. Having said that, I believe Jack may be more in love with Ianto than I have been giving him credit for. The whole thing reeked of giddy teenage lust, and despite the fact that it didn't, on paper, actually disprove my doubts about there not being any depth to the relationship, the giddy young love aspect actually surprised me. There may yet be more to this kinkfest than meets my jaded eye.


• How good was that second bit though? I'm talking purely visually here, there was something really horny about Ianto actually PUTTING HIS CLOTHES ON. I couldn't help but think as he slowly hid his manflesh from my probing eyes that he was WANTONLY TEASING US. With smirks and everything. Take that, fangirls! I mock you with my buttons!! Bless.


• And then Gwen intrudes on the action and immediately Jack goes a bit weird. Again. The threesome joke I could understand, he wasn't offering her a threesome, he knew she wouldn't take him up on it, it was A JOKE, and I didn't find it offensive to her, or to Ianto, or anything like that. (It's the sort of remark I'd normally pounce on as PROOF JACK DOESN'T LOVE HIM, but I'm not so sure anymore) But, having said that, his cocky attitude towards her and the fact that he didn't even bother doing his trousers up? Either he's flaunting what she's missing at her, or he's just being INCREDIBLY RUDE. Either way, way to look like a bit of a dick again, Jack. What was up with that?


• The one week later bit? The woman whose life was effectively RUINED by Gwen? That really upset me and I kept hoping Ianto would ring her doorbell with a big, frothy retcon milkshake. And that didn't happen, which made me sad. I was actually genuinely sad for her. Downer.


• Pie status: undecided, perhaps a slight pie resurgence here and there.

All in all, a solid episode and one of my favourites so far.

ETA: JUST REALISED THOUGH: WTF??? Jack wears PANTS??? That just seems so... unlikely to me.

Comments

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

PIE STATUS:

Jawline: blurrier than last week
Back: Pudgy if not flabby

Put down the pies and pick up some free weights, Ianto. You would think all that sex would burn some calories.

[tencrush]

OM NOM NOM... mmmm... PIE.

Fix it, Gareth, NOW!!!

[erinnthered.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to say I think I saw the hint of manboobs in that side shot. i am very afraid.

And I love both of your avis.

[tencrush]

*cries real tears over the moobs*

[off_coloratura]

You know what? Slowed down and watched frame by frame, Ianto's not looking so bad. Bit of extra flesh around the chin is the worst of it.

And Jack has a nice six-pack. Well done Barrowman.

ETA: Not that I actually slowed it down and watched it frame by frame. Several times.

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

Some people are just built so that they carry a little extra flab in some places, regardless of how fit they are. I love Ianto because he's not a cookie-cutter Adonis-type; he's got the same physical "flaws" as the rest of us, and he's still damn sexy. :D

[tencrush]

You're becoming some sort of piepologist.

(Yes you did, don't lie)

[off_coloratura]

If loving Naked!Ianto is a crime, then let me be guilty.

(Okay, I did. Forward and backward. I love Jack's response to Gwen's "Oh GOD!" which is "uh..heh?" with the tone of voice along the lines of "Oh, Gwen. Was there something you wanted?" I feel almost positive that Jack would have been completely content to carry right on in front of her while having a conversation, but stopped on behalf of Ianto's sense of appropriateness. Note his grin and Ianto's hasty clothes-fumbling. This would also account for the unbuttoned fly. He's EXTREMELY casual about the sex.)

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

You really have a way with coining phrases.

manwhorespy
piepologist

Hee!

[tencrush]

Don't forget "filthy welsh fuckpuppy" was also mine, as was the special term I coined for Ianto's tummyrats, "ianguish", which I used for a year, but it only marginally caught on. Shame, that.

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've never heard those two. I will do my part to keep them alive in fandom. ;-0

The minutes tick away until we get the rolling and the panting...

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

I realize this is a very controversial and possibly unpopular view but right now I prefer Ianto to stay at least partially clothed during sex scenes. Flabby white flesh is a bit turnoff.

I'm hoping that since GDL seems to have a crush on James Marsters that JM will give him some tips for how to achieve the type of bod needed when you're sleeping with the lead character.

Thank you for the avi love but I can't take any credit. All of my avis are courtesy of others (they are credited in my User Info if you want to see where I got them). I stalk the TW communities looking for great icons. :-)