I'm clearly losing it, because I would have sworn I replied to this a day or so after you posted it.
There seems to a running argument in the novels as to whether it's a pteranodon or a pteradactyl (lack of teeth implies a peteranodon but in some shots she looks like she's got teeth, so who the hell knows!), so I thought I'd play off that. And as there's no indication in the show as to EXACTLY how much more she knows Ianto than she knows Jack, I thought I'd go with it as I did. I know someone wrote a piece showing that Myfanwy was from the London vaults and he brings her with him, but I think bringing Lisa makes life complicated enough! Agree with you about the Fragments scene - from the first shot of Ianto in a suit it;s just one of the best scenes we've had. The idea of them falling into that sarcastic, flirting banter from the first moment - lovely.
I knew I needed to kill Oliver off before Ianto's return to Cardiff, and i just had this idea in my head from the start of Ianto fending of a Weevil and saving a total stranger's life. That became the idea of how to get him into Torchwood - Jack can't be the only person to have ever recruited on-spec. And then I decided to kill two birds with one stone in an almost literal sense - getting rid of Oliver without Ianto having to feel any guilt or responsbility. Plus of course - he's a nasty piece of work, so it kind of seemed appropriate!
But there'll be more of him in later parts.
Keith started out as a more sympathetic character but then I decided that Ianto needs to be entirely alone. But it seemed logical that he'd have had at least some help for part of the time - after all, someone has to look after Lisa whilst Ianto is stalking Jack.
fourth part still going slow but hopefully by Easter. I obsess over every little detail, which doesn't exactly make it quick! But I have no intention of stopping until I've got all the way, so hopefully this will compelte before the show has it's final goodbye!
thank you very much for the rec!! Already had one reader from it (quaintheart)! I feel flattered - I've been tracked down on tw-storyfinder with part 2 and now recced with part three! Am meaning to settle down with the laptop in about ten minutes and have a go at part 4, so this is good motivation!!
There seems to a running argument in the novels as to whether it's a pteranodon or a pteradactyl (lack of teeth implies a peteranodon but in some shots she looks like she's got teeth, so who the hell knows!), so I thought I'd play off that. And as there's no indication in the show as to EXACTLY how much more she knows Ianto than she knows Jack, I thought I'd go with it as I did. I know someone wrote a piece showing that Myfanwy was from the London vaults and he brings her with him, but I think bringing Lisa makes life complicated enough! Agree with you about the Fragments scene - from the first shot of Ianto in a suit it;s just one of the best scenes we've had. The idea of them falling into that sarcastic, flirting banter from the first moment - lovely.
I knew I needed to kill Oliver off before Ianto's return to Cardiff, and i just had this idea in my head from the start of Ianto fending of a Weevil and saving a total stranger's life. That became the idea of how to get him into Torchwood - Jack can't be the only person to have ever recruited on-spec. And then I decided to kill two birds with one stone in an almost literal sense - getting rid of Oliver without Ianto having to feel any guilt or responsbility. Plus of course - he's a nasty piece of work, so it kind of seemed appropriate!
But there'll be more of him in later parts.
Keith started out as a more sympathetic character but then I decided that Ianto needs to be entirely alone. But it seemed logical that he'd have had at least some help for part of the time - after all, someone has to look after Lisa whilst Ianto is stalking Jack.
fourth part still going slow but hopefully by Easter. I obsess over every little detail, which doesn't exactly make it quick! But I have no intention of stopping until I've got all the way, so hopefully this will compelte before the show has it's final goodbye!
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