#reaction to a specific post but i dont wanna argue with the oop so. my own post it is

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im not much of a janto person (if it wasn't already obvious by some of my posts.....) but pretending that ianto's loyalty to jack is fabricated is crazyyyyy cause of course at the beginning of the show hes loyal to lisa first and is loyal to torchwood second mostly because theyre useful to keep lisa alive but after that he could've easily just up and left. but he decided to stay because he does believe in the good torchwood can do. and that means he also does believe in jack. like yeah yvonne's probably accentuated his natural loyalty through her manipulating but it was already there to begin with thats why she chose him!! and when he forgives jack for what happened to lisa his loyalty to jack is real, not just convenient, not just programmed into him. ianto was already loyal to people close to him before the manipulation + yvonne probably wouldnt want her favourite employee running off with the stupid cardiff leader + the love jack and ianto share is real despite the rockiness of their relationship