The Tradëscan Codex

I think it is a bit like them having a pet pterodactyl - it works best as just a thing that is part of the story, not as something one analyses too closely. I know that as a bisexual I find it relaxing to have an imaginary world where everyone is bisexual, but yes, the illusion does break down if examined up close. Hence I tend just not to examine it :oD I think fiction can achieve useful things that way. I'm not sure if RTD knows that he has created a 'safe haven' for sexual minorities, or if he feels an obligation to preserve it by how he treats the Jack/Ianto relationship. He probably is aware because he seems very conscious of fan reactions, but he may not feel any obligation towards the situation. I have heard him comment on the burden of a writer having to represent any minority he happens to belong to, so he may feel he wants to break the requirement. It is after all rather a restriction on any writer to have to service their audience's socio-political expectations, he would probably rather concentrate on such minor matters as plot, character etc!