My first thought was why no *I love you* back from Jack and then I thought no that would have been trite and awful and out of character. Ianto said it because he was dying and I love you too as a follow up would have felt like he was just saying it for the sake of. It was handled much better than that, but even if there is a 4th series for me it won't be TW - this series barely was..so either way its farewell TW for me anyhow.
Yeah, online fandom and hardcore fans are only a very, tiny small part of those 6 million viewers BUT they're also the ones who go to conventions, buy the magazine and all the merchandise. Even if Ianto's death didn't necessarily lead to the end of the show it still would lead to fandom's death (or at least, a huge part of it).
I mean, they must have been making a lot of money from this merchandise. Otherwise they wouldn't have produced so many action-figures, magazine, radio plays, tie-in novels... I'm pretty sure they can say goodbye to all that.
I'd really like a sort of "justification" for Ianto's death. I'd like to see a writer explaining why they thought it was a good move for the show. Because now it just feels pointless...
i feel like that too. i'm so sad and it's been hours. don't think i will ever wanna read a fanfic or sth. i have audiobooks ready to listen to and just don't feel like it
I'm not sure I would watch the show without Ianto. There's too many of them gone and if the show became Gwen/Jack again I think I would just have to go away and look for something else.
Think RTD's trying to destroy Who and all the spin offs before he goes?
Well, I should clarify, I don't have any official information. I just agree with your assessment. It's the only possibility that makes ANY sense. I mean, I'm more of a Gwen fan and even *I* know the show has a better chance of surviving without her than without Ianto. If I do? RTD *has* to, and that leaves only one option: that he's burning his bridges behind him when he goes. :-P
Not because of all the people in the building. But because of Ianto.
Yep, that part broke me. Well, began the long slew of things said and done that broke me. If there was any doubt over how Jack felt about Ianto it was all dispelled during their last two scenes. We didn't need an 'I love you', that pretty obvious by the end, but the promise that he'll remember was heartbreaking because I think that really is what Ianto needed to hear.
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Even if Ianto's death didn't necessarily lead to the end of the show it still would lead to fandom's death (or at least, a huge part of it).
I mean, they must have been making a lot of money from this merchandise. Otherwise they wouldn't have produced so many action-figures, magazine, radio plays, tie-in novels... I'm pretty sure they can say goodbye to all that.
I'd really like a sort of "justification" for Ianto's death. I'd like to see a writer explaining why they thought it was a good move for the show. Because now it just feels pointless...
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RTD may have really blown it for a whole fandom & a cashstrapped BBC.
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i need an explanation mr davies
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Think RTD's trying to destroy Who and all the spin offs before he goes?
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Yep, that part broke me. Well, began the long slew of things said and done that broke me. If there was any doubt over how Jack felt about Ianto it was all dispelled during their last two scenes. We didn't need an 'I love you', that pretty obvious by the end, but the promise that he'll remember was heartbreaking because I think that really is what Ianto needed to hear.
I'm off to drown my sorrows in gin.
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