Ianto Musings

[ithildin]

You know, something I've been pondering the last few months as I've been watching Torchwood is what if Ianto were female? My thinking is that the very things his fans like about him, they'd hate if he was a she. To me, it seems that he has a lot of characteristics that female characters are frequently bashed for in fandom.

[runs and hides from the legions of Ianto fans]

Comments

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any Torchwood yet -- I inadvertently spoiled myself for bits of the finale, but apart from that, I've done a pretty remarkable job of avoiding spoilers -- so I can't say anything about Ianto, but I've interestingly enough seen the same comment made about Jack. Female characters never get any breaks, do they?

From my limited experience in DW fandom, there seems to be a lot less female character bashing than in other fandoms. Classic series fans completely aside, I know that there are a good few people who don't like Rose, but in any other fandom, most of the fanficcers would be falling over themselves to kill her off so the Doctor and Jack can hook up. *G*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

The last time I was actively involved in DW fandom was before the advent of the internet [g]

Really looking forward to the new Companion!

[fides.livejournal.com]

I don't think that there was any desire to kill off Rose so Jack and the Doc could be together because the threesome was so clearly an/the option if you wanted to go the relationship route. There was just no competition between Rose and Jack. I don't think is the fandom so much as the way the canon relationships were written.