Oh, please, please, please! Write the 'meets the parents' part!
Someone earlier commented about the likelihood of Ianto's parents being very strict, etc. But from my experience (being someone's daughter and a mother both)I can see it is far more likely that Ianto's parents are the 'opposite' of himself.
Think about the many people who, while growing up, think their parents are 'nuts' or 'boring' and decide to be nothing like them (we'll ignore for the moment just how many of us as adults in our 30s onwards say, OMG Ive turned into my mum/dad!). So I can see Ianto's parents very much as free thinkers (rather like the parents in Meet the Parents 2) and that Ianto likes order because in his childhood he didnt have order rather more chaos in his household. Ianto is also more than likely to be either an only child OR the eldest child in the family. Super sense of responsibility, you know. :)
It also then makes more sense that Ianto would fall for someone like Jack, who in many ways, would remind him of the aspects of his parents he respects (now that as an adult he can see them as individuals, and not just his parents) and that Ianto's parents, in such a scenario, would absolutely *love* Jack for relaxing their somewhat somber son.
Food for thought? I hope so :)
Looking forward to your next story with much anticipation. Many thanks for sharing.
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Date: 2007-01-12 08:14 pm (UTC)Someone earlier commented about the likelihood of Ianto's parents being very strict, etc. But from my experience (being someone's daughter and a mother both)I can see it is far more likely that Ianto's parents are the 'opposite' of himself.
Think about the many people who, while growing up, think their parents are 'nuts' or 'boring' and decide to be nothing like them (we'll ignore for the moment just how many of us as adults in our 30s onwards say, OMG Ive turned into my mum/dad!). So I can see Ianto's parents very much as free thinkers (rather like the parents in Meet the Parents 2) and that Ianto likes order because in his childhood he didnt have order rather more chaos in his household. Ianto is also more than likely to be either an only child OR the eldest child in the family. Super sense of responsibility, you know. :)
It also then makes more sense that Ianto would fall for someone like Jack, who in many ways, would remind him of the aspects of his parents he respects (now that as an adult he can see them as individuals, and not just his parents) and that Ianto's parents, in such a scenario, would absolutely *love* Jack for relaxing their somewhat somber son.
Food for thought? I hope so :)
Looking forward to your next story with much anticipation.
Many thanks for sharing.