I've just stumbled (luckily) across this and I have to say, it's so well done! I really like the thoughts you put foreward because they really made me think about what I was looking at. I have a lot of my own Jack/Ianto ideas and they're pretty similar to yours but there are still a bunch of moments I had reading this where I went 'You know what.... yeah!' Which was awesome.
Ianto was my emotional connection to this story, and while Gareth did a wonderful job he simply didn't have enough of the focus to carry the story by himself. GDL is so fabulous. He makes me happier than possibly anyone else on the show. And I think that's why I was so radically dissapointed by the end of the episode. When GDL tears up for that little boy, that got me in the gut! He was so beautiful in that moment and I felt every inch of what Ianto was feeling. But where the hell was that in the rest of the story??
And also, my own personal pet peeve, why don't we end mroe episodes with a silent Ianto moment? We get Gwen, Owen, Tosh, and Jack all with their prize little bits to send the viewers on their way. The pensieve silences, the walks through the rain, the rooftops, the cuddling. But the one who delivers the greatest impact... barely nothing. *le sigh* But that's just me.
Again, I love the commentary. It's really one of a kind.
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Date: 2008-03-21 03:04 pm (UTC)Ianto was my emotional connection to this story, and while Gareth did a wonderful job he simply didn't have enough of the focus to carry the story by himself.
GDL is so fabulous. He makes me happier than possibly anyone else on the show. And I think that's why I was so radically dissapointed by the end of the episode. When GDL tears up for that little boy, that got me in the gut! He was so beautiful in that moment and I felt every inch of what Ianto was feeling. But where the hell was that in the rest of the story??
And also, my own personal pet peeve, why don't we end mroe episodes with a silent Ianto moment? We get Gwen, Owen, Tosh, and Jack all with their prize little bits to send the viewers on their way. The pensieve silences, the walks through the rain, the rooftops, the cuddling. But the one who delivers the greatest impact... barely nothing. *le sigh* But that's just me.
Again, I love the commentary. It's really one of a kind.