I think they deliberately made Tommy very ordinary, right down to his name -- they didn't call him "Tommy Atkins" because that would have been too obvious, but just calling him "Tommy" marks him as a sort of Everyman soldier -- a stand-in for every man who served King and Country during World War I.
Ianto seemed a lot more sober this episode, almost to the point of grimness. I am reminded of his line "All those young soldiers!" from "Captain Jack Harkness". The idea of soldiers sent off to die seems to affect him in particular.
Jack's "Would you miss me?" seemed half-joking -- the kind of question you could answer sarcastically or seriously, depending on your mood -- and Ianto was in a mood to be serious. I think Jack was not so much fishing as trying to figure out what Ianto was aiming at with his own question.
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Date: 2008-02-01 03:07 am (UTC)Ianto seemed a lot more sober this episode, almost to the point of grimness. I am reminded of his line "All those young soldiers!" from "Captain Jack Harkness". The idea of soldiers sent off to die seems to affect him in particular.
Jack's "Would you miss me?" seemed half-joking -- the kind of question you could answer sarcastically or seriously, depending on your mood -- and Ianto was in a mood to be serious. I think Jack was not so much fishing as trying to figure out what Ianto was aiming at with his own question.