Review: Torchwood S2 09 Something Borrowed

[crabby_lioness]

Now that was a Proper Superhero Wedding. How come Torchwood feels so much more like a well-done superhero comic book than Heroes?

(Probably because Torchwood doesn't take itself too seriously and keeps the angst to a manageable level.)

Bride in Peril - check.  Major Bad Guys Crash the Wedding - check.  Good Guys Counter-Crash the Wedding - check.

Comments

[crabby_lioness]

In all but two instances over two years, Ianto has been shown as being totally in control of this relationship. He initiates their encounters, he sets the boundaries, he plays and teases Jack but Jack doesn't play and tease Ianto. He puts Jack down in public. He's the one Jack turns to and asks if Jack deserves to be put down in public. That doesn't sound like a whipped puppy to me. That sounds more like the top dog.

[crabby_lioness]

I doubt Jack cares who knows who he's "dabbling" with, but he knows that Ianto cares, and is willing to let Ianto set the pace.

One of the things I love about their relationship is that Jack does allow Ianto to be in charge. It shows great tact and consideration on his part.

[crabby_lioness]

It's not only that. The only times we see Jack truly relax are when he's with Ianto and Ianto's in charge. That's a powerful statement of trust.

[crabby_lioness]

I don't think it's inconsistancy so much as an indication that Jack's feelings for Gwen are, to use her word, "complicated". She means many things to him, but from the first he's made it clear that as long as Rhys was around those feelings were going to stay platonic. Nothing's changed on that front.

[geekrock]

Firstly, thank you once again for a wonderful review. With all the hype and sh** that gets dealt Torchwood's way every single week, it's always lovely to read an honest, funny, intelligent and FAN-FRIENDLY review. Everyone in this fandom needs somewhere to go to pull them back out of the internet crazies.

In the meantime, Rhys provides an excellent example of the best that normalcy can offer, with his courage, steadfastness, and good sense.

And that's why I don't get it when people talk about how much they hate Rhys. He's just... normal. He's normality. Which Torchwood so, desperately, needs a little bit of every so often. He may not be as flamboyantly handsome as Jack, as brainy as Owen or Tosh or as exciting as any of their jobs but damn it he's loyal, loving and exactly what Gwen (and the rest of them) wants and needs.

Jack has 160 years with of baggage in his head, and he's only now starting to work through it.

That's probably the most accurate line I've ever read about Jack and his angst / problems.

I think Jack and Gwen

[love_jackianto]

'The only thing I really worry about (and I can't believe that I'm actually *concerned*) is that Ianto will fall quite deeply into the relationship where Jack will only let himself ever sit on the surface, bringing much heartbreak for the teaboy in later episodes.' I worry about that too, Ianto seems like the kind of person who, when he falls he falls hard(See:Cyberwomen-Lisa), whereas Jack probably does 'sit on the surface' because he knows that he will out-live Ianto.

[invisible_lift]

You talk a lot of sense.

I will hide over here with you. Yes.

[crabby_lioness]

Come on in. :)

*calls out to husband* Throw another potato in the crock pot, sweetheart!