'I don't think he hates the character, he hates the fact that his Mary Sue, Gwen, wasn't universally adored.' True. I always got the feeling that to him Ianto really was nothing more than tea-boy/Jack's love interest/an obstacle between Jack and Gwen so he could write Resolved Sexual Tension between them. I think that's why the Ianto backlash from CoE took him by surprise; He didn't care about Ianto so he thought no one would. I feel kind of sorry for whichever character becomes more popular than Gwen in series 4.
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Date: 2010-08-13 06:16 pm (UTC)True. I always got the feeling that to him Ianto really was nothing more than tea-boy/Jack's love interest/an obstacle between Jack and Gwen so he could write Resolved Sexual Tension between them. I think that's why the Ianto backlash from CoE took him by surprise; He didn't care about Ianto so he thought no one would. I feel kind of sorry for whichever character becomes more popular than Gwen in series 4.