...Seriously? People have called you a crazy homophobe? *flails* I just... GAH! What the hell is wrong with everyone? I guess that's the thing I don't understand about fandom- the trolling and the insults. I mean, I get really invested in characters (which you kind of have to if you're a fanfic writer or someone who really cares about a show) but never once have I felt the urge to be insulting or angry towards someone who was not insulting or angry towards me first. If someone just says, "Hey, this is what I think," how can you get mad? Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. If they're not actively oppressing you or trying to harm you, how can someone saying their piece upset you? If anything it should encourage you to communicate with them, ESPECIALLY if they disagree with you. Shouting insults just comes across as lazy, IMO.
As far as the Jack/Ianto relationship goes, it's all very possible that I see what I want to see. There've been many articles/opinion blogs I've read where the person holds a point of view closer to yours than to mine, and I've had to admit that that reading of the relationship makes sense as well. That's what comes when you're dealing with the subjective reading of subtext and an actor's performance to inform you- nothing is overtly stated and you can read the same piece of evidence 20 different ways. Even when things ARE overtly stated in lines, they can be rationalized differently, or you could argue they come from a different emotion on the character's part, or the character could be outright LYING... That's what makes shows so interesting, though! :D
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As far as the Jack/Ianto relationship goes, it's all very possible that I see what I want to see. There've been many articles/opinion blogs I've read where the person holds a point of view closer to yours than to mine, and I've had to admit that that reading of the relationship makes sense as well. That's what comes when you're dealing with the subjective reading of subtext and an actor's performance to inform you- nothing is overtly stated and you can read the same piece of evidence 20 different ways. Even when things ARE overtly stated in lines, they can be rationalized differently, or you could argue they come from a different emotion on the character's part, or the character could be outright LYING... That's what makes shows so interesting, though! :D