Ianto was my favourite character after Jack. However, after tons and tons of fics, he begins to tire me.
The fics tired me very soon and I (mostly) stopped reading them. I didn't write many, either. There wasn't quite enough to work with. So we got into patterns of fic: angsty Ianto before "Cyberwoman"; angsty Ianto after "Cyberwoman"; angsty Ianto after "End of Days"... I'd like to do more with Ianto but until the show gives me more to work with, or unless I get a major bit of insight, it's a case of 'what you see is what you get'. I have a few Ianto ideas I'd like to play with - for instance, we know from the website that Tosh told Ianto something about Jack's relationship with Jack. I don't know if other people have written about Ianto's reaction but I'd like to play with that - if I can think of something that isn't just "angsty Ianto feels sorry for himself".
I hope he'll get some more decent writing in the second series.
I do too! I want to see Ianto be heroic! I think it was his betrayal of Jack in "End of Days" that made me a little gunshy where Ianto was concerned. I thought his loyalty and his love were stronger than that.
I think my best effort writing Ianto was "Mourning Rights" and that wasn't even really about him, it was about Rhys and Gwen. But indirectly and rather significantly it was also an Ianto story, and maybe that's the way I should try to write him - from other people's points of view. Have I written Jack's point of view concerning Ianto? I don't think I have, come to think of it. And there's a good reason for it - I'm really not sure what Jack's point of view of Ianto is. I feel certain that I know how he feels about the Doctor, adn the other Jack, even Gwen - but Ianto? I really don't know.
The most chilling kind of evil is always the kind that we can find in our own heart. (Preparing a soundtrack for the end of the world is human, though.)
The Master has great moments, great bits. The scene where I find him chilling and scary and yes, even sexy, is when he's walking down the street looking for Martha - and finding her. That put chills down my back. But it wasn't sustained.
I have problems seeing Simm!Master as the big baddie. Maybe he'd be a good minion...
He would be!
Anyone would be better than James Nesbitt, though.
This I fear. I haven't found the nerve (or the time) to watch it yet.
Yes, the British simply adore it, don't they?
They do, and I know Canadians who love it, but I don't see what they see. Perhaps they just like John Simm more than I do? There are scenes I was shown as 'the good bits' that didn't seem any more interesting to me than what I'd thought were 'the boring bits'. But to be fair, I might have become interested in the story if I'd persevered past two episodes. Maybe. I usually like father issues and buddy cops, too.
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Re: Part 3 reply: Jack, Ianto and Sam Tyler
Date: 2007-07-23 02:25 pm (UTC)The fics tired me very soon and I (mostly) stopped reading them. I didn't write many, either. There wasn't quite enough to work with. So we got into patterns of fic: angsty Ianto before "Cyberwoman"; angsty Ianto after "Cyberwoman"; angsty Ianto after "End of Days"... I'd like to do more with Ianto but until the show gives me more to work with, or unless I get a major bit of insight, it's a case of 'what you see is what you get'. I have a few Ianto ideas I'd like to play with - for instance, we know from the website that Tosh told Ianto something about Jack's relationship with Jack. I don't know if other people have written about Ianto's reaction but I'd like to play with that - if I can think of something that isn't just "angsty Ianto feels sorry for himself".
I hope he'll get some more decent writing in the second series.
I do too! I want to see Ianto be heroic! I think it was his betrayal of Jack in "End of Days" that made me a little gunshy where Ianto was concerned. I thought his loyalty and his love were stronger than that.
I think my best effort writing Ianto was "Mourning Rights" and that wasn't even really about him, it was about Rhys and Gwen. But indirectly and rather significantly it was also an Ianto story, and maybe that's the way I should try to write him - from other people's points of view. Have I written Jack's point of view concerning Ianto? I don't think I have, come to think of it. And there's a good reason for it - I'm really not sure what Jack's point of view of Ianto is. I feel certain that I know how he feels about the Doctor, adn the other Jack, even Gwen - but Ianto? I really don't know.
The most chilling kind of evil is always the kind that we can find in our own heart. (Preparing a soundtrack for the end of the world is human, though.)
The Master has great moments, great bits. The scene where I find him chilling and scary and yes, even sexy, is when he's walking down the street looking for Martha - and finding her. That put chills down my back. But it wasn't sustained.
I have problems seeing Simm!Master as the big baddie. Maybe he'd be a good minion...
He would be!
Anyone would be better than James Nesbitt, though.
This I fear. I haven't found the nerve (or the time) to watch it yet.
Yes, the British simply adore it, don't they?
They do, and I know Canadians who love it, but I don't see what they see. Perhaps they just like John Simm more than I do? There are scenes I was shown as 'the good bits' that didn't seem any more interesting to me than what I'd thought were 'the boring bits'. But to be fair, I might have become interested in the story if I'd persevered past two episodes. Maybe. I usually like father issues and buddy cops, too.