TW: It Wasn't Cheating (NSFW) [MA]

[lt_indigo]

Torchwood - It Wasn't Cheating

Fandom:
Torchwood

Title:
It Wasn't Cheating

In which Ianto tries to justify his seduction of Jack.

Author:
lt_indigo

Pairing(s):
Jack/Ianto

Warning(s):
MA, NSFW

Disclamer:
If I owned this, not only would Ianto not be bloody dead, but I would not be

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I look forward to what you'll come up with! I suspect that any Ianto seen after Exit Wounds was actually a fake and Jack had already sent the real Ianto offworld for safety because he knew what was coming ;)

I have two particulr favourite fics by tanarian :

Distract Them : http://notcannon.livejournal.com/24955.html

and Unforeseen Risk Elements : http://tanarian.livejournal.com/97865.html

I also love this short series by invisible

http://invisible-lift.livejournal.com/9016.html

lawford is amazing, hopefully one day she'll get to finish writing 'God Is In The Details', which is real edge of seat stuff. Chameleon, one of her series, had me laughing so hard I was crying at one point - the utterly memorable chapter 19.

There are so many brilliant writers and brilliant stories out there, but sadly there are an increasing number of deleted accounts and dead links. I have a lot of saved copies of fics though, so if you come across something you'd like to read which is no longer there, it's worth asking me as I might have a copy. Some people have moved to dreamwidth, some to AO3, some have just deleted everything and vanished.

[lt_indigo]

I have just giggled my way through Distract Them - what a lovely treat. Thank you :)

I do like the idea of Jack stashing Ianto somewhere safe to keep him safe, although him not being real does somewhat spoil the lovely scene where he 'comes out' to his sister. I've always rather enjoyed that (finished perfectly with Johnny's crass teasing).

[badly_knitted]

I have mixed feelings about that scene, mostly because the whole 'It isn't men, it's only him' bit doesn't fit with the Ianto who comes across as someone perfectly comfortable with being in a same sex relationship. I always felt that Ianto was attracted to the person rather than the gender and had probably been attracted to people of both genders over the years and then suddenly it all seems to bother him and he starts making excuses to Rhiannon. It's a beautifully acted scene, it just doesn't fit with the Ianto I see, if you know what I mean.

Distract Them just shows how amazing Ianto is, he can even out-logic a bunch of Daleks! Glad you enjoyed it, it's one I often re-read and never tire of.

[lt_indigo]

I tend to think of it more that Ianto doesn't really think of himself as 'gay', or indeed 'straight'; more as you say, he's attracted to a personality. So in that respect, him saying that it's only Jack means that he's not looking at anyone else, male or female. That's how I took it, anyway.

[badly_knitted]

I hadn't thought about it that way. That makes it sort of a statement of commitment.

[lt_indigo]

That's how I've always seen it. Even though they're struggling to define their relationship to each other, he doesn't seem to have that problem with his sister.

Plus, I get the impression Rhiannon is trying to see her brother as her new gay best friend, who will go shopping and bitch about men with her, and that's just so not Ianto. Okay, he's good at dress shopping, but that's not the point I'm trying to make here. Dammit, this is failing miserably, isn't it?

[badly_knitted]

LOL! Sometimes putting thoughts into words just doesn't work. I know I've run into brick walls before trying to explain my perspective on something to someomne else.

[lt_indigo]

I think the point I was trying to make was that Ianto isn't the kind of person Rhiannon was clearly hoping he was, and that he was letting her down gently.

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, that makes sense. Rhiannon was making assumptions Ianto wasn't comfortable with.