I am *really* happy with that head - If I don't go out of town this weekend, I may attempt the repaint. And the suits just got here today and they are PERFECT. I'll start sewing up those shirts soon and it won't be long before he really starts looking as he should. :))) This will be an ongoing hobby - I have a thousand ideas and I only know how to make half of them... I'm using this as a "hands on" learning experience.
I honestly couldn't read the address in the box in the screen cap I had... I did my best. Yeah, he's chomping on a slice. It only occurred to me *after* I posted the picture that I should have stuck a hanky in his collar... I'm too lazy to reshoot it.
The trousers are from one of the suits - I've managed to buy exact replicas of the one above (the very tiny pinstripe), the gangster black & white larger pinstripe (minus a waistcoat), and a simple black suit. Which pretty much covers it (if I can sew a waistcoat that somewhat matches the gangster stripe.) I think he has a very dark blue suit as well, but it's a bit hard to tell on screen.
Another great song - I'm gonna have to download it and listen to it a couple of times in the dark though to really get the impact.
This seems like Ianto not saying goodbye to Jack at the end of "The Stolen Earth", but trying to be brave for him, and so heartachingly proud of his impossible soldier... so bright, so true. The man who may save the world, but not him.
I *love* that song - Shuffled up this morning, actually! :-) Yeah, good one for that Stolen Earth moment... I wouldn't have caught that - For some reason it's one of those songs I never hear the lyrics to when I'm listening to it - Just the music.
It's a lovely tune, isn't it? :-) When I googled the lyrics it was just ---yeah. When Jack finally had the means to be a big damn hero, he did just "light up". Ianto could see all his military training, his pride, his purpose and gusto. This is what Jack was born for.
You know what really kills me about that moment...? That Ianto so clearly thinks he's not going to live to see him again and frankly, I don't think *anyone* (including me) could think anything different - Except Jack... Who is just totally into Doctor/Yippie-kai-yi-yay-motherfucker mode and *totally* doesn't pick up on the mood. I don't think they could *actually* kill Ianto and Gwen but really, how can Jack honestly run off like that and not realize how ridiculously vulnerable they were being left there like that (he even took the Dalek gun with him) and expect to ever see them alive again?
See, I think he knew. Not that the Daleks were right there, because they didn't tell him, but that things were pretty fucking dire. That second "I'm coming back" was trying-not-to-cry desperate bluster. I mean, look at his face there: his Brave Face has totally slipped.
He knew. Not all, but plenty. I also think he's not sure that he's going to survive. They couldn't afford to let him think they were trapped: greater good etc.
I didn't think he was Doctor-crazy this time. He just had a chance to Save The World, which is what he loves to do. He has to stretch out and use his fullest power.
My sweet Ianto, trying to smile for him at the end of all things...
I think we come from different places with these characters - that may begin to show itself it we start meta-picking... The reassuring "I'm coming back" (and momentary pause) was about the fact everyone froze and doubted that he *would* come back when he said it the first time because the *last* time he ran off to save the Universe with the Doctor, he didn't (for three months or something) and they all still have abandonment issues and haven't really healed from it (and Jack realizes it because he had to work hard to gain everyone's trust back after the last time.) I really don't think he was thinking about how vulnerable and defenseless Ianto and Gwen would be when he left - But Ianto *was* and wasn't saying so (except with that cracking voice, which Jack totally didn't pick up on.) I know Jack didn't know the base had been sussed out but he still should have realized the danger they would be in and at the very least, picked up on Ianto's terror. But his mind was already elsewhere
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But Ianto *was* and wasn't saying so (except with that cracking voice, which Jack totally didn't pick up on.)
OMG I didn't either, hear the cracking voice. :-( Oh God, poor Ianto.
I'll watch it again.
