Shayna.In.Shambles

I honestly wonder if Jack Harkness’s immortality is, consciously, in any way a backlash against the American, early 20th century convention of the “death or suicide of the gay protagonist”. I wonder if that’s why, in part, immortality has been given the one who is considered “sexually deviant”. Either a sort of “fuck you” to past inequalities or a way to say that efforts to suppress and hide and ridicule were useless because “we keep coming back”.

I think that the implications of gender and sexuality and all things “deviant” discussed either explicitly or implicitly in Torchwood and Doctor Who are really astounding. There is so much to be explored…

gallifreyburning:

littlebitofallonsy:

The adventures of Ten’s handy spare hand

hattedhedgehog:

Janto kisses. Happy New Year!

Further notice: I dabble in smutty drawings, and Jack and Ianto are my horny guinea pigs.

I decided that my New Year’s resolution would to be to step out of my comfort zone and draw smut. So…here’s to a good start!

(via paperlings)

torchwood-headcanon:

Submitted by torchwoodsarchivits

proper-copper-coffee-pot:

torchwood-headcanon:

Submitted by anonymous

Ianto does indeed rap.
He really really likes to rap.

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto:

feministgrammarianhippieartist:

thereichenpondfall:

joiningcoulsonbrb:

Casual reminder that Jack spent 1874 years buried beneath Cardiff.

1874 years.

Presuming that it takes him four minutes to be revived each time he dies of things which don’t require his entire body to re-grow itself (based on how long it took for him to revive after Suzie shot him), and that it takes six minutes for him to suffocate (brain death occurs roughly four minutes after loss of consciousness), he dies 52 595 times per year.

That means he died 98 563 030 times while buried underneath Cardiff.

People do NOT give this character enough credit. They look at him and they’re like “LOL he makes innuendos and fucks people” and think that’s the extent of his character. But he’s been through so much shit, and he has so much more depth than people give him credit for. He’s so fucking brave, and he’s one of my favorite characters of all time.

I think a lot of us were wondering how he remembered what he needed to do when he woke up. Actually, I was wondering how he was able to function at all instead of just screaming and hiding in the corner for a few years. There was a panel where John Barrowman explained that Jack put himself in a sort of trance. The guy was a couple centuries old at that point, so he’d know some mental tricks. Meaning that even though he was dying, he may not have been completely aware of every cycle. Either way, he’s extremely resilient and strong, and despite certain sociopathic tendencies, he’s a deeply feeling and passionate man, and he’s easily one of my favorite fictional characters.

I’ve read (and written) a few fics where Jack essentially forgets how to function after being buried. He becomes totally withdrawn and has to remember everything very slowly and painfully.

(Source: thetelungbarrow)

Well, the assets conversation went in a flash, didn’t it?

(Source: hologrif)

torchwoodmusings:

Am I the only one who wonders how many times they do it on the coat?