30 Days of Torchwood: Day Eighteen

[invisible_lift]

Either I'm wearing my anti-nudging pants, or you folks are terrible at reminders.

It's okay. My pants and I forgive you. ;)

Comments

[rm]

God yes. That scene.

Ianto becomes the moral compass of Torchwood because he accepts what both Jack and Gwen struggle with -- they do terrible things because not doing them would be worse. Jack gets one side of that equation (they do terrible stuff) and Gwen gets the whole "but let's do the right thing" thing. It's really only Ianto who pauses enough to say, "I'm sorry that this is the right thing."

When he gives Gwen that info in Adrift, people talk about him betraying Jack or perhaps Jack wanting him to do that. But I've always seen that choice as him betraying Jack, but also Gwen. That information didn't make her life better. It didn't necessarily make anyone's life better. And Ianto knew that was the case. And he did it anyway. Because it needed doing.

[addyke]

That scene is one of my all time favourites and you're right it does get lost in the Day Four furor - but I feel is made even more bittersweet with Ianto's impending doom.

"Ianto regards him sadly, rolling his eyes a little bit when Jack starts to charge off again."

Yeah - that scene is perfect in tone.