Yes, I think Ianto would lie, and be good at it. I'm trying to think of an example.... He never did actually say "I don't have my cyberwoman girlfriend hidden in the basement" but her presence was a deception. He confessed very quickly, though.
I think he lied to Jack in "Fragments" but I'd be hard put to say which parts of what he said were lies and what was truth. He was doing a con job and did it better than he'd expected - with emotional repercussions to himself. Becuase he is essentially honest. Unlike Jack, who is essentially well-meaning and essentially verbally forthcoming, but not usually honest nor open. For someone who likes to talk so much, he's a very private man.
I'm still trying to figure whether Ianto's comment in "Day One" that he didn't care about Jack's sexual orientation was a lie or simply prevarication. Or perhaps his way of saying (as Jack does in other words at other times), "Sexual orientation is no way to judge anyone; it doesn't matter."
In "Adrift" he betrayed Jack's secret to Gwen, but that wasn't a lie - rather the opposite, he was revealing a truth.
Seems to me Ianto lied like a trooper in "Meat" but I can't remember what he said. Must watch again! He was pretending to have a legitimate reason to be in the meat factory. And then - the villains asked if if there was anyone else there besides him and Rhys, and he said "no, just us", knowing Jack, Gwen and Owen were nearby. There! Lies!
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Date: 2008-07-29 02:16 pm (UTC)I think he lied to Jack in "Fragments" but I'd be hard put to say which parts of what he said were lies and what was truth. He was doing a con job and did it better than he'd expected - with emotional repercussions to himself. Becuase he is essentially honest. Unlike Jack, who is essentially well-meaning and essentially verbally forthcoming, but not usually honest nor open. For someone who likes to talk so much, he's a very private man.
I'm still trying to figure whether Ianto's comment in "Day One" that he didn't care about Jack's sexual orientation was a lie or simply prevarication. Or perhaps his way of saying (as Jack does in other words at other times), "Sexual orientation is no way to judge anyone; it doesn't matter."
In "Adrift" he betrayed Jack's secret to Gwen, but that wasn't a lie - rather the opposite, he was revealing a truth.
Seems to me Ianto lied like a trooper in "Meat" but I can't remember what he said. Must watch again! He was pretending to have a legitimate reason to be in the meat factory. And then - the villains asked if if there was anyone else there besides him and Rhys, and he said "no, just us", knowing Jack, Gwen and Owen were nearby. There! Lies!