You've expressed a lot of good points in this article and it's a great bit of writing. :)
I'm definately in two minds about COE. On the one hand I can genuinely see how great COE was, the beauty of Ianto's death and the affect that it had on Jack. As a single piece of drama, COE was very good.
On the other hand, seeing Jack get a new love interest in series 4 (if he gets a new love interest) is going to be difficult for many fans. I'm not going to lie about how torn I'd feel watching Jack possibly express his love for the new person in a way that he never did with Ianto because they were both still closed off to a certain extent. Like RTD has said, part of the tragedy of Ianto dying is that the Jack/Ianto relationship was never able to reach its full potential, we're left wanting more.
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I'm definately in two minds about COE. On the one hand I can genuinely see how great COE was, the beauty of Ianto's death and the affect that it had on Jack. As a single piece of drama, COE was very good.
On the other hand, seeing Jack get a new love interest in series 4 (if he gets a new love interest) is going to be difficult for many fans. I'm not going to lie about how torn I'd feel watching Jack possibly express his love for the new person in a way that he never did with Ianto because they were both still closed off to a certain extent. Like RTD has said, part of the tragedy of Ianto dying is that the Jack/Ianto relationship was never able to reach its full potential, we're left wanting more.