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

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

I don't think any of them are very likeable (again, Seinfeld comes to mind). Control freak I can see, humorless maybe, except for his naming tricks -- well, and stopwatch tricks -- and taking care of the scutwork and knowing how to fade into the woodwork, while not magnetic is still useful. I had the impression of Jack grabbing him at will and need rather than Ianto clinging to Jack, though he was certainly as upset as Gwen over any threat to Jack. Not enough to fall in with Owen's plan to bring him back, though. Just enough to claim he wasn't worthless and that Jack needed him. Probably not the first time he's had to insist on that.

I bow to your superior knowledge of fangirl behavior. Yuck.