Allright, allright, I did say I was going to do a picspam of the MOST AWESOME THING IN THE WORLD, and while I may have said that SIX BLOODY MONTHS AGO, that doesn't mean it's not on the cards RIGHT BLOODY NOW. I present to you Part One of a Multi-Part series in which I picspam the most awesome thing in the world, the title of which kind of gives away what that most awesome thing might be. It is called:

( IANTO JONES IS ON THE PHONE )
And that was that for Series One of Torchwood, and Ianto's phonesex shenanigans.

Stay tuned for part two, in which there is INVISIPHONE! and PRETENDSARCASTICPHONE! and MUCH, MUCH MORE. And also, let's face it, there's a wee bit more of Ianto to love in Series 2. Just sayin'.

I am utterly unapologetic about reposting filming pics, these, again, come from doctorwhoforum and were taken by Spaceygal, Sue and Alun Vega.

I repost them here
FOR YOU
FOR GREAT JUSTICE
and because there are no moderators in this here journal frowning upon the inevitable focus of the discussion that will undoubtedly arise. Without further ado, lets play: cock, cock, cock, ARSE!

( Which is rather like duck, duck, GOOSE, only with cock and unexpected bottoms. )

IN MY MIND, the plot of this Torchwood five parter seems to be revolving around Ianto's wardrobe somehow. I'm sure that's not the case.

ETA: Regarding the last picture, the one with the arse, where do I apply for that job of Woman Who Carries Around The Big Book Of Iantoe Continuity Picshurz??

First off, if anyone could POINT ME to that interview with Chibnall where he said the thing about the fans being wrong to see any date rape connotations in the pheromone incident, I'd be most grateful. I've read quotes from it but can't find it anywhere and I hate it when I can't find my sources.

And on that note, I've decided to be nice enough to actually PUT UP the Bent interview with GDL from where quotes are currently being thrown around my flist. It is here. I wouldn't take the cat fight quote with any measure of seriousness myself, I think it's pretty much meaningless in terms of what we should expect from TW series 3. The LAST QUESTION, on the other hand, I think is very telling, and ( spoilers for Doctor Who ).

Anyway... there you go. Talk amongst yourselves.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TODAY ABOUT TORCHWOOD. That's pretty rare, I know.

A picture for you. I STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT WATCH THIS IS:



Cookie for whoever tells me.

And if you're stuck for something to read on a Sunday, or even if you're not, you SHOULD be reading the TW body language posts by antelope_writes, they are FASCINATING. The analysis of the J/I date scene in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the latest and well worth a read. Go. Now.

That is all.

Thank everyone for jumping into my debate/ramblings about Jack/Ianto, just a point or two to clarify and summarise:

• I don't have a problem with Gwen, or Jack being in love with or loving Gwen. I don't think it detracts from his relationship with Ianto and I don't think Ianto is some poor naive lamb who is hurt by Jack looking at or loving other people. I'm pretty sure Ianto realises that getting involved with Jack could mean entering into a polyamorous relationship, and I assume that in entering into a relationship with Jack, Ianto accepts that. I've never thought of Ianto as naive or stupid. He knows what he's doing.



• The problem I do have, is in the fact that they are SHOWING us Jack MOONING over Gwen, and they are showing us ABSOLUTELY NO MOONING over Ianto. In doing that, whilst slowly showing us that Ianto is PRETTY DAMNED IN LOVE (The speech in Adam, the coming out scene this episode, Ianto is getting pretty invested into this relationship, if you hadn't noticed), they're not showing ANY OF THE SAME from Jack. Now Jack already is Ianto's boss, he's older than Ianto, and, this being Ianto's first guy-guy thing, Jack is VASTLY MORE EXPERIENCED as well. As they start to show us how emotionally involved Ianto is, with no reciprocation on that level from Jack, the relationship becomes more and more uncomfortable to watch because the power is starting to shift towards Jack so heavily. Harassment. I had this issue with them in season 1, as well. That niggling feeling I couldn't quite shift that Jack was manipulating Ianto with sex, because Jack figured it would be advantageous to redirect Ianto's obviously passionate loyalties towards Jack, by means of his magickal futuristic cock.



• Or, to put it another way, and quote one of the commenters on the previous post: "isn't sleeping with someone who has way deep emotional feelings for you, which you clearly don't reciprocate as intensely, still pretty icky?" No matter which way you look at it, yeah, that's a little bit icky.



• And to quote myself, another general niggle I have is this: The playing up of their sex games is starting to detract from any possible hints of depth to the relationship and is distracting me to the point of annoyance. Jokes are one thing, kink is fine, but you can take things too far, and that point has more or less been reached, unless you give me some depth to balance it out.



• On a seperate note, I have never once said Gareth David-Lloyd is fat. I've been making pie jokes for a few weeks, because he's obviously gained a few pounds and he's one of those people unfortunate enough to have any weight gain, no matter how slight, show up around the face area, so he needs to watch himself. I only say it out of love and I would still happily FUCK HIM UNTIL HE BREAKS. Just to make that clear.



• I do have a serious observation to make about Jack's implied attitude of fucking the men and marrying the women, but I'll probably save it for torch_wood or torchwood_meta or something, because it's something that seems to be becoming an issue with a lot of people.

Thank you all for listening.

Oh, Ianto. I find it fascinating that someone this anally tidy



would think it wise to change into a WHITE SHIRT to go have a FIGHT in an ABBATOIR.



Though he does manage to keep it remarkably clean, considering.



And no, that's not just an excuse to post another gratuitous waistcoat picture. Well, maybe it is a bit, but my point still stands.

I'm sure there's a joke about 'big meat' waiting to be made, but frankly I can't be bothered. Again, the last ten minutes of that contained a waistcoat that drove me to complete distraction and now my knickers have gone funny. Oh, and Ianto is scaring me and used to be a bounty hunter (srsly, I'm making a prediction again, watch this space) and Barrowman? Skillz? L33t acting? NOT SHINY! Again! FIXPLZTHNX.

( My thoughts, let me show you them, bullet point style )

In conclusion? I LOVE MY BIG GAY SHOW. Needs more coats.

This pic keeps getting reposted everywhere.


(taken by laligin)

Now, the thing about this picture isn't so much that it's Gareth. On his knees. Even though it is. Gareth. On his knees. It's the context in which it was taken, which was that the stormtroopers apparently politely requested that Gareth get on his knees. For the photo, of course. Is that all it takes, people? A polite request? Now I don't know about you, but I like that in a man.

While you're down there, darling...