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"Torchwood. Touching stuff we shouldn't since 1879.”

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Welcome to my Torchwood sideblog! Catch me slipping into this fandom 12 years late with non-Ianto-quality coffee. I'm Elle, she/her or they/them. I like/follow from virtualsilver. Feel free to ask me to tag anything, I will do so no questions asked.
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Before joining Torchwood Three, Ianto only knew of Captain Jack Harkness through word of mouth. None of it was particularly complimentary. He would never get into Cardiff as Ianto Jones, Personal Assistant, and so he showed the Captain three faces.

Firstly, he was the sort of man the Captain wanted, if you listened to the gossip. Young, attractive. The sort of guy who hangs around dark parks in tight jeans. He would save your life and then bite your lip. Jack is too old to fall for a pretty face.

Secondly, he was the sort of man Jack needed, if you listened to the bitching. Lost, alone, looking for a hero. He's been through hard times and needs purpose. Needs a dashing man whose feet he could kiss. Jack is too old to fall for a sob story.

Thirdly, with nothing else left, he lets the mask slip. He was the type of man Jack understood. Smart, determined, quick on his feet. He could come up with a way to save the creature and put his body on the line to see it through.

Jack will always fall for a clever man in a suit.

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Yeah, Ianto's hot on the 'Disco' audio cover, but omg, the synopsis? Ianto's dad seeming like a normal, happy person, and then *suddenly* a man called 'Tom' wants to build a fence with him (definitely not Ianto btw).

Skip to 'Blind Summit', and 'House of The Dead', where Ianto's dad seems to be an abusive drunk who doesn't care for his family. How Ianto can't even visit him before he died in hospital (sometime between 2004-early 2006). Due to their fractured relationship.

The wanting to build a fence thing.........it's giving Rose Tyler grabbing Pete Tyler before he was hit by the car.

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Anonymous asked:

still thinking about jack starting to die in the radiation scene in utopia,,, anyway post s1 Torchwood yeah your boyfriend came back from hunting down his ex yeah his trauma is so much worse now. he comes back from missions torn to shit and refuses to let owen see him and says that he's fine and slinks off to die somewhere alone. they have to start keeping tabs on him so he won't have to wake up/die alone. but he's fine he's totally fine . what PTSD.

YEAH YEAH YEAH. like. no way he tells any of them what happened for AGES. i doubt tosh or owen ever knew

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miraclegay

torchwood was SO on to something with the immortal who wanted so badly to die and was so scared to Die. An immortal who LONGED to live a regular life span and to go out heroically for loved ones and KNEW, to his core, he couldn’t. The coward turned hero who faced death bravely, turned immortal for his sacrifice and cursed to spend the rest of his immortal life afraid of dying. He died for real once and was RIPPED back into existence and its ruined him. He came back WRONG!!! FOR REAL!!! And then they make a whole season where he’s ACTUALLY MORTAL and SHOULD HAVE DIED and instead of having him contemplate the meaning of his relationship(s) to death and coming to terms with his hero-sacrifice suicide tendencies they pop him in america and refuse to tackle the fact that this man has wanted to die for 10 straight tv years and NOW HE WANTS TO LIVE???? AND HE’D LET HIS BESTIE DIE TO LIVE????? CMON!!!!!!!