I think Ianto tried, certainly, but I don't think he succeeded. I'm fairly certain that Jack only hired him because... dude, he caught a pteranodon using dark chocolate. And I'm always inclined to look more favourably on Ianto at that stage because he'd just come out of Canary Wharf, his girlfriend was dying and trapped in the form of the beings that killed nearly everyone he worked with and he was left with little to no choice. That's not using it to advance his position, but to find a safe place.
I came to dislike Gwen particularly when we were looking at inter-personal relationships in team building, and at team roles. You don't need to have sex with someone to appeal to them on a sexual level, but there's something about the way that Gwen carries herself differently about Jack when she wants something out of him that's different to normally. Okay, so if I had boobs like Gwen's and a boss with a reputation like Jack's, I might be tempted to wear a lower cut top on days when I knew I wanted something out of him. But I wouldn't neccessarily like myself for it.
And I'm not saying at all 'if you wear clothes showing off your figure, you must be out for sex'. But low cut tops at Torchwood are not practical. Too much running. Which is mostly the fault of the costume department, but the costume they choose reflects on the characters who wear them.
I see the way Gwen treated Rhys differently to the way Ianto treated Jack partly because Jack had a duty of care to Ianto, but mostly because I don't believe they were having sex. They may have had a friendship, but I get the feeling that that lapsed after Gwen joined the team, and I don't really believe it was due to Suzie's absence.
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Date: 2010-11-07 04:52 am (UTC)I came to dislike Gwen particularly when we were looking at inter-personal relationships in team building, and at team roles. You don't need to have sex with someone to appeal to them on a sexual level, but there's something about the way that Gwen carries herself differently about Jack when she wants something out of him that's different to normally.
Okay, so if I had boobs like Gwen's and a boss with a reputation like Jack's, I might be tempted to wear a lower cut top on days when I knew I wanted something out of him. But I wouldn't neccessarily like myself for it.
And I'm not saying at all 'if you wear clothes showing off your figure, you must be out for sex'. But low cut tops at Torchwood are not practical. Too much running. Which is mostly the fault of the costume department, but the costume they choose reflects on the characters who wear them.
I see the way Gwen treated Rhys differently to the way Ianto treated Jack partly because Jack had a duty of care to Ianto, but mostly because I don't believe they were having sex. They may have had a friendship, but I get the feeling that that lapsed after Gwen joined the team, and I don't really believe it was due to Suzie's absence.