Okay, I'm horrible, but...

[unfeathered]

So I just opened up my flist to this, which leads to a petition to bring back Ianto or else. "Basically, i will not watch another episode or season of Torchwood if there is no Ianto or Janto in it. I refuse to watch it."

Well. I have to say... yay! If all the 'Janto' fans stop watching, maybe the rest of us will actually be able to venture into comms like torch_wood again, and maybe my flist won't be flooded with 'Janto' fics all the time!

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[unfeathered]

Exactly. Yes! We all have things we wish for, but in the end it's not us who are telling the story. And keeping a character/relationship around just because the fans like them, well... 'Spike' comes to mind.

Actually, that's probably the reason this pisses me off so much. I went through it all with 'Spuffy' which made me loathe Spike for years because I couldn't help associating the character with his fans, and I've tried so hard to keep an open mind with Ianto but it's just hte same thing all over again.

[stackcats.livejournal.com]

It certainly doesn't help me make up my mind about Ianto (still not sure where I stand). And yeah, the Jack/Ianto relationship being so openly displayed on BBC1 is a GOOD thing, but it is not the be-all and end-all of the show. We've been shown over and over than Jack has had many other lovers, he doesn't have a one-true-love. Not even the Doctor.

I've heard about the Buffy/Spike relationship, and since all I've really seen of Buffy is bits of season 1, it makes no sense to me. At all. I think I can guess why it pisses you off!

[unfeathered]

I am *so* ready to be shown Jack getting involved with someone else. I don't care who or how or whether it's serious or casual or what; I just want omnisexual, polyamorous Jack back!

The Buffy/Spike thing is interesting. I have recently rewatched S6 and the start of S7 and I'm really enjoying their relationship now. It's dark and twisted and complicated and fascinating. It was only the fans who put me off it before!

[canaana.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Getting very quietly tired of hearing what a good queer role model Cap'n Jack is. Not that I object to queer role models, but I always thought the charm of that character was that he was equally likely to lech all over the guy in the suit or the overweight secretary at Rhys's haulage firm.

[unfeathered]

Amen! :-)