Who might this one be, after utterly dark millennia? How can Jack possibly tell Ianto anything about it without scaring the crap out of him?
As I read it: what Ianto needs from Jack (and what Jack needs from Ianto) is love and trust, not understanding. I think they are very healing for each other. And my interpretation is that... Jack's experinces in the Year That Never Was (not to mention the century and half before that, after the Game Station) were hard on him, but he has done a lot of healing and recovery and has returned strengthened.
This time, Ianto didn't need to do without him - didn't feel abandoned because he didn't know Jack had been gone till he was back. So there isn't the same sort of healing necessary there, either.
So I think their relationship will be better for this - both more able to express their own personalities with each other, and closer.
I don't think Jack will ever be able to talk about his experiences when buries, because transcendental/meditative experiences really can't be expressed in language.
So I feel happier and more confident about their relationship than I ever have.
Mind you, the relationship I care about and worry about is that between Jack and the Doctor. Will that ever heal? Well, yes, I think it will, and we've seen the aftermath - but i'm not sure how or why or when.
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Date: 2008-04-14 06:57 pm (UTC)As I read it: what Ianto needs from Jack (and what Jack needs from Ianto) is love and trust, not understanding. I think they are very healing for each other. And my interpretation is that... Jack's experinces in the Year That Never Was (not to mention the century and half before that, after the Game Station) were hard on him, but he has done a lot of healing and recovery and has returned strengthened.
This time, Ianto didn't need to do without him - didn't feel abandoned because he didn't know Jack had been gone till he was back. So there isn't the same sort of healing necessary there, either.
So I think their relationship will be better for this - both more able to express their own personalities with each other, and closer.
I don't think Jack will ever be able to talk about his experiences when buries, because transcendental/meditative experiences really can't be expressed in language.
So I feel happier and more confident about their relationship than I ever have.
Mind you, the relationship I care about and worry about is that between Jack and the Doctor. Will that ever heal? Well, yes, I think it will, and we've seen the aftermath - but i'm not sure how or why or when.