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Jan. 29th, 2007 12:34 amThe important things about Jack, as far as I can see, start with the fact he's a fighter. Not a head on fighter, necessarily. Last man standing was not his favourite moment. He's sneaky and charming and... I don't know, full on? More so in DW than TW, like he's pacing himself. But when he tries to do stuff he's all make the plan, execute the plan... he's not going to stop before he's got plan, and once he's got plan he's not going to stop at all. That's Jack in my head, how he works.
Plus, and I realise there's remotely plausible ways to not see this but in my head this is definitely true, he's poly.
If he comes back and the person he loves is seeing someone else?
He is not going to just give up.
He will charm. He will smile. He will try and see what they see in whoever, and see if there's room for one more.
He won't just mope and drink and wander off again. Really, really, won't.
The bit about letting someone have a 'normal' life... okay, yeah, he values that for Gwen. But... I don't see him giving up on someone for that. At least without a conversation.
And define normal! If they're still working at Torchwood, if they haven't told outsider person what they do, there's some Issues there.
Trying for that kind of blind 'normal' feels like giving up. Better off as a coward? Really not.
Also also, there was nothing in there about duty. We've seen love & duty both in his story. If he leaves because of love? Where's duty?
Also also also - note to self: am fed up of the Doctor's driving being the reason Jack stays away a long time. I realise it has ample grounding in canon, I just... okay, if all that's going to happen is the between seasons break, we don't need to see it and bad driving is plenty enough reason. But if that break is going to drive the whole plot? That kind of makes the Doctor the reason. And... having him be an absent reason isn't very satisfying.
So I'm going to have to come up with some kind of Important Plot Reason to bring Jack back after a bunch of time instead of right away.
Because doing stuff I'm already fed up with is Not Clever.
Plus, and I realise there's remotely plausible ways to not see this but in my head this is definitely true, he's poly.
If he comes back and the person he loves is seeing someone else?
He is not going to just give up.
He will charm. He will smile. He will try and see what they see in whoever, and see if there's room for one more.
He won't just mope and drink and wander off again. Really, really, won't.
The bit about letting someone have a 'normal' life... okay, yeah, he values that for Gwen. But... I don't see him giving up on someone for that. At least without a conversation.
And define normal! If they're still working at Torchwood, if they haven't told outsider person what they do, there's some Issues there.
Trying for that kind of blind 'normal' feels like giving up. Better off as a coward? Really not.
Also also, there was nothing in there about duty. We've seen love & duty both in his story. If he leaves because of love? Where's duty?
Also also also - note to self: am fed up of the Doctor's driving being the reason Jack stays away a long time. I realise it has ample grounding in canon, I just... okay, if all that's going to happen is the between seasons break, we don't need to see it and bad driving is plenty enough reason. But if that break is going to drive the whole plot? That kind of makes the Doctor the reason. And... having him be an absent reason isn't very satisfying.
So I'm going to have to come up with some kind of Important Plot Reason to bring Jack back after a bunch of time instead of right away.
Because doing stuff I'm already fed up with is Not Clever.