ETA: (sorry, boss alert)
I hope (am I cruel?) that Ianto is put through enough that when Jack does come back we get some massive mutual H/C. Davies, I want to fucking SEE it. I want Jack to CRAWL to Ianto and hold him so tight, I want them to embrace so hard they fall to their knees, because IANTO'S FUCKING EARNED IT. And Gwen will just have to wait for her special time, because Jack needs to cry over Ianto a little. Cry with grief, penitance, relief, love. LET THE BOY KNOW, for fuck's sake. And Ianto will give him a hero's welcome, practically radioactive with love, and all will be right in my fantasy world.
Sadly, I don't think we'll get the big H/C moment because it's Who - And maybe when we get back to Torchwood they will pick up the thread right away and give us all that there but it's hard to say.
What I'm waiting for - and you *know* it's possible after the gay office desk sex - Is a bed scene. A *graphic* bed scene.
I did intend to make a napkin, but last night I was in a rush to be done with the pizza box project so I just went with what I have. I really should tackle that repaint this weekend so that he's somewhat recognizable for the project pictures. I haven't a clue what to do about Jack... And I'm still having no luck with the stopwatch and stun gun... I'll have to make something, I guess.
I am *genuinely* gobsmacked that I haven't found a stun gun in the action figure scene...
The Don't Tase Me Bro Police-State Action Set doesn't come with one?
LOL! They have EVERYTHING military and there are quite a few police/swat sets out there - I even picked up a little GPS unit - WTF? But so far, no stun gun. :-(
Good work on the Jubilee box. I especially like the address. :-D
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I honestly couldn't read the address in the box in the screen cap I had... I did my best. Yeah, he's chomping on a slice. It only occurred to me *after* I posted the picture that I should have stuck a hanky in his collar... I'm too lazy to reshoot it.
AWESOME icon. OMG, it's HILARIOUS!
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I know! Most adorable icon! <3 to explodeyy
Here's another Ianto/Lisa/Jack triangle song. This one sounds like Ianto is tired... so tired of keeping up the game... but duty calls.
Fretless by R.E.M.
(Lyrics here because they all get them wrong. A little abstract, because that's just how R.E.M. rolls, yo.)
He's got his work and she comes easy ( ... )
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Another great song - I'm gonna have to download it and listen to it a couple of times in the dark though to really get the impact.
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Run by Snow Patrol
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This seems like Ianto not saying goodbye to Jack at the end of "The Stolen Earth", but trying to be brave for him, and so heartachingly proud of his impossible soldier... so bright, so true. The man who may save the world, but not him.
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He knew. Not all, but plenty. I also think he's not sure that he's going to survive. They couldn't afford to let him think they were trapped: greater good etc.
I didn't think he was Doctor-crazy this time. He just had a chance to Save The World, which is what he loves to do. He has to stretch out and use his fullest power.
My sweet Ianto, trying to smile for him at the end of all things...
And that's why that scene makes me wibble.
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OMG I didn't either, hear the cracking voice. :-( Oh God, poor Ianto.
I'll watch it again.
ETA: (sorry, boss alert)
I hope (am I cruel?) that Ianto is put through enough that when Jack does come back we get some massive mutual H/C. Davies, I want to fucking SEE it. I want Jack to CRAWL to Ianto and hold him so tight, I want them to embrace so hard they fall to their knees, because IANTO'S FUCKING EARNED IT. And Gwen will just have to wait for her special time, because Jack needs to cry over Ianto a little. Cry with grief, penitance, relief, love. LET THE BOY KNOW, for fuck's sake. And Ianto will give him a hero's welcome, practically radioactive with love, and all will be right in my fantasy world.
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What I'm waiting for - and you *know* it's possible after the gay office desk sex - Is a bed scene. A *graphic* bed scene.
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I said in my "want a Ianto dolly" post that I wanted the dolly's accessories to include that napkin -- because he is so *cute* in it.
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The Don't Tase Me Bro Police-State Action Set doesn't come with one?
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The Don't Tase Me Bro Police-State Action Set doesn't come with one?
LOL! They have EVERYTHING military and there are quite a few police/swat sets out there - I even picked up a little GPS unit - WTF? But so far, no stun gun. :-(
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