#rhys and ianto’s excellent barbecue

[itsatorchwoodthing]

ianto going up against toxic masculinity and reminding us he’s bisexual in every new piece of media is exactly how i wanted ianto jones to be

[captainlynxx]

Yes mate let’s shit on toxic masculinity

[ultimate-torchwood-monthly]

And here are our finalists!

The finals will consist of 66 polls to be released over a length of time to be decided by this poll starting on August 16th (to give me time to actually make all the polls lmao). Each finalist will go up against each other and whichever audio wins the most matches and points will be crowned the ultimate Torchwood monthly! May the best monthly win!

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I’d just like to share the edit I made for @torchaments

[c-murphy]

Just finished listening to Rhys and Ianto's Excellent Barbecue and I have to share my thoughts:

Ianto is such a little freak and I love him.

Rhys Williams is criminally underrated.

LADS LADS LADS

[twingeof-cosmic-angst]

I can't believe they made an entire audio out of "Autism be dammed my boy can work a grill" ianto may be missing social cues but you bet your ass hes brought activities for the barbecue (in case Rhys didn't plan any)

[riverharkness]

the big finish website saga

(i don’t support them anymore)

the children are singing.

[iantojonesirl]

wdym you dont agree with the trans ianto headcannons??? have you even listened to rhys and ianto's excellent barbecue????

[catharinatudor]

Ghost Train made me fall in love with the Bromance of Ianto and Rhys

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 3 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

The Lumiat

Synopsis

Missy is glorying in the chaos, hoping that a certain someone might turn up.

What she doesn’t expect is an entirely different do-gooder spoiling her plans and teaching her life lessons.

Because, whoever she is, the Lumiat knows far more about Missy than anyone should...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Rhys and Ianto’s Excellent Barbecue

Synopsis

Rhys is planning a lads' night in. Barbie in the back yard, few tins, mates and bants. But the only person who turns up is Ianto – who hasn't been invited. Hell is other people, especially when they've brought board games.

Something goes wrong. The two of them could be trapped together for eternity at a barbecue where the sausages never cook, and worse, the brewskis remain forever out of reach.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

[itsatorchwoodthing]

achivement: cried at rhys and ianto’s excellent barbecue (it was truly excellent)

[captainlynxx]

Ianto trying and failing to assimilate with the straights

[ultimate-torchwood-monthly]

[uss-genderprise]

I just listened to Broken for the first time today, and I was very underwhelmed.

see that's what i mean. i think people listen to it with janto tinted headphones or something because like i'm extremely casual about janto (<- johnto fan on main) so when i listen i expect the story to be good. it's just kinda. fanservice, i guess? people kept telling me it would fix all my issues with the gaps in the show and it really didn't (watching the show again and looking for things with my shipping goggles on did a little, and that little was more than broken did)

anyway this is also why i don't care about serenity. it's fun i guess but if i want ianto being extremely gay while still having an actual plot i'm gonna pick rhys and ianto's excellent barbecue every single time.

[shejustcalledmeafish]

Can you do the bf audios thing but with Gwen and Rhys

Of course!

Forgotten Lives (Gwen and Rhys): this one is so weird, Jack’s here technically, Anwen’s here technically, they’re both old people but not really, I wouldn’t recommend it per se but it’s not Bad

More Than This (Gwen): a very solid audio! Torchwood vs mr. public administrator, very good for Gwen’s character. It wasn’t my favorite, but that’s more of a personal taste than actual quality thing

Made You Look (Gwen): SPOOKY FUN, one of the only audios I’ve actually relistened to, which I think is a stunning endorsement (I just like Matthew Gravelle’s voice okay)

Visiting Hours (Rhys): honestly I remember almost nothing of this one. It’s fine? Rhys is nyooming his mum around in a wheelchair

We Always Get Out Alive (Gwen and Rhys): excellent spooky little bottle episode! definitely merits an unreality warning I’d say, but like, very good

Night of the Fendahl (Gwen): wow I guess they give her a lot of spooky stories, anyway it’s very good, one to check the warnings on, but she’s great

Sargasso (Rhys): meh. The things I remember most about this audio is that the side character woman had the same name as Owen’s fiancée and that the author didn’t get how to write action for audio without pulling a “the gun in my right hand is loaded”

Smashed (Gwen): it’s a solid audio up until she gets smashed and then it’s just terrible to listen to and also they established this one good guy OC was the only person of color in the town and then killed him off and I have never gotten over that, don’t fucking bother

Dissected (Gwen): Martha beloved, it’s a solid audio, the characterization of their dynamic is a little strange when compared to the radio play with them, but it’s nothing unforgivable, worth it

Rhys and Ianto’s Excellent Barbecue (Rhys): YES SO GOOD ALWAYS RECOMMEND HE STICKS HIS HAND IN THE RIFT

Sonny (Rhys): better than visiting hours? but also sort of similar premise with his mum and stuff, idk I think the take on humanity wasn’t my favorite but also I forgor

Outbreak (Rhys and Gwen): VERY GOOD FOR THEM VIOLENCE AND LOVE AND RHYS BEING A PLAGUE RAT THE DUMBASS

The Torchwood Archive (Rhys and Gwen): I blanked on what their part was but it’s good I prommy

Believe (Gwen): her plot is the second best but also the audio is still mostly trash, so

I’m too lazy to go over the series continuation audios but there is some good them in there sometimes

TLDR: uh just don’t do smashed and rhys is best when he’s with someone who isn’t his mum

[weedle-testaburger]

i have just made an extremely necessary and important purchase: i bought rhys and ianto’s excellent barbecue