Your description of Ianto as Protector fits in with a theory I've had for the past week that Jack hired (and kept) him because he knew Ianto would do What Needs To Be Done, even - or especially - when Jack cannot.
I've been entertaining the idea - based on very vague spoilers and a *lot* of pure speculation on my part - that at the end of the season Jack's loyalty will be torn between the team and someone who poses a threat to the team (or the world), and Jack will either make the wrong choice or won't be able to choose at all, whereupon Ianto will have to make the decision for him. And it will, of course, be the correct one.
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Date: 2008-02-08 08:22 am (UTC)I've been entertaining the idea - based on very vague spoilers and a *lot* of pure speculation on my part - that at the end of the season Jack's loyalty will be torn between the team and someone who poses a threat to the team (or the world), and Jack will either make the wrong choice or won't be able to choose at all, whereupon Ianto will have to make the decision for him. And it will, of course, be the correct one.
I enjoy reading your essays. :)