30 Days of Shipping - Day 17

[cookiegirl]

Late again, sorry. I don't think anyone's setting their diary by this though, so I figure it's probably OK.

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Day 17: A pairing you never thought would work, but did.
Jack/Ianto (TORCHWOOD)



The first time I watched Torchwood, it was when it was on TV. I only watched it casually, and if I remember correctly, I didn't watch any further than Random Shoes. Even so, I shipped Jack and Gwen from the first moment, though nowhere near as avidly as I do now. But Ianto...well Ianto I barely noticed. In Cyberwoman, I literally wondered where on earth he'd come from, seeing as I couldn't remember him from any of the previous episodes. And after Cyberwoman, I pretty much forgot about him again. So I remember being highly confused by the stopwatch scene at the end of They Keep Killing Suzie. What was going on? Why was the receptionist guy whose name I wasn't sure of suddenly propositioning Jack? It seemed completely out of the blue to me.

Fast forward to the middle of 2010, and I decided to watch Torchwood again, mostly because of James Marsters. And this time, I paid attention. And started to really love Ianto. And to notice the little moments between him and Jack. Now, Jack/Gwen is still very much my OTP, but this time around I wasn't at all surprised by the stopwatch scene...in fact, I kind of liked it. And I kind of liked every scene the two had together.

It's not a particularly popular view, but I don't think Jack/Ianto and Jack/Gwen are mutually exclusive. I think he loves/loved them both in different ways and although if I had to choose one, it would be Jack/Gwen every time, I do think Jack and Ianto had a lot of lovely qualities when they were together.

I also think the fandom has increased my love of them, particularly through fanfic. There's so little seen on screen, so there's so much that's open to interpretation, and one writer who is now on my f-list writes them in such a beautiful, amazing way (and with such regularity, hooray!) that it's made me adore them even more. She's pretty much created my ideal relationship through them, so it's definitely increased my shipping of them, even if it's not canon.

So there we are. And sorry karaokegal , I know you'll disapprove! ;)

Oh, and I hope all my f-list had a good Valentine's Day! In honour of it, and in honour of this post, have a candy heart, made for me by the lovely aviv_b !

 

Comments

[lilferret]

Why is there no "like" button on LiveJournal? I mean, really. W. T. H?

*grin*

[cookiegirl]

Hehe, thankyou! :D And I'm always reaching for the mouse to click the like button on here, and then realising there isn't one!

[lilferret]

We should complain! RIOT! PICKET!

Wait...no...

I don't want all my social media sites to be alike, after all.

*bitch, moan, grumble*

[iceshade.livejournal.com]

::APPROVES::

[cookiegirl]

LOL, I bask in your HUGE approval! :D

[ebineez01.livejournal.com]

I gotta tell ya, I really used to love Jack/anyone(especially Jack/Gwen) but I gotta say that all the Gwen haters added to the fact that the majority of TW fanfic is Jack/Ianto kinda turned me off the Jack/Ianto relationship.
in saying that though - I have no problem with other peoples ships - we really can all live together peacefully :D

[cookiegirl]

Yeah, the Gwen hating is a massive turn-off. I've 'met' a lot of nice J/I fans who aren't opposed to her though, so I'm trying to believe that it's just a psychotic subsection that does the Gwen hate!
Yay for living peacefully! There's a really cute icon I saw once with Gwen and Ianto linking arms, and it said 'Gwen and Ianto don't have ship wars!' I want it but can't find it :(

[jejo763]

It's a psychotic subsection. It has to be. Otherwise it would drop more often in my flist. Thank god it doesn't!

[jejo763]

I don't think Jack/Ianto and Jack/Gwen are mutually exclusive.

I like you so much right now. Even though I don't read Jack/Gwen I like you (more) because of this opinion.

*squishes*

[cookiegirl]

Aww yay, thankyou! *squishes back*

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

*shrug sigh!*

You're ok as long as you don't try to give Ianto pride of place over Gwen or the Doctor.

[cookiegirl]

Don't worry, I think that is HIGHLY UNLIKELY!
No whiny Ianto icon? I felt sure he would come out for this post! :D

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Gotta keep different icons in circulation. Maybe it's just a whip kind of day. (And here's Jack announcing his true self.)

[cookiegirl]

Maybe it's just a whip kind of day.
Well, every day is a good day for a little S&M, I find.
And my journal is very pleased to have had a visit from real!Jack :)

[chamilet]

Nothing like a good Ianto/Jack/Gwen story in my mind! Did you see the Gwen/Jack/voyeur!Ianto I wrote for the first round of kink_las?

[cookiegirl]

Ooh no! Will go and have a search for it! What was the title?

[cookiegirl]

Oh it's OK, I found it! Wow! Um, not my usual kink I have to admit, but really well written! Loved Ianto going to prepare the 'after-coitus coffee and biscuits' at the end! :D

[chamilet]

Haven't posted it to my journal yet because the general consensus was NEEDS MOAR YANTOE so I'm trying to rework it a bit so he's with them giving instruction rather than just watching and taping.

Although, from someone who prefers Gwen/Jack, what's your opinion? Does voyeur!Ianto work for you? I think the MOAR IANTO cries may have been from those who prefer Jack/Ianto. I wanted him to be included to the point that it was clear that this wasn't Gwack or Jack cheating or anything, but then people said he just felt tacked on. In my mind this was something they did weekly (hence the title) and they switched the pairing up week to week.

[cookiegirl]

I don't think it felt like he was tacked on at all, and it was clear it was something they did together, but yeah I might put in a little bit of something to make him more involved, even if it's just Jack and Gwen looking at the camera more, or angling themselves towards it to give him the best possible views or whatever. Instruction would be OK too but not necessary if you don't fancy it. And I might explicitly mention that they switch the pairings up, and if you want to make it a bit longer you could always say how things differed with the different pairings, for example that Ianto and Gwen like to watch quietly whereas Jack likes to give instructions (or a commentary, lol!) ...hope that helps! x